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Use Your Phone As a Desktop PC

Glitch — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:53:42 +0000

Cross-platform apps such as Firefox Portable Edition, OpenOffice.org Portable, and Audacity Portable will give your phone full PC capabilities.

Mobile computing has long been dominated by laptop computers, but powerful new smartphones such as the Apple iPhone 4 and the various Android phones–including the new Motorola Droid X–are rapidly becoming the portable computing devices of choice. This shift, of course, is primarily due to the immense number of apps written for both types of phones.

However, a lot of tasks, such as word processing and Web browsing, are still more easily accomplished using the larger keyboard and monitor of a traditional laptop or PC. Consequently, most mobile professionals continue to lug around a bulky laptop in addition to their smartphone.

Here are some ways to take advantage of your smart phone.

1.USB Drive Mode

All you need is your smartphone, the USB sync cable that works with it, and the right selection of portable apps, as well as access to a desktop or laptop PC–even if it’s just as a guest.

First, plug your phone into the computer using the phone’s sync cable. Next, select USB Drive mode. This process should work with all operating systems, most smartphones, and any other type of phone that uses a sync cable. (If your phone doesn’t use a sync cable, you’re out of luck.)

Once the handset is in USB Drive mode, you can use the PC’s file explorer–or the Finder on a Mac–to browse your phone’s internal memory as if it were a flash drive. Now, you can install portable desktop apps and run them from your phone, saving all your settings and data to your phone’s internal storage.

2.Use Windows XP/Vista/7 Portable Apps

PortableApps.com hosts dozens of apps that have been “portabilized” so that they store all of their temporary files, cache files, and history on a portable drive (or phone). Software categories available on the site include office software, games, Internet apps, security tools, utilities, and multimedia programs. For example, you can run the Portable Edition of the Mozilla Firefox browser from your phone, saving all your bookmarks, preferences, and add-ons directly to your phone’s internal storage. It leaves no data behind on the host PC, and you don’t have to install anything on the computer.

If you’d like to work as if you were at your desk, try OpenOffice.org Portable. Another useful app is the portable, cross-browser RoboForm2Go, a password manager that is secure and encrypted. For another good source of useful portable apps, check out the Portable Freeware Collection.

3.Use Mac OS X Portable Apps

Mac users can choose from many portable apps, too, including the Firefox Web browser, Adium instant messaging client, and Thunderbird e-mail client.

FreeSMUG (Free OpenSource Software Mac User Group) has a goodly selection of Mac-ready portable apps. You can also find lots of apps on the SourceForge OS X Portable Applications page.

4.Use Linux Portable Apps

Linux enthusiasts who are smartphone users can get in on the portable-app action, as well.

Pendrivelinux is the go-to site for step-by-step tutorials that provide a multitude of portable options for many of the most popular distributions, including Ubuntu and PCLinuxOS.

Running a full-blown Linux OS like Ubuntu from your smartphone is probably the most powerful and customizable way to run portable desktop apps. You can access hundreds of software packages through the Synaptic package manager. Additionally, using portable apps allows you to create a system rescue option for disaster recovery.

On top of that, you can also run many Windows-based portable apps on Linux machines that have Wine (a Linux program that simulates a Windows environment) or Crossover (the for-pay, professionally supported version of Wine) installed. Your mileage may vary, but I have had success running PortableApps.com’s Firefox Portable Edition in Wine on Ubuntu 10.04.

Top 10 Twitter Tools for Tweeting on the Go

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:24:20 +0000

There are a lot of mobile Twitter tools out there, but some are better than others. To avoid frustrating bugs, keep bandwidth use low, and stay efficient, try one or more of these ten tools on your phone.

