Saturday, January 15, 2011

Tips and tricks of Windows 7

has just been released to the general public and there are several tips and tricks flying around on several blogs, just like our earlier where we collect and share some of the best tips and tricks for a product, here are some of the best tips and tricks for Windows 7.
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Windows 7 Features Walkthrough

Want to learn what is new in Windows 7? The How-To-Geek has put up a comprehensive screenshot tour, which walks you through the new features in Windows 7. Take a look at what you should expect from Windows 7 beta to learn more.
10 Things You Should Know Before Installing Windows 7
Windows 7 is in beta, and there are bound to be several things which will not work. The Windows 7 center has a list of 10 things you should know before you install Windows 7.

Dual Boot Windows 7 With Windows XP and Vista

Windows 7 is still in beta and it would be a tad bit early to get a brand new PC to just run Windows 7, so it makes more sense for users to stick to a current machine and dual boot Windows 7 with the current operating system. Adam Pash from Lifehacker has put up a nice tutorial using which you can dual boot Windows 7 with Windows XP and Vista.

What are Windows 7 System Requirements?

Windows 7 is not as resource hungry as , and you can run Windows 7 on a really low configuration. Learn more about the Windows 7 System Requirements.

How To Get Genuine Windows 7 Beta Product Key?

If you have downloaded Windows 7 Beta 32-bit or 64-bit, you will not be able to run it unless you use a valid product key, read our earlier guide to know, how you can get a Genuine Windows 7 Beta Product Key.

List of Compatible Anti-Virus for Windows 7

Windows is one of the most exploited operating system and you definitely cannot survive online threats without a good anti-virus and anti-spyware software. The How-To-Geek lists has compiled a list of Anti-virus softwares compatible with Windows 7.

5 Great Features in Windows 7

Martin from Ghacks talks about 5 Great Features you should know about in Windows 7, he promises that those features are not just run of the mill.

Extend Windows 7 Trail From 30 To 120 Days

The Windows 7 product keys are programmed to run for 30 days, however the How-To-Geek has a tutorial that will help you extend Windows 7 trial period from 30 to 120 days.

Shortcut Keys in Windows 7

definitely save users a lot of time, and Minty White has come up with a handy list of shortcut keys available in Windows 7, definite time saver.

Hidden Themes In Windows 7

The latest versions of Windows are more about looks, and Windows themes are definitely a craze, however Windows 7 does not allow users to use all the themes out of the box. Nirmal points out a neat trick that will allow you to use all the hidden themes in Windows 7.

How To Remove “Send Feedback” link from Windows 7 Title Bar?

Windows 7 is in beta mode and Microsoft is looking for feedback, fair enough, however many users are irked to see the “Send Feedback” link in the title bar of all the windows, Minty White talks about a registry hack that will allow users to remove the “Send Feedback” link from Windows 7 title bar.

Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder

Windows 7 comes with a useful tool “Problem Steps Recorder” that will allow users to record screen activities just like a regular screen capture program albeit for debugging purpose. The I Started Something blog tells us more about the Problem Steps Recorder and how you can use it.

How To Enable Aero In Windows 7?

We all love eye candy, but with that comes the need of a higher configuration PC. BlogsDNA tells us how to Enable Aero in Windows 7 on a decent configured PC.

How To Set Taskbar Buttons to Show Text Instead of Icons Only?

Windows 7 has a icon only taskbar, however Tech Recipes shows users How to set the Taskbar Buttons to Show Text Instead of Icons-Only.

How To Enable Run Command In Windows 7?

The run command is hidden by default in Windows 7 and blame it on the improvised start menu, however this trick can help you enable and display the run command in Windows 7.

How to Enable – Disable Taskbar Thumbnails Preview in Windows 7?

BlogsDNA has another interesting tutorial where they talk about the trick to enable or disable the taskbar thumbnails in Windows 7.

How to Enable – Disable Quick Launch Toolbar in Windows 7?

The Quick Launch bar has been disabled by default in Windows 7, BlogsDNA tells us How to Enable – Disable Quick Launch Toolbar in Windows 7

How to Show AM / PM Symbols in System Tray Clock in Windows 7?

