Arvind Kejriwal's party would be different path for same goal: Anna Hazare

Affirming his views on not forming a political party, social activist Anna Hazare today said floating a political outfit by his associate Arvind Kejriwal would mean "taking a different path" to reach the same goal of corruption free India.

"I have decided for myself not to form a political party or fight elections. But if Arvind floats one, it would mean taking a different path with the same goal of corruption free India," Hazare told reporters here, when asked if creation of a political party by Kejriwal would mean a split between him and his mentor.

Hazare, who was here to meet some activists to discuss the course of his movement, said if Kejriwal's party fielded candidates of "clean character", he would support them in elections.

"If Arvind's party fields a proper candidate, we will support that particular person and not all of them," he added.

The anti-graft crusader said he was going to hold a series of meetings with like-minded people as even if he did not enter electoral politics, there was a need to determine the direction of his movement and send good people to Parliament.

Hazare said he would undertake a nation-wide tour to seek direction to his movement by interacting with experienced social activists.

"The exercise has started with the Pune meeting and it will continue in Delhi where I am expecting 100-125 activists for discussion," he added.

Those who met Hazare in the city included RTI activist Vishwambhar Choudhary and social worker and former bureaucrat Avinash Dharmadhikar.

Will monitor party from outside: Anna Hazare

Anna Hazare on Sunday said that members of his now disbanded team were working on the contours of a political party and that he would support it from outside, without being the ‘remote control’. He reportedly added that beginning October, for the next one and a half years he would tour the country to create awareness among voters and help the party select appropriate candidates. “I have asked six questions to my team members and am awaiting their reply. On the basis of their reply, the future decision will be taken,” Hazare reportedly said while addressing volunteers of the India Against Corruption who, sources said, sought his “guidance, direction and clarification about the next course of action”. Sources said that Hazare has asked questions like: How will you select candidates? What will be your source of funds? “To run a government is not an easy task. Jaiprakash Narayan had realised this… we have to ensure that people like Lalu Prasad Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan don’t make it to our party,” Hazare was quoted as saying. Sources said Hazare clarified that he will not launch the party. “I will stay out…I will monitor from outside,” he reportedly said, stressing that he will not “remote control” the party’s activities. Spelling out reasons for launching a party, Hazare added, “We have lost faith in the present government. We have no faith in the parties like the Congress and BJP.” To ensure that ‘right’ candidates are selected and elected, Hazare said, “From October, for the next one and a half years, I will tour the entire country to create awareness among the voters to elected non-corrupt candidates and help the party select right candidates…Otherwise, there will be no difference between us and other parties.”

Remove Recycle Bin Icon from Desktop

How to remove Recycle Bin Icon from Desktop

If using XP Pro

Go to START > RUN

Type GPEDIT.MSC

Navagate to USER CONFIGURATION >ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES >Click on DESKTOP,

On the right hand pane find ” Remove Recycle Bin icon on the desktop ” , double left click on it to ENABLE it.

Sorted!

If using XP Home

Create or modify the following registry entry

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel

{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

REG_DWORD

0×00000001

Increase Virtual RAM - To Make Your System Faster

Follow the steps given below :- 


1) Hold down the 'Windows' Key and Press the 'Pause/Break' button at the top right of your keyboard.
Another way is Right-Clicking 'My Computer' and then Select 'Properties'.

2) Click on the 'Advanced' tab.

3) Under 'Performance', click 'Settings'.

4) Then click the 'Advanced' tab on the button that pops up.

5) Under 'Virtual Memory' at the bottom, click 'Change'.

6) Click the 'Custom Size' button.

7) For the initial size (depending on your HD space), type in anywhere from 1000-1500 (although I use 4000), and for the Maximum size type in anywhere from 2000-2500 (although I use 6000).

8) Click 'Set', and then exit out of all of the windows.

9) Finally, Restart your computer.

10) You now have a faster computer and 1-2GB of Virtual RAM..! 

