Easily Share Large Files over the Internet

If you are to share a large file with someone over the Internet, there are generally two options – you can either attach the files to an email message or, if the files are too big to fit in an email program, you can upload them to an online storage service and then share the download links with the recipient.
Let’s now explore some of the popular services that’ll make it easy for you to transfer large files over the Internet without any hassles or costs.

A: Share Large Files over Email

The Gmail service cannot handle email attachments that are larger than 25 MB but the recently-revamped Hotmail service is a much better alternative as it lets you send email messages as large as 10 GB.
The maximum size of an individual file that you can attach to an Hotmail message is only 50 MB but you can use a file-splitting utility like HJ-Split to break a big file into smaller chunks and then attach them all to a single message. The recipient can then join these chunks to restore the original file and he can do without requiring external programs.

B: Share Large Files without Email

The downside with email attachments is obvious – most ISPs and web-based email programs (including Gmail) will reject incoming messages that have big attachments and therefore, if you are sending a bulky file via email, the recipients also have to be on Hotmail as well in order to receive that file.
One of the best options for sharing large files without email is Dropbox. Once you install the the Dropbox utility on your (Windows, Mac or Linux) desktop, you can upload files of virtually any size to the Internet – it’s only limited by the size of your Dropbox storage which is 2GB in the case of free accounts. Alternatively, if you don’t want to install Dropbox, you can upload files straight to the Dropbox website from your browser but the limit in this case is 300 MB per file.
You can even consider using Google Docs to share those big files over the Internet. Google Docs lets you upload files up to 250 MB in size and they can be in any format. You have 1 GB of free storage space for storing all the non-Office files on Google Docs but you can also buy more space for a reasonable fee.
Unlike FTP servers, services like Google Docs and Dropbox don’t support resumable downloads. That means if the connection breaks while the recipient is still trying to download your “huge” file, he or she will have to resume the download from scratch. That can be a deal-breaker for lot of people.
SkyDrive, part of the Windows Live family, can solve this problem in a way.
The service offers 25 GB of free online storage, with individual files limited to 50 MB. To upload a large file, split it into chunks of 50 MB each and then upload them all to a single folder on SkyDrive. The recipient can download the entire folder as a ZIP or, if he’s on a flaky connection, he can download files one by one and then join them all at his end.

C. Share Files without Registration

Finally, if you are looking for something quick and simple that doesn’t even require registration, talk to YouSendIt or WeTransfer (if the file size is really big). Just upload the files via the browser, enter the email address of the recipient and hit send. WeTransfer lets you send files up to 2 GB in size while the maximum allowed limit is 100 MB in the case of YouSendIt (free version).

Chart: Comparison of file sharing services

Access Files on your Computer from Anywhere

The problem: You have documents, photos, music and other important files on the home computer. How can you “remotely access” these files from your office computer or, when you are travelling, from your mobile phone?
The solution: The simplest solution would be that you copy all your data from the home computer on to a portable hard drive and carry it around but this is obviously a bit cumbersome approach as it requires you to manually sync the home computer and your portable disk.

Access Files on your Computer over the Internet

There are couple of ways by which you can retrieve files stored on your home computer from anywhere else using a regular Internet connection.
Option 1: Using Online Backup
You can use an online backup service like SugarSync, Carbonite, SkyDrive or even Dropbox – they provide desktop utilities that will automatically upload files on your home computer to the Internet and you can then access these files through the web browser of any other Internet connected computer.
The upside is that your files will always be available to you even if the home computer is not running. SugarSync and Carbonite have a mobile optimized website so you can access files from any mobile phone as well.
The downside is that if you are using any of these services for the first time, you’ll to wait until they upload all your data to the cloud and this process may take long if you have too many files on the home computer.
Option 2: Using Desktop Sharing Software
There are free desktop sharing software like TeamViewer and UltraVNC that also let you remotely access your computer files from anywhere else. LogMeIn Pro is another good option for transferring files from a remote computer but these are paid services.
If all your computers are running Windows, you can use the built-in remote desktop connection feature of Windows (available in XP and later) to access your home computer from another Window computer over the Internet.
With Desktop Sharing software, you’ll always have access to all your files but one big limitation is that it requires that the remote computer stays on. Also, none of these options will help you access files on a mobile phone except LogMeIn which has an iPhone app.
Option 3: Access Files Directly through the Browser
Online backup services, discussed above, will copy files to their own servers before you can access them for anywhere else. Screen sharing services are often slow and they won’t work on most mobile devices. Let’s now explore another set of services that allow you download files directly from the home computer.
Copernic, like Google Desktop, is a popular desktop search software that you may use to find emails, documents and other files on your Windows computer. They have a paid component called myCopernic on the Go that lets you remotely search for content stored on the home or office computer. You can preview the search results and then download them to your mobile phone or remote PC.
With Opera Unite, you can easily turn your computer into a web server and instantly access files and folders on that computer from any other web browser (including that of mobile phones). Opera Unite is a standard web server and therefore you’ll be downloading files directly from the computer – they’re not uploaded anywhere else.
Another option is GBridge that lets you setup a virtual private network using your existing Google Account. Companies use VPNs to let employees access corporate data over a public network (Internet) and with GBridge, even home users can build their own VPNs to access remote files more securely.
Windows Live Sync at sync.live.com is another great choice for remotely accessing files over the Internet. Just install the Live Sync client on your computer and you can then access the entire hard drive of that computer simply through the Windows Live Sync website.
Finally, you may also want to check out HomePipe – this is an extremely easy and free service that lets you access your home files and media from any other computer or mobile phone. Install the HomePipe Agent and all files on that computer will instantly become available through the web. They also have apps for iPhone and Android phones.