Windows 7 uses a 24 hour clock to display the time, Tweaking with Vishal shows us change it back to show AM / PM Symbols in System Tray Clock in Windows 7.

Fastest trains in the world

There are trains which are the fastest. Some of them are noted because they are the largest. Some trains do not fall into any of these categories but are known to carry the largest number of passengers. Newer versions of such super fast trains have started making their appearance around the length and breadth of several countries. They have made travel faster and easier for human beings. The following is the list of the fastest trains in the world!

1. CRH2 of China
The CRH2 is a modified E 2-1000 series Shinkansen design and is one among the fastest train models in China. It is also the second Shinkansen model of train that was exported. The other one was the 700T series.

2. THSR – Taiwan
The Taiwan High Speed Rail is roughly 335.50 kms and runs along the west coast of Taiwan. It runs to Kaohsiung city from Taipei City and is said to have started its operation on January 5, 2007.

3. KTX – Korea
South Korea’s high-speed rail system, the Korea Train eXpress (KTX) is operated by Korail. It has a high speed of 350km/hr and its technology is based on the French TGV system. Its speed can be limited to 300 km/h for safety during normal service. This super fast train reached a great speed of 352.4 kms per hour on December 16, 2004.

4. Shinkanzen – Japan
A network of super fast trains connects Honshu in Japan with other major cities. It also connects Fukuoka on the island of Kyushu and Tokyo. The super fast trains of Japan are known as shinkansen. These trains of bullet types are run by Japan Railways.

5. Ave – Spain
AVE is an abbreviation for Alta Velocidad Española meaning High Speed. It can also imply bird in Spanish. Ave is a network of high speed trains that operate at speeds of up to 300 km/h and connects all important towns and cities in Spain.

6. Eurostar – UK
A high speed train service in Western Europe, Eurostar connects London and Kent in the United Kingdom, with Brussels in Belgium and Paris and Lille in France. There are also seasonal trains to France and limited services to Disneyland Resort Paris.

7. TGV- France
A high speed train service of France, the TGV rail service was developed by the French national rail operator, SNCF and GEC-Alsthom (now Alstom). The TGV rail network connects Paris with other important cities of France and also nearby countries.

8. MLX01 – Japan
This is an older version of the maglev Shinkansen and it ran at a speed of 320 mph (515 km/h) in 1990. This was a fastest train in Japan during the 1990’s.


9. TR-07 – Germany
The TR-07 was a German maglev train which ran from Hamburg reaching a speed of 270.3 mph in 1989. Its noise level was very much reduced owing to the engine design. Transrapid is a German monorail which is presently amongst the quickest of all the trains in the world. It is run by magnetic levitation. During its trial, the train was able to reach speed upto 450 km/hour. The newer and latest versions even reach a speed of over 500 km/hour.

10. MLU001 – Japan
The MLU001 was a Japanese Maglev Train which ran at a speed of 248.9 mph (400.4 km/h) in 1987. This marked the way for other super fast trains that made its appearance in the 1990’s and 2000’s.

Amazing facts about animals

A journey to the miraculous and secret world of animals.

Every creature, as the art of the God, keep secrets and miracles inside it. We, as human, are the only creature who has an ability to thinking. Various animal kinds have different features to survive in wild nature. Some of them are discovered by scientists in the history. However, I believe there are many secrets of animals which have not been discovered yet. I have been researching on animals and noting whatever I’ve found interesting. After years, I’ve discovered many secrets of them which you don’t know yet.This is a great list of amazing facts of animals.
1. Dolphins sleep with one eye open

2. Crocodiles are blind in the water but very keen of sight in the air.
3. Crocodiles are color-blind.

4. Owls are the only bird that can see the color blue.

5. Unlike all other insects, flies have five eyes. They have two large eyes and three smaller eyes between them.

6. Snails have four noses.

7. Giraffes have no vocal chords

8. The tongues of chameleons are as long as it’s body or even longer. Some chameleon types have a tongue longer than two times of it’s body. 9. The tongues of chameleons are faster than a fighter jet.
10. The eyes of ostrich’s are bigger than their brains.