How To Download Tons Of Free eBooks Online For Any eReader Device

Remember those old vinyl records? Remember jumping on the 8-track bandwagon? Switching over to cassette tapes? How much money you spent converting your music collection to compact discs? To MP3s?

How about your VHS movie collection? You probably emptied the bank switching over to DVD, and God forbid you upgraded to Blu-ray. Keeping up to date with technology is expensive, and it's happening to books, as well. With eBooks quickly replacing hardcovers and paperbacks, you're in for easier reading access, portability and saving some space, but you're also going to shell out some cash to build up your library.

But you don't have to.

There are a ton of free eBooks out there, no matter what eReader you own—Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook, Sony's Reader, etc. And with those eReaders comes fantastic eBook stores for easy browsing and purchasing. They have tons of great digital literature for sell, but you shouldn't waste your money unless necessary (or want to). There's plenty of free options out there, so make sure you exhaust the free before you receive the fee.

The majority of the free eBooks available are either promotional items or older, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books, which account for nearly 2 million titles. And it doesn't matter what eReader you own, or if you prefer reading digital copies on your computer, because you can convert almost any of the common eBook files into the version you need using something like Calibre.

Okay, enough babbling—here's some of your options.

Step 1 Amazon Kindle Store

Yes, there's tons of costly eBooks at Amazon's Kindle Store, but there's also some free eBooks available. Actually, there's thousands of classics available for nothing, from Pride and Prejudice to Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon.

·                                 Link: Kindle Popular Classics

Also, Amazon has tons of limited time promotional items, which means free for a "limited" time. If you check on a regular basis, you can come out with some pretty decent freebies.

·                                 Link: Limited-Time Offers (sorted by price)

Step 2 Google eBookstore

Yes, Google has an eBook store now, aptly called Google eBookstore. It opened roughly four months ago, and also has free eBooks for download. Their traditional formats are supported on Android and Apple iOS devices, Nook and Sony e-readers, and the web.

·                                 Link: Best of the Free

Step 3 Internet Archive Texts

You've probably seen a few out-of-print television commercials, after-school specials or instructional videos at the Internet Archive, like this motivation one or this one for letterpress printing. But they also have an abundance of free texts, which you can download in different formats like ePUB, Daisy, PDF, plain text, DjVu, MOBI or Kindle.

·                                 Link: Texts

But an easier way to search for eBooks from the Internet Archive is through their initiative Open Library, where they're trying to provide a page on the web for every book ever published (a daunting task). Just go to the website and do a search, making sure the "only show ebooks" option is checked. Then just click on the book link to see the formats.

Available in ePUB, Daisy, PDF, plain text, DjVu, MOBI or you can send directly to your Kindle.

·                                 Link: Open Library

Step 4 Project Gutenberg

This amazing website is run by none other than the inventor of the electronic book, Michael Hart. He invented eBooks way back in 1971 (yes—they're that old!) and to this day, continues to make free eBooks available to all who wish to download them at Project Gutenberg. There's over 33,000 freebies for the taking, which is 100% legal and available as ePUB, Kindle, HTML and text documents.

·                                 Link: Project Gutenberg

Step 5 ManyBooks.net

ManyBooks is just like Gutenberg above, only it has a hipper vibe, one that's more easy to navigate. The best thing—it has over 26,000 free titles in over 20 digital formats, including LIT, LRF, ePUB, MOBI, PDF, etc.

·                                 Link: ManyBooks.net

Step 6 FeedBooks

FeedBooks does sell eBooks, but they also have a large collection of public domain books, along with a section where authors can publish their own books for people to download and enjoy freely—a great idea. These are available in ePUB format.

·                                 Link: Public Domain Books

·                                 Link: Original Books

Other Notable Places to Get Free eBooks

The ones above are the best and most versatile places on the web to get free reading content for your e-Reader, but there are some still worth visiting. Here they are:

·                                 Baen Publishing Enterprises
Just search for a book (available web, Kindle, MOBI, Palm, ePUB, Nook, RTF, HTML and more).