How to Access Blocked Websites Using Google Public DNS

Configuring your network settings to use Google Public DNS

When you use Google Public DNS, you are changing your DNS "switchboard" operator from your ISP to Google Public DNS.
In most cases, the IP addresses used by your ISP's domain name servers are automatically set by your ISP via the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). To use Google Public DNS, you need to explicitly change the DNS settings in your operating system or device to use the Google Public DNS IP addresses. The procedure for changing your DNS settings varies according to operating system and version (Windows, Mac or Linux) or the device (computer, phone, or router). We give general procedures here that might not apply for your OS or device; please consult your vendor documentation for authoritative information.

Note: We recommend that only users who are proficient with configuring operating system settings make these changes.

Important: Before you start

Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS, be sure to write down the current server addresses or settings on a piece of paper. It is very important that you keep these numbers for backup purposes, in case you need to revert to them at any time.
After changing your settings, if you encounter a problem and cannot connect to the Internet, please call our support numbers for troubleshooting instructions.
We also recommend that you download this pageand print it, in the event that you encounter a problem and need to refer to these instructions.

Google Public DNS telephone support

• 877-590-4367 in the U.S.
• 770-200-1201 outside the U.S.

Google Public DNS IP addresses

The Google Public DNS IP addresses (IPv4) are as follows:

• 8.8.8.8
• 8.8.4.4

The Google Public DNS IPv6 addresses are as follows:

• 2001:4860:4860::8888
• 2001:4860:4860::8844

You can use either number as your primary or secondary DNS server. You can specify both numbers, but do not specify one number as both primary and secondary.
You can configure Google Public DNS addresses for either IPv4 or IPv6 connections, or both.

Changing your DNS servers settings

Because the instructions differ between different versions/releases of each operating system, we only give one version as an example. If you need specific instructions for your operating system/version, please consult your vendor's documentation. You may also find answers on our user group.
Many systems allow you to specify multiple DNS servers, to be contacted in a priority order. In the following instructions, we provide steps to specify only the Google Public DNS servers as the primary and secondary servers, to ensure that your setup will correctly use Google Public DNS in all cases.

Note: Depending on your network setup, you may need administrator/root privileges to change these settings.

Microsoft Windows

DNS settings are specified in the TCP/IP Properties window for the selected network connection.
Example: Changing DNS server settings on Microsoft Windows 7

1. Go the Control Panel.
2. Click Network and Internet, then Network and Sharing Center, and click Change adapter settings.
3. Select the connection for which you want to configure Google Public DNS. For example:
   • To change the settings for an Ethernet connection, right-click Local Area Connection, and click Properties.
   • To change the settings for a wireless connection, right-click Wireless Network Connection, and click Properties.
   If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
4. Select the Networking tab. Under This connection uses the following items, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) or Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)and then click Properties.
5. Click Advanced and select the DNStab. If there are any DNS server IP addresses listed there, write them down for future reference, and remove them from this window.
6. Click OK.
7. Select Use the following DNS server addresses. If there are any IP addresses listed in the Preferred DNS server or Alternate DNS server, write them down for future reference.
8. Replace those addresses with the IP addresses of the Google DNS servers:
   • For IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and/or 8.8.4.4.
   • For IPv6: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and/or 2001:4860:4860::8844
9. Restart the connection you selected in step 3.
10. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Testing your new settings below.
11. Repeat the procedure for additional network connections you want to change.

Mac OS X

DNS settings are specified in the Networkwindow.
Example: Changing DNS server settings on Mac OS 10.5

1. From the Apple menu, click System Preferences, then click Network.
2. If the lock icon in the lower left-hand corner of the window is locked, click the icon to make changes, and when prompted to authenticate, enter your password.
3. Select the connection for which you want to configure Google Public DNS. For example:
   • To change the settings for an Ethernet connection, select Built-In Ethernet, and click Advanced.
   • To change the settings for a wireless connection, select Airport, and click Advanced.
4. Select the DNS tab.
5. Click + to replace any listed addresses with, or add, the Google IP addresses at the top of the list:
   • For IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and/or 8.8.4.4.
   • For IPv6: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and/or 2001:4860:4860::8844
6. Click Apply and OK.
7. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Testing your new settings below.
8. Repeat the procedure for additional network connections you want to change.

