VLC Converter

Today we Will learn To Convert Videos With Very well Known VLC MEDIA PLAYER. Everyone is Aware of VLC as  Media Player but You can even Convert Videos with VLC very Easily. This is very Lesser known Feature Of VLC. This Feature is In built In all Recent Version.

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Step 1:  Open VLC , Click on MEDIA > Convert/Save Or Press Ctrl+R . You will see A window like Below Pic.

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Step 2: Now Click on ADD Button and Browse the File That you want to Convert.

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Step 3: Click on Convert/Save Button. it will take you to the Final step and you Will see a Window like Below Pic.

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Step 3: Now You Have to Select Destination File, to do So just Click on Browse and Select where you want to save the File after Conversion.

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Step 4: Do the Settings According to your Need and Click on Start. Just wait while it Converts. Main Benefit Is that you Don't require Any other Software to Convert videos and it is Convenient To Use VLC to Convert Any Video.

Source-www.geekofreak.com

Birthday Bums- No more

The tradition of giving birthday bumps to friends has been banned on the IIT-B's Powai campus. A source of great fun is now seen as a potential danger to the physical well-being of the students. After all, students' version of this traditional affair—spraying deodorant and lighting the back on fire, bathing the birthday boy with garbage bin full of ants, trying to lift a student to bash him up, hitting the student with slippers or belt for an average of one hour—does sound undeniably scary.

Following some unreported cases of injuries caused due to the bumps—'GPL' in IIT-B lingo—the institute had called for a ban on the 'custom' and asked all students to refrain from such activities. In a notice sent to students, officials also stated that birthday bumps will be treated on par with ragging and the same norms will be applicable. The ban has therefore been imposed to avoid any injury to students.

In the institute's circular, the officials have also threatened students of stringent action, without specifying the nature of punishment. General secretaries of the hostels have been made responsible for implementation of the ban.

Even before the issuance of such a notice, the authorities did not have any reported cases in hand, as the birthday boys or rather 'victims' refused to complain against their own friends. 
So far, only informal complaints have been received, and after the notice, no fresh, even informal, cases have been reported.

"A note against this practice was also issued by the students' affairs' office before. I just reiterated it as because of some reports that they go out of hand once in a while," said U A Yajnik, the dean. Several students said it is the first time that such a stringent ban has been imposed. It also made hostel councils responsible for such activities.

While some students on the campus are all 'for' the ban, some are not. Some, in fact, said they continued with the practice on campus and flouted the norms. The students' magazine, Insight, recently carried an article that presented both the sides of the practice of 'GPL' on campus. "People would be ready to bear the brunt of a huge mob just because it shows that they have a large following and a good social circle', argued a pro-GPL student in the article.

Source- www.timesofindia.com

Samsung launches its cheapest phone Galaxy Star

Intensifying the price war in the fast-growing smartphone category in India, South Korean mobile handset maker Samsung Electronics today launched its cheapest Galaxy series phone 'Star' priced at Rs 5,240.


'Star' is the cheapest device in Samsung's Galaxy range and competes with the likes of Nokia's Asha range of smartphones as well as similar offerings from domestic firms like Micromax and Karbonn.
"Galaxy Star is a device that provides superior value to consumers based on its features, intuitive performance and design features. We want more and more feature phone users to upgrade to the Samsung Galaxy Star," Samsung Mobile Country Head Vineet Taneja said in a statement here.
Previously, Galaxy Y was the cheapest device in Samsung's portfolio and it was available for Rs 5,890.
The entry-level smartphone is a dual-SIM device, powered by A5 1GHz processor and the latest Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) operating system. It has a three-inch capacitive touch screen, 2MP camera and 512 MB RAM and 4GB internal memory (expandable up to 32GB).
With this device, Samsung now has a portfolio of 15 smartphones, priced between Rs 5,240 and Rs 41,500.
According to CyberMedia Research (CMR), more than 221 million handsets were shipped to India in 2012.
Though smartphones comprised a small chunk of the overall handset market at about seven per cent, the high-end category grew at a robust 35.7 per cent to 15.2 million devices in 2012 from 11.2 million units in 2011.
Given the strong growth in the category, handsets makers are introducing products that are affordable. This is also aimed at helping feature phone users upgrade to smartphones, it said.
Samsung was the category leader with 43 per cent market share followed by Nokia (13.3 per cent) and Sony (8.2 per cent), CMR said. 

Source: www.indianexpress.com