How to make infinity symbol(∞) on facebook?

Previously, I posted about how you can make Infinity Symbol(∞) on any text editors on your PC or Mac. So, If you wants to put infinity symbol on your Facebook status update or wants to use it inside chat you can use the same trick I posted earlier. It works fine on facebook.

If it doesn't work and you are still not able to post (∞) infinity symbol on facebook. Then, I find one better tool which quite useful, called i2Symbols. It contains lots of symbols and emoticons. It also contains the infinity symbols under the Math-I tab. You can able to share your symbols with just one click to facebook and Twitter. There are few sharing option available, you can directly able to share or copy paste it or use it as an image. i2Symbols also available as Google-Chrome Extension & Firefox add-on for the faster access.

Some Keyboard shorcuts for Symbols:

There are other symbols which can be inserted into chat, messages, status or into comments. These symbols directly typed by using ALT Button.

How to use ALT Facebook Symbols:

• Press and hold left ALT key on your keyboard.
• While holding Alt key enter one of the codes below to get the corresponding facebook symbol.
• You need to use numbers on the right side of the keyboard for entering code, not the numbers on top, otherwise they won’t work.

SYMBOLS:

Alt + 1   ☺

Alt + 2   ☻

Alt + 3   ♥

Alt + 4   ♦

Alt + 5   ♣

Alt + 6   ♠

Alt + 7   •

Alt + 8   ◘

Alt + 9   ○

Alt + 10  ◙

Alt + 11  ♂

Alt + 12  ♀

Alt + 13  ♪

Alt + 14  ♫

Alt + 15  ☼

Alt + 16  ►

Alt + 17  ◄

Alt + 18  ↕

Alt + 19 ‼

Alt + 20  ¶

Alt + 21  §

Alt + 22  ▬

Alt + 23  ↨

Alt + 24  ↑

Alt + 25  ↓

Alt + 26  →

Alt + 27  ←

Alt + 28 ∟

Alt + 29 ↔

Alt + 30 ▲

Alt + 31 ▼

Actually these symbols are called ALT symbols which is not specific for facebook, but it is works on all web. Do you know any other keyboard shortcut for symbols? Then, share in comments!

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How to convert web pages into MP3s?

SoundGecko converts web pages into MP3s so you can listen to them on the go. Click the toolbar button when you're viewing a page you'd like to have read to you, and choose 'Add to SoundGecko'. The add-on will convert the text into audio and email you a link to the file.

Read more @ http://web.appstorm.net/how-to/personal-media/turn-any-article-into-a-mp3-with-sound-gecko/

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The Transparent Desktop Trick

This tiny but eye-catching tool lets you create the effect of having a transparent monitor. Take a photo of the area behind your screen, and put your monitor back into position. Use the software to turn the display magenta, and then take a second photo (from the same position) of the screen itself. Load the images and the program will arrange the background so it looks as if you can see right through the monitor.

Download : littletinbox.co.uk
Min requirements: Windows XP/Vista/7
File size: 125KB

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How often should you scan your PC?

Theoretically, once you've installed your anti-virus software on a clean PC, you should never have to scan it. Almost every anti-virus product worth its salt provides two main types of protection: on-access and on-demand. On-access protection provides continual monitoring of your computer, whereas on-demand is essentially a scan that you either run yourself or schedule for later (perhaps to run overnight).

If the on-access protection is any good, it should detect threats as they reach your computer. It can then repel them before they take hold. However, the worrying truth is that anti-virus software can be slow to react, which means a new type of threat may be able to worm its way onto your PC without your security product noticing anything amiss.

Eventually the anti-virus program may download an update that informs it about the malware now tunning on your PC. A scan could highlight its presence and aid its removal. Unless you are suspicious that a threat is active on your system, then scanning your PC once a month should be enough.

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SPEED UP YOUR PHOTO DOWNLOADS

Download Facebook photos faster

Backing up your Facebook photos protects them against hacking and loss, but if you've got lots of them it can take hours. Save yourself time and trouble by installing fbDownloader (fbdownloader.com), which can grab hundreds of pictures from the social network in a matter of minutes.

Install the program, making sure you decline each of the unwanted extras, then enter your Facebook login details and grant it access to your account. You can choose to allow 'Only me' to view fbDownloader's activity and to prevent it from posting on your behalf. Decline whether you want to download all your Facebook photo albums or one of your friend's collections and click 'Download album'. you can also download all the pictures in which you're tagged. Remember that, because Facebook resizes photos, the downloaded images will be smaller than the originals.

Download Flickr photos faster

You can download Flickr photos manually by right-clicking them, selecting a size and then right-clicking again to choose 'Save image as' (although only Flickr Pro users can access their original files). But if you want to download lots of photos at once, it's much faster to use a batch downloader such as the brilliant Bulkr (clipyourphotos.com/bulkr). This Adobe AIR-based Desktop app lets you browse all the images from Flickr photostream, choose the images you want to download and select the size at which to save them. You can also browse and download other people's photos.

