The latest Samsung Galaxy S4 has been able to attract lots of eye balls all over the world. While many have already made the choice to purchase the Galaxy S4, there are still lots of people who are still confused whether to purchase this smart phone or to opt for other smart phones like Samsung Galaxy Note 2.

While the Galaxy S4 has already started arriving on the doorsteps for those who had pre-ordered it, it is still not available for immediate purchase. Those who have already started taking advantage of this smart phone have reported that the Galaxy S4 is a tempting smart phone which boasts amazing features.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 features a 4.99-inch full HD Super AMOLED 1,920 x 1080 display with a pixel density of 441ppi while the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 comes with an S-AMOLED capacitive touch screen display of 5.5 inches of 720 x 1280 resolutions with a pixel density of 267 ppi. The Galaxy S4 uses Super AMOLED display with a PenTile pixel arrangement.

The Galaxy Note 2 has got an 8MP camera of 3264×2448 pixels resolution. However, the Galaxy S4 has got a 13 megapixel rear camera that can shoot video in Full HD 1080p quality. It also has a 2 megapixel camera that can also record 1080p video.

The phone has got Backside-illuminated (BSI) sensor for better low-light sensitivity. It can be used for video calling and has even got Dual Camera mode. The front camera of the phone controls the phone with Smart Pause. When you look away from the screen the video will get paused and when you will look back, the video will automatically turn on.

The Galaxy S4 has got Exynos octa-core processors running at 1.6GHz. It uses ARM’s big. LITTLE architecture and is therefore, strictly not an eight-core processor phone. The eight cores are divided in two: four high-power, complex cores for doing the heavy lifting and four smaller, power-efficient cores for doing more mundane tasks. Its architecture is designed so that it can switch between the different types of core seamlessly while the Galaxy Note 2 is powered by Exynos 4412 Quad, MALI 400, 1.6 GHz Cortex A9 Quad Core processor.

The Galaxy S4 will have the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS while the Galaxy Note 2 operates on Android Jelly Bean v.4.1.1.

However, like the Galaxy Note 2 even the Galaxy S4 has got 2 GB RAM and the storage capacity of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB which can be expanded further through microSD card.

This is a common song sung about all models of smartphones, truth is with more features and processing power, you need more power. The battery is becoming more and more less sufficient to meet the ever increasing needs of these phones. According to fixya a study was done on some of the most common smartphones and battery life cut across all the phone models as the most popular problem. This report was done with 25 million users, 650000 experts and 15 million product problems and solutions. It includes some of the common problems popular smartphone models have and how they can be fixed.

Solution

If your phone battery starts to need charge every 2-3 hours with regular usage, its time to buy another battery. If your battery works fine and you just need it to push through a typical work day or you want it to last you till you upgrade your phone,then here are some simple solutions you already know:

• Turn down screen brightness
• Closing all the apps you are not using
• Turning off the extra things like wifi and bluetooth when not in use
• If you need to listen to music whole day everyday, get an mp3 player
• Not using your phone beyond certain battery percentage (15-20%)

Even with knowledge of these simple solutions we are still reluctant to follow through. Blame it on laziness or just the thought that if the app is closed you are missing out on something. This is something we need to consciously put into practice to maximize our time with these gadgets – a personal discipline.

Ingredients: 12 ripe, golden peaches 25 grams almonds (blanched) 25 grams pistachios 1/4 tsp saffron strands 125 grams sugar a few drops lime or orange juice silver or gold foil

Method: Cover the nuts with foil. Dissolve saffron in 1 tblsp of hot water. Cover peaches with boiling water and boil till the skin wrinkles, then plunge immediately into cold water and pea! the peaches. Carefully cut into halves, and throw away the seeds. Sprinkle a little lime or orange juice to prevent discoloration. Place the sugar, along with 4- cups of water, in a pan and cook over slow fire. When the sugar dissolves mix in the peaches, and cook till the syrup turns thick. Remove from fire, cool, and mix in the and saffron. Bottle and use when required. Using the same recipe, you can make apple, guava, apricot, grape or cherry murrabba.

