Cool Windows 7 Keyboard Tricks !!

Apart from making you work more efficiently and faster, you can also impress your friends or colleagues by being able to work without a mouse. This article describes some cool Windows 7 keyboard tricks to get you started. In the end you might never want to take your hands off the keyboard again.
For your convenience, more keyboard shortcut resources are attached at the bottom.
Note that some of these shortcuts will only work if Windows Aero is enabled. If Aero effects are disabled on your computer, it might not be powerful enough to support resource intensive graphical features. The visual effects may also have been disabled to increase overall performance. If you wish to enable Aero nevertheless

Aero Shortcuts

• [Windows] + [Spacebar] (Aero Peek)
  Make all open windows transparent to view gadgets and icons on desktop.

       [Windows] + [D] (Aero Peek)
       Show or hide the desktop.

      [Windows] + [Home] (Aero Shake)
      Minimize all but selected window. Reverse by clicking the key combination again.

      [Windows] + left arrow OR [Windows] + right arrow (Aero Snap)
      Dock selected window to the left or right half of your screen.

      [Windows] + up arrow OR [Windows] + down arrow (Aero Snap)
      Maximized and restores the selected window.

     [Windows] + [SHIFT] + up arrow OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + down arrow (Aero Snap)
     Maximizes and restores selected window in vertical dimension only.

     [Windows] + [Tab] (Aero Flip)
     Launch 3D representation of open windows and click [Tab] key again to flip through them

Windows & Taskbar

• [Alt] + [Ctrl] + [Tag] + left/right/up/down arrow
  Flip window.
• [Alt] + [Tab]
  Cycle through open windows.

• [Windows] + [T] OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [T]
  Move focus to front or back of taskbar. Press [T] again while holding the [Windows] key to cycle through items in the taskbar from left to right or, with [SHIFT] button held too, from right to left.
• [Windows] + [B]
  Puts focus on the ‘show hidden icons’ button on the system tray.
• [Windows] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [9]
  Launch first through ninth icon on taskbar, including items pinned to taskbar.
• [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [9]
  Starts new instance of respective taskbar icon.
• [Windows] + [Ctrl] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [Ctrl] + [9]
  Cycles through multiple instances of the respective icon.
• [Windows] + [Alt] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [Alt] + [9]
  Opens jump list for respective icon.

Multiple Monitors

• [Windows] + [SHIFT] + right arrow OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + left arrow
  Move selected window from one monitor to another. They will remain in the same relative location.
• [Windows] + [P]
  Select presentation display mode.

Magnifier

• [Windows] + [+] OR [Windows] + [-]
  Activates Windows Magnifier to zoom in or out of screen.
• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [D]
  Switch to docked mode.
• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [L]
  Switch to lense mode.

• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [F]
  Switch from docked or lens mode back to full screen mode.
• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [I]
  Invert colors.
• [Windows] + [Esc]
  Exist magnifier views.

Other

• [Windows] + [G]
  Cycle through desktop gadgets.
• [Windows] + [X]
  Launches Windows Mobility Center. Especially useful if you’re working on a laptop.

Credit Cards To Feature LCD Display

The technology will offer users a more secure way of making online payments. 

NagraID Arrow Secure Card (NASC) is working on launching credit and debit cards equipped with a high contrast, ultra-fast LCD flexible display for online transactions. These cards will be able to display a one-time password (OTP) as and when customers carry out a transaction by pressing a button on them, Neeraj Malhotra, vice-president, NASC told PTI.

Currently, Turkey and Taiwan are amongst 29 countries which are using over 1.5 million cards equipped with the LCD display technology.

The technology used for generation of passwords is linked to the server of the bank and is authenticated within a minute. The company is in discussions with a number of private and public sector banks for the introduction of such credit and debit cards.

Shuttle Programme For Indian Universities

Cadence Design Systems (India) has entered into an agreement with imec, an independent research centre in nanoelectronics and nanotechnology, in conjunction with the imec Europractice IC Service, to develop a shuttle programme for Cadence University Software Program members. The programme aims to provide Indian universities with access to advanced technologies, enabling their students to work with process and design techniques through to silicon tape-out.

Cadence will offer support to its University Software Program members by providing flows and methodologies, and imec will provide access to IC technologies down to 65nm, SPICE models, design rules, PDKs, and standard cell libraries.

The shuttle programme will allow University Software Program members to tape-out all technologies offered through Europractice. This will give universities foundry access for silicon verification which has been a hurdle due to lack of strong academia-foundry partnerships.

Jaswinder Ahuja, corporate vice president and managing director, Cadence Design Systems (India), said, “The collaboration with imec takes our programme to the next level by giving students access to actual silicon samples. It is an invaluable experience for students to work on a real-life tape out and will better prepare them to handle the tape out pressures of the fast-paced semiconductor industry. The Cadence University Software Program in India currently has more than 250 colleges enrolled across India and encompasses faculty development, the Cadence Design Contest, and the Cadence VLSI Certification Program.”

“From our newly opened Bengaluru office (www.imec-in.in), we look forward to working with Indian universities and companies to validate ideas, build prototypes and support low-volume production. We are very pleased to have the support of Cadence in this endeavour,” said Dr Paul Marchal, R&D director of imec India.

'Adventure World' Coming Soon On Facebook

The newest Zynga game on Facebook will allow users to team up and play. This is the first of its kind game from Zynga with 20,000 different objects in Adventure World. The company expects this game to be a hit as it has invested a year in building the whole new game engine.

Adventure World is a game where Indiana Jones meets Super Mario Brothers with a tinge of FarmVille. The game will be live on Facebook in the coming weeks.