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Android's Locking Pattern

Recently there was so much talk about the locking feature that is present in Android phone.So I thought to check it out.Unlike other phones which require a four digit number for unlocking "Android" uses an innovative approach to lock your phone and prevent accidental dialing.It puts nine dots arranged in a square pattern (as in case of a grid)on the touch screen along with the caption "Draw pattern to unlock". A pattern can be anything with the following constraints:: It needs to contain 4 dots. Once a dot is lit,it can't be used again. You can use one or several "knight moves" such as [0 5 4 2] You cannot go over an unlit dot without lighting it.For example, the pattern [0 2 1 4] is illegal, because moving your finger between 0 and 2 will light 1. Once a dot is lit, you can use it to reach another unlit dot. For example,both [0 4 3 5] and [0 4 5 3] are legal. Kind of tricky .Isn't it? Also some people using the phone have noticed that the repeated

Custmizing Firefox : Tips and Tricks

Here are some tips and tricks for Firefox users to customize their favorite browser.Check them out:: 1.Keyboard shortcuts:: These shortcuts will give you a better browsing experience Spacebar ->page down Shift + Spacebar ->page up Ctrl + F ->find Alt + N ->find next Ctrl + D ->bookmark page Ctrl + T ->new tab Ctrl + K ->go to search box..... Ctrl + L ->go to address bar Ctrl + = / Ctrl + + ->increase text size Ctrl + - decrease text size Ctrl + 0 ->default text size Ctrl + W ->close tab F5 ->reload Alt + Home ->go to home page 2.Auto Complete:: This is yet another feature of Firefox that is widely used. Go to address bar and write only the name of the site you want to open say for example Google and then press Control-Enter ->(for "www.google.com") Shift-Enter ->(for "www.google.net") Control-Shift-Enter ->(for "www.google.org") 3. Tab navigation:: Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs) Ct