·                                 Barnes & Noble's Free Nook Books
They don't have much, but it's worth a glance.

·                                 Sony Reader Store Free eBooks
Also not many, but worth checking out.

·                                 Kobo Free eBooks
Available in ePUB format.

Create Folders And Files With NO! (Without Any Name) Name

This trick will allow you to create files and folders without any name (Not Funny).

Just follow the steps as given below :-

1) Select any file or folder.

2) Right click on it, select 'Rename' or simply press 'F2'.

3) Press and hold the 'Alt' key. While holding the Alt key, type numbers '0160' from the numpad.

Note :- Type the numbers '0160' from the numpad, that is, the numbers present on the right side of the keyboard.
Don’t type the numbers which are present on top of the character keys.

4) Press Enter and the nameless file or folder will be created.

Reason :- The file or folder that seems nameless is actually named with a single space.

But what if you want to create another nameless file or folder in the same directory ?
For this you will have to rename the file with 2 spaces.
Just follow the steps given below :-

1) Select file, Press 'F2'.

2) Hold 'Alt' key and type '0160' from the numpad.

3) Release the 'Alt' key. Now without doing anything else, again hold 'Alt' key and type '0160'.

4) Press 'Enter' and you will have second nameless file in the same directory.

5) Repeat step 3 to create as many nameless files or folders in the same directory.

(We have a problem with deleting these folders, to do so, start your computer in 'Safe Mode' and delete it from there.) 

Idea launches Android-based dual-SIM 3G smartphone ID 918 at Rs 5,994

The third largest GSM operator Idea Cellular on Friday launched ID 918, a dual-SIM Android smartphone on the third generation mobile spectrum.

Idea ID 918 sports a 3.2-inches display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. The device has 512MB RAM and runs on Android 2.3(Gingerbread) operating system. The phone boasts of 1300 mAh battery. The device has 150MB internal storage which is expandable upto 32GB. The phone also features a 3.2MP camera. As of connectivity, the phone has GPRS, EDGE, 3G, WLAN, USB, Bluetooth.

The phone has been at Rs 5,994 and along with the handset, Idea is also offering benefits worth Rs 2,340 apart from a 2 GB data per month for three months after 48-72 hours of recharge.

The chief marketing officer of the company Sashi Shankar said that with the company breaking the Rs 6,000- barrier, will help drive usage with this dual SIM.

The overall 3G customer base in the country is currently estimated at nine million with Idea accounting for about one third of it.

This is the third 3G handset offering from the Aditya Birla group controlled company after Blade and Id-280, which together have notched up over 1 lakh units in sales since the launch last December.

Samsung launches dual-SIM Galaxy Ace Duos in India

Samsung has launched its latest smartphone dual-SIM Galaxy Ace Duos in the Indian market.

Galaxy Ace Duos sports a 3.5-inch TFT touchscreen with a 320x480 pixel resolution. The phone runs on Android 2.3 operating system (OS) powered by powered by an 832 MHz processor coupled with 512MB RAM and 3GB internal memory, which is expandable up to 32GB.

Rupee drops 7 paise against dollar

MUMBAI: The rupee failed to maintain initial gains and slipped 7 paise to 57.08 against the dollar on fresh demand for the American currency from banks and importers.


The dollar gained strength against other currencies as well in the overseas forex markets. The rupee resumed stronger at 56.90 per dollar as against yesterday's closing level of 57.01 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market on selling of dollars by banks in view of some following some steps taken by the Reserve Bank of India.


However, it failed to maintain earlier gains and dropped to 57.08 per dollar at 1045 hrs after moving between 56.90 and 57.10 in the morning session. In New York, the dollar strengthened against the euro and other major currencies.

