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| Manage All Your Remote Connections From One Place [Free Application] [Techie Buzz] Posted: 09 May 2008 09:00 AM CDT As you may already know I am big fan of putty due to its ability to allow me to connect to Unix based machines and work with them right from the comfort of my desktop, if I dig further I am also a big fan of Cygwin a Unix emulator for Windows which users to work on a Unix like environment right within Windows. Talking about remote connections to external machines putty and Windows Remote Desktop are the two softwares I use almost 80% of my day at work as a Software Engineer but having to connect to multiple machines at the same time means more windows to manage and more mess of my taskbar even though I use two monitors to work. That was only until I came across Remote Manager a excellent software for people who spend more time on remote computers than on their own.
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SummarizingThe key features I liked in the software was the ability for it to allow me to manage my connections using tabs which I am used to now along with allowing me to easily organize all my connections and save them for later usage. This particularly works for me since I have to access almost 60 Unix servers at work and at times need to be logged in to 10-20 at a time to monitor logs and outputs. This definitely is a great software and I advice that if you even connect to two different remote PCs at a time, give this a try and you would be happy. It’s only been a couple of hours since I started using this and am already hooked on to it. Via: [Shell Extension] Featured Ads: Get 5 Terabytes Bandwidth. Signup for Dreamhost. © Keith Dsouza for Techie Buzz, 2008. | Permalink | No comment | Add to ---
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| Youtube for "India" Launched [Madhur Kapoor's Blog] Posted: 09 May 2008 07:51 AM CDT Popular online video sharing site “Youtube” has launched its very own local Indian site. IT will feature a localized page for the Indian community. Users will be able to search, share, create or browse videos related to India. It will also provide a platform to share the India’s diverse culture with the outside world. YouTube has already signed partnerships, in India with Eros Entertainment, Rajshri Films, IIFA, Ministry of Tourism, IIT Delhi, NDTV, UTV, Zoom TV, India TV and Krishcricket. So we might expect some good content here.        |
| 3 ways to block spam and organize email in Gmail [Online Tech Tips] Posted: 09 May 2008 06:29 AM CDT Looking for a way to block spam in your Gmail account? Personally, Gmail is the best online email client because it can block almost all of the spam coming to my account and don’t worry, I get a lot! Every month I end up having at least 5000 emails in my Gmail spam folder, so it’s pretty good at catching all that junk for email for me. However, there are times when you end up signing up for a newsletter or buying something online and forgetting to un-check the option for sending you product updates, deals, and so forth. Those are usually not spam in the traditional since, but if it’s sent to you on a regular basis, it can be quite annoying.
Most companies that do this have the option to unsubscribe, but there are many that do not. In that case, there are a few Gmail hacks that you can use to help sort out spam email or email that you do not care to have in your Inbox! 1. The Dot Hack If you didn’t already know, Gmail does not really look at dots in your account name when processing email. So for example, I could write out an email address as the.dark.dragon@gmail.com instead of the normal thedarkdragon@gmail.com. Pretty neat eh? You can add as many dots as you like and it won’t matter, you’ll still get the email. So what’s the point of this if the email is still coming to your Inbox? Filters! You can give out an email address with dots in it and then setup a filter later on to have it automatically archived or deleted, if it ends up being very spammy. If you’re part of many email groups, etc, you can use this to automatically filter out those emails from your Inbox, so it’s not cluttered up. It’s always safer to give out an email address that’s slightly different than your normal one in case spammers get hold of it later and start sending you crap loads of email. 2. The Plus Hack This Gmail hack has been around for a LONG time and most people already know about it. However, I don’t think that many people use it! Simply place a “+” after your account name and add words to uniquely identify that email address, so you can again create filters, etc. For example, I can change my email address to thedarkdragon+Amazon@gmail.com when signing up at Amazon.com. Now I can create a filter and have it automatically labeled whenever I buy something from there. Amazon is safe, but if you’re signing up for a free game download or free music download, etc, you might want to do something like this in case they give your email out to third parties. The plus hack is useful, but it sometimes might not be allowed since it’s not a normal symbol in an email. In that case, use the Dot hack or the Googlemail hack I’m about to mention. 3. The Googlemail Hack Finally, you can change the last part of your email account to googlemail.com instead of the normal gmail.com! It’s another nifty way to no give out your main email address and can seriously help clear your Inbox of spam or junk email. So thedarkdragon@googlemail.com is exactly the same as gmail.com. So if you want to keep your account name consistent, without all of the dots or pluses, then you can just use googlemail.com instead. That’s it! Three very useful Gmail hacks that you should definitely try out if you find yourself getting lots of email you don’t want in your Inbox. Enjoy! Source: LifeClever Technorati Tags: gmail hacks, fight spam, block spam email, how to block spam email, prevent spam, stop spam, organize email