Ingredients: Chicken (16 pieces) 1 Lemon 2 Green chilies chopped 4 Clarified butter 1 cup Green coriander chopped 1 bunch Tomato chopped ½ kg Black pepper crushed 1 tsp Roasted white cumin 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp Red chili powder 1 tbsp Karahai masala 1 tbsp Ginger chopped 2 tbsp Salt to taste

Method: First wash chicken and add in wok with 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste and salt to taste till water dries. Then add ½ kg chopped tomato and 1 tbsp red chili powder and cook till tomato water dries. Now add 1 tbsp karahai masala, 1 tsp black pepper crushed, 1 tsp roasted white cumin and 1 cup oil to cook a little. In the end add 2 tbsp chopped ginger, 4 chopped green chilies, 1 chopped green coriander and 2 lemon juice to mix and serve hot.

Ingredients: - fresh pita bread - Whole dill pickle (cut lengthwise into 4 pieces - French fries - garlic spread (follow recipe) Marinade for chicken - 2 lb. boneless chicken with (cut into pieces) - 1\2 tsp. ground cinnamon - 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg - 1/2 tsp. ground green cardamoms - 3/4 tsp. allspice 1/2 t. freshly ground black pepper - 1/4 t. ground cloves - 1/2 tsp. crushed red chili - 1 1\2 tsp. salt - 4 tbsp. fresh lemon juice - 1tsp. sumac, optional Ingredients for garlic sauce: - 2 whole garlic bulbs - 1 tsp. salt - 1 cup corn oil - 3 tbsp. lemon juice

Method: 1. Wash the chicken pieces pat dry. Place the chicken pieces in a bowl. Mix all the spices with lemon juice to make thick paste. Rub the paste over the chicken pieces thoroughly. Marinate it for 5-6 hours at room temperature over night in the refrigerator. 2. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Grease a baking dish with oil, put chicken pieces in skin side down, and bake it for about 20 minutes. Take it out, turn them over and bake for 10-15 more minutes or until the chicken is tender. 3. Remove the skin and shred the chicken with a sharp knife. Put the shredded chicken back in the baking dish. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of sumac and mix well. Garlic Spread: Put the garlic and salt in a food processor or chopper and process to a smooth paste. Add oil in a thin stream and process until oil and garlic form a uniform mixture. add lemon juice and process once. ASSEMBLY: Take one pita bread, put a thin layer of garlic spread. Put 4 tablespoons of shredded chicken, a few slices of pickle and French fries. Roll it, wrap in paper napkin.

Some of windows 8 users, after sometime face problem explorer.exe error. An empty window which pops up when you login to your account, which is very annoying. Its caused by some kind of malware. To avoid such error keep your antivirus updated.

Now how to get rid of this error!
its too easy. Just follow the steps

1. Press Windows key + R, write Regedit and press enter

Step 1

2. Follow the address:

• [HKEY_CURRENT_USER

• Software

• Microsoft

• Windows NT

• CurrentVersion

• Windows

3. You will see the string called Load, and its value is something like this:                              [...]\LOCALS~1\Temp\msuwflvuc.exe. That's the root of the issue.
4. Make sure you have permission to edit the key, by clicking menu Edit > Permissions..., then tick the box Full Control in the Allow column > OK.

5. Just delete the string Load you've seen in step 3.

6. Ta-da! Restart and enjoy

Some  of windows 8 user face problems while signing into skype.
They get the msg "Can't open Skype. You are already signed in on this computer. Please signed out try again."
its really very annoying. Even after deleting all your account information, when you sign in for the 2nd time you will get that msg.
BUT! DON'T WORRY, WE GOT THE SOLUTION FOR THAT PROBLEM.
There are 2 ways to solve this problem, either you go the Hard way or the easy one. We will show you both ways to solve it, just follow the steps:

1. Quit Skype if its running 
2. then simply go to run or press Windows key + r
3. Type %appdata% and press enter
4. You will be in a window called "Roaming".
5. Search for folder named "Skype"
6. Rename that folder, e.g. Skype_old and press enter
7. Ta-daaa, just go and sign in into your account and enjoy!!!

2nd way of getting into that Roaming window is a bit complicated, but i'll tell u that as well for learning purposes. Just follow the steps:

1. In tool bar, go to VIEW, and check Hidden items
2. Go to C drive/users and go to your user account (admin)
3. then go to folder named aapData and then to Roaming
4. Search for folder named "Skype"
5. Rename that folder, e.g. Skype_old and press enter
6. Ta-daaa, just go and sign in into your account and enjoy!!!

Ingredients: Flour 150 grams Eggs 3 Baking Powder 1 tsp Butter 150 grams Brown Sugar 50 grams Coconut 150 grams Ghee 150 grams

Method: First of all in a bowl add 3 eggs, 150 grams butter, 50 grams brown sugar, 1 tsp baking powder and 150 grams flour. Mix well. Now pour into baking tray n 180 c. Bake it and take out of oven. After this when it turns to light brown, in another pan heat 150 grams ghee and cook 150 grams coconut. Mix together. In the end pour on top of cake and bake for 5 minutes on grill. Ready to serve.

