Showing posts with label Tips and Hacks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tips and Hacks. Show all posts
Youtube, has launched a new feature that enables you to edit your videos online and directly publish them to YouTube. The YouTube video editor can help you edit your videos easily, without having to install third party video editing applications. You can try out this new feature on TestTube, a place where YouTube engineers and developers test new features.

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Google is introducing a new feature that brings the personalization of Google a notch higher. Now, Google lets you add your favorite photo or image as the background of the Google homepage, replacing the plain white default of Google. Photos can be chosen from your computer, your own Picasa Web Album or a public gallery hosted by Picasa which includes a selection of beautiful photos.

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The App Store is one place where you can find lots of apps for your iPhone. Some of them are free whereas some come with a price tag (you can try "jailbreaking" if you don't wanna pay). But with so many apps available, it becomes difficult to choose.

To help you out, we cut through the clutter to bring you the some of the must have apps for your iPhone.

Online photo editing sites are gaining lot of popularity these days. Online photo editing tools gives you certain advantages that desktop tools don't provide such as easy access from any computer, no need to install bulky softwares etc. They really come in handy for quick editing of images.

Pixlr.com is one among the most popular online image editors. It has a very friendly user interface (UI) that looks very much like Photoshop. In fact, the first time you see Pixlr.com’s photo editor you will see a lot of similarities between the two, particularly if you look at the Toolbox, Adjustment menus, the layer features and the filters.

Firefox is one among the most preferred browser for many. Apart from its speed, and robust security features, one of the main reasons that Firefox rules over its competitors is the rich number of add-ons that provides solutions to the different types of Internet users.

For bloggers, Firefox offers a variety of add-ons that could make blogging much easier and more convenient. We bring you some of the top firefox add-ons that can really change the way you blog.

Last week, TechWiz, conducted a poll to find out if Lockerz is a scam or not. (Read the old post here). The response to the poll was really amazing.

At first, majority of people voted in for Lockerz being a scam. As the poll was open for a week, many people started voting in and it was very difficult to decide whether Lockerz is a scam or not, as there were equal no of votes for both. Until the last day, the votes were almost equal. The result was a real suspense.


Good news for Lockerz users, as Lockerz videos now work on Ubuntu/Linux. Previously, Lockerz users had a hard time getting the "Play" videos to work on Ubuntu/Linux. While trying to play the videos, the screen used to stay black, without playing the videos. This prevented them from getting PTZ.


Wanna get cool rewards for what you usually do online..?? Join Lockerz.com..  Lockerz is a web site where you get points for watching videos, logging in and also answering a few questions.. You can exchange these points for exciting rewards.. Here's a brief review on Lockerz.com..

Lockerz is an invitation only website where members earn points for watching videos posted on the site, logging onto the site daily and also answering questions..
A screenshot from Lockerz..!

Often, people like to host their web pages on a Free Web Hosting server.. It may be because they want to host a personal web page or either they do not want to pay for web hosting.. Whatever the reason may be, people prefer using Free Web Hosting.. 

But one of the main disadvantages of Free Web Hosting Services is that they always come with ads..! It is very difficult to find premium web hosting services without ads. Even if you do, they limit your disk space or some of the services (like PHP, MySQL support etc.).. 
I used to search for free web hosting services but never used to find any.. I know how difficult it is to find one, so to help ya'll I list a few good ones I know..
Lots of people switch their Operating System from Windows to Linux/Ubuntu.. But many of them miss their favourite softwares that work only on Windows.. They are not able to use it on Linux.. There are some programs that do not work on Linux.. How do you use these programs in Linux.?

Wine is a program that allows you to run Windows programs on Linux.. It is an open source implementation of the Windows API.. Wine allows you to run Windows programs on x86-based Unixes, including Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora, FreeBSD, and Solaris..
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iPod is a really an awesome gadget.. It has really gained a lot of popularity and is one of the most sought after music player.. Almost everybody use their iPod everyday.. People are just so addicted with their iPod, they just can't live without it.. People using iPod touch must have noticed that their iPod is WiFi enabled.. But many of them dunno how to use the WiFi.. Here's a brief tutorial on how to use your iPod WiFi..

First, lets see what are things you need..?

You will need :
  • An iPod Touch with in-built WiFi.
  • A WiFi hotspot to connect to.
Once you have these things, you're ready to go..! Just follow the given steps..
Wi-Fi logoLaptops have inbuilt wireless in them.. You can turn your laptop's wireless into a WiFi hotspot and connect your iPod, iPhone, Blackberry etc.. Using this you can connect to the internet through your iPods or other devices.. 