Download Picasa and Google+ albums

Picasa Web Albums and Google+ Photos make downloading your pictures much easier than rival services and let you save them at full size. You can speedily back up whole albums at once by clicking the Actions menu in Picasa Web Albums and choosing 'Download to Picasa'. In Google+, click the More menu and choose 'Download album' to save all your photos in a compressed (zipped) folder.

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Chat in real-time in Thunderbird

The new version of Thunderbird, Mozilla's email program, lets you chat to people in real time using its new Chat tool. It also has a Do Not Track option, which stops sites tracking you when, for example, you open an email that contains images that have to be loaded directly from the web.

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How to make a quick list of installed Programs via CCleaner?

Suppose you want to update or re-install your operating system. So, in order to install the same software you are used to working with, it's useful to have a list of the softwares you had installed on your old system.

One of the best way to make a list of all programs installed on your PC can be done using CCleaner with one click of the button. CCleaner is the best freeware utitlity tool for Windows, so there's a good chance that you have it installed, or wouldn't mind installing it.

Here is the guide:

1. Open CCleaner. Click on the Tools icon.

2. In the Uninstall screen, you'll find a button called 'Save to text file' on the right bottom.

3. Click on the button and save the text file. Make sure to change the name so you can remember it(the default is install.txt).

You can easily backup this little text file as the email attachments in case if you are going to completely format you System. If you found this technique helpful, then share your thoughts below in comments!!!

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How to kill your mouse?

How to kill your PC mouse? Does it sounds weird to you? May be it is, but that's what the chrome extension DeadMouse does for us. It is a fun way to kill you mouse. Suppose you want to navigate through the web page links without using a mouse, how you gonna do this?

DeadMouse is a unique Chrome extension that enables you to type any keyword you wish to explore. It is actually detects the typed keyword and searches it on the active page in Chrome. As soon as a match occurs, the respective link text starts wiggling. Hit ENTER and you're good to go. It also include the features like fuzzy-matching on link text, Shift+Enter hotkey to open a new tab. In case of multiple matching occurs on page you can use TAB key to cycle through it.

DeadMouse is a Chrome extension available, free of cost. It tracks your activity online and then uses that information to make life easier for you. If it doesn’t work, try restarting Google Chrome and in case of failure, go to the Extensions option in the Tools menu of the browser to enable the app. Consider yourself in a situation where the system mouse is not working, DeadMouse presents a quick solution. Moreover, this particular app is useful in a multi-monitor setup where you require instant access to an active window.

How to use it?

Once the webpage loads, type a keyword and the relevant link with the matching results starts to wiggle. (For example, type 'Oracle' or just the letter 'o'&'r' in the context of the snapshot and the link starts dancing. Checkout the snapshot below.) As soon as the match occur press 'Enter', the link will open in the same window. To open the respective link in a new tab, use the Shift+Enter key combination. Use 'backspace' or 'esc' key to erase a virtual result and begin typing again. You can go down to page using the usual key Spacebar or the down arrow key. If the extension is unable to find a keyword, it cleans the entered letters from memory paving the way for a new search.

This Chrome app is sure to attract your attention enabling you to enjoy in the short-term. Of course there is no alternatives to the mouse or touchpad but you can use this extension for faster webpage navigation.

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Capture Desktop Screenshots with Snaplr

Snaplr is a freeware using which you can quickly take screenshots of your desktop activity. The program doesn’t offer much features as many other similar programs, but it is still a good option for those who are looking for some basic functionality.

The program is quite simple to use. You can specify the area of the screen that you want to capture. The program also allows you to add some annotations to the image. You can add text, arrow, rectangle, circle, pencil etc if you want to highlight some specific portion of the screenshot. The modified image can then be copied on to the clipboard or saved to the computer as a PNG file. You can also paste the screenshot as an outlook attachment.

The program is a freeware and runs on Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Mac OSX. It also requires Adobe AIR.

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How to Launch Chrome Apps Directly from the Toolbar

Google Chrome is one of the best browsers in the market. For some months, it have been the number one browser in terms of use, having overtaken Mozilla Firefox and giving a superb competition to Internet Explorer.


A part of credit for such success goes to the extensions and applications available for the Chrome Browser. The noble idea of extensions was popularized by Mozilla and it was so effective that Chrome also followed the same path and extended its extensions and applications base beside the classic ones. The extensions are accessible from the new page tab, and basically (in most cases) are shortcuts to various applications hosted on the web.

The only problem is that most of the times Apps for Chrome gets mixed with available extensions and usually after Installing Apps on Chrome, we don’t remember using them. Also we get accustomed to using extensions and having to go to the new tab page (to start a app) may seem strange.

Thankfully, AppJump solve the problem, enabling us to launch any application without leaving the toolbar extensions.