Linux

In most modern Linux distributions, DNS settings are configured through Network Manager.
Example: Changing DNS server settings on Ubuntu

1. In the System menu, click Preferences, then click Network Connections.
2. Select the connection for which you want to configure Google Public DNS. For example:
• To change the settings for an Ethernet connection, select the Wired tab, then select your network interface in the list. It is usually called eth0.
• To change the settings for a wireless connection, select the Wireless tab, then select the appropriate wireless network.
3. Click Edit, and in the window that appears, select the IPv4 Settings or IPv6 Settings tab.
4. If the selected method is Automatic (DHCP), open the dropdown and select Automatic (DHCP) addresses onlyinstead. If the method is set to something else, do not change it.
5. In the DNS servers field, enter the Google Public DNS IP addresses, separated by a space:
   • For IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and/or 8.8.4.4.
   • For IPv6: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and/or 2001:4860:4860::8844
6. Click Apply to save the change. If you are prompted for a password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
7. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Testing your new settings below.
8. Repeat the procedure for additional network connections you want to change.

If your distribution doesn't use Network Manager, your DNS settings are specified in /etc/resolv.conf.
Example: Changing DNS server settings on a Debian server

1. Edit /etc/resolv.conf:

   sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf

2. If any nameserver lines appear, write down the IP addresses for future reference.
3. Replace the nameserver lines with, or add, the following lines:For IPv4:
   

   nameserver 8.8.8.8
   nameserver 8.8.4.4

   For IPv6:
   

   nameserver 2001:4860:4860::8888
   nameserver 2001:4860:4860::8844

4. Save and exit.
5. Restart any Internet clients you are using.
6. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Testing your new settings below.

Additionally, if you are using DHCP client software that overwrites the settings in /etc/resolv.conf, you will need to set up the client accordingly by editing the client's configuration file.
Example: Configuring DHCP client sofware on a Debian server

1. Back up /etc/resolv.conf:

   sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.auto

2. Edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf:

   sudo vi /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf

3. If there is a line containing domain-name-servers, write down the IP addresses for future reference.
4. Replace that line with, or add, the following line:For IPv4:
   

   prepend domain-name-servers 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4;

   For IPv6:
   

   prepend domain-name-servers 2001:4860:4860::8888, 2001:4860:4860::8844;

5. Save and exit.
6. Restart any Internet clients you are using.
7. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Testing your new settingsbelow.

Routers

Every router uses a different user interface for configuring DNS server settings; we provide only a generic procedure below. For more information, please consult your router documentation.

Note: Some ISPs hard-code their DNS servers into the equipment they provide; if you are using such a device, you will not be able to configure it to use Google Public DNS. Instead, you can configure each of the computers connected to the router, as described above.

To change your settings on a router:

1. In your browser, enter the IP address to access the router's administration console.
2. When prompted, enter the password to access network settings.
3. Find the screen in which DNS server settings are specified.
4. If there are IP addresses specified in the fields for the primary and seconday DNS servers, write them down for future reference.
5. Replace those addresses with the Google IP addresses:
   • For IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and/or 8.8.4.4.
   • For IPv6: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and/or 2001:4860:4860::8844
6. Save and exit.
7. Restart your browser.
8. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Testing your new settingsbelow.

Mobile or other devices

DNS servers are typically specified under advanced wi-fi settings. However, as every mobile device uses a different user interface for configuring DNS server settings, we provide only a generic procedure below. For more information, please consult your mobile provider's documentation.
To change your settings on a mobile device:

1. Go to the screen in which wi-fi settings are specified.
2. Find the screen in which DNS server settings are specified.
3. If there are IP addresses specified in the fields for the primary and seconday DNS servers, write them down for future reference.
4. Replace those addresses with the Google IP addresses:
   • For IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and/or 8.8.4.4.
   • For IPv6: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and/or 2001:4860:4860::8844
5. Save and exit.
6. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Testing your new settingsbelow.

Testing your new settings

To test that the Google DNS resolver is working:

1. From your browser, type in a hostname (such ashttp://www.google.com/). If it resolves correctly, bookmark the page, and try accessing the page from the bookmark. If both of these tests work, everything is working correctly. If not, go to step 2.
2. From your browser, type in a fixed IP address. You can use http://18.62.0.96/(which points to the website http://www.eecs.mit.edu/) as the URL*. If this works correctly, bookmark the page, and try accessing the page from the bookmark. If these tests work (but step 1 fails), then there is a problem with your DNS configuration; check the steps above to make sure you have configured everything correctly. If these tests do not work, go to step 3.
3. Roll back the DNS changes you made and run the tests again. If the tests still do not work, then there is a problem with your network settings; contact your ISP or network administrator for assistance.

* Google thanks MIT for granting permission to use this URL for the purposes of testing web connectivity.

Diagnosing resolution problems

If you are encountering problems when resolving particular names, and want to verify whether the problem is with Google Public DNS, please try running the following diagnostic procedures. If you want to report a problem to the Google Public DNS user group, please copy and paste the results of the commands in your email. This information is vital to help us to identify the cause of the problem.