Related postsCopyright © 2007 Online Tech Tips. Aseem Kishore (digitalfingerprint: a59a56dce36427d83e23b501579944fcakmk1980 (66.150.96.109) ) 3 ways to block spam and organize email in Gmail        |
| Capture screenshots in Windows with Screenshot Captor [Online Tech Tips] Posted: 09 May 2008 06:11 AM CDT Looking for a free way to capture screen shots? Screenshots are great because it provides a graphical element that makes it quicker for other people to understand what you are trying to say or write about. The old way to take a screenshot of your desktop was to press the “Print Screen” button, open an image / picture editor, paste the captured screenshot into the program, edit the screenshot, give it a name and save it to a desired location on the hard drive. This method is okay, but not really efficient if you are going to take a lot of screenshots. Screenshot Captor is a tool that was created to make it easier for us to capture screenshots . Screenshot Captor is an advanced screenshot capture tool which defies the old way of taking screenshots of your computer. To take a screenshot, you just need to press the “Print Screen” button once. You can continue to take more screenshots with the same button over and over again without having to worry about the additional paste, edit and save steps. Once you are done, you can access Screenshot Captor to find all your automatically saved screenshots and continue working on the next processes (editing, saving with a different name etc.) This way, you can capture all your screenshots first and continue with the editing process later, which is much faster than the previous way. Screenshot Captor FeaturesThis freeware offers all the basic features of a screenshot capture tool plus some unique, notable features:
Overall, Screenshot Captor is one of the most advanced and innovative tool to capture screenshots that I’ve found. The ability to automatically saved screenshots with predefined settings is really a time saver. Try it today! This is a guest post by Syahid A. from TechMalaya Tags: capture screenshot, screenshot, screenshot capture, screenshot tool, screenshot capture tool
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| BLOG = Better Listing On Google [Techie Buzz] Posted: 09 May 2008 02:33 AM CDT The above code is just a simplification of what I meant to say, the more content you write on your blog, the more are your chances to influence search results. It has not been a secret bug a single blog however unknown it may be can make a software popular and bring it from the top position to the someplace it never envisioned to ever be in. If your wondering why I am saying this is because of this, where I rank way above Microsoft for a usual query you would first contact them for. There are many more which I can post about here ;). So write down this definition and start blogging with the mantra (code) a BLOG = Better Listing on Google = Better Exposure for others = Better Explanation of the product. BTW I put up a new sidebar and if you want me to write more about blogging or anything else under the world let me know your suggestions. I am open to launching a microsite for whatever topics you want me to write about. Via: [DI] Featured Ads: Get 500 GB Webspace online. Signup for Dreamhost. © Keith Dsouza for Techie Buzz, 2008. | Permalink | One comment | Add to ---        |
| Evernote Updated With Latest Features and Invite Giveaways [Techie Buzz] Posted: 08 May 2008 11:15 PM CDT I just received a update for the Evernote software with even more better features allowing for faster searches and better protection for synchronization’s between your devices and Evernote servers.
For those of you who do not know what Evernote is here is a brief synopsis from their website.
The latest update includes changes for Windows and the Web platform which include; Evernote for Windows
Evernote Web
SummarizingEvernote is one hell of a note taking software and it increase my productivity quite a bit since I have started using it, you should definitely give it a try and see how easy it to remember things that you would otherwise tend to forget. I have quite a few invite giveaways and if you are in really really bad need of one leave a comment on this post and I will send it to you. Featured Ads: Start making money on your site. Sign up for Text Link Ads. © Keith Dsouza for Techie Buzz, 2008. | Permalink | No comment | Add to ---
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| Monitor Bandwidth Usage for Your Network [Free Application] [Techie Buzz] Posted: 08 May 2008 10:32 PM CDT The last few days have been terrible with regards to access to Internet connections for me and I have been bombarded with dropped connections both at office which uses Road Runner [Time Warner] and at home where I have a wireless setup on a Comcast modem. I tried Googling to find a proper bandwidth manager but always hit a dead end as the softwares I found were either paid or too crappy to use. Nevertheless that search ended today when I found a worthwhile software to monitor the bandwidth usage for my computer in a app called Cyber Bandwidth Monitor.