Twitter Mobile Home: Any smartphone can use its mobile browser to take advantage of this hassle-free tool. Just go to http://m.twitter.com/login for full mobile Twitter access.
TwitToday: This works on Windows Mobile smartphones and, once installed, it adds a Twitter text box to the Today screen for an easy way to update. To send a tweet, just type into the text box and hit “OK”. Tapping on the Twitter icon next to the text box launches the mobile website, giving you access to your friends’ updates. Find it here.
ceTwit: This tool is for Windows Mobile smartphones or any devices that support Windows Mobile 6. It features a merged and filtered timeline display with avatars, audible/vibrate alerts, retweet functions, and more. For downloading and other information, click here.
Twobile: Another Windows Mobile tool, this one offers many of the features available from a desktop Twitter client (such as Twitterific). It enables status updates, views public and friends’ timelines, sends and receives replies and direct messages, and views featured users/favorites. Avatars can be viewed by clicking on individual messages. Find Twobile here.
Brizzly: This Web-based interface can be used by any smartphone and has more features for those who want extra functions. Even though it goes beyond simplicity, it still works well and can be found here.
MobileTwitter: For any jailbroken (unlocked OS) iPhone or iTouch, this tool functions well with few problems and strongly resembles Web interfaces like Tweetie. Downloading information can be found here.
ThinCloud Twitter: Another iPhone/iTouch tool, this one can be downloaded on any device (doesn’t have to be jailbroken). It has a clean interface, features direct replies, and uses SSL to encrypt the login function. Find it here.
iTwtr: This tool for iPhone/iTouch enables you to download tweets even when you’re not connected to WiFi, 3G or Edge. Find it here, log in, and get started.
Twitter SMS: Keeping it simple is easy with this texting tool. To begin updating by text, just send the word “START” to 40404 (in the U.S.). Twitter will then reply, asking you to send your username, then password, and finally the word “OK” – after that, you’re ready to use Twitter SMS. For additional information, click here.
TwitterBerry: A tool specifically for BlackBerry mobile devices, this one supports TwitPic and includes a progress bar to show download time. It also lists full tweets on the screen – no clicking for the full details. Find it here.

Guest-Post by Alexis Bonari ,She is a freelance writer and blog junkie. She is currently a resident blogger at onlinedegrees.org, researching areas of online college degrees. In her spare time, she enjoys square-foot gardening, swimming, and avoiding her laptop.

10 Free Web Tools to Help You Create Time Table

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:11:38 +0000

Calendars and Scheduling !!!

These web tools allow you to keep track of every assignment, group meeting, test date, club activity, date night and nap time you have scheduled.

Jotlet: Jotlet is a calendar with social and collaboration features that is great for college students who need to keep track of social engagements, daily to-do lists and more.
CalendarsQuick: Create your own calendar from over 70 PDF templates on CalendarsQuick.com.
WhichTime WhichTime is a simple, free calendar that’s extremely fast to update.
Sunbird: Mozilla’s powerful calendar works on Linux, Windows and Mac operating systems.
Better Gcal: Make your Google Calendar even better with this Firefox app that features a collapsible header and sidebar, colored weekend slots, and more.
HipCal: Set up your calendar with HipCal to sync your address books, share events with friends and study groups, manage a to-do list and more.
MarkThisDate.com: With MarkThisDate, you can upload all of your deadlines, parties and meetings so that your friends and family know how and when to reach you (or leave you alone).
MyMemorizer: MyMemorizer is a reminding service that lets you add events to an online calendar.
Memotoo: This scheduling system, calendar and self-organizer can hold contacts, bookmarks and more online.
Twittercal: Access your Google Calendar through Twitter with Twittercal.

Whats new in Firefox 4 Beta? Visual Tour

admin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:05:43 +0000

The next version of Firefox looks a lot like Google Chrome, with tabs moved above the navigation bar and a single button that replaces the menu bar. That doesn’t mean the two browsers look and feel the same. But more importantly to the average user, Firefox 4 offers a refreshed layout and appearance. Here’s a look at some of the highlights.

New Menu

If you’re a Windows Vista or Windows 7 user, one of the first things you’re likely to notice is that the menus have moved to a single orange Firefox button on the upper-left side. (Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows XP users will continue to see the regular menu layout across the top of the screen.)

Mozilla has also merged the stop and reload functions into one button on the far left. Users of any operating system will see this new feature.

Tabs on Top

Taking a cue from Google Chrome, Firefox 4 beta now has the browser tabs pointing upward by default instead of hanging down from the top of the window. This is a great addition to Firefox, as it helps to maximize screen real estate for the Web page you’re viewing. Mozilla says that this feature is available only for the Windows beta right now, but that it will be rolled out to the Mac and Linux versions in the future.

