Image Searches might give you the results you expected and can prove to be more useful than the normal search at times

Most of the famous search engines like Google or Yahoo! offers an image search option. This is a useful feature that can bring the pictures in the world wide web to your fingertips.
Image searches can prove useful not only while searching for images but also while mining data on the net. Here is the ' How ?' answered.

Websites post images of the most relevant topic of the content. If somone is writing an article on a 'benz' automobile the author will post a picture of the featured car and not the picture of some beach. So the pictures most often come with the most relevant matter. But the search based on the page rank system of Google or Yahoo! might prove to be useless at times. At those times doing an image search and navigating to the website with the help of the image might give you the required result.

Why dont you give it a try..?
Good luck!

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Hold down shift key while clicking on links and get them opened in a new window

The internet is a collection of links placed in a logical order. Every webpage links to some other page. There is no standalone existance for a webpage and it has to either link to another page or has to have a link poiniting to that page.
We navigate through the internet using these links. But while moving forward you must be wishing to have the first page intact. If you wish to open the resulting page in a new window here are some methods of doing that.

1. Right click the link and choose 'open in new window'
2. Right click the link and choose 'copy link address'. Paste it in a new window and press enter.
3. Holdon shift key while clicking the link and you can get the link opened in a new window.

If you are a website owner or a blogger, you wouldnt want to distract away readers from your blog or website. If you wish to open you links in a new window do this.

Here is how the code for a link will look like.
<a href="http://computer-help-tips.blogspot.com/" >milliOn cluEs</a>
This will open the page in the same window.

Add - target="_blank" along with this so that the code looks like
<a href="http://computer-help-tips.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" >milliOn cluEs</a>
This will make this link open in a new window.

The same can be applied to the form buttons that appear on your page.
For eg :
Adding target="_blank" along with
<FORM action=http://www.blogger.com/login-comment.do method=post >
can make the form action to happen in a new page so that it would look like
<FORM action=http://www.blogger.com/login-comment.do method=post target="_blank">

Doing similar modifications to the code will help your readers from the trouble of going back to the previous page to continue reading your blog.
Good luck!

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How to Protect Your password From KeyBoard Loggers

There exist Softwares designed such a way that every keystroke on the computer is recorded. Such softwares are often used by firms to monitor the office computer usage by its staff. Such softwares are well known for their spy nature and is difficult to detect for a normal computer user.

Those programs record everything.. which can be your password or your credit card number. Here is a simple trick to protect them.
Enter the password in parts. Suppose your password is 'blackwidow'. Enter some part like ' bla..' and the press some where on the window so that the password field is not highlighted. Type in some random words on the window. These words will be recorded by the logging program but will not appear anywhere on the screen. Now click the password field and enter some more..' ckwido...' . Repeat the other thing again.. Click on the screen and enter random words. Now complete the password ' .. w ' . That way you can cheat the program . So Your password remains protected.

Usually all keyborad logging programs record the title of the window you are in. So shifting windows and typing in words in some textfile or so will not work. You will have to follow as above........click somewhere on the screen and enter random words.

Good Luck!
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[ Thanks to my friend Jerry Joseph for this tip. He too is a inspired blogger at www.jjsoftware.blogspot.com ]

 

Save Documents Faster Using the Windows Explorer Instead Of the ' Save' Dialog Box

Navigating through the 'Save' Dialog Box or the 'Save As...' Dialog Box can be hard for some. I find it a lot congested to use such small Dialog Boxes. Here is a way to handle this problem which I had been using for years.

Have you noticed the 'New' Menu item when you right click anywhere in the Windows Explorer or the Desktop..? [ See the first Image ] This Menu Item is going to help us. Using the Windows Explorer navigate to the folder where you wish to save your document. Then right click and choose 'New'. Now a list comes out showing the documents of various softwares that you have installed. Here I have illustrated using the 'Text Document' which is a new text document and creates a .txt file. See the second Image. The Explorer Window is asking for a file name. Type in that and press Enter or simply press Enter to accept the default name.

Double click this file and your new document is ready with the name you have given. Navigating through the Windows Explorer is a lot more easier than the 'Save' Dialog Box.

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Browse Faster.. Do More...

