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Do you want a quick and easy way to see the location of a street address without having to leave the webpage you are on? Now you can highlight a street address on a webpage, click the bookmaplet, and its location will be shown on a map.
To install Bookmaplet visit the website, grab the bookmarklet with your mouse, and drag it onto your “Bookmarks Toolbar”. Now you are ready to view the maps and images for street addresses that you may find while browsing.
When you find an address that you would like to see a map of highlight the address only, not any of the other information. Once you have highlighted the street address click on Bookmaplet…
The map will open in a popup window as shown here.
Currently the map window can’t be resized but it still offers all the regular functionality of googlemaps. If you want to see the map in a bigger window you can just select “Open in Google Maps” and a new browser window will open.
Send-Email is an email sender that lets you easily send free anonymous emails from anywhere without any hassle. There are many ways to make use of this app. Some folks may use it to anonymously confess their love or send prank email to friends others may, others can use the site to send emails from public computers where it’s not secure to login to their email account.
Sending email is straightforward. Enter recipient’s email, type in your message and click on the “Send Message” button. That’s it!
Features:
- Anonymous email sender.
- Send as many emails as you like.
- Free, no registration needed.
Source: makeuseof.com
BlindSearch is an online test that lets you compare Google, Yahoo and Bing search results. The test based on a simple concept, when you search for something on BlindSearch, it shows search results from 3 search engines, each in its own column, with their logos hidden. Then, you can analyze search results and vote on the best set by clicking on the “vote for this search engine” button. Clicking the button also reveals the logos exposing the engines behind each column.
Original article at makeuseof.com
ScreenStream lets others ‘watch’ your screen on their computers over the network or the internet. It is the modern equivalent of the overhead projector. When you turn on screen sharing others on your network (or even the internet) can view what is on your screen by typing the link (and optional access code) into their internet browser. They can continue to watch your screen until you turn off screen sharing.
One of the main advantages of ScreenStream is that the viewers do not need to install any special software to view your screen. They just open it directly with their normal internet browser. It is also supports optional streaming audio so others can hear what you are saying.
This desktop screen sharing program is free.
Typical Applications
- In boardroom presentation (if everyone has a laptop it will replace the projector).
- In university lectures where people take their laptops.
- In the computer lab or classroom where students are sitting in front of computers.
- For remote power point and other presentations.
- To assist remote computer support so the helpdesk staff can see what the user is doing or vice versa.
- As a white board equivalent during telephone or video conferences.
- Perfect for use with tablet PCs so others can see as you draw directly on your tablet screen.
Features
- Runs in the background and captures your screen while in any other program
- The image can be viewed by anyone with using an ordinary web browser (from any type of computer).
- The screen can be viewed by users with Windows, Mac or Linux computers.
- Optional access code can be set to secure the connection.
- Optional audio streaming lets others listen as you speak.
- Perfect for desktop screen sharing or application sharing.
- The number of viewers is almost unlimited (the only limit is the size of your bandwidth).
- Installs and runs in just minutes.
- Very simple user interface.
Download your copy of ScreenStream.
Did you like this? If so, please bookmark it,Comet docs provides an easy upload interface that allows you to convert files to various formats. You simply upload a file, choose the format you want to convert it to, and the converted document will be sent to the email address specified.
- Convert CSV file to a delimited format. Data converter which takes a file containing Comma Separated Values (a popular Microsoft coding convention), and turns it into a tab-separated data file for easy data processing with other tools.
- File converter for PDF conversion (Adobe Acrobat) to text file. Takes a PDF file and extracts the readable text. Formatting preserved where possible using html.
- PDF info extracts and prints the contents of the ‘Info’ dictionary (plus some other useful information) from a Portable Document Format (PDF) file.
- Legacy file to PDF conversion. Convert many legacy file formats to modern PDF.
- Diff online. Find differences between two files. Compare two files and return the lines where they are different in standard ‘diff’ format.
- Mp3 info. Gets the tag information embedded in your mp3 file. Supports ID3v1 as well as ID3v2 tags.
- XML lint – pretty printer for XML documents Format your XML documents so that they become easily readable.
- Convert html file to RSS feed Automatically create an RSS XML feed out of an html page.
- Convert ls directory listing to Google sitemap xml Automatically create an XML Google sitemap from a simple ls – lR directory listing online.
- Audio converters. Overview of music converters for conversion to and from mp3, wav, ogg and many others.
- iTunes XML to M3U converter. Converts iTunes XML libraries to M3U playlists for use with other players.
- Metastock data conversion. Utility program to convert Metastock Binary Data Format to Metastock ASCII format and vice versa.
- Legacy word processor to Microsoft Word conversions. Convert older word processor formats for use with Microsoft Word or Works.
- Legacy spreadsheet to Microsoft Excel conversions. Convert older spreadsheet files for use with Microsoft Excel.