If tabs on top are not your thing, you can switch back to the more traditional Firefox tab layout by right-clicking the toolbar and deselecting the Tabs on top option. In Windows Vista and Windows 7, you can also go to the Firefox button on the upper-left side and select Customize, Tabs On Top.

Bookmarks

The bookmarks menu has moved to a new bookmarks button on the upper right.

Though the bookmarks layout has changed, the functionality is the same: To access your bookmarks, just click the star and select an item from the drop-down menu.

Switch Tabs in the Awesome Bar

If you like to keep numerous tabs open at a time, Firefox now lets you search for the tab you want right from the Awesome Bar. This is a great alternative to cycling through all your tabs with keyboard shortcuts or your mouse.

To access the switch-tabs function, just place your cursor in the Awesome Bar (that’s the URL entry field for you Firefox newbies) and start typing name of the site or page you want to access. The Awesome Bar will start showing you a few options for past and current sites. One of the top options should be the tab you’re looking for, and will be marked as ‘Switch to tab’ (see the screenshot). Just select that option and press Enter, and Firefox will switch to the tab for you.

Privacy, Crash Protection, and HTML 5

In addition to the obvious new user features, Firefox 4 beta 1 also has a few added features under the hood. For starters, Mozilla has introduced crash protection for your Flash, QuickTime, and Silverlight plug-ins; this means that if the Flash Player crashes in one tab, for instance, it won’t take the entire browser down with it.

Firefox 4 beta is also getting more HTML 5 capability, including the ability to display CSS Transitions, such as a Web page background that gradually shifts from white to black.

Mozilla has bumped up the privacy protection, as well, by closing a loophole that could allow a malicious script to sort through your browser history, exposing you to identity theft.

Verdict

Overall, Firefox 4′s new look and added features seem promising, and it will be interesting to see what other features Mozilla adds to future beta releases of Firefox 4.

I use Chrome for day-to-day browsing, but Firefox 4 beta has me considering a switch. The user interface, I think, is the most important part of any Web browser, and Firefox’s looks cleaner and more modern than ever. Also, Firefox veterans strongly attached to the old interface can bring it back with a few menu options. It’s frustrating that certain things that would be easy to improve–like the wasted space next to the menu button, and tabs that aren’t really on top–aren’t there yet, but this is a beta. I’m hoping Mozilla hasn’t finished cleaning up its interface.

Top 10 Firefox Secret Tricks For Fans Only

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:13:30 +0000

Make your browsing life fast , swift and easy.

From obscure options to esoteric shortcuts to arcane add-ons, here are 10 hidden gems that will help you master Mozilla Firefox you use every day. Here are the tips:-

Make Gmail better: Grab Better Gmail 2, a suite of scripts and add-ons designed to fix some of Gmail’s niggling annoyances. With Better Gmail 2, your mouse will highlight the e-mail message that you hover it over, the Unread count in the Gmail window will appear first (so that it won’t get cut off if it’s located in a tab), and attachments will show up from the list view, among other useful improvements. Meanwhile, the first version of Better Gmail has become available to users as a Chrome extension.

Never lose another forum post: Use the Lazarus Firefox add-on to save everything you type in a form, just in case your PC crashes at an inopportune moment. Your blood pressure will thank you.

Deep-six the links: Copy Plain Text is another convenient Firefox add-on. It strips all of the nasty, unpredictable formatting out of text that you copy and paste.

Tips for Any Browser

Save eight keystrokes from every URL: You no longer need to type “www.” or “.com” in most URLs. Instead, merely type the unique part of the domain name that you want to visit–say, pcworld–into your browser’s navigation bar, and press Ctrl-Enter. Your browser will automatically fill in the “www.” and “.com” parts of the address.

Middle-click to open a link in a new tab: Middle-clicking a link (that is, clicking it with the scrollwheel) will cause it to open in a new tab. Middle-clicking a folder containing multiple bookmarks will cause all of them to open in new tabs.