'The page cannot be displayed'. Is this a very 'funny' message that frustrates you?. Every time you see this you feel deishearted..right..? Most of the people who depend on dial-up internet connections have to suffer a lot of problems ranging from a problem as simple as a page not found and which extends up to a timed out connection. Me too experienced a lot of problems as this about an year ago. Here is how I got along with that problem. I did not switch to a broadband connection but I did a little changes on the way I browsed. A little self-adjustment.

First to enjoy a good browsing you need a good PC. Clean up your PC. If needed format the hard-disk and remove all unnecessary programs. This will give you the basics for good browsing.

Second one is to plan your browsing. Remember that, as a dial-up user you are paying for every second you are online. So the faster you finish the jobs, the more money you have in your pocket. Write down on a piece of paper all the things that you have to do in that log-in session. If needed number the tasks in order. That is, plan the sequence in logical order so that you wont have to visit some pages again and agian or log-in to your e-mail id twice.

McAfee Says that every computer connected to the internet has at-least a single malicious code a virus. Do monitor your PC with a good anti-virus which is capable of finding and removing spy-ware and add-ware. Norton is fine. McAfee is good too. If spy-ware is present it will be acitve when you are online and sends unwanted data. So you will have sacrifice a lot of your connection speed. Also disable all automatic updates of various programs that you might have.

In my opinion Internet Explorer is a really good browser. Its simple and looks good. But we have got a lots of other bowsers which are much faster than the Internet Explorer. for Instance ' Opera' which is the fastest web-browser, is available free of cost and takes you to the page lightning fast. It caches all the pages you visit ( check out its preferences if you have one ) and brings it to you right from your hard-disk next time you access the pages. Let me giive you an example. If you get a forward of some pictures in Internet Explorer you have to right-click and select 'Save picture as..' for every picture. Opera caches all the images it display in to its cache ( which is in the profile folder of the installed folder of opera ). so you need not save each one of them separately. You can get it from its cache.
Also in opera you need not wait for the page to load when you choose the 'back' button. It will come instantly. But in IE the page loads from the server every time. Using opera an definitely save your time. Firefox is also a really good one.
Opera has got a feature which lets you block images in a page. So you can let only the text load in a purticular page. This is somethig which can make browsing more enjoyable as text takes only seconds to load and you will get every page really fast.

Most of the internet users depend on the download applet of Internet Explorer to download files. Why dont you try using something like 'Free Download Manager' or ' Download Acceleraor'..? They can make many simultaneaous connections to a server and can bring the files to your PC faster than the IE does. Also you can pause your downloads and continue with them the next time you are connected to the internet. So you can always save time. Free Download Manager is a free software.  Click this for the latst version : http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm

Some people think that they can browse faster if they use only one window for browsing. i.e they use only one Internet Explorer window and does the second task only after completing the first one. In my opinion this is wrong. Having two or three ( More that that can make it really slow.. ) internet Exlorer or Opera windows is good. For example if you have to visit your friend's web-site as well as check mail you can check mail in one window while the other page loads in the other. Or you can do a download while you read your mails. Thus you can save a lot of time.

Then something  you need to do is to find the best time in which you get the maximum connection speed. For example in my region ( or probably in India ) the best connection time is from 1.00 am to 8.00 am. At that hours I used to get the best connection speeds.  By logging on to net at different times you can find the best time. At some times like the times when the server is busy, you get more ' cannot find page' messages and more 'connection timed out' error messages. So choosing the best time will help.

Also look to the modem properties and make sure that the maximum connection speed is set to the value above the maximum the modem supports. ( I dont know why such an option is set by microsoft when every one is looking for more speeds. Can someone tell me why..? ).

I think with these things you can get more out of your dial-up connection. These days broadband internet is getting more and more cheaper. It would be good if every one switch to broadband internet to find the endless oppertunities over the internet. Wish you all a happy browsing. Move on.

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Refresh Internet Explorer Windows In a Flash

To refresh a page of displayed on the Internet Explorer quickly, this tip can come handy. Move to the top left corner of the screen. This can be done quite easily if the window is in the maximised position. Just push the mouse in that direction and the pointer will be above it automatically. This is because the mouse pointer cannot go out of the window. Now drag the icon into the window ( the space where web pages are displayed ).
You will get the page refreshed.

