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What would you outsource to your mobile operator

2010-05-08T02:22:00.000-07:00

The mobile landscape is growing larger and more strategic to business. Users' phones are supporting a blend of personal and business use. Such an environment is complex to plan, build, manage and secure, so how would you feel about outsourcing it? How about outsourcing it to a mobile network operator?

Slowly but surely, the cellular carriers are likely to approach enterprises with managed wireless service packages. Such packages, for example, might include a mix of service usage plans plus the installation and management of in-building cellular equipment that possibly supports Wi-Fi services, as well.

Managed fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) CPE services to enable roaming between the two network types, indoors and out, might be still another option. FMC equipment maker Agito Networks, for example, last week said it has appointed a former AT&T sales exec as its vice president of strategic accounts.

"There is work in the carrier channel, we have signed deals, and this new executive is going to help sling shot that effort," an Agito spokesman told me by e-mail.

Emerging enterprise-grade femtocells and enterprise radio-access networks (E-RAN) will theoretically boost indoor cellular coverage at more affordable rates than distributed antenna systems (DAS). It's a natural fit to partner with one or more wireless carriers for any of these products, because as the license holders of cellular spectrum, carriers must be the ultimate signal source of the indoor equipment. Still, incumbent operators don't exactly have a reputation for flexibility and customer service.

Turning your Wi-Fi network over to your mobile carrier is an even murkier decision, particularly if you are already well into your Wi-Fi implementation.

Some DASs support Wi-Fi already, and new E-RANs (which use the existing Ethernet to distribute cellular signals) may support Wi-Fi, as well. How well Wi-Fi equipment from such companies competes with the mature enterprise-class vendors' products in large companies is at this point unclear.

Quick Launch Bar – One Click Application Launcher

2010-05-08T02:21:00.000-07:00

So far what you do to run an application? Does every time when you what to run an application first you visit to start menu and then programs to look for the desired program?

If the answer is yes! then most probably you haven’t heard or ever used the Quick Launch Bar located in Windows task bar area. It automatically installs when we load or install windows. If you are not able to find it then may be it is disabled(hidden) by the installer to get it re-enabled, Right Click anywhere on the empty space of the Task Bar using Mouse button and from the popup menu choose toolbar and click on Quick Launch.

For the first time when it runs it contains the default item like Outlook Express, Show desktop, Internet explorer, media player etc but now the question arise how you can place an custom or your favourite applications there. Procedure is very simple Locate any porgram’s exe file and Click and hold the left button of you mouse and then drag it to the ” Quick Launch Bar Area “a shortcut of that program” will be automatically placed. Is it not vary simple to launch a program now?

This tool bar is also very customizable like you can adjust the width and the location means right or left. To do so look at the picture above and you can easily locate “Lock the Taskbar” button if it checked uncheck it now you can do whatever you want this small toolbar. Do you like my articles then subscribe, so that you can updated with new articles…

How to Secure your Private Folders

2010-05-08T02:17:00.001-07:00

I know that its been very long since I have posted anything for you. So first of all I am really very sorry this delay but I assure you that from now on it won’t be like that. And to make up for this delay I am posting a nice tutorial which can help you secure your private stuff.

Do you have any private stuff that you would to hide from your friends and relatives? Would you want it to be Invisible so that it remains unnoticed by the normal users? But there are software which can display all the folders that are present on the Disk. So What if you can even password protect your folder? I guess having your private folder password protected as well as invisible should be secure enough. But you might think that you may need to have a software for that. Well here is a way to do that without using any additional software and you can show off in front of your friends by making their folders invisible as well as password protected. Here is is step by step procedure to create a password protected folder.

How to create a Password Protected Folder

1. Create a new folder (Right-click -> New -> Folder) and give it any name of your choice. For instance I name it as ABC.

2. Now in this folder place all the important files, documents or any folders that you want to password protect.

3. Now Right-click on this folder (ABC) and select the option Send To -> Compressed (zipped) Folder.

4. Now a new compressed zipped folder gets created next this folder (ABC) with the same name.

5. Double-click on this compressed zipped folder and you should see your original folder (ABC) here.

6. Now goto the File menu and select the option Add a password.
ie: File -> Add a password
Now a small window will pop up and here you can set your desired password. Once the password is set, the folder will ask for the password every time it is opened. Thus you have now created the password protected folder.

How to make it Invisible
1. Now Right-click on this password protected folder and select Properties.

2. At the bottom select the option Hidden and press OK. Now your folder gets invisible (hidden).

3. In order to unhide this folder go to My Computer – >Tools -> Folder options. Switch to View tab, scroll down and under Hidden files and folders you’ll see the following two options

• Do not show hidden files and folders
• Show hidden files and folders

Now select the second option and press OK. Now the invisible folder becomes visible in it’s location. To access it you need the password. To make it invisible again repeat step -1 through step-3 and select the first option and click OK. Now the folder becomes invisible once again.

I hope you like this post. Pass your comments!! Cheers

12 Security Tips for Shopping Online

2010-05-08T02:17:00.000-07:00

The internet is an exciting place to shop. From the comfort of your own armchair you can browse for literally anything, from a new camera, to a holiday or flight. You are not restricted to the stores in your local town, or even country and you can pick up deals at great prices on a whole range of products.

Shopping online isn’t just as safe as handing over your credit card in a store or restaurant. However, if you take care of few things it can be a safe deal. Following are the things you should take care of:

1. Never respond to an email request for credit card details. All reputable companies will conduct transactions with you over a secure website connection.
2. Remember to never respond to any email advertisement, and only visit sites you know or have book marked, and verify the address before browsing further.
3. Only buy from trusted brands and websites.
4. To ensure that you only do business with legitimate companies check to see if they have a contact number, an actual retail store and a printed catalogue to browse.
5. Check a website’s returns and privacy policy before going ahead with a purchase.
6. Check that you are entering your details through a secure payment connection. You should notice when you click through to the transaction page of a company’s website that the URL in the address bar begins https:// (instead of the normal http://). This is the standard encrypted communication mechanism on the internet and means that your credit card details are being sent securely.
7. Beware of deals that seem too good to be true.
8. Beware of the limitations of the internet. The internet may not the best place to buy clothes or other products you need to see, touch or try on.
9. All reputable websites use secure payment systems. These are either a company’s own system or a 3rd party system such as Worldpay or Paypal.
10. When conducting a transaction over the internet, look for the yellow padlock in the grey status bar at the bottom of your browser page. This is an indication that the transaction is being conducted over a secure connection.
11. As an extra precaution check to see if there’s a gold lock at the bottom of the right hand corner of the browser. If they don’t include any of these reliable indicators, you might want to think twice before handing over your credit card number.
12. To be on the safe side, and avoid Internet fraudsters, it’s also a good idea to install and use security software such as Kaspersky Internet Security. It can provide you with industry-leading security services that will provide you more protection against the latest threats.

