Yes, we love Twitter simply because its a place to meet interesting/informative/humorous/like-minded people/bots. Yes, you can add  more adjectives to the previous sentence but lets come back to the topic. Twitter is one universe in itself. Here are five 5 tools to follow like minded people on the Twitterverse.

Following new people has its advantages. More information, discussions, groups, getting listed etc. Lets start off then.

1. TwitterRel

This is one of the simplest Twitter based tools. TwitterRel isn’t much of a hassle and all you have to do is login with your Twitter account and just enter your preferred language and the keywords. TwitterRel will find similar users based on the keywords you typed.

2. WeFollow

This is probably the most popular website around. You can follow people based on the number of followers or their influence. You get two columns titled Most Influential and Most Followers. The former one has its advantages.

3. InstaFollow

InstaFollow, like TwitteRel does not need registration. You can browse people in bulk and also follow them in bulk unlike the other websites.

4. JustTweetIt

JustTweetIt is a huge directory of Twitter users. It has a wider keyword database and filters. You also get to see featured Twitter articles, users and other tools.

5. FollowFormation

FollowFormation lets you follow top users from mentioned categories or keywords. You can start your own keyword based users thing. But I assure you, Chuck Norris already exists there.

Everybody loves Twitter or at least every other social networking guy does. And devs just cant get enough of it. Loads of applications and external customizations only makes Twitter a more happy place to live in. And one of them is displaying your Twitter followers profile pictures collage as your Twitter background.

Twilk is what you are looking for. It lets you add the followers images onto your Twitter page.

Twilk lets you choose whether to display followers/following persons’ profile photos or both. It also keeps track of how you interact with people. The more the interaction, the more prominent their profile picture is displayed.

1. Visit Twilk.com and click Get Started!

2. You will be redirected to Twitter where you can approve the application by logging in.

3. ‘Allow’ access to Twilk. You will get redirected to Twilk now.

4. Choose your settings which are pretty simple and self explanatory.

5. Preview the background and apply it at your convenience. Thats it! Enjoy Twilking!

This is the first time I have ever seen a browser that is so ready made that you don’t really have to type much. This browser called Epic is based on the Mozilla Firefox browser. And this browser has been designed keeping in mind the people of India.

All the major visited sites like Twitter, Facebook, Gmail and Yahoo! are available as small icons on the sidebar to save you the time.

Some notable features are icons on the sidebar including the one with India which lets you on tons of events and news going on about the country, Support for Hindi language, built-in antivirus, system folders’ browser and maps.

We all know how people in India are the most vulnerable to phishing scams and other such stuff. Maybe thats why Epic has an In Built Antivirus, Website Virus Protection and Anti Phishing Support.

The first icon on the sidebar is India, on clicking this icon you can attain any information regarding any news, sci-Tech topic, Top stories, entertainment and many more related to India.

The second option will allow you to write any thing in Hindi and then save it for future use.

The third option named as Skins, will allow you to change the appearance of your browser.

With the help of anti-virus option you can scan you whole computer, but before starting the scan the virus definitions will be downloaded.

With the help of write option you can write anything, as you used to write using Microsoft word, as it contains all the parameters required to format the text as per your convenience.

Snippets can let you cut any quotation, one liner, statistics or any thing short from the web site.’

Video option will let you to search any desirable video available on net and then you can create a playlist.

With the help of My Computer option you can browse all the files and folders present you system, this means that you will not have to start Windows Explorer in order to search anything.

To-do and timers options will help you create a Thing to Do list and a reminder for any task.

Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, Orkut and Yahoo option will you to access them in a single click, once you login to these accounts you can receive any update in your accounts from the sidebar.

Under the maps option, you can see the map of different sites any wherein the world and under the travel tab you can reserve any train or air ticket through internet.

Jobs option will help you to know the best opportunities present for you in today’s scenario.

Under the collection you can group the number of tabs which are supposed to be opened daily. Then next you will not have to open them one by one, just click the collection option and they will opened automatically.

Rest are the general options which are available with any other browser.

Epic is around 10 MB and has a beautiful interface. There are tons of themes to browse around for.

Download Epic

The NFB (National Film Board), Canada is proud to let you watch documentaries,  indie films and animation movies on your iPad for free. Needless to say, the NFB has a gigantic library full of movies. And yes you can watch it on your iPad for free!

The NFB Films for iPad 1.1 lets you watch movies that are streamed to your iPad via Wi-Fi. There’s also a watch later option so you can later watch it offline. These videos are stored for 48 hours after which it is erased.

What interests me most is the wide number of categories and 1000s of videos. I think its a great pass time which comes for free. Categories like documentaries, environment, For kids etc. have loads of stuff. You can also search for videos and favorite your movies at your convenience. The application lets you share videos with your buddies via email.

Occasional glitches like pause-doesn’t-work occur but other than that this is one must have application. And its completely free!

Download NFB Films For iPad 1.1

FIFA World Cup is one global phenomenon. And lots of businessmen are out there trying to make the most of it. And Consumers as usual opting for the free/cheap schemes. While some include paying to watch the World Cup, others are free. Here’s how you watch the FIFA World Cup live on your Android Phone.

♦ SkyFire

SkyFire is one hell of an development. Not only can it transcode an archived video, but also flash videos that are streaming live! So watch out for websites that are using Skyfire, you will be to watch the World Cup live on your Android phone!