As this might be a new method for you, it may prove to be less useful in the beginning. But with due practice ( as I do ! ) it can prove to be more faster than the conventional method of clicking the refresh button.

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Logging Into Websites Blocked By the Admin

Do u see the message ' This page has been blocked by your administrator '? And you still wanna use that website..? Here are some tips which might help you access them.

• Try the secured server https. All you have to do is type in https://www.website.com instead of http://www.website.com.This might work in some cases
• Try Browsing Using a Proxy Browser. Proxy Browser means a browser that is capable of visiting a website from a fake address. Many websites like Kproxy.com provide proxy browsing services. Just Google for Proxy Browsers and get a list of websites.

Close Windows In a Flash

Here is a quite useful hack on using Windows. To close an open window quickly you can use the following methods.

Approach 1:
Move the mouse to the top right corner of the window so that the mouse is over the 'X' button. You need not click at the centre of the button. You can just push your mouse in that direction. As the mouse pointer cannot move out of the window it will automatically come over the 'X' button. Then just click and the window will close.
Using this method you can close the window without even looking to the 'X' button.

Approch 2:
Move the mouse to the lop left corner, over the image of the Folder or the application. You can do this by just pushing the mouse in that direction. As the mouse pointer cannot go out of the window it will reside over this icon automatically. Then double click and the window will close.

Both these methods work with maximised windows only. If windows are in the restored position you cannot do this without moving over to the button. Then use Alt+F4 to close the window !

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The Complete Internet Pack: Must Haves For Safer, Faster and Efficient Browsing

Internet offers a wide range of services that spans between emails, chat, video calls, downloads, information and stuffs like that. A successful Netizen (a netizen is someone who uses internet) needs a whole array of tools to aid his path through the internet. Such tools will help him to get things done faster and makes browsing a pleasure.

Nomatter what kind of connection is yours, or how often you connect, there are some 'Must Haves' for every one. Infact, those with slower connection need them more.

The Must Haves can be classified into:

• Web Browsers and Browser Essentials
• Download and Upload Managers
• Security Tools
• Networking and Connectivity Tools
• Feed Readers
• Offline Essentials

Everything discussed in here are freewares and most of them have versions compatible with Linux and Mac.

Web Browsers
The Internet Explorer on Windows is a good Browser, but there better browsers which are much faster and safer than the Internet Explorer. And a good Browser is the primary Must Have for every Netizen.

• Mozilla Firefox recently Launched Firefox 3 series in beta. Firefox is fast, fully customizable and is the most recommended Browser for everyone. If you are a developer, Firefox offers lots of tools that might get your job done. Firefox supports plug-ins which can be downloaded online.
• Opera is another recommened browser. Its the best competitor to Firefox and is well suited for both Geeks and Newbies. Both Firefox and Opera supports tabbed browsing.
• Apple Safari is yet another cool Browser. Its from apple so it has got to look damn. Ranks three in comparison with the others, but consider this one if you are a normal internet user who wish to get rid of Internet Explorer. Safari supports tabbed browsing too.
  

Browser Essentials
Quality websites uses Java, Some Flash and Stuffs like that. You might end up in pages with cross marks all over, just because you dont have some softwares installed on your system. Here are some Must Haves

• JAVA Support - Websites with built in Java Applets need Java Runtime Support. Dowload this file and install. To know if you have JAVA right now, Open Contol Panel and Check whether you are having a Java Button there.
• Adobe Flash Player - Websites with embedded Flash Videos needs Flash Player. Dowload it here
  

Download and Upload Managers
Downloading is one of the most Important job done online. Every Browser has its own Download Manager. But a dedicated Download Manager improves Download Speed and can keep track of all the downloads irrespective of the browser. Download Managers usually have Resume Support, which means that you can pause a download and complete it later. Download Managers usually have a integrated Upload Manager too.

• Free Download Manager is the recommended Download Manager. We have been using it for years and it has been a Faithful Friend always. Download the Latest Version here
  
• uTorrent (read as mue-Torrent) is a Torrent Downloader. FDM also supports Torrent, but if you wish to have a dedicated Torrent Downloader, uTorrent is recommended.

Security Tools
Internet is the home to countless Hackers and Spammers. So Internet Security is a major concern. Basically you need protection from Viruses. You also need to monitor how your computer connects to the internet.