Step 1: Verify that your client can communicate with the Google Public DNS servers

IPv4

Open a command prompt, and run the following command:
On Windows:

tracert -d 8.8.8.8

On Mac OS X:

/usr/sbin/traceroute6 -n -w 2 -q 2 -m 30 8.8.8.8

On Linux:

sudo traceroute -n -w 2 -q 2 -m 30 8.8.8.8

If the last line of the output does not list 8.8.8.8 as the final hop, or if there are significant timeouts, there may be a network problem preventing you from contacting our servers. Please include the output of the command in any communication with the Google Public DNS team.
If the last line of the output does list 8.8.8.8 as the final hop, continue to step 2.

IPv6

Open a command prompt, and run the following command:
On Windows:

tracert -d 2001:4860:4860::8888

On Mac OS X:

/usr/sbin/traceroute -n -w 2 -q 2 -m 30 2001:4860:4860::8888

On Linux:

sudo traceroute -n -w 2 -q 2 -m 30 2001:4860:4860::8888

If the last line of the output does not list 2001:4860:4860::8888 as the final hop, or if there are significant timeouts, there may be a network problem preventing you from contacting our servers. Try configuring Google Public DNS for IPv4 to diagnose whether the problem is due to IPv6 connectivity on your network. If IPv4 works for you, you may want to revert your IPv6 configuration and use Google Public DNS with IPv4 exclusively. Otherwise, please include the output of the command in any communication with the Google Public DNS team.
If the last line of the output does list 2001:4860:4860::8888 as the final hop, continue to step 2.

Step 2: Verify that Google Public DNS can resolve the selected hostname

IPv4

At the command prompt, run the following command, replacingwww.google.com. with the name that you were having difficulty resolving (putting a period at the end of the name to avoid problems with domain suffixes and search lists):
On Windows:

nslookup -debug www.google.com. 8.8.8.8

On Mac and Linux:

dig @8.8.8.8 www.google.com.

If the output shows an answer section with an A record for the hostname, then Google Public DNS is able to resolve the name. Check your settings to make sure your system is correctly configured to use Google Public DNS. If you are still unable to solve the problem, please include the output of the command in any communication with the Google Public DNS team.
If the output does not show an answer for the hostname, continue to step 3.

IPv6

Windows

At the command prompt, run the following command, replacingwww.google.com. with the name that you were having difficulty resolving* (putting a period at the end of the name to avoid problems with domain suffixes and search lists):

nslookup -debug -type=AAAA www.google.com. 2001:4860:4860::8888

If the output shows an answer section with an AAAA record for the hostname, then Google Public DNS is able to resolve the name. Check your settings to make sure your system is correctly configured to use Google Public DNS. If you are still unable to solve the problem, please include the output of the command in any communication with the Google Public DNS team.
If the output shows an answer section with an A (IPv4) record for the hostname, then Google Public DNS is able to resolve the name, but the host and/or its nameserver are not configured to return IPv6 results. If you want to verify that you are correctly receiving AAAA records, you can use the hostnameipv6.google.com as a generic test.
If the output for ipv6.google.com, or another host for which you are certain IPv6 records exist, does not show an answer, continue to step 3.

On Mac and Linux

At the command prompt, run the following command, replacingwww.google.com. with the name that you were having difficulty resolving*. (putting a period at the end of the name to avoid problems with domain suffixes and search lists):

dig @2001:4860:4860::8888 www.google.com. AAAA

If the output shows an answer section with an AAAA record for the hostname, then Google Public DNS is able to resolve the name. Check your settings to make sure your system is correctly configured to use Google Public DNS. If you are still unable to solve the problem, please include the output of the command in any communication with the Google Public DNS team.
If the output does not show an AAAA record for the hostname, this may be because the the host and/or its nameserver are not configured to return IPv6 results. If you want to verify that you are correctly receiving AAAA records, you can use the hostnameipv6.google.com as a generic test.
If the output for ipv6.google.com, or another host for which you are certain IPv6 records exist, does not show an answer, continue to step 3.

*Note: Google properties will not return AAAA records for all users. Please see the Google over IPv6page for more information about whether your system qualifies.

Step 3: Verify that another open resolver can resolve the selected hostname

At the command prompt, run any one of the following commands, replacing www.google.com. with the name that you were having difficulty resolving (still putting a period at the end of the name to avoid problems with domain suffixes and search lists):

nslookup www.google.com. 4.2.2.1

nslookup www.google.com. 4.2.2.2

nslookup www.google.com. 208.67.222.222

nslookup www.google.com. 208.67.220.220

(The first two commands test Level 3's DNS servers. The last two commands test OpenDNS' DNS servers.)
If you are not able to get a successful result, this means that there is most likely a problem with the server you are trying to contact. Wait some time and try running the tests again. This may be a temporary problem on the server's side that will likely resolve itself eventually. If it does not, you should contact the owner of the server.
If you do get a successful result, there may be a problem with Google Public DNS. Please include the output of this command and the one from step 2 in any communication with the Google Public DNS team.