A very good idea that also serves to organize them, and a mini-control panel from which we can add groups, disable applications or even get rid of them altogether. Automatically, this extension goes on to become one of the most interesting one of the year due to its usefulness and ease of use.

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How Google Chrome Extensions Are Beneficial For College Students

Now more than ever college students rely on the Internet to get their work done.  From online college courses to researching term papers and getting online help with math homework, the Internet is a crucial central part of the college students learning experience.   Google Chrome is an excellent Internet browser that students can use to take full advantage of their online learning experience.  Besides being the fastest Internet browser for most web surfing scenarios, Google Chrome also offers a wide range of free open source add on tools, called Chrome Extensions;.  Here is a list of some of the best Google Chrome Extensions for college students.

StayFocused

While the Internet is a great tool for connecting with peers, professors and experts, it can also be a real time drain when time is spent unwisely.  The StayFocused app helps you focus on important tasks on the Internet without getting bogged down with constantly checking your friends’ Facebook status or going through endless Reddit posts.  This app works by limiting the number of minutes per day that you allow yourself to stay on any particular site that you program in.  So, for instance while you may want to be able to spend unlimited amounts of time at websites assigned by your professor, you can limit your daily time to sites like Reddit to one or two hours.

Diet Diary

One of the biggest lifestyle changes for students leaving home for college for the first time is the change in eating habits.  As a full time student with a limited budget, it can be difficult to keep healthy eating habits at college.  The Diet Diary extension can help you keep track of what you eat on a day to day basis, and also help you track your ideal weight and set goals for yourself to help you achieve your weight and healthy eating goals.

Open Library Book Search

If you are looking for a good read but do not have the money to spend on the latest best seller at the corner bookstore, the Open Library Book Search extension may help you find a good read at a great price – that is, free!  The extension searches the openlibrary.org database to find books that are free to read.  This is a great extension whether you are doing research for a term paper or just trying to get a juicy bit of fiction to read between classes relax a bit.

RapidMailReader

College students often find themselves with multiple email accounts assigned and used for different purposes.   Besides your personal email account, you also may have a high school account, any other special purpose accounts you may have set up for product or social site registration and now a student account from the college which requires regular checking.  RapidMailReader is a Chrome extension that allows you to converge up to ten email accounts together to read at the same time.  This is a great time saving app since it removes the necessity and confusion of having to check all of these accounts individually.

WordStash

WordStash is a Chrome extension designed to help you learn anything you need to learn based on flash cards.  The app allows you to create a blank flash card based template and then enter in your own custom questions and answers.  This is a great extension for studying for tests or just quizzing yourself on information you want to remember later.

Utube Trends

Utube Trends allows you to search YouTube for the most popular videos in a specified country.  With the massive amount of YouTube videos uploaded every minute, this app is a great way to quickly find and share the best of what YouTube has to offer.

Tell us about the other useful extension in comments!!!

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How to find the Largest Files on Your Computer?

Do you know how to find the largest file on your computer? There are a couple of ways to do this. In Windows 7, the new search functions allow you to find files of a particular size and then sort them.

Use Windows Explorer

To find the largest files on your computer using Explorer, open Computer and click up in the search box. When you click inside of it, a little window pops up below with a list of your recent searches and then a add search filter option.

Go ahead and click on Size and then you’ll get another menu with a couple of options:

Go ahead and pick something like Large, Huge or Gigantic otherwise you will get a list of way too many files. If you just want to see larger files, I suggest choosing huge or gigantic. Then just press enter without typing in anything else.

You’ll start getting a list, but it’s not sorted yet as you can see above. To sort it by size, you have to click on the little options button:

From there, you can to select Details view. Then you will see the size column and be able to sort by size.

Here’s the final list of files on my computer sorted by size. This is the easies way since it’s built right into Windows and you don’t have to install anything. It also has enough options so I can see just the largest files on the computer.

If you’re not running Windows 7, then you can use a third-party program. One such program which I know is TreeSize.

You can download TreeSize Free from here:

http://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/

Once you install it, go ahead and run it and you’ll see a window like this:

The program will automatically start to scan the C drive and you’ll see in realtime as the sizes of the directories are calculated. Once it has finished, the blue progress bar will disappear and you’ll be able to see the largest folder by size.

You can then expand out the folders and see the largest files in each folder. With this program, it’s still not possible to instantly see the largest files on the entire computer, just the largest by folder. Still it’s a really useful app and it’s not hard to find the largest files quickly because those tend to be the largest folders also.

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Programmers Quotes and some others

UNIX is simple. But It just needs a genius to understand its simplicity.

-Dennis Ritchie

Before software can be reusable, it first has to be usable.

-Ralph Johnson

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

-Fred Brooks

It’s hard enough to find an error in your code when you’re looking for it; It’s even harder when you’ve assumed your code is error-free.