• AVG Antivirus Free is a free and effective Antivirus solution. AVG brings you regular updates so you can be sure that you are protected always. This is a highly recommended Must Have.
• Comodo Firewall Pro is an award winning Free Firewall. It lets you control the way each and every program on your system runs. If you are low on system resources, just install Comodo instead of a Antivirus, since Comodo can partly function as a Antivirus.

Networking and Connectivity Tools
Socializing with Friends and Relatives need a Chat client or a Video Conferencing tool or a Net Phone. The good thing is that, all these facilities are available in a single application, so you dont need to go in search of many.

• Yahoo! Messenger is one such tool which converges all facilites and is a Must Have. With Yahoo! Messenger, you can chat, talk, share pictures, view Webcams and even host a Web Conference.
• Though Yahoo! Messenger has everything within it, you might consider using Google Talk or Skype for connecting with friends in a purticular network.

Feed Readers
Readers are Softwares that bring website content direcly to you, right at the time the website is updated, so that you dont have to keep checking your favorite webpages for updates. Feed Readers work with Websites and Blogs that have RSS support. There are many online Feed Readers, which require no download, but the advantage of a offline Feed Reader is that you can read your Feeds offline.

• Feed Demon is highly recommended for Offline Feed Reading. It is light, Easy and Efficient. There are tons of other Feed Readers available, but Feed Demon is a Must Have if you have the habit of reading Blogs and Websites.
• Google Reader is a online tool that does the same job. This need no download and you can start using it right away, if you have a google Account. Signing up is a easy job.

Offline Essentials
There are some tools that everyone might need, to handle the files that are downloaded from the Internet. For instance, Data is transferred online mainly as zip files, so you need a decompressor to open such files.

• PowerZip can handle most common Compression formats. Its free, light and userfriendly. The interface might look bit old, but it gets the job done.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed for handling pdf files. Must Have because you will find pdf everywhere on the web.

The above mentioned Tools are just the Essentials. They will save your day in most of the cases. But if you have some specific requirements, you should consider downloading tools for them. The Right Tools For the Right Job is the thumb rule.

Windows Shorthands

General keyboard shortcuts
CTRL+C Copy.
CTRL+X Cut.
CTRL+V Paste.
CTRL+Z Undo.
DELETE Delete.
SHIFT+DELETE Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin.
CTRL while dragging an item Copy selected item.
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item Create shortcut to selected item.
F2 Rename selected item.
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.
CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.
CTRL+DOWN ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph.
CTRL+UP ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph.
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys Highlight a block of text.
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document.
CTRL+A Select all.
F3 Search for a file or folder.
ALT+ENTER View properties for the selected item.
ALT+F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program.
ALT+Enter Displays the properties of the selected object.
ALT+SPACEBAR Opens the shortcut menu for the active window.
CTRL+F4 Close the active document in programs that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously.
ALT+TAB Switch between open items.
ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order they were opened.
F6 Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop.
F4 Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer.
SHIFT+F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item.
ALT+SPACEBAR Display the System menu for the active window.
CTRL+ESC Display the Start menu.
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name Display the corresponding menu.
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu Carry out the corresponding command.
F10 Activate the menu bar in the active program.
RIGHT ARROW Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu.
LEFT ARROW Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu.
F5 Refresh the active window.
BACKSPACE View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer.
ESC Cancel the current task.
SHIFT when you insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive Prevent the CD from automatically playing.

Dialog box keyboard shortcuts
CTRL+TAB Move forward through tabs.
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Move backward through tabs.
TAB Move forward through options.
SHIFT+TAB Move backward through options.
ALT+Underlined letter Carry out the corresponding command or select the corresponding option.
ENTER Carry out the command for the active option or button.
SPACEBAR Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box.
Arrow keys Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons.
F1 Display Help.
F4 Display the items in the active list.
BACKSPACE Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box.