Step 4: Check to see if the authoritative nameservers are correct

If Google Public DNS (or any open resolver) has trouble resolving a site, or returns inconsistent answers, sometimes it's because the authoritative nameservers are having trouble. There are various tools and sites to help you check this. Some users (and some Google Public DNS engineers) have found intoDNS to be very helpful. For example, if you're trying to resolve www.example.com, visitintodns.com and enter example.com (the domain for www.example.com), or visithttp://intodns.com/example.comdirectly.
Google thanks the intoDNS staff for letting us link to them.

Switching back to your old DNS settings

If you had not previously configured any customized DNS servers, to switch back to your old settings, in the window in which you specified the Google IP addresses, select the option to enable obtaining DNS server addresses automatically, and/or delete the Google IP addresses. This will revert your settings to using your ISP's default servers.
If you need to manually specify any addresses, use the procedures above to specify the old IP addresses.
If necessary, restart your system.

How to Access Blocked Websites, Unblock Restricted Sites

How to access blocked websites like Facebook, MySpace, Bebo at school or office?

This article suggests workarounds to help you unblock access to restricted websites at universities, school and offices.

Background: Blocking access to undesirable Web sites has been a common government tactic but China, Iran, Saudi Arabia are believed to extend greater censorship over the net than any other country in the world.

Most of the blocked or blacklisted sites in Saudi Arabia are about sex, religion, women, health, politics and pop culture. They even block access to websites that sell swimming or bathing suits. In China, websites that talk about sex, Tibet or Democracy are blocked.

Social sites that are often blocked include Google News, Typepad, ebay, Blogger blogs, YouTube, Facebook, Bebo, Myspace, Orkut, MySpace, Pandora, Bebo, Photobucket, Yahoo! Messenger, AOL AIM, Flickr, last.fm, etc.

There are always legitimate reasons to bypass the internet filters and unblock websites. The following tricks will show how to access all websites at school, college, offices or at home.

1: To access blocked website, type the IP number instead of the URL in the browser address bar. However, if your blocking software maps the IP address to the web server (reverse DNS lookup), the website will still remain blocked.

2: Use a URL redirection service like tinyurl.com or snipurl.com. These domain forwarding services sometimes work as the address in the the url box remain the redirect url and do not change to the banned site.

Access Google Talk Chat or GMail in Office

3: Use Google Mobile Search - Google display the normal HTML pages as if you are viewing them on a mobile phone. During the translation, Google removes the javascript content and CSS scripts and breaks a longer page into several smaller pages. Google Mobile

Use Mobile browsers as proxy to open restricted websites

4: Enter the URL in Google or Yahoo search and then visit the cached copy of the page. To retrieve the page more quickly from Google's cache, click "Cached Text Only" while the browser is loading the page from cache.

5: There are anonymizer websites who will fetch the blocked web page from their servers and display them to you. As far as the service provider is concerned, you are viewing the page on the Anonymizer website and not the blocked site.

6: You can access blocked or restricted websites by using Yahoo Babelfish or Google Translate language tools as a proxy server.

You just have to invoke the Google translate service with the same language pair like English to English. Assuming that Google is accessible in your school, you should be able to access any website with this method - Babelfish Proxy Sever

Unblock restricted websites that require login

7: Anonymous Surfing - Browse the internet via free proxy server. A proxy server (or proxies) is a normal computer that hides the identity of computers on its network from the Internet.

Which means that only the address of the proxy server is visible to the world and not of those computers that are using it to browse the Internet. Just visit any proxy server with your Web browser and enter a URL or the address of the blocked website.

How Parents Can Block Certain Websites from Children

[For non-techie parents who have a computer at home and are worried about their kids safety online.]
A mother recently wrote saying she is very concerned that her young children are spending too much time on websites like Orkut, MySpace and Facebook.
Her worries are not just about children wasting time on the Internet – it’s more about the activities that children are doing on these sites. She is concerned that children could be interacting with complete strangers (or online predators) and even sharing personal information.
And with some news reports saying that criminal activities could have been planned on Orkut, the mother has finally made up her mind to restrict access to Orkut and some other websites on the home computer.
The only problem is that she has absolutely no clue about how to block websites – parental control software like Net Nanny or Norton Internet Security are pretty good but they cost money.
Now before you take this extreme step of blocking website (that is very likely to be opposed by children), try a few things:

1. Educate your children about the dangers of sharing information online with strangers. Family members should talk in detail about privacy and the web.
2. Place the computer in the living area of your home from where you can easily see the screen so you’ll have some idea about activities that children are doing on the computer including the websites they are visiting frequently.
3. Orkut is an open social network – that means you can easily see who’s in the friends’ list of your children and what kind of text notes (or scraps) are they exchanging with each.