The app is really useful and provides you with real-time download and upload speeds in graphical and numerical formats. In addition to that the software also save logs using which you can see daily, weekly and monthly usage reports. In addition to the bandwidth monitor it also comes built in with the usual network utilities like ping and trace route.
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SummarizingIf you are looking for a lightweight software for monitoring your bandwidth without paying a penny you should definitely download and try out cyber bandwidth monitor as it is a definitely good software for the price you are paying which is absolutely FREE. If you use any good softwares to monitor your bandwidth please let me know about it, I am all open to trying out alternatives all the time. Via: [Shell Extension] Technorati Tags: bandwidth monitoring,cyber bandwidth monitor,monitor bandwidth,bandwidth,network utility Featured Ads: Looking for a job. Find one at Techie Buzz Jobs. © Keith Dsouza for Techie Buzz, 2008. | Permalink | One comment | Add to ---
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| Create Professional Looking 3D Models and Animation with Blender for Free [Techie Buzz] Posted: 08 May 2008 03:52 PM CDT Creating 3D applications is not that easy but even more harder is spending thousands of dollars to get a software that allows you to create 3D animations. If you are fretting over the price of the available 3D modeling software you should definitely give a try to Blender which is a free and open source 3D modeling and animation Program.
Another good thing about Blender is that it is available for all major operating systems including;
Below is the screen shot of the blender interface in action.
The Blender user interface is flexible and has a fully configurable window layout there are a whole lot of other features which makes this a real must have for all the 3D animation developers out there. So what are you waiting for go ahead and save your self some money and download Blender for FREE. Featured Ads: Get 100$ in free Ads. Signup with Text Link Ads. © Keith Dsouza for Techie Buzz, 2008. | Permalink | No comment | Add to ---
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| Give Windows XP a Makeover with XPize [-| Life Rocks! 2.0 |-] Posted: 08 May 2008 01:52 PM CDT One of the prominent changes in Vista over XP is the vastly improved GUI. There are many ways to improve the GUI of XP and one of the freewares to do this job is XPize. XPize is a GUI enhancer for Windows XP and 2003. It replaces most of the non-XP icons, avis and bmps that Microsoft has always overlooked. The XPize installer simply automates the process of replacing resources in system files, making your XP’s look better. Here you can see the old look of XP and the new look after installing XPize. Features of Xpize;
XPize is supported on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003.       |
| Virus Found Inside a Firefox Language Pack [TechBuzz] Posted: 08 May 2008 12:36 PM CDT Usually, when we download software from a trusted developer like Mozilla, we are convinced that it contains no viruses or trojans to harm our computers. Surprisingly, that’s not true for Vietnamese language pack for Firefox downloaded after February 18, 2008. The language pack itself does not carry the virus; instead it has been modified by a virus to remotely load malicious scripts. It’s primarily meant to display advertising, but it could be used for other malicious attacks as well. The virus is a script, so it can potentially harm all operating system. Most antivirus applications will detect the virus as HTML.Xorer. The add-on has been download around 16000 times since November 2007, but its unknown how many of those downloads came after February 18th. Normally, Mozilla checks for infections when an add-on is uploaded to their site. No subsequent virus scans are performed. Hopefully, Mozilla will take precautions to prevent this from happening in future. The whole issue makes me feel a little insecure about installing add-on for my browser. [Via: CyberNet]  |
| Vodafone to Sell Apple iPhone in India [Quick Online Tips] Posted: 08 May 2008 12:27 PM CDT Apple iPhone is a revolutionary gadget that every mobile user wants. But in India you can only buy Apple iPhones from the gray market, or they are bought from US or other supported countries and unlocked for use with local networks. But now soon you can legally buy iPhones in India with a supported Vodaphone network. Buy Apple iPhone In IndiaA Vodaphone press release says that Vodafone will offer Apple's iPhone in 10 International Markets.