Windows Phone 7, Microsoft's mobile strategy finally takes off

2010-05-07T02:44:00.000-07:00

Microsoft today announced the new version of its phone operating system, Windows Phone 7. It’s a sweeping redesign, coupled with an aggressive new partnership with handset makers and mobile carriers. Initial reviews are not only positive but actually excited.

With the unveiling today of Microsoft’s next mobile phone platform, Windows Phone 7, it’s now official: the phone is not a PC. That statement became a mantra as Microsoft executives demonstrated a sweeping redesign of the company’s mobile operating system.
But technical details were sparse, and the official Windows Phone Website doesn’t add much. Microsoft didn’t reveal what changes, if any, it had made to the OS kernel, which in the past has been based on Windows CE. The company says the Windows Mobile 7 Web browser is “much more advanced” than any previous offering, but didn’t say from which version of desktop Internet Explorer it borrows the core components.

Microsoft says a brand new set of software development tools and resources, and presumably a software development kit, will be forthcoming but put off details until the company’s MIX10 Web developer conference next month in Las Vegas.

“We knew we needed and wanted to do things that were out of the box, that were clearly differentiated from our past and hopefully from other [offerings] in the market,” said Steve Balmer, Microsoft CEO, who hosted the press conference today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. “It’s a big step. I think we have a chance to have a major impact on the market.”

Balmer wasn’t kidding. Andrew Lees, senior vice president for Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business talked at length about Microsoft’s mobile partnerships, an approach that’s been given a redesign almost as sweeping as the user interface. Over 1 billion phones are sold globally each year, vastly more than the current smartphone market, he noted. “We need partners to support Windows Phone on this scale,” he said.
Phones from an array of leading handset makers, and all major U.S. mobile operators will be available in time for the holiday shopping season in 2010. Microsoft officials were not more specific.
Using an unidentified prototype phone, Joe Belfiore, vice president of Windows Phone, showed off the new user interface. It’s a dramatic change from Microsoft’s original approach to the mobile market with the PocketPC: as the name implied, the idea was to translate the PC experience to mobile devices. That model is now extinct: “The phone is not a PC,” Belfiore said repeatedly.
With Windows Mobile 7, users start with three buttons at the bottom of the screen: start, search, and back. The initial lock screen gives way to a completely redesigned start screen. Microsoft has discarded the familiar grid-like display of application icons.
Instead, the UI offers a flexible, customizable display that combines elegantly clean, crisp text with intelligent icons, dubbed “live tiles” because they’re linked with online data sources such as Facebook or Flickr or email, grouped in “hubs” that bring together data from applications, corporate servers like Microsoft Exchange, and the Web. Text and tiles “overflow” the touch screen, but users pan quickly through arrangements that are visually consistent in each hub.
One hub is “productivity” which is built around the Microsoft Office suite, including the OneNote note-taking application, and Sharepoint Server. Other hubs organize and synchronize people and contacts, photos, music and video, games via the first mobile phone Xbox Live connection, and marketplace for buying and downloading applications and games.

These integrated user “experiences” represent a real advance in mobile design, according to some.

“This is one feature I expected in [Windows Phone 7] based on prior previews I had had with Microsoft, and this is going to be a huge strength,” says Alex Kac, president and founder of Web Information Systems, a Cedar Park, Texas software company specializing in mobile applications, including those for Microsoft platforms. “This is something Apple has done far better than Microsoft on the desktop, but not well at all on the iPhone and I'm excited to see that.”

The redesign is getting strong early reviews.

“The result is a feat no phone has performed before: Making the iPhone's interface feel staid,” says Gizmodo reviewer Matt Buchanan. “If you want to know what it feels like, the Zune HD [Microsoft’s digital music player] provides a taste: Interface elements that run off the screen; beautiful, oversized text and graphics; flipping, panning, scrolling, zooming from screen to screen….”

“The sheer minimalism of the interface is striking, and we're really impressed by how many risks Microsoft is taking here,” writes Joshua Topolsky, for Engadget. “It's hard to believe that just a year ago this company was showing off WM 6.5, which now looks ages behind what they've turned around with today. We're not sure if someone was just let off the leash or if we're seeing a newer, smarter, more agile Microsoft, but the 7 Series concept definitely shows that this company is learning from its mistakes.”
The Zune influence isn’t to everyone’s taste. Alex Kac admits that he’s not a fan of the Zune UI,though his objections are more aesthetic than functional. “I'm not a fan of the large typography and avant garde look,” he says. “I'm also not a fan of the blackness. The [Google] NexusOne [smartphone interface] is very black and I don't care for it.”
The new OS comes with Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, and Bing Maps, built-in, allowing a range of additional features to be exploited.

The revamped UI will be part of a new hardware platform that Microsoft has developed in an unprecedented partnership with hardware and software vendors, according to Microsoft’s Andy Lees. For the first time, Microsoft worked very closely with Qualcomm to optimize the phone’s silicon, presumably the advanced ARM-based Snapdragon processor, and the core OS software and drivers. Secondly, with its partners, Microsoft has developed a common hardware architecture for Windows Phone 7 devices, for example, defining how sensors such as accelerometers will work in all these handsets. Partners included Dell, HP, HTC, LG, Sony Ericsson, and Toshiba.

There was very little detail about the hardware architecture. Microsoft did reveal that the phones will offer a multi-touch screen experience “in the same way as” desktop Windows 7. And, Windows Phone 7 devices will combine a WVGA multi-touch screen with a display technique, part of Microsoft’s ClearType technology called “sub pixel positioning.” The combination results in text that’s very easy to read, according to Microsoft.

“Microsoft has wisely (finally) decided [that] all device vendors must meet minimum hardware and software resource requirements before their devices will be certified,” writes technology consultant Jack Gold, principle of J. Gold Associates, Northborough, Mass. “This should make for a greatly enhanced user experience, although it will prevent some vendors (e.g., HTC) from creating their own layered UI on top of the OS to make their devices unique.”

Finally, all the leading U.S. mobile carriers plan to introduce Windows Phone 7 devices later this year or early next year. Microsoft is working especially closely with AT&T, currently the sole U.S. operator for the Apple iPhone, and with Orange in Europe.

Lees promised new development tools and resources for Windows Phone application developers but wouldn’t go into details about them. Those details, including to whether or to what degree the phone’s hubs are open to developers, may be critical in getting enterprise developers to embrace the platform.

Why You Should Help Microsoft Thwart Windows 7 Piracy

2010-05-07T02:43:00.001-07:00

Microsoft announced plans to improve efforts to combat piracy of its flagship desktop operating system. An update is coming soon to guard against activation exploits and defend Microsoft, and unwitting customers, against counterfeit copies of Windows 7.