Finally, to block websites on your home computer without investing in expensive software, here’s the trick (for Windows PCs):
Step 1: Click the Start button and select Run. Now type the following text in that Run box:
notepad c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Related: Edit Files as Administrator
Step 2: You will see a new notepad window on your screen containing some cryptic information. Don’t panic. Just goto the last line of the file, hit the enter key and type the following:
127.0.0.1 orkut.com
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
127.0.0.1 myspace.com
Save the file and exit. That’s it. None of the above sites will now open on your computer.
You can block as many websites as you like with the above technique. If you want to remove the ban later, open the same file as mentioned in Step 1 and delete the above lines.
Pretty simple but remember, our children are also very smart. And there are some popular ways to unblock websites.

Now Save Office 2007 Document As PDF With SaveAsPDF Plugin.

If you tried Office 2010 then you may noticed that which is having Save As PDF option which enable user to save any office files as PDF file. But if you are still using Office 2007, then you can also get that option by installing small Microsoft Plugin called SaveAsPDFandXPS. This enables Office 2007 users to get Save as PDF file in Office 2007 software.

Sometimes we may need to save our word document has pdf file in that time we can use Save As PDF file option which is available in office 2007 itself instead of using any extra software or any online converter to do that task.

How To Add Save As PDF option to Office 2007:

• To add Save As PDF option to our Office 2007 software we need to download a small Plugin called SaveAsPDFandXPS form Microsoft site and install it on our computer.

• After installing that small Plugin, open any Office 2007 products such as Microsoft Office Access 2007, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007, Microsoft Office OneNote 2007,Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007,Microsoft Office Publisher 2007, Microsoft Office Visio 2007 and Microsoft Office Word 2007

• You will see Save As PDF option in it. Enjoy converting or Saving Word document as PDF file.

How To Change Post Title Color in Blogger Designer Templates.

I have received a lot of comments on a previous post. Readers are asking how to change the post title color in the new Blogger Template Designer templates. Well, here is a very simple step by step tutorial for you.We'll make some changes in the template CSS and then you'll be able to customize post title without any coding stuff.

Warning: Before making any changes, you must backup your existing layout:

Blogspot How to: Backup Your Blogger/Blogspot Template

Note: If you're using 'Picture Window' template, then see this tutorial:

How To Change Post Title Color in Picture Window Template

Steps to Make Post Title Font Customizable in the Blogger Template Designer Templates.

1. Go to Design then Edit HTML tab.
2. Find the following code:
   

      <Group description="Post Title" selector=".post">
   <Variable name="post.title.font" description="Font" type="font"
   default="normal normal 22px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" value="normal normal 22px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"/>
   </Group>

3. Replace the above code with the following code:
   

      <Group description="Post Title" selector=".post">
   <Variable name="post.title.font" description="Font" type="font"
   default="normal normal 22px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" value="normal normal 22px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"/>
   <Variable name="post.title.color" description="Color" type="color" default="#FE6602" value="#FE6602"/>
   <Variable name="post.title.hover.color" description="Hover Color" type="color" default="#FFD25F" value="#FFD25F"/>
   </Group>

4. Now find this code:
   

   .post {
   margin: 0 0 25px 0;
   }

5. Replace the previous code with the following code:
   

   .post {
   margin: 0 0 25px 0;
   }
   
   .post h3 a, .post h3 a:visited { color: $(post.title.color); }
   .post h3 a:hover { color: $(post.title.hover.color); }

6. The coding work is finished, save your template and move on to the next step.

Coding Done! Go & Customize the Post Title in Template Designer!

Simply open the Template Designer tab and select Advanced from the left options. Find Post Title and you'll see this,

You'll see Color and Hover Color there. By changing the Color, you'll be changing the color of the post title in normal state and it will also be available in Preview mode. However, Hover Color will change the post title color when mouse comes over it. You can't see the change in Hover Color in Preview mode. You have to save your template, open it and bring your cursor over the post title to see hover color effect.

How To Add You Tube Song In Bloggger / Web site Automatically

How To Add You Tube Song In Bloggger / Web site Automatically

You Wont AutoPlay Youtube Songs In Your Blogger Or Website ?
It's Verry Simple Try This Trick........


Select All And Copy This Code:


<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N_JLOenKOkA&autoplay=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="300" height="25"></embed>


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50 Facebook Facts and Figures