A presentation is a live mode of sharing information for a selected audience.It is a form of oral communication in which a person shares factual information with a particular audience.It can also include visual electronic aids (such as LCD projectors) to discuss new ideas and information in a impressive and convincing manner.

Here are some following steps:

• DEFINING PURPOSE - The purpose of presentation must be clearly defined before you start the presentation.It may be to 1.Inform people about an idea or describe a business opportunity to gain support for some course of action. 2.To inform,to analyse,to persuade. 3.Creating an awareness.
• ANALYZING AUDIENCE & LOCALE - An audio understanding about the need of your understanding audience it will help you to focus your developing presentation on those issues that would be interest to the listeners.The presenter extra benefits should adjust his style to accommodate need of all cultural and linguistic difference culture.He should try to find out the following questions, 

        1. who is your audience ?

        2. why are they attending your presentation ?

        3. what is their background and level of knowledge ?

       4. what are the interest ,likes and dislikes ?

        LOCALS - local is the physical environment.The speaker should know about

       1.place of presentation.

       2.public address system is available or not.

       3.Visual aids is available or not.

• ORGANIZING CONTENT - After identifying the audience , start collecting material for your presentation . By now two things should be ready,

         1. Define essential things to give shape your presentation.

          2. Analyse into three major parts .....

         (A) INTRODUCTION----indicates the main idea of the presentation.It comprises the aim and the               layout opening statement can be a question or a sincere greeting.A good introduction is the                   vehicle to lead the audience into the main body.

     (B) MAIN BODY-----The main body of the presentation should be backed by supporting material.This          part includes the finding of your survey and analyse of your data.

(C) CONCLUSION----The presentation has to concluded by reviewing the main point in conclusion .In conclusion the presenter should remind the audience briefly about the purpose of your presentation.

(D) PREPARING THE OUTLINE----An outline serves as a guide to show you the right path ta your presentation.Outline can be organized like this

1.introduction ..........

2.various aspects........

3.function...............

4.facilities.............

5.conclusion.............

(E) AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS-----we can enhance the value of presentation by using audio visual aids.While addressing a large audience ,one should use the P.A system.Visual aids includes charts ,pictures,graphs etc

Ingredients: 3 cups tomato juice 3 tomatoes, cut up 1 Cucumber, diced 1 Green capsicum, diced 1 tbsp. parsley 1 tbsp. vinegar Juice of lemon salt to taste 1 clove of garlic, smashed

Method: In a blender add tomato juice, tomatoes, diced cucumber, green capsicum, parsley, vinegar, lemon juice, salt and garlic to blend well and Chill.

Ingredients: Plum fruit 250 grams Water 2 glasses Black salt ½ tsp Fried Cumin Seeds Powder ½ tsp Lemon juice 2 tbsp Brown Sugar 4 tbsp Ice As required Mint Leaves As required

Method: In a saucepan add 1 glass of water, ½ tsp black salt, 4 tbsp brown sugar and 25 grams plum fruit. Boil them. When it comes to the second boiling point then turn off the flame, put the pot aside and peel of the skin of plum. After this in a blender add ice as required, 1 glass of water, 2 tbsp lemon juice, ½ tsp fried cumin powder. Blend it together. In the end when all ingredients mixed well properly, pour into glasses and sprinkle with mint leaves. Ready to serve.

Ingredients: • 2lbs ground chicken • 1/2 cup diced onion • 1/2 cup chopped parsley • 1/3 cup bread crumbs • 4tsp ground coriander • 1tsp nutmeg • 1tsp cumin • 1tsp red pepper flakes • 1tsp minced garlic • 1/2 tsp salt • 1/2 tsp pepper • 12 skewers, (soaked for at least an hour)

Method: In a large bowl, combine all the kofta ingredients and mix well. Place 1/3 cup of the mixture in the palm of your hand and roll between your two hands to make a cylinder or tube like shape about 4" long and about 1" in diameter. Insert one of the pre-soaked skewers up the center of the chicken kofta kebab just until it begins to poke out the other end. Clean and oil the grates and preheat the grill to 525 degrees Fahrenheit. When the grill is heated up, place the kebabs on the grill and close the lid. Every 5 minutes rotate the kofta kebabs so all sides cook. After 10 - 12 minutes they'll be fully cooked and can be removed from the grill. Serve this with a creamy garlic cucumber sauce and some pita, tortilla shells or buns. You can also consider chopped tomato, onion, cucumber or other toppings.