Joe Williams, general manager of Microsoft's Genuine Windows group, stated in a Genuine Windows Blog post "In the coming days, we'll be deploying a new update for Windows Activation Technologies, the set of built-in activation and validation components built into Windows 7."

Williams goes on to explain "Called Windows Activation Technologies Update for Windows 7, this update will detect more than 70 known and potentially dangerous activation exploits. Activation exploits are sometimes called "hacks", and attempt to bypass or compromise Windows' activation technologies. This new update is further evidence of Microsoft's commitment to keeping customers and partners secure."

It is understandable that Microsoft would want to thwart piracy of Windows 7. Obviously, Microsoft has a vested interest in ensuring that every copy of Windows 7 is a legally licensed, and more importantly paid for, copy of Windows 7. Piracy doesn't do much for the bottom line.

The question is whether IT administrators should risk applying it. A user who has a known pirated copy of Windows 7 obviously won't bother applying the update. Many businesses might believe their software is legitimate, though, but be unwittingly running counterfeit versions of Windows 7.

Applying the update should detect that the Windows activation technologies have been circumvented, and place pirated versions of Windows 7 into an unactivated state. The functionality will not be restricted in any way, but the desktop background will change to black and the operating system will frequently display alerts and pop-ups as a reminder that the operating system is not Genuine Windows.

Then what? From a purely moral or ethical stance, those businesses that find they have been duped into purchasing pirated copies of Windows 7 should discard the counterfeit versions and buy new, legitimate copies of Windows 7 from Microsoft. But, that means paying twice for the same software even though the company had no intent to defraud Microsoft in the first place.

IT administrators have more reason than the ethical dilemma, though, to be concerned about counterfeit copies of Windows 7. Williams clarifies in the blog post "Searching for, downloading, or installing activation exploits or counterfeit software on the Internet is risky, because sites that advertise these pirated products often contain malware, viruses, and Trojans, which are found bundled with or directly built into the activation exploit or counterfeit software. A study by research firm IDC, The Risks of Obtaining and Using Pirated Software, shows that one in four Web sites offering counterfeit software attempted to install unwanted or malicious code upon downloading. And this rate is rising."

Williams continues "Media Surveillance, an anti-piracy solutions company based in Germany, recently downloaded more than five hundred pirated copies of Windows 7 (and Windows activation exploits) and found that 32% contained malicious code."
So, essentially, the bargain-priced copies of Windows 7 you acquired from that questionable source online have somewhere between a 25 and 32 percent chance of containing malware and potentially exposing your computer systems and network to further compromise or exploit.

The Windows Activation Technologies Update is signature based and will update its signatures from Microsoft every 90 days and check the operating system again. That part makes no sense at all. If my Windows 7 is legitimate today, how exactly would it become counterfeit 90 days from now?

I support Microsoft's efforts to prevent software piracy and protect customers from potentially malware-ridden counterfeit copies of Windows 7. I think Microsoft would be doing itself, and its customers a favor, though, if it also offered some sort of amnesty or discounted exchange program for small and medium businesses that have fallen prey to Windows 7 pirates.

Windows Tips How to detect viruses easily

2010-02-09T20:49:00.000-08:00

Hi guys i have talked about many tips about windows xp/vista/7 and today i am going to tell you about a trick to detect viruses in your computer. It is simple and fast. Just follow the steps below:

1- Go to start-run-command

2- Write cd.. (notice the tow dots) and press enter
write cd.. (again) and press enter

3- Write (cd windows) and press enter

4- Write (cd system32) and press enter

5- Write (setup) and enter

If you get that message

(Please switch to the control panel to install components and systems composition)

Then that means your pc is clean.

The idea here is the (setup) file which is located within (system32) is shut down when your pc infected and open when your pc is not infected because most viruses shut down all system.exe extensions.

I've tried it and it worked!

Tips of How to Hide Data in Notepad

2010-02-08T21:19:00.000-08:00

When you create a new file and type some data, one unnamed default stream is created to store all data written to the file. Since NTFS file system in Windows 2000 or above has supported Alternate Data Streams, so you are allowed to create additional streams for text file. All data stored in the addition streams will be hidden and none of us will be able to read the data when opening the file. This may be useful when you would like to hide some sensitive info from being read by others when sharing the file to public.

To create hidden data in the text file, follow below steps:

1) Open command prompt, you may change to any directory as you like to create the text file.

2) Type notepad MyFile.txt:StoreHiddenData then press enter. MyFile.txt is the text file you are going to create whereas StoreHiddenData is the alternate stream name.

3) A message will be pop up “Cannot find the C:\MyFile.txt:StoreHiddenData.txt file”. Do you want to create a new file?”, click OK button to proceed create the new file.

4) A notepad will be pop up. Type any data that you want to be hidden from others. Save the file and you are now successfully creating hidden data for this file.

The hidden data you have created will not contribute to the total file size. Just open Explorer and look for this file, you will observe that the file size is still zero. Now you can go ahead to type some data and saved it as usual. Good thing is, it will not affect the hidden data that you have saved earlier. On top of that, you can display or delete all the hidden data you have saved previously.

However, you must download and install Streams application before you can do so. To delete hidden data, go to command prompt and
type more < MyFile.txt:StoreHiddenData.txt.

If you want to delete all hidden data, the syntax is streams.exe –d MyFile.txt.

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MyMobiler View your mobile screen on your desktop

2010-02-07T21:38:00.000-08:00

MyMobiler v1.2 has been released! This is must have for all you Windows Mobile phone lovers out there. Now you can take total control of your windows mobile device by using your computer to do it faster. MyMobiler works with all Windows Mobile 2003 phones and up. All you need is a data cable or some other means of connection with your desktop/laptop computer (i.e. USB Cable, Bluetooth).

Feature list:

My Mobiler v1.2 Released: 02/02/2008

• View your mobile screen on your desktop.
• Control your mobile by using desktop keyboard and mouse.
• Copy/Paste text between mobile and desktop.
• Capture mobile screen.
• Drag and drop files to your mobile.
• Support ActiveSync / IP Connection
• Support Mobile Explorer (File Browse)
•
Pretty badass huh?

Get it for free

Here is a screenshot of it “docked” in my lower right hand corner of my screen. My Windows Mobile device is currently running Palringo chat software.

Download Here

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Hide your Drives or Lock your Drives

2010-02-04T20:17:00.000-08:00

To hide your drives, follow these steps………..

Open Registry (go to run command, type "regedit" and press enter)
then
go to this key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

now right click in right side pane and create DWORD Value (blue color)
Rename it as "NoViewOnDrive" (for locking drive)
or
Rename it as "NoDrives" (for Hiding drive)
double click on it and put some numbers to lock ur desired Drive and click ok.