Andrew Nusca posted the following on ZDNet.
D-Link introduced its next-generation PowerLine adapter kit that connects computers, high-definition media players, game consoles, network attached storage and Internet content in the home.
The PowerLine HD Ethernet Adapter Starter Kit (DHP-303) allows the user to take advantage of existing home electrical wiring to create or extend a network by turning “every power outlet in the home into a wall-to-wall network for connecting” when connected to a switch or wireless access point. (The kit includes two wall plugs/adapters.)
Installation is plug-and-play, and the system can connect devices such as TiVo, Slingbox, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii and others to the home network and the Internet. (The device will automatically be displayed in Microsoft Windows Vista’s Network Map.)
The PowerLine Adapter uses Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES) for one-button security and uses Quality of Service support to help prioritize data in the pipeline.
Source: ZDNet
Did you like this? If so, please bookmark it,I ran across these tweaks on Dagorret that show how to tweak Firefox and double your browser speed. I’ve not validated the claims but after employing all but those listed as optional, I can definately see a difference.
By tweaking the way Firefox handles some caching functions, you can dramatically improve page load speed and even prevent Firefox from hogging your system resources while minimized. If you don’t currently have any experience playing with your configuration file, don’t be scared. Just follow the simple instructions, take your time and if you want a security blanket to squeeze, jot down each setting before you change it so you can always restore the default configuration if need be.
Reduce the amount of RAM Firefox uses for its cache feature
1. Type “about:config” (no quotes) in the adress bar in the browser.
2. Find “browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewer”
3. Set it’s value to “0“;(Zero)
Increase the Speed at Which Firefox loads pages
1. Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit Enter.
(Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.)
2. Alter the entries as follows:
Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 10.
This means it will make 10 requests at once.
3. Lastly, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0“;.(Zero)
This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. If you’re using a broadband connection you’ll load pages faster now.
Optionally (for even faster web browsing) here are some more options for your about:config (you might have to create some of these entries by Right Click –> New– > Interger or String
network.dns.disableIPv6: set “false”
“content.notify.backoffcount”: set “5“; (Five)
“plugin.expose_full_path”: set “true”.
“ui.submenuDelay”: set “0; (zero)
Reduce RAM usage to 10MB when Firefox is minimized:
This little hack will drop Firefox’s RAM usage down to 10 Mb when minimized:
1. Open Firefox and go to the Address Bar. Type in about:config and then press Enter.
2. Right Click in the page and select New -> Boolean.
3. In the box that pops up enter “config.trim_on_minimize”. Press Enter.
4. Now select True and then press Enter.
5. Restart Firefox.
HowStuffWorks posted a very lengthy and informative article explaining how computer viruses work. The article is far too long to post here but I encourage you to read it’s entirety. It covers the following…
- Introduction to How Computer Viruses Work
- Virus Origins
- Virus History
- Virus Evolution
- E-Mail Viruses
- Worms
- How to protect yourself from computer viruses
The How-To Geek posted the following which shows you how to send and receive mail from @hotmail.com, @msn.com or @live.com email addresses from within Gmail.
Enabling Hotmail from Gmail
First go into your Gmail account and select Settings then click on the Accounts tab, now click on “Add a mail account you own”.
In the next screen enter in the Hotmail or Live address into the Address field then click on Next Step.
In the next section we need to enter in the proper settings so the connections work. Enter in your username and password for your Windows Live account. Make sure the following settings are correct.
POP Server: pop3.live.com
Port: 995
Check Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail
You can also select leaving a copy on the server and archive incoming messages, these settings are per your preference and will not affect the connection. When everything looks correct click on Add Account.
Next check “Yes, I want to be able to send mail as…” This will allow you to send email as your Hotmail or Live account then click Next Step.
Now you can verify or edit the name on the email or if you’d like replies to be delivered to another account enter in a different Reply-to address.
Finally Gmail will send a verification to your Hotmail or Live account.
Once you get the verification code enter it and click the Verify button and your done!
To send an email using your Hotmail account, just use the “From” drop-down when composing a new message.
Now you can Send and Receive your Hotmail in your Gmail Account!
Source: the How-To Geek
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Firefox is even more riddled with holes than IE, says security firm Secunia, but Mozilla does win props for patching them faster. Mozilla’s Firefox browser has stolen a sizable chunk of marketshare away from Microsoft’s once-ubiquitous Internet Explorer — its popularity fueled largely by concerns over security weaknesses in IE. Now, the picture isn’t quite so clear.
There were 115 reported security vulnerabilities in Firefox last year — almost twice as many as Internet Explorer and Apple’s Safari browser combined, according to a new report by the security researcher. Firefox did surpass IE in one respect, though. Mozilla was much faster at repairing bugs once they were reported or discovered than Microsoft was.
Read the entire article at TechNewsWorld.