Natural keyboard shortcuts
Windows logo  Display or hide the Start menu.
Windows logo +BREAK Display the System Properties dialog box.
Windows logo +D Show the desktop.
Windows logo +M Minimize all windows.
Windows logo +Shift+M Restores minimized windows.
Windows logo +E Open My Computer.
Windows logo +F Search for a file or folder.
CTRL+ Windows logo +F Search for computers.
Windows logo +F1 Display Windows Help.
 Windows logo+ L Lock your computer if you are connected to a network domain, or switch users if you are not connected to a network domain.
Windows logo +R Open the Run dialog box.
Windows logo +U Open Utility Manager

Accessibility keyboard shortcuts
Right SHIFT for eight seconds Switch FilterKeys on and off.
Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN Switch High Contrast on and off.
Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK Switch MouseKeys on and off.
SHIFT five times Switch StickyKeys on and off.
NUM LOCK for five seconds Switch ToggleKeys on and off.
Windows logo +U Open Utility Manager.

Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts
END Display the bottom of the active window.
HOME Display the top of the active window.
NUM LOCK+ASTERISK on numeric keypad (*) Display all subfolders under the selected folder.
NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGN on numeric keypad (+) Display the contents of the selected folder.
NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGN on numeric keypad (-) Collapse the selected folder.
LEFT ARROW Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder.
RIGHT ARROW Display current selection if it's collapsed, or select first subfolder.

These keyboard shortcuts are taken from the Windows XP help. These are included here as these shortcuts often go unnoticed. Use of these can save valuable time and will help to get the jobs done faster

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NetOne AccountLess i-net SignUp

SignUp procedure for NetOne Account Less Internet Connection ( Postpaid internet connection of Sancharnet )( Available in select cities only )
NetOne is the name for the internet service of BSNL. It has got a unique scheme in which the users can connect to the internet without purchasing an internet connection CD-ROM from a retail shop. So you can surf the net directly from home.To do so first you need to configure your computer. When you pruchase a CD-ROM for internet connection the software in the CD does this configuration so you dont have to do anything. But here you have to do every single step.
Here it is...
1. Find the 'Make New Connection Dialog Box' on your computer.For Windows 98, its in the My Computer > Dial Up Net Working.For Windows Xp, Go to the Control Panel ( In classic view ) Open Network Connections, there you have the New Connection Wizard.
2. The name of the computer to which you are connecting ( ISP ) is : A679Your initial user name is : netone and password is : netone. The number to dial is : 172222Enter these details in the appropriate feilds of the wizard. Remember you are setting up the connection manually and so you have to be really careful when you choose the options. Do not keep clicking the next button without reading what's in the wizard.
3. After the configuration is over connect to the internet using the dialer. Its better to create a shorcut of the dialer to the desktop. the dialer dials and establishes a connection. A active connection is shown by the presence of 2 computers near the system clock.
4. You cannot start browsing yet. Register your connection at your local bsnl website. Its www.netoneenk.bsnl.co.in for ernakulam district. Contact your local telecom center for your local web address ( Or refer to the initial pages of your telephone directory ). Remeber that this facility is available in select cities only.Register your account in this site. You will be asked to give username and password. Give the username as your phone number without the initial zero. ( eg. if your phone no. is 04842520000 give it as 4842520000 ) and give the password you please. Writedown it somewhere safely. Once lost its hard to connect again.
5. NetOne provides a dialer. Download it from that site. Then disconnect.
6. Install the dialer. Run the dialer and give the username and password. Click connect to connet to the internet.
7. Once you are to disconnect, press disconnect from the dialer ( which will be then minimised to the task-bar )
That's it.
Tarrif :This connection charges 10 paise per minute as internet charge. This is excluding the telephone charges. This will be shown as a separate information along with your phone bill. Pulse rate for the call : 7.5 minutes ( 450 seconds ) from 730 hours to 2230 hours and 15 minutes ( 900 seconds ) from 2230 hours to 730 hours.
So if you use for one hour between 730 hours and 2230 hours you willbe charged Rs 6 as internet charge + 8 calls in the telephone bill.Or if you use between 2230 hours and 730 hours you will be charged Rs 6 for intenet charges + 4 calls in the telephone bill.
Note: Internet Connection CD's are avilable at various rates. For eg. for Rs 250/- you will get one year validity and 50 hours of usage time. If you are using the account-less sheme you will have to pay Rs 300/- as intenet charge. So the CD' isi more economical if you are going to use more than 50 hours in an year. Also the CD will contain additional useful and latest software. More than that when you use the internet using the CD you can browse for free from 2230 hours to 730 hours on weekdays, an all sundays and all national holidays. So you will have to pay only the telephone charge during there hours. So definitely th CD looks more economical for users who browse for longer time.
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Interested in Oracle ? Then Get a Free Subscription of The Oracle Magazine