Improve a site’s printer friendliness: At most Websites, the “printer-friendly” versions of the content are pretty awful. So head over to PrintWhatYouLike.com, and pick exactly which page elements you want to keep in your hard copy.

Must-Have Add-Ons

Capture a full-page screenshot: Ever need to snag a screenshot of an entire Web page? Three utilities designed for specific browsers–Screengrab for Firefox, IE Screenshot, and Talon for Google Chrome–are perfectly suited to the task.

Try IE-in-a-tab: Even if you typically don’t use Internet Explorer, you should have a copy of it handy for special situations. You might need to see how your site works in IE, for instance, or a site you use might not support other browsers. For maximum convenience, IE Tab for Firefox and IE Tab for Chrome let you keep the Microsoft browser in a tab so you don’t have to juggle multiple browsers at once.

Bring back the bookmark: If you got out of the habit of using the humble bookmark because synchronizing different sets of bookmarks was too much of a hassle, install Xmarks. It lets you sync your bookmarks across different PCs and across different browsers.

Verify sites’ trustworthiness: The Internet can be a dangerous place, but the Web of Trust browser add-on promises to make your excursions there a little safer by telling you how the sites you visit rate in terms of privacy policy, vendor reliability, and child safety.

Google Search:Displaying More Search Matches On The First Page Of Results

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:09:55 +0000

In a search query, Google delivers only en results on the first page. It often has mainly advertisements or price comparisons and you find the actually desired information only after some pages in the Subsequent matches

You can instruct the search portl to show more matches. For this, click the ‘Search settings’ link on the top of the Google page. If you are using a Google account, you can go to the ‘Search settings’ through ‘Settings’ . Lower on the page, you can, for instance, increase the value in the ‘Number of results’ field to ’50′. Finally, click ‘Save setting’. Your browser must accept cookies.

Note: The Original settings of ten results per page should keep the server load as well as the loading time of the website low. Practically speakng, these arguments no longer play any role today.

The Twitter Killer, Google Buzz-Complete Guide !!!

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:04:48 +0000

What Is Google Buzz?

Google Buzz brings real time updates which currently found on social sites like Twitter and Facebook directly into your Gmail Inbox. This is really new way to start conversations about your new interesting findings or your can share updates, photos, videos, links and anything you’d like to share with your Gmail contacts. The best part is you don’t have to download or install any new application to use Google Buzz, just buzz your updates from Gmail account. When you click Buzz which is just below your inbox link, you’ll see all the posts from friends your are following and a box on topmost to post your updates. Here’s are some of the basic functions.

- Key feature #1: Auto-following

- Key feature #2: Rich, fast sharing experience

- Key feature #3: Public and private sharing

- Key feature #4: Inbox integration

- Key feature #5: Just the good stuff

Google Buzz Guide

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How To Add Google Buzz Share Button On Your WordPress Blog

Show your Google Buzz post on your WordPress site. Use this Plugin -Google Buzz ER

Google Buzz Button WordPress Plugin.

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Free Online Password Manager, Easily Remember Password.

YoPapa — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:52:39 +0000

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10 must-have Firefox add-ons-plugins

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:32:23 +0000

Firefox, perhaps one of the best web browsers, just got better with customizable and useful utilities. Here are ten extremely useful addons for Firefox, which will make your Firefox experience even better.

1 Foxmarks

A great add-on if you work on different computers. With Foxmarks, you can automatically backup and store your bookmarks and stored¬† passwords, and access them from any machine. What‚Äôs more, you can also restore your bookmarks onto your machine incase of a system crash. It is possible to access your bookmarks from a mobile phone – thus making your bookmarks truly mobile. Also share your bookmarks with your friends. You can also create different profiles to specify what bookmarks appear on which computers.[download here]

2 Answers

Ever come across words or phrases that you weren‚Äôt familiar with while browsing? Instead of switching to a new tab and looking up the word in an online dictionary, use this add-on to get the meaning with just a click. The Answers add-on uses resources like Answers.com, Wikipedia and Dictionary.com to name a few, and shows you the meaning of the word through a popup on the same page.¬† [download here]