DRIVE NOS.
FOR A : 1
FOR C : 4
FOR D : 8
FOR E : 16
FOR F : 32
FOR G : 64
FOR H : 128

finally restart or log-off the computer to take effect.
Keep in mind that "0" is Default Value to Disable or remove this setting..
After locking the drive when u try to open it, u will see a msgbox like this
"This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator"

To remove the restrictions, follow the reverse process and delete the DWORD file created earlier…………….

Hope, it is useful in protecting the system………….

If you liked it then do comment on it…………..

Start menu customization

2010-02-04T19:52:00.001-08:00

Reduce icon size in start menu in Windows XP:

Generally in Windows XP the icon size in Start menu will be bigger, to reduce the icon size in start menu follow the steps below.
• Right click in task bar and select properties
• Select the "start menu" tab
• Select "start menu" and click "customize" button

• In the "General" tab select the "small icons" check box and click OK.

Alter the number of programs displayed in start menu?

In the programs section. You can control the number of programs that can be displayed in the start menu using the dropdown for numbers. It will have 6 as default set up.

Also in show on start menu tab, in internet option you can select the browser type to be displayed in start menu.

In e-mail you can select the e-mail software that you are using to be displayed in start menu.

How to make your name stay in the Task bar

2010-02-04T19:52:00.000-08:00

Right now, I will show you something very simple, and cool.

I will show you how to make your name stay in the task bar (right next to the digital time).

Here is an Example of my desktop Task Bar:

Cool? Do you want it too? Here is how I did it:

1. Open Start Menu and then open Control Panel

2. Double click Regional and Language Options

3. Click Customize (You have to chose English or it will not work)

4. Go to Time tab and change AM/PM symbols to the name of your choice!

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Experts Break Mobile Phone Security

2010-02-03T20:42:00.000-08:00

The algorithm used to protect the security of communications on 80 percent of cell phones in the world can be relatively easily cracked to intercept calls, according to cryptographers at the 26th Chaos Communication Congress, a computer conference in Berlin. A German researcher presented an attack on the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)--showing it's possible to eavesdrop on cell phone calls and intercept SMS messages. Mobile phones worldwide use GSM, though in the United States many carriers, including Verizon and Sprint PCS, use a competing standard.

Karsten Nohl, who has a PhD in computer science from the University of Virginia, says he demonstrated the GSM attack to encourage people to develop a more sophisticated means of protection. GSM encryption was introduced in 1987, and first showed cracks in the 1990s. Nohl points to a series of academic papers illustrating problems with A5/1, which is used to protect GSM calls.

Nohl says that despite these concerns, people trust GSM with ever more sensitive data. In particular, there have been recent moves to use the standard for mobile banking, payments, and authentication.

Working with a group of hackers, Nohl generated and published a "rainbow table" for A5/1. This table is an optimized set of codes that would allow an attacker to quickly find the key protecting a given phone conversation. The group also cracked another algorithm that protects conversations by shifting communications between mobile phones and base stations to a variety of different frequencies during a call.

"It would be a good time to start transitioning GSM systems to more advanced cryptographic algorithms," says David Wagner, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley who was involved in work in the early 2000s that proved it was possible to break A5/1. "We should be grateful. We don't always get advance warning that it's time to upgrade a security system before the bad guys start taking advantage of it."

Wagner says the research brings no surprises. It simply demonstrates that attacking GSM's encryption is more feasible than previously realized. "The bottom line for cell phone users is about the same," he says. "Interception of GSM calls is possible, but takes serious technical sophistication." Intelligence agencies, however, are probably following this closely, Wagner adds, since they're in a position to use these techniques to decrypt GSM calls en masse, and may already be doing so.

The GSM Association, a London-based organization that "represents the interest of the worldwide mobile communications industry," begs to differ. "All in all, we consider this research, which appears to be motivated in part by commercial considerations, to be a long way from being a practical attack on GSM," the organization said in a statement. "Before a practical attack could be attempted, the GSM call has to be identified and recorded from the radio interface. So far, this aspect of the methodology has not been explained in any detail, and we strongly suspect that the teams attempting to develop an intercept capability have underestimated its practical complexity."

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How to Buffer YouTube Videos Faster

2010-02-03T19:41:00.002-08:00

We all love watching YouTube videos, but not all of us have good internet connections and hence it takes a lot of time to buffer. But, don’t you worry! There’s a small tool known as SpeedBit Video Accelerator.

SpeedBit Video Accelerator can buffer YouTube videos faster and thereby minimize video interruptions. Additionally, the SpeedBit Video Accelerator also allows you to search for videos. You can also bookmark favorite videos. Apart from buffering YouTube videos faster, it also supports faster streaming of videos on Metacafe, etc.
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10 Tips to make Linux networking easier

2010-02-03T19:41:00.000-08:00

Networking is a must-have on all levels of computing. Be it home or
corporate, networking is the one aspect of computing that is, without
a shadow of a doubt, a deal breaker. And with some help, the Linux
operating system can be the king of networking, in both ease of use
and security. But that doesn't mean the average (and sometimes even
the above-average) user can't use some help. These tips should help
make Linux networking go a little more smoothly.

1. Make use of your /etc/hosts file
the hosts file is used for static host names and is a quick way to
create networking shortcuts. One of the first things I do on a Linux
machine is add various machines to the /etc/hosts file. This saves me
from having to type a lot of IP addresses. The format of an address
for this file is:
IP_ADDRESS NICKNAME
For example, if I use one machine for a backup location at IP address
192.168.1.101, I could enter:
192.168.1.101 backups
Now if I have to connect to that machine, say with secure shell, I can
just type ssh -v -l username backups to make the connection.

2. Keep out unwanted users with /etc/hosts.deny
Yet another helpful "hosts" file is the hosts.deny file. This file
allows you to create access control based on client or server names.
This is helpful in many ways. You can block blacklist domains from
gaining access to your network or you can block certain users from
gaining access to certain machines. But no matter how you use it, the
format is the same.
Let's say you want to block the domain bad.domain.name from gaining
access to a machine. To do this, open up the /etc/hosts.deny file (you
will need either root or sudo privileges) and add:
ALL: bad.domain.name
to the bottom of the file. Save it and you're good to go.

3. Let WICD handle your wireless woes
I can't tell you how many times I have found myself banging my head
against a server rack. For the longest time Linux and wireless
networking were simply not good bedfellows. But that is quickly
becoming a thing of the past. With modern distributions, wireless card
detection has become a no-brainer. The issue now is encryption. Many
of the Linux wireless tools have trouble when any encryption is
involved. But the WICD tool takes care of this. Now, connecting to WPA
or WPA2 encrypted wireless networks is simple. Add to that the
amazingly easy GUI employed by WICD and you can check one nasty
headache off your list.

