How to delete file from desktop

Press window button +R

Go to a command prompt (write "cmd.exe")

type "DIR /X /A"

This will list the files' 8.3 name. Use del and delete the file using the 8.3 name.

example: to delete a file / folder named "THIS IS ONLY A TEST" type del thisis~1

Recent Volcanic Activity

Several volcanoes have erupted in the past few months - two in Chile (Chaiten and Llaima) and one in Alaska (Okmok). At any given time, approximately 20 to 50 volcanoes are active worldwide (depending on the definition of "active"). Collected here are photos of volcanic events from the the past several years, seen from many angles, including low Earth Orbit.
The crew of the International Space Station observed Mt. Etna's eruption on October 30th, 2002. The lighter-colored plumes downslope and north of the summit are produced by forest fires set by lava flowing into the pine forests on the slope of the mountain. (Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center)
Russia's Kliuchevskoi Volcano, seen erupting on September 30, 1994. Astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour snapped photos as the eruption cloud reached 60,000 feet above sea level, and the winds carried ash as far as 640 miles southeast. (Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center)

The Tiger temple in Thailand

The tiger temple in Thailand is a place where an extraordinary bond between man and the world's biggest cats has been formed.. The tigers here are so peaceful…its almost as if they have accepted Buddhism as their religion. In fact, they even sit for the meditating sessions with the monks and kneel down in front of them as it they are the gurus. The tigers are so docile that the monks have to sometimes train them to fight otherwise they would lose all their power of self protection..



The link started in 1999 when a sick baby tiger, orphaned after poachers shot its mother, was brought to the monks. Within a few years several other tiger cubs similarly orphaned by poachers had arrived. The most amazing thing is none of the cubs turned out ferocious on growing up. The monks believe that these tigers are none other than the former buddhist disciples who have taken rebirth in the same place.

Cool Summer Gadgets

Since summer is approaching.So be prepared for this summer,here are some very very cool summer gadgets to make you cool even in Hot and sunny days. Here are some gadgets that you would want badly.

Laptop Tent

If you like to spend the summer in the beaches, you don’t have to restrict yourself for net surfing or chatting with your friends. The LapDome is just a small tent for your laptop. It not only helps you see things on the laptop screen but also provides a shelter for your laptop from the sun’s rays.
The tent collapses in a flat, round package that fits inside a matching backpack with your laptop. The tent/backpack set sells for $80 (a tent/shoulder bag combo goes for $75), only on the LapDome Web site.

Wireless Solar Speaker

Let the sun play the music for you this summer! Just put this eco-friendly solar speakers in the sun and its wireless transmitter connected to your iPod and it will play music whole day long taking charge from its solar panel.

Rideable Three-wheeled Cooler

Whoa! You can now drive your cooler to the beaches! This three wheeled cooler has a 500 watt electric motor that can speed up to 14 mph taking your cold beverage cans and ice.

USB Fan for Your Workplace

The hot geeks can now cool down with these USB powered Fans. The quiet low power consumption motors will cool you when you are at work. Don’t worry the soft plastic blades won’t cut your hand if try to play with it.

Solar Panel powered Juice Bag

Your cellphone, iPod, GPS device got out of power when you set out for hiking the previous summer? This summer will be different with this Bag able to charge any 12 V electronic devices with its solar panel that can generate upto 7 watts of power.
Your cellphone, iPod, GPS device got out of power when you set out for hiking the previous summer? This summer will be different with this Bag able to charge any 12 V electronic devices with its solar panel that can generate upto 7 watts of power.

Swimmer’s MP3 Player

If you thought electronic goods cannot be put into water - you are wrong. This little MP3 player can play song even when you are swimming to enjoy the summer.

Solar Charging Case 4 iPhone

The case provides protection to your iPhone from scratches and smudges. And the most important is while you clip the case on your belt with the iPhone inserted in it, and you’re exposed to sunlights, the case will start collecting sun juice and charging its internal battery, which can be used to power up your iPhone later.

An iPhone case that comes equipped with a solar cell which soaks up sun juice to charge your iPhone is definitely a great idea. The solar charging case from Brando is just what we’re talking about here which keeps your iPhone juiced up in the green and handy way.

iBikeConsole

The iBikeConsole is specially designed for bikers who’re music addicts. It lets you have full controls on your iPod Nano, without needing you to move your hands away from the grips. The device can be attached to a visible position which is free from rain and shock harming it.

The device also adds extra feature for your safety i.e. it shows you your current speed on the iPod’s display, which can act as a reminder that you need to slow down if your bike is going too fast. It also shows the trip distance and some other essential information on the iPod’s display. It’s compatible with all three generations of iPod nano and carries a price tag of $76.

SanDisk introduces slot Music - Music on microSD card

SanDisk has proposed their new idea of having music stored on a microSD card or slotMusic and each album is expected to sell at about $7-$10. Our storage devices are getting smaller and smaller these days. It shouldn’t be too much surprise having music stored on a microSD card after they’ve done it in a USB stick.
Music on a tiny microSD card wouldn’t sound so nice for giving it as a gift to others. The music on a CD is the more preferred gift due to the size, and it definitely looks nicer once wrapped in a gift wrapper. Lets say giving it as a birthday gift.

The slotMusic will be available in various stores in the States such as Walmart and BestBuy starting next year. And check out more on slotMusic

Illegal Gold Mining in "GHANA"

Fevered by hopes of striking it rich, illegal miners claw sacks of "money stone"—gold ore—from the Pra River in Ghana. Their toil feeds the world's hunger for gold, and leaves a ruined landscape in its wake.It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of people in Ghana have been evicted from farms to make way for multinational mining interests in the last 20 years.
They are offered very little in return.

India's Mission Moon

Mission Sequence

• Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, Sriharikota by PSLV-XL (PSLV-C11) on 22 October 2008 at 06:22 hrs.
• Subsequently, the spacecraft's Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) firing was done on 23 October at 09:00 hrs IST.
• The orbit was further raised to 336 km x 74,715 km on 25 October at 05:48 hrs IST. In this orbit, spacecraft took about twenty-five and a half hours to orbit the Earth once.
• The LAM was fired again on 26 October at 07:08 hrs IST. Chandrayaan-1 took about 73 hours to go round the Earth once.
• On 29 October,Chandrayaan’s present orbit extends more than half the way to moon and takes about six days to orbit the Earth.
• On 4 November, Chandrayaan entered the Lunar Transfer Trajectory with an apogee of 380,000 km.
• On 8 November, the spacecraft’s Liquid engine was fired to reduce its velocity to insert the spacecraft in the lunar orbit (LOI) and enable lunar gravity to capture it. As a result, the spacecraft was in an elliptical orbit with periselene (nearest point to the moon) of 504 km and aposelene (farthest point from the moon) of 7,502 km.
• The first orbit reduction manoeuvre was carried out successfully on 9 November. Thus the spacecraft was in lunar orbit with 200 km periselene. The aposelene remains unchanged (i.e 7,502 km).
• After careful and detailed observation, a series of three orbit reduction manoeuvres were successfully carried out and the spacecraft’s orbit was reduced to its intended operational 100 km circular polar orbit on November 12.
• On 14 November at 20:06 hrs IST, the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) was ejected from the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft and after 25 minutes journey. It placed the Indian tricolour, which was pasted on the sides of MIP on the Moon.