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Prevent Computer Related Stress With These.

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:19:47 +0000

If you spend a good part of your day using the computer, the 20-20-20 rule, that Amit recently learned recently from his doctor, might also help you relax your tired eyes.

The rule goes something like this.

The screen is bright and therefore, if you don’t blink your eyes as often as you should while working at the computer for long hours, you can have dry eyes sometimes even followed by redness.

To help you deal with this problem, the 20-20-20 rule suggest that after every 20 minutes, you (the computer user) should take a break for at least 20 seconds and look at objects that are 20 feet away from you.

Since it is nearly impossible for any computer users to remember that they have to take a break every 20 minutes, there are free software programs that can help you in your mission.

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1.Eye Defender

Once installed, EyeDefender sits in the system tray and displays the time left until the next break. When the time for a break comes, the program does one of the following:

Displays pictures in a predefined folder;
Runs the visual training to relax the eyes;
Runs a default screensaver;
Displays a popup timed reminder in the system tray.

2. WorkRave

Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts you to your daily limit. It offers two kinds of breaks – micro-breaks, these are short and are mean to relax your eyes, and then there are rest-breaks where you are supposed to walk or stretch a little. Workrave also has a built-in wizard that demonstrates the various types of stretching exercises that you can do during these breaks.

If you are an active computer user, these tools need to be on your desktop.

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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.

Mark Zuckerberg Pic Using Facebook Icons

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:25:44 +0000

Charis Tsevis has created a beautiful portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg using nothing but those tiny 16×16 icons that are used in the design of the Facebook website. This photo-mosaic style portrait was originally created to go with a Wired Magazine story and is now available for download on Charis’ public Flickr stream under the Creative Commons License. Like all the other illustrations, Charis mainly used Synthetik Studio Artist, Adobe Creative Suite and Apple QuickTime Pro with some custom script for designing Zuck’s portrait.

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.

Facebook “Like” Button For Comments Is Live

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:53:48 +0000

There’s a small feature added that will make another big change to the way people use Facebook: the ability to “Like” comments.

Much like you can currently “Like” status updates, wall posts and other items in the News Feed, Facebook has started rolling out a “Like” button for comments. The feature is not yet live for everyone.

The functionality is much the same as traditional “Likes.” In a blog post, Facebook () writes that, “when you click ‘Like’ on a comment the commenter will receive a notification. Other people who can see the comment based on its privacy setting also will be able to see who has liked the comment.”

Already the web’s number one time sink, expect this feature to add a few more minutes per day to our collective use of Facebook.

The Concept

Whether it’s a witty remark, a great point in a discussion or a helpful answer to someone’s question, clicking the “Like” button within comments now makes it simple to show your appreciation for all types of content on Facebook. Similar to liking other content, when you click “Like” on a comment the commenter will receive a notification. Other people who can see the comment based on its privacy setting also will be able to see who has liked the comment.

What I Say?

I think it’s pretty obvious that a dislike feature would be extremely negative, counter productive and could lead to much demoralisation. If you don’t dislike something strongly enough to comment on it, and simply want to display your disapproval having no solid reason (else you would simply comment) then that’s your problem.
Personally I think the “comment” liking feature has been a long-awaited feature which I will certainly enjoy using!

Take Credit Automatically, When anyone copies Content From Your Blog

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:05:37 +0000

I Have Come across a great Website EmbedArticle.com, Which automatically gives a Source link to your Blog and adds a Adsense ad to it, When somebody copy content from your Blog.

If you copy text from an Embed Article enabled website, Their Widget Window will pop open producing a unique code snippet for you. It is preferred that you embed the text you copied by using this Embed Article code snippet.

This code, when pasted within your website’s HTML, will render out:

The text you copied
A link back to the article you copied it from
An ad

This is the preferred method for you to take content from an Embed Article enabled website.

What It is All about?
Many people have no problem copying content directly from the Publisher that produced it. Most do their best to comply with Fair Use, but some dont know exactly what that entails. Luckily we, like many other Publishers, took 6 seconds to register and integrate our Embed Article Technology onto our website. Now when any portion of this article is highlighted and copied, our technology will produce a piece of code which will render it out on any embedding website invisible to search engines, with a link back to the article source, as well as display an ad so that the Publisher can earn revenue from their text appearing on the embedding website. Below we did just that – take a look to see how the copied portion will appear on embedding websites.

You can even try it out yourself. Go ahead and highlight any portion of this post and try to copy it. Youll notice our Embed Article Lightbox activates and offers you a unique code snippet as an alternative to the copied text. Paste that code in your personal blog and see for yourself. Not only does Embed Article make it simple for bloggers to play by the rules, but this technology also makes it possible for any Publisher, big or small, to build SEO, earn extra revenue and control where their content ends up by integrating our widget.

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Suicide Now from Your Online life…

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:38:09 +0000

Tired of your Social Network?

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Free Online Password Manager, Easily Remember Password.

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

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