What do I need to set up a WiFi hotspot..??
  • Laptop with built in WiFi
  • Wired Internet Connection
How do I set it up..??

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You must have heard many people saying that they use twitter to promote their stuff.. But you must be wondering how do they ever do it..?? Even I used to have the same question on my mind.. I tried tweeting my links on twitter.. But here was no difference in my traffic.. There was something missing which I didn't know and my friends did.. What was it..??



F-Secure is one among the well known Anti-Virus and Internet Security Solutions.. You need to pay for an F-Secure license as it is not free..! After all you are getting good security isn't it..??

However, F-Secure is giving away 6-months license for free to people who just comment on their blog, Safe and Savvy.. F-Secure has launched their blog, Safe and Savvy and as a promotion to their blog they are giving away free license to people who just comment..! There's no competition or answering questions.. All you got to do is comment on this post..! That's it..! :).. But there are only a limited no of licenses.. So comment as soon as you can..

Here are some cool methods to download videos from You tube.

1. This Method is useful for users who have a certain data limit..but it works only in Mozilla Firefox : -

1. Watch the video on any of the site like you tube,meta cafe…etc
2. Then go to this link on your PC :
C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USER NAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
3. Replace YOUR_USER NAME by your PC UserName.
4. Then click on the folder there.(Usually there’s only one folder in the directory).It’s name will be something like this “f1bj03ks.default” . Then in that folder go to “Cache”.
5. Here all the videos you watched on you tube or any other Site will be available.
6. There are hundreds of files available here.. How to recognize which file is the video??? It’s Simple..
At the top of the Window click on “View”.. Then on “Details”…. You will see all the files with its details….

Your PC is completely infected with virus.. Even your anti-virus fails in repairing the problem.. Now, the only thing to do is identify the virus, get into safe mode and remove the virus manually.. But, when you try loading the safe mode, your PC goes off..!! The safe mode doesn't load..!! Your only option other than formatting the PC is also not working!! What do i do??!!

About 1000's of viruses are created daily.. Thousands of PC's are infected with viruses.. All this is due to lack of safety measures.. You can still protect you PC from being infected by a virus.. but how??

First of all to know how to protect your PC from virus you need to know what exactly is a virus and what it does??

A virus is a piece of program created by Hackers to exploit your PC.. Viruses are used for a lot of purposes by hackers.. It is used to get passwords, credit card information, access to your PC to steal important information, and sometimes just to cause trouble.. :).. Once a virus enters your PC the creator of the virus can do a lot of things with your PC.. He can gain access to your PC, Turn Off your PC, etc.. A virus can also disable the registry, turn off the safe mode, disable the task manager(ctrl+alt+del) etc..


Mobile GPRS can be used to access internet through your PC.. Isn't that amazing??!! You can access the internet from your mobile without buying an internet connection.. Hmmm.. But how do you it?? It's really very easy..!! For doing this you gotta have a mobile with GPRS enabled in it and the USB modem drivers (It usually comes with the CD that comes with your mobile) for your mobile and a USB cable..

First, you have to connect the mobile to the PC and install the required drivers.. Then, next you gotta create a connection so that you can connect through the mobile GPRS.. Here's the procedure on how to do it..

1. Go to Start --> Control Panel --> Network Connections
2. Click on Create a New Connection.. You will get the following box. Click on Next.


People using kaspersky and who do not have an internet connection always have problems updating kaspersky!! But how can you really update kaspersky without an internet connection??
First of all to update Kaspersky without an internet connection you need two PC's.. One having access to the internet (you can even use a cyber cafe or your friends pc but even they should have kaspersky) and one without an access to the internet connection. You need to download the update files through the PC having the internet connection and then you need to copy the files to your PC and update your kaspersky using these files.. How do you exactly do this?

Here's a step by step tutorial on how to do this??

1. In the PC having the internet connection open Kaspersky and then Click on Settings.



People who have had the autorun virus have used anti-viruses and tried cleaning the virus!! The virus goes from the PC but there is still a problem.. The hard drives or the removable disk drives don't open on double clicking it.. It still shows the autorun box.. How do i get rid of this problem??!!

This happens because the autorun.inf has still not been removed from your hard drives.. The anti-viruses only remove the virus, but doesnt get the PC back to normal.. Now, to remove the autorun.inf files you gotta do the following steps:

1. Check for the folders having this problem..
2. Then, go to Start --> Run. Type command and click on OK.
The command prompt will open.. The autorun.inf files can be removed by the command prompt..