4. Download and install a front end for iptables
You can't assume that just because you are using Linux, you are
secure. You still need some security. And the best security you can
have with Linux is iptables. The only problem with iptables is that it
can be challenging (especially for the new user). Fortunately, there
are outstanding graphical front ends for iptables. One of the best is
Firestarter. This front end makes employing iptables a simple process,
so you won't keep bypassing security out of fear of the learning
curve.

5. Get to know the command-line tools
Let's face it: If you're running Linux, there might be an instance
where you will need to restart your network and you won't have access
to the GUI. In this particular case, knowing that /etc/rc.d/network
restart will do the trick will solve your problem. Of course, that is
not the only networking command-line tool. You'll also want to know
tools like dhclient, traceroute, samba, ping, and netstat.

6. Hard-code your DNS server addresses
I don't know how many times I have had networking problems that
pointed directly at missing DNS server addresses. To this end, I have
made it habit to hard-code my DNS servers into the /etc/resolv.conf
file. The format of the entries is:
nameserver IP_ADDRESS
where IP_ADDRESS is the address of your name server. You can have as
many name servers listed as you need.

7. Install ClamAV
If you run a mail server, an antivirus is essential. Even though you
are running Linux and you know your mail server is immune to
99.9999999% of the viruses in the wild, that doesn't mean all those
clients that download mail from your server are immune. With this in
mind, you will make your administrating life far easier if you install
an antivirus like ClamAV onto your Linux mail server. It will give you
peace of mind and enough security to ensure that your users most
likely won't come knocking at your office door demanding retribution.

8. Know how to configure an IP address manually
Yes, there are GUI tools for this. And yes, they all work very well.
But as you will eventually find if you administer any operating system
long enough, it's never bad to have backup tools to help you do your
job. And one of the best backup tools for Linux networking is the
ifconfig command. Not only will this command return to you (with no
arguments) your network card information, it will also allow you to
configure your network card manually. This is done like so:
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
Of course, you will want to plug in your particular information as it
applies to the above.

9. Get to know your /etc/interfaces (Ubuntu) or
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts (Red Hat/Fedora) file(s)
This file (or files) is where the information for each network
interface is stored. The format for this file is:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp
auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
As you can see above, all of my interfaces are set up for dhcp. This
is my laptop, which goes with me everywhere, so dhcp is a necessity.
But what if I use the wired interface in only one location? For that,
I can hard-code the information here under the eth0 interface like so
(for Ubuntu):
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.10
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
network 192.168.1.104
gateway 192.168.1.1
Or like so (For Red Hat/Fedora):
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
IPADDR=192.168.1.10
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.1.104.0
ONBOOT=yes
Again, you would plug in all the information suited to your network
and your device.

10. Don't forget smbpasswd when setting up Samba
Nearly every time clients come to me with Samba issues, the problem is
that they haven't added the user and a password with smbpasswd.
Without doing this, the user will not be able to authenticate to the
Samba server. And when using smbpasswd to add a new user, you have to
add the "-a" switch like so:
smbpasswd -a USERNAME
After you hit Enter, you will be asked for the users' password
(twice).
NOTE: You must have root access (or sudo) to pull this off.
These 10 quick tips should help make various aspects of Linux
networking easier. You never know when you'll wind up having to rely
on the command line or you'll need to enlist the help of a graphical
front end for iptables. Now, if you do, you should be good to go.

Thanksgiving webcam promo leads to malware

2010-02-02T20:07:00.000-08:00

The US$10 webcam that Mr. X bought over the Thanksgiving weekend sounds like one of those deals that are too good to be true. And for, it was.

A week later, he's worried and upset because a CD that came with the camera contained a Web link that apparently infected him PC with fake antivirus software.

His story shows how easily malware can get onto the computers of unsuspecting consumers in an era when cyber-criminals are becoming expert at cracking legitimate Web sites to prey on their visitors.

Mr. X bought the camera in order to a way to chat over the Internet with a friend who had just moved to othis countries. When he put the CD that came with the Markvision Magnetic Webcam into his PC, a menu popped up offering his drivers as well as a link to Markvision's site. Wanting to learn more about the product, he clicked on the Web link, but he immediately knew something was wrong.

The Web page was blank, and his PC immediately popped up a window telling his he needed to upgrade his Windows software. When he clicked on the red "X" to dismiss the window, anothis popped up that made it look like his computer was being scanned. That scan was blocked by his McAfee antivirus program, but Mr. was still worried.
Panicked, he shut down the computer and called Office Depot. Their support technicians told his to try a free antivirus program -- Avast -- which then identified rogue antivirus files on his computer.

That didn't sit well with Mr. X, a Web designer based in Chennai, India. "I was really ticked," he said. "My life is on this computer."

Rogue antivirus software typically generates pop-up warnings, telling the victim there’s a security problem and pestering them to get it fixed until they hand over their credit card numbers.

Once installed on the PC, it can be used to download malicious programs, making it a serious security concern, according to Roger Thompson, chief research officer with antivirus vendor AVG Technologies. "The number-one thing that we see every day is rogue antivirus," he said. "I think there are a lot of people making money out of it."

Though the webcam was billed as a "door crahis" promotion at some Office Depot locations, the company said only a small number of customers were affected. "It was our vendor that actually initially had let us know -- so they must have heard directly from their own customers," an Office Depot spokeswoman said via e-mail.
Markvision "has temporarily shut down their Web site in order to protect customers from being exposed to the virus," the spokeswoman said. "We have been advised that they will bring the [site] online once their internal testing confirms that the virus has been removed."

Customers who bought the Markvision webcam don't need to install the company's CD in order to use the product, he added.

Markvision's Web site, at www.Markvision.cc, was online Thursday, but many parts of it had been taken offline. Earlier this week, Google's search engine flagged the site as potentially harmful, saying it had spotted suspicious content those on Nov. 27 and linked the site to Trojan horse and back-door malware infections over the previous three months. Markvision did not respond to messages seeking comment for this story.

Green Wisdom

2010-02-02T19:37:00.004-08:00

Recycle or toss? Many individuals, families and businesses have pledged to protect the environment, yet almost everyone still has questions about how to wisely go green. Green Wisdom answers common questions about the environment, with a special focus on easy ways to recycle, reduce and reuse. This collection of tried and true eco tips is designed to inspire you to transform your everyday actions into good green habits. Once you get started, we think you’ll notice that what’s better for the environment is almost always better for your budget, health and happiness. You can help grow a greener planet by keeping Green Wisdom in a handy place or sharing it with friends, family and co workers. We appreciate your efforts to keep our planet safe and healthy.

Click on the link below to start downloading this free ebook:-
Green Wisdom – 24 pages, 1.6MB (PDF)

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First Look, New IPhone Games From Electronic Arts

2010-02-02T19:37:00.003-08:00

On Thursday, EA Mobile unveiled three new games that are coming soon to an iPhone or iPod touch near you. Though no release dates have been set yet, look for theses titles in the coming weeks.