Apple iPhone combines the power of a mobile phone, widescreen iPod, and the Internet in your pocket. Under a year back, Apple iPhone premiered at Apple Retail Stores nationwide and instantly topped the most wanted gadgets lists worldwide. However you needed a AT&T Inc. service plan to get connected. Now Vodaphone will let Indians become proud owners of Apple iPhones… What will be the sale price in India is yet to be announced. But remember how Apple crashed the iphone prices by $200 last year and were forced to offer early iphone buyers $100 credit! Recently Apple doubled the memory and launched iPhone 16GB model for $499, which was the original cost of a 4GB iPhone when launched! Anyway, its still fun to watch the funniest iPhone videos. Related Copyright 2008. Quick Online Tips. All Rights Reserved.      |
| Chitika Premium Ads Promise Highest eCPM [Quick Online Tips] Posted: 08 May 2008 12:00 PM CDT Chitika has released new Chitika Premium advertising units that are designed be your highest performing ad unit (with highest eCPM) ever. If your site gets lots of US traffic, then you can optimize these interactive advertisements to your site and earn money from Chitika easily. Chitika Premium ad unitsSo how does it work? Chitika Premium ads will only show to U.S. traffic, and since they are behaviorally targeted they will only display to some U.S. users. When your Premium ad unit does display for a visitor it will show them advertisements they are interested in. If there are no ads to display, the unit collapses away. Great. Chitika Premium ad units are also available is various sizes to suit your site design - 468×180, 468×60, 468×90, 728×90, 300×250, 120×600 and 160×600. You can target using keywords of your choice and track earning using channels. However, you cannot change the fall back categories. I placed one ad unit below the single posts to try them out. But I do not see these ads since they are targeted to US visitors only, maybe you can. This is great since this geotargeting prevents displaying non paying or low paying CPM alternative ads and saves my valuable ad space, while reducing clutter. I hope they pay well…per click! Related Copyright 2008. Quick Online Tips. All Rights Reserved.      |
| Facebook Green Graffiti Contest Winners [Quick Online Tips] Posted: 08 May 2008 11:50 AM CDT Facebook Green Graffiti Contest asked users to depict what we can do to go green, or what a greener future might look like. After a huge 4,900 entries and more than a half a million votes from the community, the judges have selected the art and text winners. Check the top 150 art submissions that remained after the voting ended - all amazing. And the overall winner was Nick Tustin who won a green Dell Inspiron laptop.
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| Send Emails With large attachments up to 2 GB [Techie Buzz] Posted: 08 May 2008 11:41 AM CDT Though email storage has evolved over time from the meager 2MB Yahoo provided once upon a time to the enormous amounts you have now. Though the storage space has gone over the roof the size of the attachment you can send with a mail has not seen the same changes. The maximum attachment sites for most email providers is about 20MB which will very well allow you to send up to 5 MP3 files but not a huge video you shot with your camera. Send files up to 2 GB
The thing to note is that the target email account you will be sending the files to will not receive the actual files but instead receive a link to a secure download page from where they can download the files. SummarizingThough the service has not achieved something by rocket science there are various other services like this which allow users to share huge files with others, many of which we have already covered here, here, here and here. I wonder in coming days we would see sites which come up with a 5GB alternative ;). Featured Ads: Keep your PC trouble free. Get the Windows Live One-care. © Keith Dsouza for Techie Buzz, 2008. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to ---
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| The Best Use of Twitter for Bloggers [Quick Online Tips] Posted: 08 May 2008 11:05 AM CDT Guest post by Sumesh who blogs at Blog Creativity. Twitter is useful to different kinds of people in different ways. Bloggers use it to promote blog posts and find new audience and friends, marketers acquaint themselves with like-minded people and promote their products, socializing freaks like Robert Scoble use it to befriend 15k users, and Comcast (@comcastcares) (surprisingly, yes) sets up a Twitter account to receive feedback from their users. In this post, I’ll be rounding up the various uses of Twitter and justifying why one of them is really the best use of Twitter for bloggers. Of course, we all have our own opinions, so I welcome your thoughts on for/against my views. Twitter for bloggers: Communicate with anyone, any timeBefore the advent of Twitter, bloggers were generally segregated into two - the elite, high-end bloggers who were mostly full-time bloggers and excelled in their work, and the hobbyist or wannabe bloggers who couldn’t quite ‘get there’. Being popular and having to work hard for long hours, probloggers were generally found lacking in conversations with smaller bloggers. Of course, you may point out some exceptions, but they were just that: exceptions. Fast-forward to the age of Twitter, and bloggers of any stature are able to communicate with probloggers. The role of Twitter: to provide a level playing field. No longer would you have to spend time commenting on other blogs to get bloggers to notice you and give you a reply. Michael Arrington, Darren Rowse, Chris Garrett, Robert Scoble - they’re all on Twitter and a @tweet away. Here’s my own experience: I have contacted and/or established acquaintance with Darren Rowse (Problogger.net), Daniel Scocco (Daily Blog Tips), Amit Agarwal (Digital Inspiration) and of course, PChere (this blog) for this guest posting opportunity. Some benefits of using Twitter as opposed to IM or email:
Ultimately, Twitter’s best use for bloggers comes from the fact that it helps smaller bloggers communicate effectively and clearly, and those who ask questions will be heard, whether you are a no-name blogger, an up-and-coming blogger or a problogger.