-Steve McConnell

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are sure, and the intelligent are full of doubt.

-Bertrand Russell

If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in..

-Edsger Dijkstra

You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic; You cannot have both at the same time.

-Bertrand Meyer

There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third works.

-Alan J. Perlis

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.

-Bill Gates

The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time.The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.

-Tom Cargill

Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs.
The Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots.
So far the Universe is winning.

-Anon

Theory is when you know something, but it doesn’t work.

Practice is when something works, but you don’t know why it works.

Programmers combine Theory and Practice:

Nothing works and they don’t know why.

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Run Android apps on Windows

Most Android-based smartphone users would agree that they would prefer testing an app before downloading it to their phone. The reason behind this is usually to avoid unnecessary space hogging apps. Some users might also wish to play some of the cool mobile games available for the Android platform on their PC i.e. on a larger display. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how can your favorite Android apps on your Windows-based PC using a simple and free software called BlueStacks.

BlueStacks is an app player for Windows, which can play Android apps faster than it can run on a phone and that too, on a full-screen. The app includes 10 pre-loaded apps and one can add up to 26 more apps of their choice. Favorite apps can be pushed directly from the phone onto the PC using an Android app via internet route. Download and install the software for Windows from the URL ‘www.bluestacks.com’. The software is nothing, but a simple virtual Android operating system, which simulates an Android phone or UI. It uses the desktop PC’s resources such as the processor, the internet connection, mouse, keyboard and the audio card. The installed folder located on the PC contains the necessary files for its use, namely the kernel, data, system, boot and storage (the SD card). The BlueStacks Android (Gingerbread) virtual machine creates a hardware environment with a limited amount of storage (around 363 MB) for installing apps and 262 MB of SD card storage space.
 
Once BlueStacks is installed, the application will be running the Android operating system in the background and you will see an icon in the system tray area and a widget will be running on your screen. A single click on the widget will reveal the Android system apps installed in it. Click on the apps and enjoy them on a large screen. Additional apps can be installed from the BlueStacks website by signing in using your Facebook account details. To get to this page, all you need to do is click on the BlueStacks widget, scroll to and click on the app icon/shortcut ‘Get more apps’. A website will open up where you can login using your Facebook details. Once logged in, simply click on the ‘Subscribe’ button for the available apps (in the Featured Apps section) and they shall automatically get installed on your system via the internet. The ‘Could Connect’ link on the same page will highlight a special 9-pin numerical code which needs to be entered on your Android phone running the BlueStacks Cloud Connect app (download it from the Android Market for free). Once done, you can push apps from your phone to your PC by simply selecting multiple apps and syncing it.

That’s it! You can now enjoy all your favorite apps from your phone on your Windows desktop PC.

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Save your Gmail Messages in Google Docs

You can save your Gmail messages in Google Docs and then edit them like any other document. The other use case is that once a Gmail message is available inside Google Docs, you can easily export that email as a PDF file or as a Word document while retaining the original formatting and without requiring an external PDF writer.

To integrated Google Docs with Gmail, go to the Labs page and enable the “Create a Document” gadget. Save the changes and return to your Gmail Inbox.

Next, open any of your existing email messages and you should see a “Create a Document” link under the More box as shown in the screenshot above. This will export the current message as a new document in Google Docs – the rich text formatting is preserved but if the message includes any file attachments, Google Docs will ignore them.

One more thing. The Google Docs app for Android allows offline access to your documents so once you have saved your most important Gmail messages in Google Docs, they can be accessed on your phone without a data connection as well.

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Internet Security: Common Browser-Based Attacks to Avoid at Any Cost

Don’t fall victim to the attacks described below. It’s ultimately you who decides here whether you’ll let hackers access to your computer or compromise your account. So make an informed decision by reading and implementing the methods and advise in the post below.

Facebook Phishing – To Access the Video, Please Login

Some of your friends might post a video like this on your wall:

Oh cool, a hot chick video. Click. Here’s what happens after you click:

A new window will appear prompting you to enter your username and password. If you’re in a rush, you probably WON’T notice the URL above.

Well, that’s what happened with many Facebook users on May 29th. The name of this phishing attack is “Most Hilarious Video Ever.” If you were a victim of this attack, your account was compromised.

Do you want to run that Java Applet? It comes from a trusted source…NOT!

Do you want to run that Java Applet? It comes from a trusted source…NOT!So you want to run some cool game or online app in your browser. Before you do that, the website is asking you to run a Java Applet:

If you’re like most casual surfers, you might say: “Why not?” and proceed by clicking on “Run.”

BIG MISTAKE. See what happens after that:

Yes, several files are created in your Temp folder including one .exe file which is probably a dangerous virus. Java apps can do nasty things in your computer. That’s why browsers give you ‘danger’ windows like the one above.