Are a Oracle developer? Are you interested in using Oracle products or do wish to know the inside stories of Oracle? Then here is something for you. Oracle has got a bi-monthly magazine which is given to all those who are interested in Oracle and its produclts.
The Oracle magazine is mainly for the IT professionals which delivers Up-to-date information on Oracle Database and Oracle tools. It contains Technical articles on Orcale products and operating enviornments and gives you lots of tips and tricks, right from the Oracle users. Also brings winning customer stories and news every 2 months right to your door-step in a neat printed format.
So if you feel like you need a bit of technical reading, all about Oracle, follow this link : www.oracle.com/oraclemagazine

You have to fill up a questionnaire before you get the free subscription.

The May-June issue contains an Interview with Jeff Pollock, senior director of product management at Oracle in whcih he talks about the new Oracle Data Integration Suite.

Fast Check the Proper working of Casio Scientific Calculators

Here is a simple way to make sure that a Casio Scientific calculator works porperly before you take it home from the shop. Scientific calulators have got a whole lot of functions built on to it and all those functions cannot be checked in one go. The manufacturer has added a built in check for the calculator. Here is how to do it.

Turn on the calulator
Press the key combination : 'shift' + '7' + 'on'. The display will be fully dark showing every pixel of the calculator.
Press 'shift' again and the display goes blank. keep pressing 'shift' and you will see numbers displayed. This will end after displaying ' 1 '. Then press the key right to shift and you will get 2. Likewise pressing the adjacent switches displays numbers in ascending order. Do not forget to include the wheel in this procedure. The wheel is a group of 4 buttons.
Atlast when you press ' = ' button the display will show 'ok'. This means that your calculator is tested and is working fine.
If the series of numbers gets stuck somewhere then the calculator has got a problem. Remember to do this check while you purchase the calculator so that you will have all the functions available in it.

This procedure has been tested by myself on various calculators in the casio - 'fx' series and in the casio '991es' calculator. But this must work on other models. Try them for yourself.

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Ubuntu 8.04 is available for free download

Ubuntu, one of the most popular linux versions, just released its newest version named Hardy Heron 8.04. As always, Ubuntu is available for free download from http://www.ubuntu.com/
For those new to Ubuntu, Ubuntu is a linux based free Operating System developed by a community of programmers and developers. Ubuntu comes with a bundle of softwares that include office packages and productivity tools and some simple games. A new version of Ubuntu is available once in every six months. Ubuntu is named based on the year and month of its relase. i.e 8.04 means April 2008. Ubuntu has got separate versions for your 32-bit and 64-bit computers.
For those with a slow internet connection and has got the patience to wait for about 10 weeks can request a free Ubuntu CD. When the free CD Distribution initially started, Ubuntu encouraged users to request more and more CD's. But now their funds are drying up, so they will only accept request in small quantities unless you can convince the Ubuntu team.
Ubuntu CD includes both Installer CD and live CD packed in to one disc. You can boot from the CD and choose to see a demo of the OS. There you can try out all the applications that would be available once the OS is installed. Then you can choose to install the OS. Ubuntu CD also includes Windows versions of Open Office and interntet tools like the Mozilla Firefox.
To request or download Ubuntu 8.04 follow this link : http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntuJoin the Ubuntu community : http://www.ubuntu.com/community

Hiding And Unhiding Multiple files In Windows Explorer in One Go

To Hide Or Unhide a number of files together is easy if you have all of them together. But what will you do when they are scattered into many sub-folders..? Instead of going to the properties of each file and doing the needed, all you have to do is this...

If you wish to unhide all the files, First hide the parent folder. Then a message box pops up asking you whether you wish to apply that setting to the sub-folders too. Press yes and everything will be hidden. Now unhide that parent folder and the message box pops up again. Press yes again. Now you have all the files unhidden.

The reverse also works.
Good Luck!
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Set Multiple home pages in FireFox with Tabbed Browsing

Award winning Mozilla FireFox give you the tabbed browsing functionality so that you need not switch windows to visit more that one site. All you have to do is place a new tab ( ctrl + T ).