Spore Creatures
Spore Creatures is an adaptation of the creature phase from 2008's evolution simulator, Spore ( Macworld rated 3.5 out of 5 mice ). But thanks to some impressive graphics and an accelerometer-controlled top-down display, Spore Creatures looks to be a game carefully developed for the iPhone platform."

The producer for Spore Creatures, Kam Zambel, sat down with me to demonstrate the gameplay of this evolution simulator. The developers worked hard to create an open world environment for players to explore with their unique critters. The dedication to open-ended gameplay isn't limited to the 20 levels for your creature to scavenge, hunt, and discover, but also to the game's iconic creature creator. Thanks to the iPhone's touchscreen display, manipulating the creature's body is only a pull, pinch, or flick away. Kam explains that with 45 creature parts and five different character traits to level up (offensive, defensive, socialization, movement, and perception), the combinations for unique creatures are virtually infinite.

The game begins when your creature makes its first tepid steps onto land. You'll have to eat creatures smaller than yours to stay alive and collect their DNA to evolve. You can befriend creatures or attack and eat them; each strategy has advantages and disadvantages. You'll also encounter puzzles that will unlock new areas to explore or allow you to defeat "epic creatures" you'll encounter in certain areas. During the demo, Kam showed that in order to get past a boulder, her creature needed to develop legs and pull the rock away.

Throughout gameplay, you can evolve three times and reach new zones. You'll encounter new parts to attach to your creature and develop its skills. The zones are varied too, from beach areas to forests to icy tundra. Each has its own unique creatures to encounter.
While Spore Creatures lacks multiplayer, EA is confident that the customizable abilities of the creatures (thanks to Spore's innovative Creature Creator) and the wealth of things to explore will keep players interested. Spore Creatures will be compatible with all versions of the iPhone and iPod touch.

The Simpsons Arcade
Few cultural icons have the staying power or lasting impact of The Simpsons. Inspired by the 1991 arcade title and featuring the voice talents of the television show cast, The Simpsons Arcade for the iPhone and iPod touch is steeped in authenticity and reverence for the source material.

The game is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up, much in the style of the original arcade game. Steve Robert, producer of the Simpsons Arcade, explains that getting the characters and settings right was a top priority. To that end, Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, and the other main voice actors all reprise their roles from the series for the iPhone game. When you hear Homer yell "D'oh!" it's the actual voice of Homer, Dan Castellaneta. EA worked with Michael Price, one of the writers for the show, in order to ensure the game was as true to the series (and funny!) as possible.

The plot is something straight out of a Simpsons episode. You play as Homer, who by chance runs into Mr. Smithers while he is in possession of a special donut. Mr. Burns needs that donut and employs half of Springfield to stop Homer from getting to it. Homer, for his part, just wants the forbidden donut.

Each of the six levels features an iconic environment like the Springfield Mall, Krustyland, and Mr. Burn's compound. As Homer, you'll confront iconic bosses, mini bosses, and NPCs straight from the show. On the first level in the streets of Springfield, you'll see Moe idly standing on the side of the street outside his bar. Snowball II runs past you at one point and you'll eventually do battle with Chief Wiggum and Mayor Quimby (both of whom have been bribed by Mr. Burns).

As a brawler, Homer has a full range of attacks at his disposal, including punches, shoulder charges, belly flops, etc. Just like in the original arcade, you can pick up weapons and interact with the environment to a limited degree. The controls are simple too: there's a touchpad D-pad in the corner and a couple buttons on the right. According to Steve Robert, you can earn extra lives and continues by finding trophies hidden throughout the levels and beating the minigames sprinkled through the game.

But what of Bart, Lisa, Marge and Maggie? Well, they're in the game, as well. Though not as full playable characters, you can find tokens throughout the game that will call on them to aid you in battle. If you're in a tough spot and confronted by a ton of enemies, finding one of these tokens can clear the stage quickly. Bart rides in and jumps on Homer's back, shooting from his slingshot and taking out enemies. Lisa uses her jump rope and Marge and Maggie grant Homer improved fighting abilities and temporary invulnerability.

From my initial look at the game, The Simpsons Arcade for the iPhone looks to be an authentic and fun brawler. While we'd love to be able to play as the rest of the family, it's understandable that EA wanted to keep the game focused. During the demo, the combat was well balanced, the environments great, and the references to the show numerous. If you've ever wanted to play as Homer on a donut-obsessed rampage, this is your chance.

Need for Speed Shift
Need for Speed Shift, the hotly anticipated sequel to Need for Speed Undercover, looks to offer more gameplay, more replayability, more content to unlock, and improved well, everything. From the stunning visuals to the extensive track and car lists, the game is sure to make every gear head happy.

Nikhil Dighe, associate producer for Need for Speed Shift, showed a preview of the game. The first thing you'll notice is that this is probably the best looking game you've seen for the iPhone. The cars look realistic, the roads are beautiful, and when the soundtrack is thumping, it's a really fun game to play.

While the game is designed to work on every generation of the iPod touch and iPhone, Nikhil admitted that the game runs best on the iPhone 3GS. Hopefully it will run better on some of the older model iPhones than Command and Conquer, another high-end EA title that really needs the 3GS's improved processor.

There are three modes to choose from: Quick Race, Career Mode, and Multiplayer. The "meat" of the game is in the Career Mode, where you can unlock three cities, four tiers, and twenty-eight events. Like the console games, unlocking content is based on earning stars. You may be able to earn several stars on the first track just by finishing first, but other stars (like leading from start to finish) will take time to unlock and keep you coming back for more. That's why Nikhil believes Need for Speed Shift will offer more replayability than Need for Speed Undercover.

There are 20 licensed cars to earn, though you only start with two in your garage. The soundtrack is a big focus of this iteration of Need for Speed, including 20 licensed tracks from a variety of artists and unique, authentic sounds for each car's engine. Not only can you see a realistic car, but you can hear what it's like to drive it as well.

You can customize your car both visually and technically, offering a selection of kits and assists to improve your car's performance and look.

But what is it like to actually play the game? We got a chance to race Nikhil in head to head multiplayer. The multiplayer mode allows for players to connect over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. If players have the same access point over Bluetooth, up to four can play at a time. Otherwise, it's limited to two players. Details on what kind of online multiplayer is available have yet to be revealed, but hopefully you can just hop in to a race against a random player online quickly and easily.

During our race, I switched between a cockpit view (which shows damage via a cracked windshield) and a third-person perspective that allows you to more fully see the racetrack (no car damage, however). The visuals were gorgeous and I really appreciated the arrows that helped novice players navigate (otherwise I would have never made some of those turns). I preferred using the iPhone like a steering wheel via the device's accelerometer; it had just the right amount of sensitive and responded beautifully.