Do not download .exe files from Facebook (apps)

The below screenshot is from a malicious Facebook application that asks you to ‘update your video software’ by installing a brand new FLV player:

Why would they REALLY ask you to download a FLV player? Is there a virus in it? In this case, no. The reason is money. Every time you download the software (FLV Direct Player), the owner of the Facebook app will get money for that. It’s called PPI (pay per install).

After a bit of research, I found they get $1.5 for each new installation. So if 1000 people download and install that FLV player, the owners of the Facebook app get $1500:

Rogue Antivirus – Would you Like to Download Anti-virus That is ACTUALLY a Virus?

This has happened to me twice so far. I would be searching for a particular topic on Google and then click on a search result and see a page come up that looks like a Microsoft security scan.

THIS IS A FAKE SECURITY SCANNER. There is NO WAY for a security scanner or an anti-virus to run in your browser without your permission. After this ‘scanning’ is done, you’ll usually get a window saying your computer is infected:

After that, you get prompted to download an .exe file which is the magical antivirus that will remove the infections. Unfortunately, the file you’ll download actually contains a virus and if  your computer wasn’t infected before it will be now.

Another common screen you may get is this:

One Key Lesson to Learn:

Who’s most likely to fall victim of these attacks? It’s the person with the lowest attention span.

Bad news: We ALL have low attention spans. Hackers are using this to make us click “Run” and execute a Javascript applet without seeing the URL, or enter our login information and not see the beginning of the URL realizing it’s an unknown website.

The key lesson is: If you get a suspicious message or request (like the ones above), SLOW DOWN and say: “Wait a minute. This doesn’t seem right. Let me check the URL. Or can anti-virus programs really scan my computer via the browser?” So sustaining your attention is the key to protecting yourself from these kinds of attacks.

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15 Most Interesting Linux Facts

Linux is one of the world’s most powerful and popular operating system. Linux operating system was developed by Linus Benedict Torvalds at the age of 21. At present there are more than 300 flavors of Linux available and one can choose between any of them depending on the kind of applications they want.

Linux is a freeware and generally speaking its free from Virus and other malware infections.  In this post I will share few Linux facts which may or may not be know for many of us.

15 Most Interesting Linux Facts

• Only 2% of the current Linux kernel written by Linus Torvalds.
• The Linux kernel version is written in the programming language C.
• The first commercial distribution GNU / Linux was Yggdrasil was launched Lice-CD format in 1992. Red Hat was one of the first distributions to settle within companies and data centers in 1999.
• A guy named William Della Croce Jr. registered the name Linux and demanded royalties for use of the mark. Later, he agreed to assign the trademark to the true owner, who is Torvalds.
• Countries such as Russia, Brazil and Venezuela have put their focus on Linux as a basis for interoperable management , cost efficient and technologically independent.
• U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Navy Submarine Fleet, Federal Aviation Administration uses Linux in government offices. Indian state of Tamil Nadu uses Linux for education purpose.
• 90% of the world’s most powerful supercomputers using an operating system GNU / Linux, in fact, the top ten of supercomputers use Linux. In fact, the penetration of Linux in data centers is very high, 33.8% of the world runs on Linux servers compared to 7.3% does so in a Microsoft operating system.
• The name of the penguin, Tux , is not entirely clear. On the one hand, it is said that the origin of the name comes from the fact that penguins appear to be wearing a tuxedo, which in English is said max tuxedo tux and is abbreviated. In contrast, another source comes from the letters of the logo of Tux are Unix Torvalds.
• Torvalds wanted to call the kernel Freax (a combination of “free”, “freak”, and the letter X to indicate that it is a Unix-like), but his friend Ari Lemmke, who administered the FTP server where the kernel was hosted for download, the download directory called kernel of Linux Torvalds.
• Debian was one of the first GNU / Linux that was constituted and organized as a community of developers.
• Linux is present in highly critical applications such as Japan’s bullet trains, traffic control, San Francisco, the New York Stock Exchange, CERN, many air traffic control systems or control of nuclear reactors of submarines and ships many nuclear war.
• Linux programmers are often associated with living “isolated” in the world, however, over 75% of the code developed for the Linux kernel came from private sector developers. In fact, large technology companies like Intel, Google, IBM, AMD, Sun Microsystems, Dell, Asus, HP, Analog Devices, Oracle, Novell or Red Hat help developing applications, contributing to the core or pre-installing any GNU / Linux their machines. In fact, during the 2003 Super Bowl (which paralyzes the United States and remains glued to the TV for many Americans), IBM delivered a beautiful ad talking about Linux and open source options.
• The GNU project in 1991, had no drivers and kernel, that’s what led to Linus Torvalds to address the Linux kernel development. If GNU had had, perhaps, Torvalds had not been put to work on that.
• The Linux kernel is now the most widely ported operating system, running on a great variety of operating systems.
• World known companies such as Google, Cisco, Facebook, Twitter, Linked in etc use Linux as their main operating system.