1. 1 in every 13 people on Earth is on Facebook
2. 35+ demographic represents more than 30% of the entire user base
3. 71.2 % of all USA internet users are on Facebook
4. In 20 minutes 1,000,000 links are shared on Facebook
5. In 20 minutes 1,484,000 event invites are posted
6. In 20 minutes 1,323,000 photos are tagged
7. In 20 minutes 1,851,000 status updates are entered
8. In 20 minutes 1.972 million friend requests are accepted
9. In 20 minutes 2,716,000 photos are uploaded
10. In 20 minutes 2,716,000 messages are sent
11. In 20 minutes 10.2 million comments are posted
12. In 20 minutes 1,587,000 wall posts are written
13. 750 million photos were uploaded to Facebook over New Year’s weekend
14. 48% of young Americans said they found out about news through Facebook
15. 48% of 18 to 34 year olds check Facebook right when they wake up
16. 50% of active users log on to Facebook in any given day
17. Average user has 130 friends
18. People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook
19. There are over 900 million objects that people interact with (pages, groups, events and community pages)
20. Average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events
21. Average user creates 90 pieces of content each month
22. More than 30 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each month.
23. More than 70 translations available on the site
24. About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States
25. Over 300,000 users helped translate the site through the translations application
26. Entrepreneurs and developers from more than 190 countries build with Facebook Platform
27. People on Facebook install 20 million applications every day
28. Every month, more than 250 million people engage with Facebook on external websites
29. Since social plugins launched in April 2010, an average of 10,000 new websites integrate with Facebook every day
30. More than 2.5 million websites have integrated with Facebook, including over 80 of comScore’s U.S. Top 100 websites and over half of comScore’s Global Top 100 websites
31. There are more than 250 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices
32. People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are twice as active on Facebook than non-mobile users.
33. There are more than 200 mobile operators in 60 countries working to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products
34. Al Pacino’s face was on the original Facebook homepage
35. One early Facebook function was a file sharing service
36. The first “Work Networks” as well as the original educational networks included Apple and Microsoft
37. The meaning of the term poke has never been defined
38. There is an ‘App’ to see what’s on the Facebook cafe menu
39. Mark Zuckerburg (CEO of Facebook) calls himself a “Harvard Graduate” when in fact he didn’t graduate (apparently his reply is that “there isn’t a setting for dropout”)
40. Australian’s spend more time per month on Facebook than any other country at over 7 hours on average
41. A Facebook employee hoodie sold for $4,000 on eBay
42. Facebook was initially bank-rolled by Peter Thiel the co-founder of PayPal for $500,000
43. It is the second biggest website by traffic behind Google (at the moment)
44. Facebook is now valued at approximately $80 billion
45. Facebook makes money through advertising and virtual products
46. Facebook was almost shut down by a lawsuit by ConnectU who claimed that Zuckerburg stole the idea and Technology for Facebook (the issue was settled out of court)
47. The USA has the largest Facebook user base with 155 million people which represents 23.6% of Facebook’s total users
48. There is over 16,000,000 Facebook fan pages
49. Texas Hold’em Poker is the most popular Facebook page with over 41 million fans
50. More than 650 million active users

HOW TO IMPORT FACEBOOK CONTACTS IN TO GOOGLE +

The fight between Google + and Facebook are too hard now. Facebook are in need to provide new application to their users.. but it still goes to and end for FB.

Here is my post regarding HOW TO IMPORT FACEBOOK CONTACTS IN TO GOOGLE + :




STEP 1 : you must have a Goggle chrome browser running in your PC. ( if you don't have DOWNLOAD)


STEP 2 : now you have to download this free FACEBOOK FRIEND EXPORTER

This process is easy and very fast which takes few seconds of time.


STEP 3 : now you can see a new menu at top of your Facebook account as "Export Friends" ( click it )
you ill see a warning message. click "Redirect Now" to continue.

STEP 4 : linking all your Facebook contacts to Google + account.


just mark the box " I have read all the trems of service" then click " Lets get started"

Click “Let’s start!” And prepare to wait. The application will account for and remove your contact information for each individual. Depending on how many friends you have, this step may take several minutes. The monitoring is done in a text log and the number of contacts that need to be processed is displayed in a descending manner.

NOTE : Be patient this time, you should not touch anything on Facebook – even when using another browser tab. This can end up causing problems in matching data and spoiling the export of contacts.

Answer Your Friend's Stupid Questions In An Interesting Way

Answer Your Friend's Stupid Questions In An Interesting Way

Many time it must have happened with you that your friend asked a very stupid question and you did not have any answer for it. The question was so stupid that it made totally speechless. Today i am going to tell you a way by which though you will not be able to answer the question but surely bring a smile on your friend's face. Even if the question is good and very difficult for you to answer then also instead of saying that you do not know the answer, reply in a funny way.

For example suppose you have asked me this question: how to create a website ? then i will reply to you with this link:

This is your answer :)


Here is what you have to do:


<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]-->
<!--[endif]-->

<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Just go to

www.lmgtfy.com

<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Now enter the question which your friends has asked from you.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->And finally press enter.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Now you will get a link.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Just copy that link and give it to your friend.

Now not only answer your friends but also bring a smile on their face. Enjoy :)

How Many Single Male / Female Facebook Friends You Have?? Check Out Now!

Here is a cool facebook app called YourStatsApp to check your Facebook friends statistics like How many of your friends are single? How many are male or female ? You most active friend etc.

Simply go to this app and click "Show" to display basic stats about your facebook friends. See mine below.

Enjoy!!!!!!

VODAFONE 555 BLUE - A BIG TREAT TO INDIA FACEBOOK USERS

The Vodafone 555 Blue, developed in collaboration with Facebook, puts popular social networking functions – from status updates to sharing a photo – into the hands of millions of people in an attractive, intuitive and competitively priced mobile phone.

The price of the phone is estimated to be in the range of Rs. 4000 – Rs. 6000.