I'm not much of a racing fan, but Need for Speed Shift was a heck of a lot of fun to play. With the soundtrack blaring, the engines revving, and hairpin turns through some truly realistic courses, I can honestly say I've never played a more intense (or fun) racing game on the iPhone.

Drastically Speed Up Any Computer In 5 Steps

2010-02-02T19:37:00.002-08:00

I have been working on computers for years and have put together a simple 5 step process for speeding up pretty much any windows based computer in just a matter of minutes.
These procedures are perfectly safe and will not harm your computer or cause you to lose any data.

Step 1: Cleanup your hard drive. This is number one for a reason folks. So many people just do not cleanup their hard drive and that can really degrade your pc performance. You can goto My Computer, Drive C, Properties, and then click on disk cleanup. You can also download the freeware utility Ccleaner. This free program wills cleanup all kinds of useless junk off your pc.

Download Ccleaner

Link 1 (Virtaul Link)
Link 2 (Rapidshare Link)

Step 2: Remove unnecessary bells and whistles by disabling some of the visual effects that comes on by default in windows. This will recover a lot of lost resources for running faster instead of making pretty edges around unused icons that you never look at and such.

How to Disable Unneeded Visual Effects:
(Removes the visual effects, and increases computer performance)
Click your “Start” button to access the start menu
2. Then right click on “My Computer”
3. Select “Properties”
4. Select the “Advanced” tab
5. Then under the “Performance” tab select “Settings”
6. Click “Adjust for best performance”
7. Save these settings by clicking “OK”

How to disable the Indexing Service:
(Unnecessary default service, disabling will increase your performance)
1. Click your “Start” button to access the start menu
2. Click “My Computer”
3. Under “Hard Disk Drives” right click on your Hard Disk
4. Click “Properties”
5. Uncheck “Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching”
6. Click “Apply”
7. Select “Apply changes to C:\ Subfolder and files” and click “OK”
8. If anything pops up on the screen simply click “Ignore”

Step 3: Uninstall unused software and programs that you don’t really need. Click Start, then Control Panel, Add Remove Programs. Now there will be a list pop up of all the software installed on your computer. Simply uninstall unused programs by clicking the uninstall button beside the unwanted software.

This will help free up hard drive space and help increase your overall system performance.

Step 4: Make sure you have updated to the latest versions of windows for your computer. This is offered totally free by Microsoft’s website WindowsUpdate.com. You can also follow the directions below to goto the windows update site.
1. Click “Start”
2. Click “All Programs”
3. Look all the way on top and you’ll find a “Windows Update” or
“Microsoft update” button, and then click the icon.

Step 5: For the last step and what is maybe the most important step we need to optimize your computer. This will allow your computer to run at it’s top speed. Your registry contains all the core information that your pc uses to run properly. Windows uses it every time it runs to tell the computer exactly how to handle information with all available hardware and software.

Optimize your computer with a qualified registry cleaner weekly. This will ensure you get top performance. There are many reputable products out there.
You certainly don’t have to use it but I prefer it to others and will use it for this demonstration.

This software has hundreds of built in tweaks to help optimize your computer. You also get free technical support from these guys to help you fix any computer problem you may have if you choose to purchase their optional membership for automatically fixing errors.
This program is kind of like an automated tune up for your computer. Upon launching the program you will see the interface and the configuration options.
Here is the download link

Link 1(Virtual Link)
Link 2(Rapidshare Link)

The welcome screen below allows an easy 3 step process to test your computer

After scanning you will see the screen showing you exactly what problems may have been found on your computer and exactly where they are located? If you want to let the software automatically fix the found problems and apply all the known tweaks available to optimize your computer you will need to purchase a membership. You can use this special coupon code when checking out to save 25% – 25OFF

Click Download PC Registry Cleaner

Link 1(Virtual Link)
Link 2(Rapidshare Link)

Follow these simple steps and you will have a screaming fast computer!
Let me know how this information helps you.
Have a great day

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Boost Up Internet speed without using Softwares

2010-02-02T19:37:00.001-08:00

Check this out and you will be amazed………….

Above 90% computers all over the world run Windows... and hence another computer trick.

FACT
But do you know that about 20% of your internet bandwidth is reserved by Microsoft.

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Uses of Reserved Bandwidth
** Windows Automatic Updates rely on this reserved bandwidth.
** Fast loading Microsoft Websites
** Sending Error Reports
** Online Help support in Microsoft Office

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But this can be recovered back...

The Remedy
** Start >> Run
** Type gpedit.msc
** This opens the Policy Editor
** Now, Local Computer Policy >> Computer Configuration
** Then, Administrative Templates >> Network
** Now, click on QOS Packet Scheduler
** Now, on Right hand side
** Double Click Limit reservable bandwidth
** Now in Setting Tab

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It says : Not Configured
Reality : The Explain Tab says "By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection"

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** So, on Setting Tab select Enabled
** Now, change Bandwidth limit (%) to 0 (Zero)
** Click OK !!!

That's All!!!
Enjoy!!!................

BrowserMap Map the Path of Your Packets

2010-02-01T20:01:00.004-08:00

Download Now: BrowserMapSetup.zip

Version: 1.0
Released: November 17, 2009

Supported Platforms: Windows XP, Vista, & 7 (32 & 64 bit)
Requirements: Microsoft .Net Framework version 3.5 and Internet Explorer 7+ or Firefox 3.5+

As you're probably aware, as you surf the Web, data is hopping from location to location to request and retrieve the bits of information that form the web page you're looking at. You can actually get the IP addresses and names of the machines that your data has bounced around to and from using the Windows built in trace route utility, but do you ever wonder where those machines are? I'm talking about the physical locations.

Our utility BrowserMap provides this less than crucial but quite intriguing piece of data. By simply clicking the Get Url from Browser button and hitting Go, BrowserMap will trace the path of the hops your browser takes to get the web page data, showing you on a map where the different hop points are in the world.

Using BrowserMap

BrowserMap sets itself to synchronize with your default browser either IE or Firefox. However, if your default browser is neither of these, you can choose to synch with IE or Firefox by selecting the Settings menu, clicking on Synch with Browser, and then selecting Firefox or IE.

You can also select Type URL Manually which will remove the Get URL from Browser button. However, even without selecting this option, you can type in a URL and hit Go.

If you do choose to synch with a browser, simply hit the Get URL from Browser button and BrowserMap will retrieve the URL from the open browser. If you have more than one tab open, it will retrieve the URL from the currently selected tab. If you have more than one browser window open, it will get the URL from the top most browser window. Note: If you are synching with Firefox, the page must completely load in the browser before the Get URL from Browser button will be able to retrieve the URL.

Once you've typed in the URL or retrieved the URL from the browser, hit Go. BrowserMap starts to work. The first thing it does is determine your IP address, the one that is visible to the world, not your internal network IP. Next it passes the address to our web service that retrieves the domain information and the latitude and longitude.