If you are in the U.S and using a high speed internet, you can try espn3.com. The other one is backed up by Univision, Futbol. Click that on your Android phone while a match is going on. A miniature video should appear on the right hand bottom of your screen. Click it and Skyfire should load your video.

♦ Sprint Mobile TV

This is for the Sprint Subscribers. Although, the streaming isn’t quite as quick as Skyfire. This method is quite quick though. You can access it via the Sprint Mobile TV application. Also, it will not work via Wifi to avoid unauthorised access. So better be an area with 4G reception.

♦ You can also try other services like Justin.Tv on your Android browsers.

Once your iPad is jailbroken, its like entering Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, You don’t know where to run first. Here I am holding one of the treats, which includes attaching a bluetooth mouse to your iPad using BTStack.

Sometimes its good to have a mouse around especially if you are more mouse-centric rather than touch-centric.

Its an added advantage if you own a Bluetooth mouse but if you don’t own one and dying to use one on the iPad, then buy the Apple mouse. Lets get started.

♦ Download BTStack Mouse via Cydia which is a free app.

♦ Turn on your Bluetooth mouse.

♦ Run the BTStack Mouse application.

♦ A Pop up indicating its searching for the mouse should now appear.

♦ Your mouse name should now appear on the search area, click it once.

♦ You are now ready to go. You can adjust the mouse settings if you are using an Apple mouse.

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I am sure you lads will want to play with your new iOS4 and jailbreak your iPhone 3GS now. But the jailbreak should on your iPhone 3GS should be done with the old bootroom on your device.

And there are a lot of guys out there who don’t know what a Bootroom means. If you are not sure of whether your iPhone 3GS has the old bootroom or the new bootroom, you can try the iDetector that detects whether your iPhone 3GS has the same or not.

Developed by iH8sn0w, iDetector simply tells you whether you have the old bootroom or the new bootroom by you connecting your iPhone 3GS to the computer in the DFU mode and click the ‘Is my bootroom old or new?’ button.

Download iDetector (Windows Only)

Sn0wbreez 1.6 has been released and now users can create custom firmwares with great ease. As usual, backup your data using iTunes before you get started.

You will need to download sn0wbreez 1.6 from iH8sn0w. Also, if you have not yet updated to iOS4, please do. Also you will be needing iTunes 9.2.

As of now sn0wbreez 1.6 supports iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 2G. The iPhone 3GS should be on the old bootroom.

The new sn0wbreez 1.6 enables options like background wallpaper, battery percentage and multitasking on iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G.

Stay tuned for jailbreak instructions!

Download Sn0wbreez 1.6

Lets get started! As I have mentioned before, backup your data with iTunes 9.2. Also, your device should already be jailbroken excluding using Spirit jailbreak.

How To Jailbreak iPhone 3G/3GS using sn0wbreez 1.6:

1. Run sn0wbreez 1.6 and click next (blue arrow button bottom right).

2. Select Expert Mode and continue.

3. Select Browse and select the iOS4 firmware (IPSW file) you had downloaded for you iPhone 3G/3GS.

4. You will next see a confirmation of the firmware along with your iPhone model. Click next.

5. On the next dialog box, you will see lot of options like General, installers etc. Click General.

6. Select the features you want in your iPhone 3G including background pictures, battery percentage etc. If you own a iPhone 3GS, you will need not do anything. Click Next.

7. sn0breeze will modify your firmware and this might take time. Wait for it to finish and then the name sn0wbreeze will be displayed before the filename of the custom OS such as sn0wbreeze_iPhone 3G.

8. Restored the custom firmware to the iPhone 3G/3GS by connecting it to the computer and launching the iTunes and then clicking Restore button holding onto the shift button.

9. When iTunes asks for the firmware file, just point it to the custom firmware you just built using the sn0wbreeze 1.6. Thats it! After restoring, iPhone will restart and your phone will be jailbroken!

Reinstalling Windows 7 in dual boot with Ubuntu, you might have to restore a lot of stuff. And one of important restores is Grub 2. This is mainly because of the fact that MBR is rewritten.

Restore Grub 2 in Windows 7:

1. Grub4dos

♦ Download Grub4dos from Gna.org.

♦ Copy the file glrdr, glrdr.mbr to the OS directory, in this case C drive.

♦ Create a boot.ini file in the root directory itself. Copy the following into the boot.ini file:

[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=c:\grldr.mbr
[operating systems]
C:\grldr.mbr="Grub4Dos"

♦ Next, create menu.lst in the same directory i.e. C drive and paste the following in the file:

timeout 0

default 0

title grub2

find --set-root /boot/grub/core.img

kernel /boot/grub/core.img

boot

♦ Restart your computer. Select boot from Grub4Dos and then select Boot up Ubuntu. After you have logged in, use this command to install grub in mbr:

sudo grub-install /dev/sda

2. CD/USB Boot with Grub

♦ Boot the CD/USB and press C in the grub menu and then type:

grub>find /boot/grub/core.img
grub>root (hdx,y)   (last command should give you x,y)
grub>kernel /boot/grub/core.img
grub>boot

♦ After the boot command, Now you will be in Grub2 Menu. Select boot up Ubuntu and then run the following command which will restore Grub:

sudo grub-install /dev/sda