11. An ant can lift fifty times of it’s own weight
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12. A cockroach can survive without it’s head for nine days. At the end of nine day, it dies because of hunger.

13. A tarantula can survive for more than two years without food.


Read more: http://scienceray.com/biology/zoology/13-amazing-facts-about-animals-world/#ixzz1B7P1jePs

World's largest things

World’s Largest Cheesecake

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On 25 January 2009, in Mexico City, Mexico, Philadelphia of Kraft Foods Mexico was recognized by Guinness World Records™ as the creator of the largest cheesecake ever made. The colossal confectionery weighed 2,133.5 kg (4,703 lb), had a diameter of 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) and was 56 cm (1 ft 10 in) tall. The recipe for the world’s largest cheesecake included 800 kg (1,764 lb) of Philadelphia cream cheese, 800 kg of yogurt, 350 kg (772 lb) of cookies, 250 kg (551 lb) of sugar, 150 kg (331 lb) of butter and 100 kg (220 lb) of strawberries, along with other ingredients.

World’s Largest Plate of Hummus

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Hummus is a dish that often finds different varieties depending on the creator, but is normally made from mashed up chickpeas, sesame paste, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic. While eaten for centuries, the exact origin seems to be unknown. Lebanon decided to take things into their own hands, and with the collaboration of some 300 chefs, they filled a massive ceramic plate of hummus in downtown Beirut. The final 4,532 lb. (2,056 kilograms) dish utilized 2,976 pounds of mashed chickpeas, 106 gallons of lemon juice and 57 pounds of salt. Shortly after, a representative from the Guiness Book of World Records confirmed their record-breaking dish.

World’s Largest Easter Egg

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The Easter egg or Ukrainian ‘Pysanka,’ was constructed in 1975 to commemorate early Ukrainian settlements in an area east of Edmonton. Professor Resch was responsible for the entire Pysanka concept which required the development of new computer programs. The Pysanka is really an immense jig-saw puzzle containing 524 star patterns, 2,206 equilateral triangles, 3,512 visible facets, 6,978 nuts and bolts, and 177 internal struts.

World’s Largest Lily

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Flaming Red Giant was erected in 1990 by Ralph Korody, as a symbol of community recognition to a pioneer and long time resident of our district, DR. A. J. (Bert) Porter. This represents one of many varieties developed at Honeywood Nursery. Home town of this flower is Parkside, Saskatchewan.

World’s Largest Thermometer

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Will Herron, a businessman, dreamed of a huge thermometer for 25 years before he made it a reality in California’s high desert. The World’s Largest Thermometer is 134-ft.-tall, symbolic of the record high temperature in the US, in Death Valley — 134 degrees Fahrenheit in 1913.

World’s Largest Motorcycle

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The world’s largest motorcycle comes with a $300,000 price tag and stands at 11 feet high and measures 20 feet long. Created by Greg Dunham, this monster motorcycle could actually drive.

World’s Largest Pool

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Already drawing the crowds in the South American resort of San Alfonso del Mar in Chile, this artificial lagoon and swimming pool is eight hectares in size and contains an incredible 250,000 cubic meters of water. Acknowledged by Guinness World Records as being the world’s largest swimming pool, the lagoon trounces all other record holders in the category, including the Orthlieb pool in Casablanca, Morocco, itself a huge 150 meters by 100 meters – the San Alfonso pool is 1km in length.

World’s Largest Plane

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The An-225 is quoted as having a maximum takeoff weight of over 1.3 million pounds (600,000 kg). The FAI gives credit for a slightly lower weight of 1.12 million pounds (508,200 kg), the record set by an An-225 in 1989 for the largest mass ever lifted by an airplane to an altitude of 6,500 ft (2,000 m). The An-225 was originally built to ferry the Soviet Buran space shuttle but it is now used to transport various outsize cargos. Only one example was ever completed, and it is currently available for charter flights. The An-225 is a cargo transport only and has never been used as an airliner.

