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Skip Ads on YouTube

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:04:20 +0000

YouTube was once a place where we could peacefully watch videos starring skateboarding cats and nasty honey badgers. We could bounce from video to video, never encountering any resistance other than the occasional slow Internet connection or rogue flaming comment from disgruntled video watchers. It was a beautiful place to squander time—then Google decided to Post from: Skip Ads on YouTube

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Aggregate All of your Email and Social Media Contacts

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:50:03 +0000

We have contacts saved all over the Web, from multiple email addresses, Facebook, LinkedIn and probably other places we have long forgotten. After nearly two decades with modern Internet access, we still do not have one central place to see all of our contacts. Neiio Contacts seeks to end the contact-finding chaos by creating one Post from: Aggregate All of your Email and Social Media Contacts

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Make a Logo for Your Business or Website the Easy Way

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:17:21 +0000

New websites appear on the Internet every single day. Each one of these sites needs individual branding in order to survive for any great length of time.

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Facilitating Efficient Object Tracking in Large-Scale Traceability Networks

Master — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:25:39 +0000

With recent advances in technologies such as radio-frequency identification and new standards such as the electronic product code, large-scale traceability is emerging as a key differentiator in a wide range of enterprise applications (e.g. counterfeit prevention, product recalls and pilferage reduction)

Best Free Download Managers

Master — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:23:06 +0000

If your Internet connection is slow or prone to interruption, using a download manager can save you a lot of time and trouble. The best download managers can pause and resume downloads, download multiple files at once and download files using alternate protocols such as FTP and BitTorrent.

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Check How Your Website Looks to a Screen Reader

Master — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:12:31 +0000

While accessibility for the handicapped is not always a primary concern for Web developers, the fact remains that there are plenty of visually impaired who try to surf the Internet every day.

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Corrupt a File on Purpose

Master — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:51:40 +0000

Teachers have a love-hate relationship with the Internet. They love the vast amount of research available on any topic, but they hate that sneaky, opportunistic students can use the Internet to find all sorts of ways to cheat. Students can buy every tool imaginable to avoid learning, from pre-written term papers to doctor’s excuses for Post from: Corrupt a File on Purpose

Best Sites to Download Free Audiobooks

admin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:24:45 +0000

Even if you don’t have time to read, you can still take in plenty of literature by listening to audiobooks.

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Mask Your Email Address

Master — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:31:17 +0000

Back in the early days of the Internet, we used handles, like those used by truckers and ham radio enthusiasts, to hide our identities.

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Surveying Port Scans and Their Detection Methodologies

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:09:53 +0000

Scanning of ports on a computer occurs frequently on the Internet. An attacker performs port scans of Internet protocol addresses to find vulnerable hosts to compromise

Turn Your Windows 7 Computer into a WiFi Hotspot

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:01:46 +0000

Windows 7 is nearly two years old, so most everyone is familiar with its ability to broadcast an Internet connection as a WiFi hotspot using Connectify.

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Send an Anonymous Email

admin — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:58:32 +0000

While anonymity often allows people to act like jerks on the Internet, it also has benefits. People are more likely to report abuse, neglect, bullying, sexual harassment and other crimes when the reporting method is anonymous.

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Safari Running Slow on Your Mac?

Master — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:21:24 +0000

Ever since the release of Safari 5, a lot of users have complained that browsing the Internet has become painfully slow. Loading webpages, watching videos, opening multiple tabs, etc. I didn’t have this problem on my 2009 MacBook Pro, but I did have a friend whose Safari was having this odd problem.

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PrePrint: Dealing with Semantic Heterogeneity Issues on the Web

admin — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:02:58 +0000

The Semantic Web is an extension of the traditional Web in which meaning of information is well defined, thus allowing a better interaction between people and computers. To accomplish its goals, mechanisms are required to make explicit the semantics of Web resources, to be automatically processed by software agents (this semantics being described by means of online ontologies). Nevertheless, issues arise caused by the semantic heterogeneity that naturally happens on the Web, namely redundancy and ambiguity

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Stop Sounds from Playing on Webpages in Internet Explorer 9

admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:44:44 +0000

Although many authorities recommend avoiding use of sounds on webpages, some people just can’t resist trying to make their pages contain as much multimedia as possible. Rather than hunt for the stop button, you can use an Internet Explorer 9 option to stop sounds from playing on webpages.

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Allow Friends to Download Your Flickr Albums in One Click

admin — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:42:13 +0000

Flickr is arguably the most popular way to display and share photos on the Internet.

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PrePrint: Improving Content Delivery with PaDIS

Master — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 06:33:33 +0000

Today, a large fraction of Internet traffic is originated by Content Delivery Networks (CDNs).

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Using Internet Explorer 9′s ActiveX Filtering Feature

admin — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:31:35 +0000

ActiveX controls are programs that add extra functions to Internet Explorer, such as the ability to watch videos and play games in your web browser. While they can be useful, they can also pose a security risk. Internet Explorer 9′s new ActiveX Filtering feature can prevent websites from installing and using ActiveX controls on your Post from: Using Internet Explorer 9′s ActiveX Filtering Feature

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Track How Many People Open, Read and Delete Your Mass Emails

admin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:43:26 +0000

Mass email campaigns are used by nearly every company with an Internet presence. We receive at least 200 of these emails per day from bookstores, software developers, local grocery stores and even dating Web sites.

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Track How Many People Open, Read and Delete Your Mass Emails

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Send a Self-Destructing Message

admin — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:49:00 +0000

Sending sensitive information over the Internet is always tricky. We worry about security and whether the message will be intercepted. Many of us just give up and telephone the person with whom we need to share the information.

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Clear Temporary Files and Browsing History from All Browsers and Applications

admin — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:27:56 +0000

Most heavy computer users have multiple browsers. While many of us prefer Chrome or Firefox, some services, like SharePoint, require Internet Explorer.

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Sign Documents Online

admin — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:29:49 +0000

Having a document signed by multiple people in different locations can be a long, complicated process involving certified mail or fax machines. This simple act of signing one’s name should take seconds or minutes, not days or weeks

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A Framework for Energy-Aware Routing in Packet Networks

admin — Tue, 31 May 2011 15:01:06 +0000

Although there is great interest in reducing energy consumption for all areas of human activity, many of the proposed approaches such as the smart home or the smart grid are actually prone to an increase in the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) which itself is a big consumer of energy. It is remarkable that ICT’s carbon imprint is of the order of 2% of the world total, comparable to the carbon imprint of air travel. Thus, it is imperative to address energy savings in ICT and, in particular, in data centres and networks.

Fix Problems with Google Toolbar in Internet Explorer 9

admin — Fri, 20 May 2011 11:26:53 +0000

If you’ve recently upgraded to Internet Explorer 9, you may experience problems with Google Toolbar. The toolbar may cause Internet Explorer to crash, or may be absent altogether. This usually happens because certain versions of the Google Toolbar are incompatible with Internet Explorer 9.

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