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| Youtube India Is Now Live [dailyApps] Posted: 08 May 2008 10:23 AM CDT
Google has just launched the Indian version of Youtube, which is good news for Indians not only in India but worldwide. Viewing videos online is fast catching up here in India with the growing penetration of Broadband. By offering localized content on Youtube Google has taken one more step to dominate the yet untapped internet video market in India. Youtube India features all the content from the global Youtube as well, but the difference between the two begins in popularity charts etc.. The top video charts on Youtube India will reflect what Indians are watching now, the featured videos are programmed to cater to an Indian audience, and Google has also signed up local partners to distribute their content through YouTube. Check out this funny YouTube India promotional video:
YouTube has also partnered with several content creators like Zoom Channel, NDTV, UTV, Rajshri Group, Indiaglitz and Music Today to distribute them on YouTube India. Visit Youtube India (http://in.youtube.com) Related Posts at DailyApps      |
| Digg Townhall Webcast: Call for Topics [Quick Online Tips] Posted: 08 May 2008 10:00 AM CDT The next Digg Townhall Webcast is planned for Monday night (May 12th) at 8pm EDT (5pm PDT) and Jay and Kevin are calling for questions for the next virtual Townhall. The quarterly hosting Townhall Meetings with Kevin and Jay are webcast live and archived later. They have started a Digg thread where Digg users are voting for topics. If you ’sort by most Diggs’, you get the most voted ideas for the Townhall. The most voted ideas right now suggest -
I vote for more tech stories on Digg, but the algorithm change favors diversity on the front page to make it more difficult to cheat Digg. It would be interesting to see what top Digg users vote for. Anyway here are videos of the first Digg Townhall webcast. Digg is also planning in-person meet-ups in various cities, where you can meet and chat with Digg crew . Join the Digg crew at Studio B in Brooklyn, New York City (map) on June 4 where they will be filming a live Diggnation and celebrating Internet Week. Related Copyright 2008. Quick Online Tips. All Rights Reserved.      |
| BlogCreativity.com: My new blog about blogging is live [TechZilo] Posted: 08 May 2008 09:20 AM CDT I have been writing here at TechZilo for over a year, and other blogs (before it). TechZilo was initially a blog about technology, but oriented towards bloggers. I realized that this was a big mistake because the readership was limited. So, I decided to shift niche slightly and focus on internet and computer tips, and move away from blogging tips. However, I have been writing up drafts of several blogging-related posts, eager to write about blogging again. Having realized that TechZilo (this blog) isn’t the right place to write blogging-related posts, I stopped writing blogging tips. My initial idea was to contribute all of my blogging posts to popular blogs in the blogging and money-making niche. However, the number of posts began to increase rapidly, and I also had several good WordPress hacks, tutorials and theme/plugin reviews in my mind. I was determined to start a new blog about blogging. Around the same time, I came across Killer Domains, an ebook about domaining (buying/selling domains). After reading the ebook and gathering several new ideas, I bought the domain blogcreativity.com So, I am officially launching Blog Creativity.com now - it is a blog for bloggers, with posts ranging from blogging tips, design (usability and critique), SEO, WordPress themes/plugin reviews, WordPress optimization guides and hacks. Since a good part of the audience of this blog is bloggers, I believe that you will find Blog Creativity interesting. You can subscribe to the RSS feed of Blog Creativity, or receive latest articles by email. In future, I will be promoting posts from Blog Creativity here, and to begin that, here are two posts that I wrote on Blog Creativity: See ya’ all at Blog Creativity. Visit TechZilo for more exciting content! View our top posts See our new blog Blog Creativity - blogging, SEO and WordPress (themes, plugins, hacks and optimization)    |
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