World’s Largest Building

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Burj Dubai (Arabic for “Dubai Tower”) is a skyscraper under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure on Earth other than broadcasting towers. Construction began on September 21, 2004, and it is expected to be completed and ready for occupation in September 2009.

World’s Largest TV

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While Sharp and Panasonic are claiming largest for individual technologies, TecnoVision is having none of it and pitching its 205in screen as the World’s Largest Television full stop. The Luxio measures a whopping 455x256cm – that’s enough to almost fill an entire wall.

World’s Largest Aquarium

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This is one of the world’s biggest fish tanks – so big that it’s even been named the Kuroshio Sea.
Located in the Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa, Japan, the enormous tank is some ten metres deep, 35 metres wide and 27 metres long. It holds a staggering 7,500 tonnes of water – roughly equal to three Olympic-sized swimming pools.

World’s Largest Crayola Crayon

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It weighs 1,500 pounds and is 15 feet long. Apparently, this crayon could draw a line 10 miles long! Crayola created this monster sized crayon with crayons donated by children to celebrate the company’s 100th birthday! This is a great story.

World’s Largest Six Pack

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It is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin. You can’t keep a good roadside attraction down! The World’s Largest Six-Pack has risen anew. Once painted in the colors of Heileman’s “Old Style Lager” beer, the six aging tanks that make up the six pack were painted over following the closure of the brewery back in 2001.
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World’s Largest Ice Cream Cake

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Chinese workers were seen celebrating after they broke the Guinness World Record for the biggest ice-cream cake more than a year ago in Beijing, January 16, 2006. The cake is 4.8 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 1 meter high, and weighs 8 tons. It was recognized as the largest ice-cream cake, according to the Guinness World Records.

World’s Largest Cruise Ship

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Oasis of the Seas is an Oasis-class cruise ship in the fleet of Royal Caribbean International. The first of her class, she is expected to be joined by her sister ship Allure of the Seas in December 2010. Both vessels are expected to cruise the Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She set a new record of carrying over 6,000 passengers. Oasis of the Seas offers passengers features such as two-story loft suites and luxury suites measuring 1,600 sq ft (150 m2) with balconies overlooking the sea or promenades. The ship features a zip-line, a casino, a mini-golf course, multiple night clubs, several bars and lounges, a karaoke club, comedy club, four swimming pools, volleyball and basketball courts, theme parks and nurseries for children.

World’s Largest Fountain

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The fountains, which has yet to be named, will be capable of shooting water over 150 metres into the air – the height of a 50-storey building – and stretch over 275 metres – the length of two football fields. The $218 million project will be 25 percent larger than the iconic fountains at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas. Like the Fountains of Bellagio, Emaar’s fountains will include an integral light and sound show and is expected to become one of Dubai’s major tourist attractions, drawing over 10 million visitors per year.

World’s Largest Golden Nugget

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It’s named “Hand of Faith,” it’s the size of a baby, and it weighs almost 62 pounds. It was found in 1980 by a guy in Australia with a metal detector, who reportedly almost didn’t bother to dig it up because he thought that his machine was faulty. Hand of Faith was only six inches below the surface. The Golden Nugget bought it for a million dollars. WOW!