Ingredients: 1 pack of spaghetti pasta 500g ground meat 2 stalks of celery, finely chopped 2 carrots, finely chopped 1 large onion, finely chopped 2 cans chopped tomato 3 tbsp tomato paste 3 cups of water ½ tsp sugar 4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped 2 tbsp oregano Nutmeg Salt/pepper 3 tsp white truffle oil Extra virgin Olive Oil Parmesan cheese

Method: In a medium size pot add olive oil and saute celery, carrots, and onions for five minutes. Add the ground meat, and season the meat with salt and pepper. Once meat has slightly browned, add chopped tomato, tomato paste, sugar, garlic and water, and mix. Season with oregano, nutmeg and salt and pepper, and add some white truffle oil. Allow to simmer on low heat for about 15 minutes, or until the consistency you like your bolognaise. Add water in another medium sized pot, and bring to a boil. Add salt, olive oil and paste. Cook for 10 minutes for al dente pasta and drain. Mix sauce and pasta together and serve. Don’t forget the to top with some Parmesan cheese.

Ingredients: 1 Capsicum 1 Cucumber 1 Beetroot 2 Carrots 2 Onions 2-3 Whole red chilies 2 cup Sugar 2 cup White vinegar 1 inch piece Ginger 3-4 Spring onion to taste Salt

Method: Take a pan and put 2 cups of sugar, 2 cups of white vinegar, salt to taste and 1 1/2 cup of water and cook till the sugar dissolves.Remove from flame and allow to cool. Now chop 2 carrots, 1 cucumber, 2-3 red chili whole, 1 capsicum, 3-4 spring onions, 1 beetroot, 1 inch piece of ginger and 4 onions. In a saucepan boil water on a high flame and add all the vegetables and cook them for 4-5 minutes. Strain the water. Now put all the vegetables in a jar. Pour two cups of the sugar mixture and close the jar tightly.

Rustle up a meal in minutes with steamed fish dressed in mayonnaise.

Ingredients

• Oven Temp 160 C- 325 F
  
  1 cup corn-boiled grains
  
  2 cups spinach-boiled and chopped
  
  2 tsp oil 1 tsp cumin seeds
  
  1/4 cup onions-chopped fine
  
  1 tsp salt or to taste
  
  1/4tsp pissi kali mirch
  
  3 tbsp maida
  
  2 cups milk
  
  1 cup cheese-grated

Method

Heat oil and add the cumin.

When it splutters, add the onions and stir-fry over high heat, till well covered with oil.

Add the corn and spinach and continue to stir-fry over high heat, to mix well.

Add the maida, stir fry till slightly colored and add the milk, stirring continuously, till well blended.

Add salt and kali mirch and transfer on to an oven-proof serving dish.

Sprinkle the cheese on top. Bake in a pre-heated oven for half an hour before serving.

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken with skin 
  
  
  1 Tbsp butter 
  
  
  Salt and pepper 
  
  
  
  
  For the stuffing:
  
  
  200 gm dried apricots soaked in diluted tea overnight 
  
  
  1 Tbsp spring onion paste 
  
  
  1 Tbsp butter
  
  
  4 Tbsp fresh, soft bread crumbs 
  
  
  Grated rind of 1 lemon 
  
  
  1 egg 
  
  
  Salt and pepper 
  
  
  1 Tbsp shredded mint

• Method

  For making the stuffing:
  
  Melt butter in a saucepan.
  
  Add onion paste & cook for 3 minutes.
  
  Drain apricots. Remove stones & chop coarsely. Add to the pan and continue cooking for 3 minutes more.
  
  Turn off the heat; add the lemon rind & breadcrumbs. Season well and cool.
  
  Add the mint & enough egg to bind mixture into a soft paste.
  
  
  Final preparation:
  
  Fill cavity of the chicken with paste before roasting.
  
  Stuff the chicken with apricot filling.
  
  Tie the joints close to the body.
  
  Set the bird in a tray and pour over the well-flavored stock.
  
  Spread the breast of the bird with 1 tbsp softened butter.
  
  Roast in a pre-heated oven for 1 hour or until well colored and the flesh is tender when pierced in the thigh.
  