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5 Tips To Keep Your Files Secure

We are currently living in a connected world. Everywhere you go, you will most likely have access to a computer with an Internet connection.

The computer is used for various things from completing a school assignment to banking. It is therefore, extremely crucial to keep all your files secure in order not be have your personal information compromised.

Here are 5 tips on how you can keep your personal information and files secure.

Tip #1:

When using the Internet, always use a difficult to guess password on all websites. Avoid using a single combination of username/password for all websites.

If your password is too easy to remember, then it is probably not good enough.

Use Password Manager programs like KeePass to keep track of your passwords so that you do not have to crack your brain in order to memorize all your username/password combinations.

Tip #2:

Always make sure your computer itself is password protected. There are ways to configure your computer to auto login or remove the login functionality but you must never do this!

Your computer is the gateway to your personal information and access to the Internet.

Tip #3:

Use encryption software to protect sensitive data. Keep all your sensitive data in one main folder and use a software like TrueCrypt to create an encrypted volume.

We must protect our information from all eventualities. With encrypted volume to store all your sensitive data, even if you lose your laptop, your data will be safe.

Tip #4:

Always keep your firewall and anti-virus software up-to-date. Choose to auto-update so that you do not have to worry about scheduling a time to manually update it.

The computer firewall protects you from hacking attempts. You should also not visit suspicious websites or click on suspicious emails unless you are sure of the source.

Tip #5:

There are many public places offering Internet access. While this may be convenient, do not use such facility to access your private or sensitive information. Do not even open up your personal file using a public computer because you will not know if the computer has been compromised.

Use these 5 tips to keep your files secure. There will be moments where you are tempted to ignore these tips out of convenience. But always remember the value of your personal and sensitive information. Once they are compromised, the repercussions may be really damaging.

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Find your Computer Uptime

A trick for all geeks who would like to know how long since they haven.t shut down their computer.

1. Go to Task Manager ( Ctrl+Shift+Esc brings without UAC popup)

2. Go to Performance tab.

3. In the system Information you can check out the uptime in the format Day : Hour : Minute : Second.

You can track your computer uptime easily now.

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How to Change the Size of Recycle Bin

        Some times you might want to consider increasing or reducing the size of your Recycle Bin. By default Windows XP reserves 10% of your hard drive for the Recycle Bin. You can resize individual drive or all of them globally.

• Before starting, We have to empty the bin first.
• Right click on the Recycle Bin icon and select Properties.
• Here I have multiple drives of various sizes from which i can choose to configure each drive separately.  
• Just select the tab for each drive and move the slider to change the percentage of space you wish.

• Once you have finished resizing click Apply and OK.
• The size you choose is user specific. You may want to increase the size of the Recycle Bin or turn it off completely.

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Sign Into Your Google Account On Public Computers Without Typing Anything

All we know, now a days Security breach is high on everywhere. We use Public Shared Computers like College lab, Internet Cafe, etc. Do we have security while we logging in our Account?. They may have installed Keyloggers or anyother Trackers to Track our Username and Passwords, so its easy to them to hack our account. Now Google made a Excellent feature that you can Sign in your Google accounts (all Google Products like Gmail, Picasa and more) without typing anything in Public Computers. Lets see how to do that!!

First, point the (insecure) computer’s browser at accounts.google.com/sesame. Now pull out your Android or iPhone, and take a shot of the QR code that pops up on screen. This will signal to Google’s servers that you’re at this terminal and will log you into your Google account without any further typing.

Of course, you’re going to have to be logged into your Google account on your phone, but theoretically your phone is secure, while the terminal you’re at is not. Also, make sure to log off when you’re done!

That's all!

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Easy File Locker For Windows

Easy File Locker is a window software for protecting files.Easy File Locker is a free tool for password-protecting files and folders. You can password protect all types files as well as any any folder you want. Those files won't be open, read, modify, copy or delete by others without your password. This software is also available in separate downloads for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. And, installation wizard will not let you install the wrong version.

Easy File locker has very simple interface, it has just a menu bar and toolbar and the main window, which displayed our protected files and folder. Basically the toolbar duplicates the menu commands, such as Add File, Add Folder, and controls to change password, toggel the system's protected status on or off, and some other functions.

To add a file, the steps are easy:

• browse the file or enter a destination
• select check boxes for making the file or folder Accessible, Writeable, Deleteable, and Visible
• click OK or Cancel

It's easy to see what's the software can do, let's check : select any file, hide it, and then find it, you won;t see it. Now, toggel off the protection , and the file is visible again. If you try to delete a file, delete protection activated and system repeatedly ask for administrator privileges to delete the file.So, it's completely easy to use.

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50+ Most Useful Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

Chrome was the strongest player among top contenders like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Safari. Being a strongest player is not so easy. Google added lots of future features into Chrome which IE and Firefox delayed in adding it. Chrome had an upper hand when it came to testing emerging technologies like HTML5 and CSS3.

