BlackBerry Style (9670) is a clamshell QWERTY flip phone

Research in Motion is really starting to dabble into other “unconventional” form factors for the BlackBerry line. The Storm was the first touchscreen. The Torch the first slider. And the Style could be the first QWERTY flip phone.

You may have already seen the BlackBerry 9670, mostly as rumor and hearsay, but it seems that the model number is no longer enough. That’s why we hear about Pearls, Curves, Bolds, and so on. We fully expected a “name” to go with the BlackBerry 9670, but Style? Well, that’s the word that’s currently making its way around the Internet today. This isn’t the first time that RIM has had a flip phone — you might remember thePearl Flip — but the BlackBerry Style will be the first flip with full QWERTY. Maybe Curve Flip may have been more appropriate.

In any case, the BlackBerry 9670 Style will be a CDMA device and it appears to be running BB OS 6 right out of the box.

BlackBerry 9670 clamshell to be branded the BlackBerry Style [Crackberry]

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Add Your Favorite Application Shortcut in Desktop Context Menu in Windows 7

Here is a tutorial to add any application shortcut in desktop context menu of Windows Vista and 7:

1. Open regedit and goto:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell

now under this key create another key with any name and in right-side pane set its value to the label, which you want to show in desktop context menu, like Media Player, Winamp, Firefox, anything else.
2. Now create another key under this newly created key with name command. and in right-side pane set its value to the exact path of application, like:
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe
etc...
3. Thats it. Now you can check your favorite application shortcut in desktop context menu.
4. You can create as many shortcut as you want. Simply create a separate key for all the applications.
5. Following is a ready-made code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\WMP]
@="Windows Media Player"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\WMP\c ommand]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe"

Just change the label and path to ur desired application and save with the name "vishal.reg" (including the quotes) and run it.
U can also set the application shortcut to show only when u press <SHIFT> key by adding "Extended" String value in right-side pane of the newly created key:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\WMP]
@="Windows Media Player"
"Extended"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\WMP\c ommand]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe"

Now thats another benefit to use Vista and 7. I have checked this in XP but it was not working.

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Opera 11 will have Extensions

Good news, everybody! Today, at Up North Web, Opera Extensions was confirmed to be a feature of Opera 11.

What are Opera Extensions?

Extensions in Opera is a way for you to easily add new functionality to your Opera browser experience. Developers can easily create extensions using open standards (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript) and supported APIs.

Extensions will be based on the W3C Widget specifications and this is being considered for an Open Standard effort.

Will Opera Extensions be similar to extensions in other browsers?

Yes, Opera Extensions will be similar in some ways and we have tried to make it easy to port extensions from certain browsers.

We are committed to open web standards and this is an important part of our strategy, so if you find us deviating from other solutions out there, this might be why.

What does an extension look like?

Some extensions have user interface elements, but not all. An extension can for example add a button next to the Google Search field with a popup menu when you click on it. Other extensions don't have user interfaces at all, but run in the background.

How will I install Opera Extensions?

Once you have Opera 11 installed you can click on an extension and a small Install-window will appear. Click 'Install' and you're done. You can also drag and drop an extension onto Opera Desktop if you have an extension stored on your computer.

What kind of APIs will you support?

With the first iteration of Opera Extensions we are focusing on open web standards and 'getting it right'. Our alpha release supports injectable JavaScript, callouts, certain UI items and a basic Tabs and Windows API.

How can I get Opera Extensions?

Opera Extensions is not available yet. Once Opera 11 is out, you will be able to fully enjoy and use Opera Extensions.

Where can I find developer information on extensions?

Once Opera 11 Alpha is out, you will be able to find all the information you need to develop and publish extensions on our developer site Dev Opera.

Where can I find Opera 11?

Opera 11 Alpha will be made available soon at http://www.opera.com/browser/next/.

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Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Release Candidate now available for download

The release candidate of Ubuntu 10.10 is now available for users to download.

Preceding the final release, due in 10 days time on October 10th, the release can be downloaded @ releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/ or using the direct links below.


Pro tip: If you’re already using Ubuntu Maverick Beta, you don’t need to download the RC – just use Update Manager to grab the latest updates and you’re all set!