3 Google preview

An easy to use yet very useful add-on for Firefox is Google Preview. This add-on inserts a thumbnail image of the Google search result beside the link. Not only does this add-on work with Google Search, but also on Yahoo! Search. This may come in handy when searching for a particular site you may have seen some time ago and forgotten its URL. Apart from the thumbnail preview of the search results, this add-on also adds a¬† popularity rank‚Äô bar below the link of each search result.[download here]

4 All in one sidebar

Taking inspiration from the Opera sidebar control, the All-in-One Sidebar add-on gives you quick access to the most commonly used features of Firefox through easily accessible buttons. You can view your bookmarks and history, and directly open them in the same or different
tabs. Downloads, add-ons and themes can be quickly accessed and confi gured through the sidebar. You can also view extensive information about a website like its source code, and its security, permissions and media types. Italso gives you quick access to the about:config console.[download here]

5 Download status bar

This small yet extremely useful add-on helps you manage and track your downloads easily. After installing this add-on the download window does not pop up every time you download a fi le or save an image thus saving you the trouble of switching between the browser and the
download windows. Instead, a small statusbar appears on the bottom of the browser. The statusbar shows details like the download speed, estimated time remaining for the download, the amount of data downloaded so far, and the percentage of the fi le completed. You can also resume a download that wasn‚Äôt completed in your previous session.[download here]

6 Stumbleupon

Ever get bored of surfi ng the same old websites? Here‚Äôs a great new way to fi nd new websites which may be of your liking. Simply specify your likes and StumbleUpon will generate a list of websites that suit your likes. You can access these sites through the buttons on the toolbar. You can
also send a particular website to a friend who you think may be interested. With the ‚Äòreview‚Äô button, you can add a review to a particular site. With many categories of website, you can be sure you will never be left with nothing to surf.[download here]

7 Firefox showcase

Here‚Äôs another useful add-on that can be used when you have a lot of tabs open in your browser. With Firefox Showcase, you can view the current thumbnail of each tab that is open in your browser. Not only this, you can also browse through the previously opened pages in that
particular tab by using the ‚ÄòBack‚Äô and ‚ÄòForward‚Äô buttons provided on the bottom of each thumbnail. Using the drag¬† and drop feature of the add-on, you can rearrange the tabs. You can also easily bookmark pages by simply right clicking the thumbnail of the page you want to Bookmark.[download here]

8 Colorful tabs

An extremely simple and practical add-on especially when you have a lot of tabs open in a browser window. With this add-on, different colors can be assigned to different tabs. Using different colors for different tabs, the user can relate a certain tab with a color, thus avoiding reading the tab titles while searching for a particular tab. This add-on can also be confi gured to have tabs of a certain site to be the same color, which proves to be very helpful when you have more than one page from a particular site opened in your browser.[download here]

9 Read it later

Ever come across a website that caught your eye, but you didn‚Äôt have the time to read it? Now, instead of bookmarking a page that is meant for a one time read, use this add-on to store the link of the page. A simple way to tag a page for later viewing is by clicking the ‚Äòtick‚Äô mark which appears at the side of the bookmark button on the address bar. Read It Later stores the links which can easily be accessed from the add-on button. Once done, it can be marked as done, and the link will be deleted.[download here]

10 FoxyTunes

A perfect add-on for all music lovers. This add-on adds music control buttons to your Firefox browser window which allows you to control your music directly while surfi ng the Internet, instead of switching between Firefox and your music player. It supports all the major music players and also a few Internet radio clients. Basic controls like Play, Pause, Stop, Previous and Next buttons are available along with a volume
control. It also includes a song ticker, which displays the song title in your browser window. You can spice up your player using the huge selection of skins provided.[download here]

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YoPapa — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:54:44 +0000

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People use OneRiot to find the news, blogs and videos that the social web is buzzing about right now – the latest, breaking stuff that your friends think is important. If you’re looking for the latest elimination on Top Chef, or the blog buzz on the next generation iPhone, then you search at OneRiot. If you’re looking for library-style information, like your dentist’s phone number or the recipe for pumpkin pie, you can find that on traditional search engines like Google, Yahoo and Live.

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