Tab and window shortcuts

1. Ctrl+N : Opens a new window.
2. Ctrl+T : Opens a new tab.
3. Ctrl+Shift+N : Opens a new window in incognito mode.(private browsing)
4. Ctrl + click a link. Or click a link with your middle mouse button (or mouse-wheel) : Opens the link in a new tab in the background.
5. Ctrl+O : Opens a file from your computer in Google Chrome.
6. Ctrl+Shift and click a link. Or press Shift and click a link with your middle mouse button (or mouse-wheel) : Opens the link in a new tab and switches to the newly opened tab.
7. Shift and click a link : Opens the link in a new window.
8. Ctrl+Shift+T : Reopens the last tab you’ve closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you’ve closed.
9. Drag a link to a tab : Opens the link in the tab.
10. Drag a link to a blank area on the tab strip : Opens the link in a new tab.
11. Drag a tab out of the tab strip and into an existing window : Opens the tab in the existing window.
12. Press Esc while dragging a tab : Returns the tab to its original position.
13. Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 : Switches to the tab at the specified position number on the tab strip.
14. Ctrl+9 : Switches to the last tab.
15. Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Page-Down : Switches to the next tab.
16. Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+Page-Up : Switches to the previous tab.
17. Alt+F4 : Closes the current window.
18. Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 : Closes the current tab or pop-up.
19. Click a tab with your middle mouse button (or mouse-wheel) : Closes the tab you clicked.
20. Right-click  and hold either the Back or Forward arrow in the browser toolbar : Displays your browsing history in the tab.
21. Press Backspace, or Alt and the left arrow together : Goes to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab.
22. Press Shift+Backspace, or Alt and the right arrow together : Goes to the next page in your browsing history for the tab.
23. Press Ctrl and click either the Back arrow, Forward arrow, or Go button in the toolbar. Or click either button with your middle mouse button (or mouse-wheel) : Opens the button destination in a new tab in the background.
24. Double-click the blank area on the tab strip : Maximizes or minimizes the window.
25. Alt+Home : Opens your homepage in your current window.

Feature Shortcuts

1. Alt+F or Alt+E : Opens the wrench menu, which lets you customize and control settings in Google Chrome.
2. Ctrl+Shift+B : Toggles the bookmarks bar on and off.
3. Ctrl+H : Opens the History page.
4. Ctrl+J : Opens the Downloads page.
5. Shift+Esc : Opens the Task Manager.
6. Shift+Alt+T : Sets focus on the first tool in the browser toolbar.
7. Shift+Alt+T and Press  Tab or right arrow : Navigate to next  tool in the browser toolbar.
8. Shift+Alt+T and Press  Shift+Tab or left arrow : Navigate to previous  tool in the browser toolbar.
9. Shift+Alt+T and Press Home : Sets focus on the first tool in the browser toolbar.
10. Shift+Alt+T and Press End : Sets focus on the last tool in the browser toolbar.
11. Shift+Alt+T and Press  Space or  Enter : Activates toolbar buttons, including page actions and browser actions.
12. Shift+Alt+T and Press  Shift+F10 : Brings up any associated context menu (e.g. browsing history for the Back button).
13. F6 or Shift+F6 : Switches focus to the next keyboard-accessible pane. Panes include: Address bar, Bookmarks bar (if visible), the main web content (including any info-bars) and downloads bar (if visible).
14. Ctrl+Shift+J : Opens Developer Tools.
15. Ctrl+Shift+Delete : Opens the Clear Browsing Data dialog.
16. F1 : Opens the Help Center in a new tab (our favorite).

Address bar shortcuts

1. Type a search term, then press Enter : Performs a search using your default search engine.
2. Type a search engine keyword, press Space, type a search term, and press Enter : Performs a search using the search engine associated with the keyword.
3. Begin typing a search engine URL, press Tab when prompted, type a search term, and press Enter : Performs a search using the search engine associated with the URL.
4. Ctrl+Enter : Adds www. and .com to your input in the address bar and open the resulting URL.
5. Type a URL, then press Alt+Enter : Opens the URL in a new tab.
6. Ctrl+L or Alt+D : Highlights the URL.
7. Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E : Places a ‘?’ in the address bar. Type a search term after the question mark to perform a search using your default search engine.
8. Press Ctrl and the left arrow together : Moves your cursor to the preceding key term in the address bar
9. Press Ctrl and the right arrow together :Moves your cursor to the next key term in the address bar
10. Ctrl+Backspace : Deletes the key term that precedes your cursor in the address bar
11. Select an entry in the address bar drop-down menu with your keyboard arrows, then press Shift+Delete : Deletes the entry from your browsing history, if possible.
12. Click an entry in the address bar drop-down menu with your middle mouse button (or mouse-wheel) : Opens the entry in a new tab in the background.
13. Press Page Up or Page Down when the address bar drop-down menu is visible : Selects the first or last entry in the drop-down menu.