What’s new

New feature, updates and changes from the Beta release last month include: -

• A new new default wallpaper
• New photo wallpapers
• The new Ubuntu font
• Sound Applet now respects theme
• New-look installer and new behaviour
• Ubuntu Software Centre now handles .deb installations
• Fresh example content
• ‘Paid’ application(s) available to purchase in the Software Centre
• Support for multi-touch including the Apple Magic Trackpad
• Unity Netbook Interface for Netbook Edition

Downloads

Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop
These are the links for the LiveCD .iso. Where possible try to use BitTorrent for downloading as not only will you get it faster – so will everyone else!

• http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/ubuntu-10.10-rc-desktop-i386.iso
• http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/ubuntu-10.10-rc-desktop-amd64.iso
• http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/ubuntu-10.10-rc-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
• http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/ubuntu-10.10-rc-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent

Ubuntu Netbook Edition
The netbook .iso can be installed to a USB for drive-less installation using the USB Startup tool Ubuntu ships with.

• http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/ubuntu-10.10-rc-netbook-i386.iso
• http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/ubuntu-10.10-rc-netbook-i386.iso.torrent

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Quick and Easy Ways to attract More Traffic to Your Site from YouTube

Guest Post by Richard Chidike

YouTube is one of the most common and biggest social networking websites online today. Millions of web surfers browse through the YouTube site monthly in search of videos that in their chosen niches. There are traffic generating potentials from YouTube but you may not be able to leverage this fact if you don't know the right steps to take and how to perform certain simple traffic-oriented tasks using your YouTube videos. If you had been reading how lots of other website owners had been getting loads of traffic from YouTube, it is time for you to join the successful train and start experiencing very meaningful traffic to your website from YouTube. The right step to take are outlined in this brief discuss.

What You Must Know In Order To Drive More Traffic to Your Site Via YouTube

It isn't rocket science to drive traffic from YouTube irrespective of the type of business you are doing. Saying this is important because some site owners may unnecessarily be intimated by the huge results of those that had been there before them. The skill you have or whatever qualification you may have wouldn't count if you fail to read and digest the following three important YouTube traffic tips.

1 - The first thing is to submit your videos to YouTube. Don't be deterred if you don't know how to create and upload any video at the moment because it doesn't take more a couple of minutes. Essentially you will need free 'Camstudio' which is readily available on the internet to create any prolific video to be shown on YouTube. If you are among those internet marketers that still find it difficult to join the social marketing 'war-fare'; you have to wake up today if you really want your online business to survive.

While using YouTube as a traffic-driving medium, you have to ensure you give your videos adequate titles. This is important because there are lots of marketers that make the mistake of titling their YouTube videos for the search engines. This may not yield the desired popularity for such video because the search engines are becoming smarter than they were few months back. The best option is to give your videos proper titles that will appeal to humans and be sure of its popularity once it starts getting shared and voluntarily linked to on the internet.

The basics concept of any video you upload online should be to either entertain or educate so you have to carefully make it worth your viewers' while. If you have some educational or informative tips to give, nothing prevents you from sitting in front of your computer and recording 2 or 3 minutes clean video of yourself talking. This is quite acceptable online and can go viral as long as you have useful or informative content in the video.

2 - You shouldn’t forget to include the link to your website or blog in any video you create and upload to the YouTube. This is very important especially if your sole aim of uploading such video is to drive traffic to your online or offline business. The time you spent on the video creation may have been wasted if you fail to provide link back to your site so that those that view your videos can click-in to your blog or site to see more of your offerings. It is common to believe that many viewers wouldn’t type in the URL in the YouTube videos but the truth is that many actually do.

You Can Create a Community of YouTube Video Viewers

3 - This is similar to asking potential clients to subscribe to your newsletter but in this case, they would be subscribing to your YouTube channel so that they will know when you post new videos. This can effectively bring repeated traffic to your site especially if you have very insightful videos on display. You can simply ask people to subscribe to your YouyTube video channel by mentioning it at the beginning and the end of your videos but be sure to make your videos are informative as possible.

Author:
Richard Chidike is the owner and founder of Motivatory.com. As a professional blogger with valuable years of experience in internet marketing, his motivational blog is fully dedicated to helping bloggers and internet marketers succeed online. You can join me on twitter at Motivatory.

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