Virbhadra Singh threatens defamation suit against Kejriwal

Union Minister Virbhadra Singhtoday threatened to file a criminal defamation suit against Arvind Kejriwal if he did not tender an unconditional apology for "maligning" him, as the key Team Anna aide faced a privilege notice from a fourth MP for allegedly insulting Parliament. 

"I intend to file criminal defamation suit," the Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises said. 

Singh was named by Team Anna in the list of 14 ministers against whom it has demanded registration of FIR and investigation into allegations of corruption. 

Singh, a veteran Congress leader from Himachal Pradesh, said he has written a letter to Kejriwal to tender an unconditional apology for "maligning" his name and if his reply is not found "satisfactory" he should be prepared to face legal action. 

"If good sense prevails on him (Kejriwal) he should tender unconditional apology.... I am waiting for his reply to my letter.... If the reply is not found satisfactory he (Kejriwal) should be prepared to face legal action," Singh, a former HP Chief Minister, told PTI. 

Singh had earlier written a letter to Kejriwal seeking unconditional apology for levelling "baseless" charges. 

The fresh breach of privilege notice on Kejriwal was moved by Congress MP Jagdambika Pal. 

A Team Anna member said Kejriwal has received the letter from Singh as well as the privilege notice served on him by Pal. Pal in his letter to Speaker alleged that Kejriwal's remarks "demeaned the institution of Parliament, its custodian and its members". 

Apart from Pal, privilege notices were earlier moved by Rajya Sabha members Ramkripal Yadav and Rajneeti Prasad (both RJD) and Lok Sabha MP Sajjan Kumar Verma (Congress) following Kejriwal's March 25 speech at Jantar Mantar during which he raised the issue of 162 people with criminal cases being MPs. 

Kejriwal today stuck to his position and said he hadn't said anything wrong. 

"I will respond in a week's time. I have not said anything wrong. There is no question of apology," he told mediapersons. 

Kejriwal earlier struck a defiant note in replying to the privilege notices asking how can he respect the House which has 162 MPs with criminal background.

Shimla Court frames Corruption Charges against Virbhadra Singh

Shimla Court today framed corruption charges against Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises & former HP Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh.

The verdict of Shimla Court framing charges against former CM of HP vindicates the stand of India Against Corruption (IAC). When IAC named him as one of the tainted ministers in Manmohan's Cabinet on Mar 25th, he had threatened a defamation suit against us.


(To read our response to Virbhadra Singh's letter click here:  http://news.indiaagainstcorruption.org/?p=4128)


We demand his immediate resignation. A person against whom charges have been framed by the court for corruption certainly cannot be accepted as a part of central cabinet by the people of India. We demand that he should not be the CM candidate of Congress in forthcoming assembly elections in HP. Because if he becomes the CM, then he would decide the prosecuting and defense counsel both, which would make a mockery of this case and cause direct conflict of interest.


This verdict also shows that the evidence presented by IAC against the 15 ministers is credible and actionable. Mrs Gandhi had said that our allegations were baseless. This verdict shows that the evidence presented by us is not baseless.


After all, what are we asking for? That investigate allegations of corruption against 15 ministers. They refuse to even investigate. PM has categorically refused to get any independent investigation done in these cases. This is unfortunate. We are confident that if independent investigations were done in these cases, most of these 15 ministers would be in jail.


If govt does not set up independent inbestigations, anshan would take place from 25th July at Jantar Mantar.

Arvind Kejriwal Speaks About Kingfisher Issue

Yesterday I was offloaded from Kingfisher flight to Dharmsala. The entire incident is quite bizarre. Was it just the result of callousness of an airline or was it the handiwork of different forces that are out to sabotage the fight against corruption?


I was on my way to deliver Anna's message in Kangra. I was asked not to board the flight despite undergoing all security checks and having a stamped boarding pass.




Today there is a Public Gathering in Kangra organized by India Against Corruption volunteers. As you must be aware we are on a national yatra to spread Anna.s message related to 25th July across the country. I am on my way to the venue but now by road. Let me take you through the entire incident as it unfolded yesterday.