Webpage shortcuts

1. Ctrl+P : Prints your current page.
2. Ctrl+S : Saves your current page.
3. F5 or Ctrl+R : Reloads your current page.
4. Esc : Stops the loading of your current page.
5. Ctrl+F : Opens the find bar.
6. Ctrl+G or F3 : Finds the next match for your input in the find bar.
7. Ctrl+Shift+G, Shift+F3, or Shift+Enter : Finds the previous match for your input in the find bar.
8. Click the middle mouse button (or mousewheel) : Activates auto-scrolling. As you move your mouse, the page automatically scrolls according to the direction of the mouse.
9. Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5 : Reloads your current page, ignoring cached content.
10. Press Alt and click a link : Downloads the target of the link.
11. Ctrl+U : Opens the source of your current page.
12. Drag a link to bookmarks bar : Saves the link as a bookmark.
13. Ctrl+D : Saves your current webpage as a bookmark.
14. Ctrl+Shift+D : Saves all open pages as bookmarks in a new folder.
15. F11 : Opens your page in full-screen mode. Press F11 again to exit full-screen.
16. Ctrl and +, or press Ctrl and scroll your mousewheel up : Enlarges everything on the page / zoom in.
17. Ctrl and -, or press Ctrl and scroll your mousewheel down : Makes everything on the page smaller / zoom out.
18. Ctrl+0 :Returns everything on the page to normal size.
19. Space bar : Scrolls down the web page.
20. Home : Goes to the top of the page.
21. End : Goes to the bottom of the page.
22. Press Shift  and scroll your mouse-wheel : Scrolls horizontally on the page.

Text shortcuts

1. Ctrl+C : Copies highlighted content to the clipboard.
2. Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert : Pastes content from the clipboard.
3. Ctrl+Shift+V : Paste content from the clipboard without formatting.
4. Ctrl+X or Shift+Delete : Deletes the highlighted content and copies it to the clipboard.

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Free Online PDF to Word Conterter

Wondershare provides online application called Free PDF to Word online to convert any PDF files to word document formats. The best features from online converter you can convert any PDF files anywhere just requires internet connection. It mean no matter your Operating System you use, you can still convert PDF to word anywhere.

Free PDF to WordOnline is fast, freeservice to convert PDF to Word 100% online. This online application can convert PDF file size up to 10 MB. It also allow user to convert a PDF files that stored in the online storage. It also can convert encrypted PDF files.

How to Convert PDF to Word using this online application

• First, visit http://free-pdftoword.com.
• Upload the PDF file to convert or add the PDF file URL in the online storage
• Select the output file format (there are three choice, RTF, DOC and DOCX) then click on “Convert PDF to Word Now”

Free PDF to Word online can convert PDF files to Microsoft Word 2003, 2007 and RTF format. The output preserving 100% of original formatting and layout.

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How To Scan Documents using Android Phone

These days, smartphones have become a replacements for everything in our day-to-day life. Whatever desktops and laptops used to do previously are being successfully handled by tablets and smartphones. One similar replacement for a bulky scanner is any Android device with a camera.

You can scan any document with your Android phone or tablet and convert it to a PDF document.  This includes newspaper articles, pictures, printed documents…virtually anything printed can be converted to a pdf with your Android smartphone or tablet.  Here’s how.


Situation
You need to scan a document (contract, photo, newspaper article, etc.) convert it to a pdf, and e-mail it to someone.  You are not at your office, but you have your Android smartphone or tablet, such as a Samsung Galaxy Tab, with you.

Solution
There is the magic of a tiny app which handles the operations in a smart way – and that smart application is – CamScanner. Let us have a clear step by step demo of how to use this application to scan documents with phone camera.

1. Install CamScanner application from Android Market. (Search Market for CamScanner)

2. Open CamScanner, click on camera scan icon as shown below.

3. Take snap making sure that all margins are covered. Its recommended to use a background with opposite contrast of your document. If your document is a dark one, keep it on light background and vice versa. Once the photo is captured, you will be given an option to accept it or retake another one. Decide based on clarity and coverage area. Taking images from too far may not render the alphabets properly on your scanned digital document.

4. Once this is done, it will present you with the next screen to confirm the actual margins of the document.The app identifies the margins properly, but in few cases, you might need to edit if your document is not so distinguished from the background. You can edit margins / retain the same and click on the check mark to proceed to next step. In further steps, it will trim the image and enhance it to get your scanned document ready. This is the last chance for you if you want to rotate the scanned document in clockwise / anticlockwise direction.

5. Now the scanned document is ready to use. You can also save it as a PDF. Below is the scanned document and the same opened in Adobe Reader with a higher zoom to reflect the clarity.

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