All of the domain, latitude, and longitude data is retrieved from a database that we license. The data is updated regularly. However, we cannot guarantee that it is or will ever be 100% accurate.

Once the latitude and longitude are determined, the location is plotted in the map window provided by Microsoft's Bing.com mapping service.

For every hop BrowserMap takes while tracing the data, it repeats this process of looking up the IP address and retrieving the latitude and longitude and mapping it.

Convert YouTube Videos Online

2010-02-01T20:01:00.003-08:00

I have been searching on it from many days and at last I have found it on how to convert YouTube videos via Online…….

How to download youtube video?
1) If you don't know how to start, please go to www.savevideodownload.com

2) Enter the YouTube Video URL in the above field

3) Click "Get Link" , a new link will appear

4) Right click the new link

5) Save target as "newname.flv" to your computer

6) You must have a FLV player in order to play the newname.flv file on your computer.
Download the FREE FLV Player here. (You can skip this step if you just want to watch it on your other devices such as handphone or IPod.)

7) If you want to play it on your IPod, please download Ipod converter

8) If you want to play it on Sony PSP, Zune, Iphone, Black Berry, mobile phone or convert to other formats such as AVI, MP4, 3GP, WMV etc, you must download FLV Converter

9)If you are facing problem to download video by using above field, please download this all-in-one Youtube mate software. This software can download video from youtube and play the video directly.

Enjoy!!!...................

Please do post comments………

Delete files or folders that are UnDeletable

2010-02-01T20:01:00.002-08:00

If you were trying to delete some files and you get any one of these below warnings from windows then the Tool of this week is most suited for you.

• Cannot delete file: Access is denied
• There has been a sharing violation.
• The source or destination file may be in use.
• The file is in use by another program or user.
• Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

Windows File Unlocker
This single-function system utility removes a file’s access restrictions. Unlocker is unobtrusive: it resides in the system tray; an Unlocker command appears in files’ right-click menus.

Description
The application removes file-access restrictions that prevent a user from moving, deleting, or renaming a file. The user right-clicks on a file and selects Unlocker, which displays information regarding the selected file, such as Path Locked, PID, Handle, and Process Path. This program also allows terminating a currently running process. In some cases, files cannot be accessed due to Windows file-access bugs, for which Windows informs the user the file is currently in use–even when it’s not.
Unlocker can effectively bypass this bug’s restrictions; it unlocks or disables whatever is preventing the user to access that file. This tool would be a lot easier to use if it allowed hot keys. Novices to advanced users will find this free application very useful.

Features
• Close any handle.
• Kill any process.
• Unload any Damn DLL. Note: You should be aware of the consequences before doing it.
• Delete index.dat . ‘index.dat‘ is System File which store your IE Web History
• Delete, Rename and Move any file you want without the permission of the owner
• Best of all. It is a Freeware!

How to Use it?
1. Simply right click the folder or file and select Unlocker

2. If the folder or file is locked, a window listing of lockers will appear

3. Simply click Unlock All and you are done!

Download
You can download this free Utility at here

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Twitter partners with Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecom company

2010-02-01T20:01:00.001-08:00

Another Milestone for Twitter.

It has announced a partnership with Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecom company.

This enables the Airtel customers not to depend on hardwired Internet connections for their tweets.
They now have an easy option of texting.
The fees that's going to be waived for this service is still not fixed, but Biz says Airtel is not going charge any added fees.

Biz Stone explained, "Our partnership with Bharti Airtel, the largest mobile operator in India, means a huge population of people can now send tweets at standard rates and receive tweets for free. Bharti Airtel is offering people in every city, every village, every remote taluk and even the smallest panchayat the opportunity to connect to Twitter and enjoy the open exchange of information with no added fees."

This certainly cheers the Twitter fans all over the world

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8 Hidden Firefox Secrets Revealed

2010-02-01T20:01:00.000-08:00

The best thing about Firefox is that just when you think you know everything there is to know about the browser, something new comes along and surprises you. Here are few hidden tips and tricks. Maybe these are old hat and you know them already. Or maybe you had no idea these could be done. Let’s see how many of these you know already.

1. Open docx file using Firefox without Office 2007: Now, you can view docx files using Firefox by installing OpenXMLViewer which is available for Windows, Mac and Linux users. It is an useful extension for users who haven’t upgrade to Microsoft Office 2007. Basically, the extension will convert docx documents into HTML format so that web browsers can render and display to users. So, the extension is not able to shows embedded objects.

2. More screen space: Make your icons small. Go to View – Toolbars – Customize and check the “Use small icons” box.

3. Mouse shortcuts: We all are aware of the Keyboard shortcuts. But have you ever tried Mouse Shortcuts. Sometimes you are already using your mouse and it is easier to use a mouse shortcut than to go back to the keyboard. Master these cool ones
• Middle click on link (opens in new tab)
• Shift-scroll down (previous page)
• Shift-scroll up (next page)
• Ctrl-scroll up (decrease text size)
• Ctrl-scroll down (increase text size)
• Middle click on a tab (closes tab)

4. Limit RAM usage: If Firefox takes up too much memory on your computer, you can limit the amount of RAM it is allowed to us. Go to about:config, filter “browser.cache” and select “browser.cache.disk.capacity”. It’s set to 50000, but you can lower it, depending on how much memory you have. Try 15000 if you have between 512MB and 1GB ram.

5. Reduce RAM usage further for when Firefox is minimized: This setting will move Firefox to your hard drive when you minimize it, taking up much less memory. And there is no noticeable difference in speed when you restore Firefox, so it’s definitely worth a go. Again, go to about:config, right-click anywhere and select New-> Boolean. Name it “config.trim_on_minimize” and set it to TRUE. You have to restart Firefox for these settings to take effect.

6. Move or remove the close tab button: Do you accidentally click on the close button of Firefox’s tabs? You can move them or remove them, again through about:config. Edit the preference for “browser.tabs.closeButtons”. Here are the meanings of each value:
i: Display a close button on the active tab only
ii: (Default) Display close buttons on all tabs
iii: Don’t display any close buttons
iv: Display a single close button at the end of the tab bar (Firefox 1.x behavior)

7. Smart keywords: Smart keywords are an easy way to search specific websites directly from the Firefox Location bar. Instead of going to the targeted website, finding the search function, and executing the search, you can search the website using Firefox, while you are at any website.

For example, suppose you search The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) on a regular basis. You can define a smart keyword to enable searching IMDB through your browser. To search IMDB for information on William Shatner, you would enter the following in the Firefox Location bar: imdb William Shatner

8. Firefox Optimizer: Firefox Optimizers for Mozilla Firefox v1.x / 2.x / 3.x was developed for an easy and fast optimization of your browsing experience with Firefox. It is based on a collection of popular and well working optimization settings used and tested by the experts. You can download this software from here.

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