But the coolest part of FireFox is that you can set a different homepage for each tab. To do this...Open FireFox >> Enter the address of first homepage in the address bar ( Location Bar ) >> Press Ctrl+T to open a new tab ( or File -> New Tab ) >> Enter the second homepage in the address bar of the second tab. Repeat this for each of you homepages. i.e. Google.com and Gmail.com should go in two different tabs, if you wish to set them as your home pages Now Goto Tools >> Options >> Press the general tab in the dialog window >> In the Homepage section wou will see a button which reads ' Use Current Pages' Press that and Press 'ok'.

Note that this button shows ' Use current Pages ' only when more than one tab is open. Otherwise it shows ' Use current Page '.


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Disabling the update pop-up for McAfee

McAfee provides a good anti-virus protection for your computer. They do provide frequent updates. But on systems without an internet connection the auto-update popup window that pops up every time you turn on your PC may make you feel uncomfortable.
Here is a very simple way to tackle the problem.
This is intended to be done on systems without an internet connection. If you have an internet connection and if you do this, you will be updated in the background. i.e it will not ask your opinion before updating, but updates without your notice.

Open the security center of your McAfee Antivirus.
Click on configure security center. Its on the right side on the 10th edition. It must be somewhere on the very first page. Or you have the updates button on the top row.
Clicking that opens the Security center updates dialog box.
Click on configure. You will get the Automatic Update Options dialog box.
Choose the option to download the updates automatically or install the updates automatically radio button.
That's it. This must solve the problem. As you do not have a connection the popup does not comeup untill you connect to the internet.

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Is your inbox infected.. ? Have it verified.

Spammers and hackers create lots of viruses the spreads through e-mails. Some viruses do not affect the computer but sends mails with un-expected content to our contacts. Contents can be of any nature, from harmless adds to those with sexual content. Such mails are send from our inbox in the normal way as we send other mails. So when recieved such mails look as if sent by us. This can bring unexpected results and may hamper the senders reputation. So its very important to put a check on such mails.

In the normal way as we scan our harddisc, we cannot scan our inbox. Here are some ways in whch you can know whether you are sending such mails.

In to your contacts add a new contact with name as ' aaaaa ' or so and e-mail address as ' aaa@aaa.com ' so that it comes first in your contact list. When a virus sends a mail to this e-mail id the postmaster of your mail service will send you a delivery failure message. If you get one then its time to check your inbox.

There are many ways in which you can remove such viruses.
One easy way is to empty your inbox. But doing that is not as easy as it is said because we will be having some mails whcih we do not like to delete.
If you do not wish to empty your inbox check your inbox for mails from unidentified senders. If your mail service has got an anti-spam policy report the sender. Deleting all such mails must solve the problem.
If you are using a paid email account, you can request your service provider to scan your inbox. This will surely fix the problem.

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7 reasons why LCD Monitors are better than CRT Monitors

LCD Monitors are much better that CRT monitors. Last month my uncle bought one. Its only then I realized this fact.

Here are some reasons supporting this.

* LCD Monitors use 1/3rd the power used by CRT Monitors
* LCD Monitors use less table space and can even be mounted on walls.
* The picture clarity of LCD Monitors is really good when compared to CRT Monitors
* LCD Monitors are Flat Screen Monitors
* LCD Monitors give the workspace a really cool look!
* LCD Monitors do not strain ur eyes and is suited for works of long duration.
* LCD Monitors have longer life than CRT Monitors.

But at present LCD Monitors are expensive that CRT Monitors. A 17" LCD Monitor cost around 10500 Rs which is 3000 Rs more than a CRT Monitor of similar function.
But when productivity matters and not money, LCD Monitors are a good choice.

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Secret Spaces on Your Computer : The System Volume Information area

There is a secret space of your computer where no search engine can reach. That is the system volume information area. Type ' C:\system volume information ' into the address bar ( ofcourse without the quotes ) and your reach there.

 

Actually its not very secret. Some third party browsers like the browser of Nero, can reach these areas. But files stores in the sytem volume information area are not listed in the searhces done on the computer. So it offers a minimal security. If you dont have any folder protection utilities then you can try this.

And one important thing : The system volume information area is cleared when you clean up the disk or when you delete the restore points. So make sure that you are not storing files on the root directory which usually users clear at regular intervals.

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