  Set aside for 15 minutes before removing strings and carving.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 tablespoon(s) olive oil, plus more for drizzling
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2 carrots, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 stalk(s) celery, finely chopped
• 4 clove(s) garlic, minced
• 1 can(s) (28 ounces) diced tomatoes
• Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
• 1/2 pound(s) whole wheat spaghetti or linguine
• 2 tablespoon(s) chopped flat-leaf parsley
• 1 large pinch red pepper flakes
• 3/4 cup(s) grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoon(s) whole wheat breadcrumbs

Directions

1. To make sauce: In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, carrots, celery and garlic. Cook, stirring frequently, until vegetables begin caramelizing, about 12 minutes. Turn heat to low; cook until very soft, 10-15 minutes. Raise heat to medium; add tomatoes. Bring to a simmer and partially cover. Cook 30-40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper.
2. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook spaghetti according to package directions, subtracting several minutes off cooking time so it comes out very al dente.
3. Drain well; add to sauce. Add parsley and red pepper flakes; toss to combine. Transfer to a 2-quart baking dish. Spread level. Sprinkle with cheese and bread crumbs. Drizzle with olive oil. Bake until top is browning and sauce is bubbling, about 15 minutes. Serve immediately.

Lost your screen lock password or you got any other problem but can't run factory reset???

Don't worry, just follow the steps below, and you will get through it!

Steps:

• switch off your mobile
• After switching it off, Hold both volume keys and power button together
• Now your android phone will start and you will be in recovery mode
• 
• use volume keys to go up n down in the menu and options key to get into other menu
• when you get to "Wipe data/factory reset", press option key
• there will be a series of No No No No and 1 Yes, select Yes and press the option key
• Ta daaa! its done, your smart phone is now as new as factory 

Naway Sahar (New Dawn) Laptop Scheme, started by government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to facilitate the TALENTED students of the province. Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti on Sunday, February 10^th, 2013 inaugurated the Naway Sahar Laptop Scheme by distributing 35 laptops among the topper students of BS Program under University of Peshawar and students of three affiliated degree colleges. Around 23,147 laptops will be distributed through the scheme among the students who had achieved 70% or above marks in their last semester. Similarly, those students who had secured 60% marks during their annual examination will also be eligible for the laptop. Similarly, top forty position holders of government institutions from each board of intermediate and secondary education and board of technical education would also get laptops. KPK Govt. is ensuring transparency in the procurement and distribution of the laptops among some twenty three thousand plus students studying in the various degree programs in KPK’s public sector universities.

 No doubt that this scheme indeed is a very good initiative for easy and fastest excess to the facilities of information technology. This will enable students to get benefit from the world latest and largest knowledge of their interest. This is just the beginning, and a lot more is needed to be done to achieve the world class standards. Nowadays computer particularly laptop is the need of every educated person. But it is very difficult for the Govt. to provide laptop to every student, therefore ultimately some criteria for selection is essential. Among the student community mostly reward and support is provided on the basis of:

• ·         Merit as incentive to the Top positions/securing high level of marks
• ·         To meet the need of the poor students who have no power of purchase

It is good to know that under this scheme up till now laptop distribution is going on with complete transparency among the students on merit. But the level of merit is the matter of concern.  Is it just to line up the hardworking students of Top positions or those securing 85 % and above marks in the same rank with the students of least effort who secured 60/70% marks? The standard/ level of merit for this scheme is kept very low.

This scheme would have served a double purpose of motivation and incentive if the level of merit was kept reasonably high and preserved a quota for the REAL poor students. Hence besides equipping the students with laptop, this would have been a lead source for enhancing the spirit of competition and advancement in different fields.

Pen drive is a most useful device to transfer files like mp3, software and so on. In some cafe they have good antivirus but not in all cafe. Using pen drive in cafe lead to file corruption and data loss, but people doesn’t have internet connection and printer can’t avoid it.

Follow the following Steps to Repair Pen drive by Error Checking Method

1. Right Click Pen Drive and Select Properties
2. Select Tools and Click Check now under Error – Checking
3. Select both “Automatically fix file system errors” and “Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors” check boxes and click Start.
4. Wait for the scan to Complete and then click Close.

Steps to Show hidden files to scan and delete

1. Type CMD in run to command prompt.
2. Type your drive letter F:
3. Then enter this command in cmd attrib -h -r -s /s /d g:\*.*
4. Now all of your hidden files will be visible, and then scan your pen drive with your Antivirus. It will remove all infected files from your USB.

Not recommended but important. Format your pen drive before it affects yours system.