The world's largest teak mansion

Yes it's true, Bangkok has the world's largest Teak Mansion. Now I know what you're thinking. #1 "What the hell is Teak?" #2 "Ok, and....?". Here are my answers to you, which I learned while at the Teak Mansion. Teak was a very valuable type of wood for the Thai people, and rich people would build their whole houses with it, now it is illegal to cut down trees in Thailand, so occassionaly wealthy will import Teak to build there house with it. In days of old people in Thailand would build traditional houses using teak and without the assistance of any nail or bolt. So with that background info here are my recommendations for this site:#1 - Go into this knowing that it's really not terribly interesting unless you love antiques (which decorate the house) or teak. If you are a teak fanatic I may wonder about how this came about, but antiques I can understand, and the house is full of them#2 - Photography is not allowed. You must lock all you possessions in a locker prior to entering and may not wear shoes.#3 - You are supposed to go with a guide. Which means you have to learn about every room and chair and candlestick in the place, which can take an hour and prove to be infinately boring. Sometimes you have to wait for 20-30 minutes for a guide who speaks your langauge, forcing you to wait outside in the sun, when all you want to do is move on to another attraction in Bangkok. #4 - If you are clever enough you can sneak into the house and go on your own. This makes the house exciting because not only are you in the biggest Teak mansion in the world, you have to duck away from guards and security and so forth. In actuality, sneaking off on your own may be your only thrill provided by the mansion! You may get an additional kick out of catching up to a group from Japan or Thailand and be the only 6 foot tall plus white guys in the group. Just act like you belong and hang out and see the looks on their faces. Good times#5 - In reality, Teak Mansion, for me, did not exactly put the air in my sail. I could have gone without it and instead have seen a different sight. However maybe I will be able to use the "Oh yeah well I've been to the worlds biggest Teakwood Mansion" one day as bragging rights

Latest news given by NASA ABOUT Mt.Etna

Renewed activity at Europe's largest volcano sent ash into the atmosphere and lava flowing down its slopes.  The display by Mount Etna on the island of Sicily was captured in imagery taken by NASA's Terra satellite.
The image, released by NASA today, was taken on January 11th as the mountain began spewing ash but before the lava began flowing.  Click on the image to the left to view the satellite photo.
Increased seismic activity led seismologists and volcanologists to believe an event was going to happen and on January 12th Etna came to life.  The impressive eruption was captured in astounding video taken by residents.
The 10,925 foot tall Etna has a long and storied past dating back to 1500 BC.  The Global Volcanism Program documents a regular and near constant history of eruptions, some of which have caused destruction and death.
Mt. Etna’s largest eruption occurred on March 11, 1669 and sent flowing lava down its slopes that buried parts of the city of Catania and killed an estimated 15,000 people.
Since that time only one other eruption of the mountain has caused destruction.  That event, on November 2, 1928, virtually destroyed the village of Mascali.  Many other sizeable eruptions have occurred but population centers have luckily escaped devastation.


Satellite image of the eruption of Mount Etna on January 11, 2011. Click the image for a larger view.
Photo: NASA

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Check out this puzzle

An easy technique for solving sliding-tile puzzles.
I've hated these puzzles my entire life. It seemed like no matter what I did there always ended up being one tile out of position and to get it where it had to go I had to scramble all the pieces that had taken so much effort to get into place. It got so that I hated even looking at these things.
Then one day I decided that I didn't want to die without having mastered this demon. Internet searches turned up many sites that presented elaborate mathematical theories on their solutions and several that offered programs that solved them, but none explained how to do it manually. So, I purchased a 15-puzzle, sat down with it, took out a pencil and graph paper and dug in for the battle.
Two days later I not only solved it but developed a simple technique anyone can learn to solve their 15-puzzles. This page shows this technique. If you've been haunted by these monsters of the puzzle realm, then this page will help you conquer them.
The goal is to get all the numbers to line up in order from left to right and top to bottom like this:
Let's begin by taking a second look at the scrambled puzzle shown at the top of this page:
Start by moving tiles around any way you want to get the empty space between the 1 and the upper left corner.
Slide the 1 up into this empty space to move it closer to the upper left corner.
Repeat as often as needed until the 1 is in the upper left corner. Don't worry about any other tiles at this point.
Repeat this process with the 2, 3 and 4 to get them in order along the top row.
Once in a while things work out so you can slide the 4 into the upper right corner. If it does, great... you got lucky. More often than not you'll end up with a nightmare like the following:
The trick to figuring out how to get the 13 out of the corner and the 4 up into it is the key to solving 15 puzzles. Fortunately, it's an easy trick to learn.
The 1, 2 and 3 tiles can be moved down and around the corner as shown by the arrows in the picture below so that their order isn't disturbed. Later, they can be moved back into place.
Slide the 9, 7 and 6 one space to the right and the 8 down. This opens up a space below the 1. Move the 1 down and the 2 and 3 to the left. You get the following:
Note that even though the 1, 2 and 3 are bent around a corner, they are still in order. Now, without touching them, rotate the 13, 4 and 10 tiles counter clockwise until the 4 is in the upper right corner and there is an empty space on its left. Now move the 3, 2 and 1 tiles back into place like this:
...and your top row is complete!
This trick of moving tiles while keeping them in order to create an opening where you need it is the key to solving 15-puzzles.
Once the first row is done we forget about it and use the simple tile-moving technique used to get the 1, 2 and 3 tiles into their places to get the 5, 6 and 7 tiles in order along the second row.
Just as we had with the 4, the place where the 8 is supposed to go is filled and there is no empty space close to it. The solution is to repeat the in-order temporary shift used to complete the top row. Start by moving the tiles in the bottom row to the right, then the 5 down and the 6 and 7 to the left to get this:
Take a look at the 5, 6 and 7. Just like with the top row they are still in order, they're just temporarily parked around the corner to get them out of the way.
As with the 4, rotate the 11, 8 and 14 tiles until the 8 is where you want it and then slide the 7, 6 and 5 tiles back into place.
Two rows done!
As it happened, the 9 ended up sitting where it needed to be. If it hadn't been there, I would have simply slid the bottom 8 tiles around until it was.
Now we need to move the 10 next to the 9. It looks tough because since we don't want to touch the top two rows we don't have much maneuvering room. Don't worry, simply move the 15 to the left and slide the 12, 11, 14, 10 and 13 tiles around in a sort of rotational pattern until the 10 is next to the 9.
 
