Improve Shutdown Speed in Windows-XP

This tweak reduces the time Windows-XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.Follow the steps as given below

1) Go to Start then select Run

2) Type 'Regedit' and click ok

3) Find 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\'

4) Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'

5) Right click and select 'Modify'

6) Change the value to '1000'

7) Click 'OK'

8) Now select 'HungAppTimeout'

9) Right click and select 'Modify'

10) Change the value to '1000'

11) Click 'OK'

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D600 camera with video compression and weather sealed body

Nikon D600 is the latest camera from Nikon which is expected to hit the market soon. The specs that were rumored about this camera earlier proved to be false as Nikon announced their specs officially yesterday. However, camera enthusiasts can rejoice as new specs are really more interesting than the rumored ones. The camera has a full frame sensor of 24.7MP which promises impressive picture efficiency. It comes up flexible video compression options and also a weather protection cover.Nikon D600 weighs 760g exclusive of the weight of battery and memory cards and it may go up to 850g inclusive of them. It features a LCD display of 3.2 inch with 921K dot which has an ambient sensor control. You can view the captured pictures in TV with the help of HDMI output. This Nikon camera features video compression facilities, as well. It works with HD in 60p, 50p, 30p and 25p. For full HD, it works with 30p, 25p and 24p too.
 
Feature:

• 24.7MP full frame sensor
• Weight: 760g (850g with battery and memory cards),
• 3.2″ LCD with 921K dot with ambient sensor control
• HDMI output
• Video compression: H264/MPEG-4
• Full HD with 30p, 25p, 24p, HD with 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p
• Viewfinder coverage: 100% for FX , 97% for Dx
• The Nikon D600 will have built-in AF motor
• The body most probably will be weather sealed
• The D600 may not have built-in GPS as initially reported
• ISO range: 100-6400
• 39 AF points, 9 cross-type AF points
• AF face detection
• Exposure compensation: ±5 EV
• The D600 will probably use the EN-EL15 rechargeable Li-ion battery

The view finder coverage of Nikon D600 reaches 100% for FX and 97% for Dx. This camera comes with a built in AF motor. Other interesting specification Nikon camera is that it most probably comes with a weather sealed body making it convenient for use in all environment conditions. Though the earlier reports suggested the availability of GPS module, the new spec sheet doesn’t confirm that.

The picture efficiency is very well maintained by an ISO range of 100-6400. The camera can claim superior auto focusing capability. It seems to have 39 AF points along with an optional eleven AF points. In addition this, Nikon D600 will also have nine cross-type auto focus points. Face detection is another feature worth mentioning. The Exposure compensation of the new Nikon camera is ±5 EV adding to the imaging efficiency.
However, features like Built-in flash, In-camera editor, Auto DX crop mode, two user settings etc which was rumored earlier are not confirmed as of now.
Most probably, Nikon D600 will be featuring rechargeable EN-EL15 Li-ion battery which is expected to give good back up time. Nikon D600 will reach the Nikon camera market in standard black outfit. The price information of this new Nikon camera is not disclosed as of now.

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How China's First Space Station Will Work Infographic

Credit: Karl Tate Take a look at how China's first space station, called Tiangong ("Heavenly Palace") will be assembled in orbit.

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Really fascinating historical photos

Howrah bridge

Stalin, Lenin and Trotsky

Final Journey to Heaven.....Bhupen Hazarika

Incomplete Howrah bridge 1935

Rare picture of the family of maa sarada devi

The Elephant Rock – 1858

1968 shayam bazar more

C. V. Raman - The Great Indian Physicist

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, FRS (7 November 1888 “ 21 November 1970) was an Indian physicist. He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for the discovery that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the light that is deflected changes in wavelength. This phenomenon is now called Raman scattering and is the result of the Raman effect

Howrah Bridge under construction... 1942...

The original picture of Jhansi Rani Laxmi Bai. This picture has been taken by German photographer Hoffman 160 years ago

Amit ji with his mom Teji bachan....

Asha, Mukesh , Lata , Kishore & Manna

An Awesome paint of Leonardo da vinci

Bagha Jatin

British India and Afghanistan border – 1934

Calcutta bus stand near Howrah bridge, most likely on the Howrah station side of the Hooghly River 1944

Chatim talay gurudeber janmodin 1937

Dairy milk chocolate 1905 to 1999

Deho rakhchen thakur ramkrishna paramahansa deb

Dharamtala

Family of Indira Gandhi

Gandhi-ji with Netaji 1932

In India first railway

Jaya with her son & daughter

The last train , Dhaka to Calcutta!!! Taken in 1947

Last time Netaji was arrested by British police

The crown of India

View of the hoogly river at 1880

July 1983 Indira Gandhi felicitates Kapil Dev, captain of Indian cricket team

Maharani of Jaipur Gayatri Devi – 1940's

Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhulabhai Desai, and Rajendra Prasad (Center) at the AICC Session, April 1939

Rabindranath Thakur

Satyajit Roy only 22 years old , picture taken at 1943

Sharat Chandra with Surendranath

Shooting-the-mgm-lion-logo-in-1924

Awesome picture of RK, dilip sahab and Dev anand

Star Cinema ( now at Pakistan ) 1943

This was how the Taj Mahal was protected from bomber jets in 1942 during world war.

It was covered with huge scaffold, to make it look like a stockpile of bamboo and misguide bombers.

The covering is still incomplete in this photo. The whole of Taj Mahal was covered but this picture shows only the main dome covered. The govt. didnt allow any photographers later to shoot the final scaffold cover.

During the India-Pakistan war in 1971, it was protected by covering it with a green cloth and making it almost invisible i.e.
camouflaged within the greenery around it.
Even in 2001, after the Sep 11 attack, Archaeological Survey of India took up the precautionary measure to
cover it with cloth and it took them more than 20 days to do that!!

A rare one of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and his wife Eimilie Shenkl

Rare picture of Kishore kumar & Bhupen Hazarika

Gandhi ji with his wife Kasturba Gandhi

15th August 1947, First News Paper of INDEPENDENT INDIA

The front page of the April 16, 1912 evening edition of the Boston Globe, detailing the Titanic Disaster is shown

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Billa 2 to release on Vijay's Birthday

When Ajith's 'Billa 2' hits the screens on June 22, it will take the theatres of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh by storm, as plans are on to release the film in almost all top cinema halls in both the States.
"Aascar V Ravichandran, who has acquired the Tamil Nadu distribution rights, has booked top screens all over the State. Likewise, leading AP theatres have been booked to screen the Telugu version, titled 'David Billa: The Beginning'," sources say.
 
While Karnataka will see the release of both the versions, the Tamil version will be released simultaneously in Kerala and other States, besides foreign countries. So this 51st film of Ajith will be released in more than 1000 screens around the world.
 
Directed by Chakri Toleti, the movie is produced by In Entertainment and Wide Angle Creations. It is a prequel to 'Billa' and has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja

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