Powering the new era of mobile social networking
Every aspect of the Vodafone 555 Blue design reflects people’s desire to stay up-to-date and communicate with their friends anytime, anywhere.

Ready to go, straight out of the box: Facebook is built into the handset’s core – it’s running the moment the customer turns on the mobile phone.

Truly Integrated Messaging: Facebook messages appear in the handset’s inbox alongside texts and email.

Simple Photo-Sharing: photos taken using the Vodafone 555 Blue’s 2 megapixel camera can be shared with friends with a single click.

Easy to stay in Contact: friends’ Facebook profiles are automatically synchronised in the Vodafone 555 Blue’s address book.

Always Available: the Vodafone 555 Blue updates regularly in the background, flagging new items on the homescreen and quickly loading them when opened.

One-click Control: the customisable Facebook ‘F’ button can be assigned to one of a number of tasks, including instantly posting a status update with photos from the gallery or with links from the browser.

Attractive Form-Factor: Touch navigation, 2.4” landscape display and QWERTY keypad are ideal for typing chat, email and status updates.

FEATURES :

The Vodafone 555 Blue offers a 2.4″ QVGA display with 320×240 pixel resolution. Note that the screen on this phone is not a touch screen. The phone offers full QWERTY keypad with a dedicated Facebook key. The space key is bigger than what you’d typically find on regular QWERTY phones. Under the hood, the phone offers 200 MHz MediaTek processor, Bluetooth 2.1, GPRS & EDGE, a decent 2MP camera with LED flash. Also included is an email client with IMAP and POP3 support. You can add up to 32 GB of external memory through microSD slot. The phone has only 40 MB of Internal memory so we’d recommend having at least a 2GB micro SD card which is available for about Rs. 250 in India. The phone also offers FM radio and 3.5 MM stereo headphone jack. The phone ships preloaded with Opera Mini browser for faster mobile surfing.

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HACK FACEBOOK ACCOUNT IN FOUR STEPS

How do you hack a Facebook Account:

Most of us know that Facebook allows us to update our status using our mobile phone. This feature is called Facebook Text. If you have Facebook Text enabled, you have to just type in the status and send this message to “923223265″ using your registered mobile phone. Facebook will automatically update your status.

So, in this Facebook hack, we will use SMSGlobal to change the status of your friend. SMSGlobal allows us to send message to any number from anyone’s number. That is, we will send Facebook a fake SMS from your friend’s registered mobile number.

Facebook will think that the message has been sent by your friend and his status will be updated according to the message contents sent by us. So, stop searching Google for “how do you hack a Facebook account” and simply follow the guidelines below.

Steps to hack a Facebook Account:

1. Go to SMS Global site and register for an account. Refer my previous article How to send Fake SMS for more information.

2. After logging in to your account, click on “Send SMS to a Number” to see:

3. Enter the information as follows:

Send SMS To: 919232232665

Sender ID From: The registered mobile number of your friend.Message: The status you want to update for your friend. Enter anything you want. It will appear as your friend’s new status.

Hit on Send SMS.

For Indian friends, make sure you add “91″ before entering mobile numbers. For other countries, add your respective country code before the mobile numbers.

4. Now, Facebook will update your friend’s status to the message you have sent. Thus, you have successfully hacked your friend’s Facebook account. This was the result when I tried this hack on my profile:

Thus, you can hack Facebook account of your friend without even knowing the password. Gone are the days when people were crazy in hacking Facebook account password!!!

Note: This Facebook hack will work only for accounts with a registered mobile number. So, make sure that your friend has registered his mobile number with Facebook. If he has not, ask him to register his mobile phone telling him about some new unique feature of Facebook.

You can register your mobile phone by going to:

Account -> Account Settings. Select Mobile tab and hit on “Register For Facebook Text Messages”.

How Operating Systems Work

When you turn on your computer, it's nice to think that you're in control. There's the trusty computer mouse, which you can move anywhere on the screen, summoning up your music library or Internet browser at the slightest whim. Although it's easy to feel like a director in front of your desktop or laptop, there's a lot going on inside, and the real man behind the curtain handling the necessary tasks is the operating system.
­Most desktop or laptop PCs come pre-loaded with Microsoft Windows. Macintosh computers come pre-loaded with Mac OS X. Many corporate servers use the Linux or UNIX operating systems. The operating system (OS) is the first thing loaded onto the computer -- without the operating system, a computer is useless.
­­­More recently, operating systems have started to pop up in smaller computers as well. If you like to tinker with electronic devices, you're probably pleased that operating systems can now be found on many of the devices we use every day, from cell phones to wireless access points. The computers used in these little devices have gotten so powerful that they can now actually run an operating system and applications. The computer in a typical modern cell phone is now more powerful than a desktop computer from 20 years ago, so this progression makes sense and is a natural development.
The purpose of an operating system is to organize and control hardware and software so that the device it lives in behaves in a flexible but predictable way. In this article, we'll tell you what a piece of software must do to be called an operating system, show you how the operating system in your desktop computer works and give you some examples of how to take control of the other operating systems around you.

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