To get the 11 next to the 10 just rotate the 13, 11 and 12 tiles clockwise.
Now things get a little more interesting.
At first this would appear to be an impossible situation because tiles are at opposite ends of where they are supposed to be and because there is so little maneuvering room. The solution is to employ the same trick we used to get the 4 and 8 into their spots: create an empty space near the target tile by temporarily moving other tiles "in order" out of the way. Some times at this late stage of solving a 15 puzzle the exact same technique can be used to finish it off. In this particular case things are a little more complicated so we have to modify the process a little.
First, start as before by moving the 12, 14 and 15 tiles to the right. Then slide the 9 down and the 10 and 11 to the left.
Now we are free to rotate the positions of the 13, 12 and 14 tiles so the 12 is in position next to the 11.
Then slide the 12, 11, 10 and 9 tiles back into place and the third row is done.
Now things really look hopeless. Fear not. We're almost done. This is where we modify the basic move-tiles-in-order-temporarily-out-of-the-way technique: we cut it in half.
Rather than moving the first three tiles in the third row down and over to get them out of the way, we only do it with the 9 and 10 to get the following after moving the 15 up into the 10's spot:
Next we do the same thing with the right half of the third row but this time we go down and across to the right. First the 13 and 14 are slid to the left.
Then the 12, 11 and 15 are moved over and down around the corner. Note that the 11 and 12 are still in their proper order.
Do you see the solution?
Move the 10 and 9 back into their proper places, then the 13 and 14 to the left.
Next slide the 15 down and the 11 left and 12 up to get them back into their positions.
And the puzzle is solved!
Once again, the trick to solving any of these puzzles is simply to realize that tiles can be moved out of the way while their order is retained to create elbow room where you need it to move other tiles around. Then the first tiles can be moved back and they will still be in order.
Although the photos on this page only show how to use this technique to solve a single puzzle, I've used the same trick to solve dozens of different ones and it always works. The only tricky part is that sometimes you have to split the in-order temporary shifting in two steps at the very end.
There's one final trick that may save you a little time on some puzzles. Before plowing the 1 through the center of the puzzle to get it in the upper left hand corner, take a look at how the tiles lay. In the case below the 15 and 1 are in opposite corners. Rotating all the outside tiles around does two things at once: it gets the 1 into its corner and moves the 15 down close to where it needs to be.
In this particular case it also gives you the entire top row free of charge. Careful and creative examination of an initial puzzle may suggest similar time-saving moves.