The flight from Delhi to Dharmsala was scheduled at 2:55 PM yesterday and was delayed by more than 1 hour. I had checked in online and reported good 75 minutes before the departure at the airport counter. Kingfisher staff stamped my boarding pass (attached) and asked me to wait for the boarding call. The boarding was announced around 3:30 PM and I got in the queue to board.


Just at the boarding gate when they scanned my boarding pass the machine gave an error. The Kingfisher staff asked me to step aside. They allowed all the passengers to board the flight while I waited for my turn. Once the boarding was complete they asked me to leave the scene saying that my ticket has been cancelled!!!


I asked them how is it possible that when I have a stamped boarding pass, my ticket has been cancelled. They said that the airlines had called me around 2:45 PM and asked me if I want to fly. According to Kingfisher I answered that call and that too in negative i.e. I said that I do not want to fly. This was ridiculous. First of all I did not answer any such call . the call is still in my missed call list. Secondly, when I had taken the boarding pass, how could the airlines cancel my ticket when I was physically present to board it?


Friends, I have been facing such apathy and I am sure each one of you who has raised his voice must be facing such treatment at some level or the other. Such experiences go onto only strengthen our resolve in the fight against corruption.


Anna.s message has to reach each and every corner of the country and I am on my way to deliver it in Dharamsala.


(Click here to view the boarding pass: http://news.indiaagainstcorruption.org/?p=4227&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arvind-kejriwals-version-of-the-kingfisher-issue)


Jai Hind.


Arvind Kejriwal
23rd June 2012

Running Multiple Instances of Google Talk

User of Google Talk (GTalk) can also let GTalk go to polygamy, that\92s running multiple instances of Google Talk and login to multiple Google accounts on Google Talk. The polygamy trick can be done without any crack, patch or hack, with just a simple command line parameter or switch /nomutex appended to the Google Talk shortcut.

Ability to polygamy running multiple Google Talk is useful if users have multiple Google Talk accounts (or Google or Gmail accounts that used to login to GTalk) or multiple profiles or personalities, and don\92t want to log on and off from one account to another account every time when want to switch, or want to log in to all accounts at the same time on the same computer.

You can add the /nomutex switch or parameter to existing Google Talk shortcut, or create a new shortcut with the /nomutex command line parameter.

To edit existing Google Talk shortcut:

1) Right click on the Google Talk shortcut.
2) On the right click contextual menu, click on Properties.
3) Go to Shortcut tab on Google Talk Properties window.
4) On the Target textbox, add in the /nomutex to the end of the line so that it looks like below (or you can simply copy and paste the below syntax and replace the original).

Target: "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex

5) Click on OK.


To create a new shortcut for Google Talk:

1) Right-click on the desktop or anywhere you want to place the GTalk shortcut.
2) Select New on the right click context menu.
3) Then select Shortcut.
4) Copy and paste the following line to the text box when prompted to type the location of the item:

\93C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe\94 /nomutex

5) Click on Next
6) Give the shortcut a proper name such as Google Talk or Google Talk Multiple or Google Talk Polygamy or anything els you want.
7) Click OK untill you are done.

If you have hex editor, you can act like a hacker and modify the bits in Google Talk program so that it will always allow multiple instances of Google Talk to be launched whether the /nomutex switch is specified or not.

Launch hex editor and open googletalk.exe, then search for the following patterns in the hex editor:

004536FD . 3BC6 CMP EAX,ESI
004536FF . 75 05 JNZ SHORT googleta.00453706

Modify the string to look like the following:
004536FD . 8BC1 MOV EAX,ECX
004536FF . EB 05 JMP SHORT googleta.00453706


How this Works?
The mutex is short for mutual exclusion object.
A mutex is a program object that allows multiple program threads to share the same resource, but not simultaneously.

So, in the hack above, we used nomutex (no-mutex) to use the same resources simultaneously....!