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Chat on Orkut without a Gmail Account

Chat on Orkut without a Gmail Account

Most of you must have noticed that Google Talk was not available for chatting on Orkut for people who did not have a Gmail account. Thankfully, this will not be a hindrance for Orkut users any more. Now, Google’s chat …

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Orkut Released Knight Riders Theme

Orkut Released Knight Riders Theme

Orkut, anticipating heat of Indian Premier League event, released a special theme for Knight Riders fans. This theme can be activated from  Theme Settings section and is available till 24th May (IPL’s final match date). Below is screenshot of my …

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Google Latitude… Now on Orkut! A fun way to share your live location with friends!

Google Latitude… Now on Orkut! A fun way to share your live location with friends!

I’m sure most of you already know about Google Latitude through an earlier post on Orkut Diary.

It’s a feature of Google Maps for mobile, as well as an iGoogle gadget, that lets you share your live location with your friends (if you chose to share it with them) and also see their locations (if they choose to share it with you).

This fun application is now on Orkut too!

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How To Hide Scrapbook Completely From Your Friends on Orkut!

Ketan Goyal and few other readers are interested in hiding their Orkut scrapbook from their Orkut friends. Sometimes it happens that you get a friend request from a bully from your school or workplace. You love your privacy but you …

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[How To] Disable Google Talk Popup Chat Windows in Orkut

[How To] Disable Google Talk Popup Chat Windows in Orkut

Sometime back Orkut added complete support for Google-Talk popup chat windows. This is different than earlier Google Talk integration where your Orkut friends gets added to Google Talk chat list automatically. This recent integration opens all active Google Talk chat …

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Add Gravatars to Google Contacts Address Book

Add Gravatars to Google Contacts Address Book

Arik at obvious ideas has developed a small program which add Gravatars to your Google Contacts address book. As his program is using Google Contacts address book API, you can feel safe while using this third-party program with your Google …

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Use Google For Direct Downloads Instead Of Torrents

Use Google For Direct Downloads Instead Of Torrents

Torrents are fun. Downloading from swarms however has a negative side. The download speed may be capped, there are port forwarding issues. Upload is mandatory and you may not have a good seeders to peers ratio.

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Softpedia and Download.com are suffering from virus, spywares, trojans, etc

Softpedia and Download.com are suffering from virus, spywares, trojans, etc

Sometime back Deepak posted about McAfee SiteAdvisor. It scans a website for any kind of threat issues to users. McAfee SiteAdvisor scans your site to the deepest level. It scans all your email areas, download files, online affiliations and annoyances …

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Orkut Introduced Inline Photo Commenting in Activity Stream

Activity stream or updates from friends on your Orkut homepage shows among other things photo related updates from your friend. Earlier, if somebody post a comment on your friend’s you need to go to that photo to reply to it. …

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Google Gears for Offline Orkut Communities?

Google Gears for Offline Orkut Communities?

Recently, one of our reader Jo has emailed us asking, Is there anyway to save orkut topics or download topics/forums to view offline later when there is no internet connection? As a temporary and ugly workaround, I suggested him, You …

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