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Does your Commercial Website have a privacy statement?
2008-01-16 13:35:00 If you have a commercial Website , it's a good idea to publish your privacy policy so that your visitors know how you will handle the information they provide. Following is a list of subjects you may want to cover in the privacy statement:Automatically collected information: If your web server logs information about which pages visitors view, IP address, host name, browser type, or other information that's automatically collected by the software you use to serve your visitors, list the types of information you collect and how you use them. For example, you maybe using browser type information to fine tune your pages to specific browsers and other information in web server logs to administer and troubleshoot technical problems.Cookies: If any of your server or other software such as banner ad servers use cookies, explain why and how you use cookies. For example, you maybe using cookies in online shopping carts which is required for the proper functioning of that software. Also expla... More About: Commercial , Privacy , Statement
Domain name extensions:
2008-01-16 13:31:00 The last word (sometimes words) after the last period (.) of an Internet domain name generally represents either the type of the organization or the geographical location of that particular domain. For example, microsoft.com (note .com at the end) means that microsoft.com is a domain name of a commercial entity.Top Level Domain s Example: school_name.EDU = Domain name of an educational instituteARPA Old style ArpanetCOM CommercialEDU EducationalGOV GovernmentINT International fieldMIL US MilitaryNATO Nato fieldNET NetworkORG Non-Profit OrganizationCountry Codes: Example: my_domain.CA = Canadian domain name AD AndorraAE United Arab EmiratesAF AfghanistanAG Antigua and BarbudaAI AnguillaAL AlbaniaAM ArmeniaAN Netherland AntillesAO AngolaAQ AntarcticaAR ArgentinaAS American SamoaAT AustriaAU AustraliaAW ArubaAZ AzerbaidjanBA Bosnia-HerzegovinaBB BarbadosBD BangladeshBE BelgiumBF Burkina FasoBG BulgariaBH BahrainBI BurundiBJ BeninBM BermudaBN Brunei DarussalamBO BoliviaBR BrazilBS B... More About: Extensions , Domain Name
Commonly used Internet file types:
2008-01-16 13:12:00 Find below the list of commonly used file types in the Internet with the file extensions and from to get them..ARJARJ compressed fileARJ file archiver, ARJ Software, Inc. .ASF, .ASXActive Streaming Format multimedia file Microsoft Internet Information Server.ASPActive Server Page script file Microsoft Internet Information Server .AUAUdio sound file .AVIWindows video clip multimedia file Microsoft Windows .BMPOS/2 or Windows BitMAP image file Microsoft Windows .CABWindows CABinet compressed file Microsoft Windows .CDFChannel Definition File Channel Definition Format .CDRCorelDRaw drawing file Corel Corporation homepage .CFMCold Fusion script file Allaire Corp. -- Cold Fusion .CGICommon Gateway Interface script/program file The Common Gateway Interface .CLASSJava compiled byte-code applet/program file Java home page .CMXCorel clipart image file Corel CMX Viewer .CSSCascading Style Sheet markup file W3C -- Web Style Sheets .CSVComma Separated Value text file .DHTMLDynamic ... More About: Types
Socail Bookmarking:
2008-01-16 13:07:00 Social bookmarking is a powerful way in promoting a website/blog.Its a dream of every webmaster to get his page/website focussed and get some traffic.Social Bookmarking with help of some free sites does it:):)The advantage of bookamarking are..1.Repeated viewers.2.Increased traffic.3.Enhanced pageranking.and what else you need as a webmaster or blogger..Got to sites which provide free bookmarking code likehttp://www.socialmarker.comhttp://www .jsbookmark.comselect the sites where you wish your readers probably bookmark your page, get the code and past in ur page...you are done...When readers find your contents interesting and worth sharing they probably Bookmark them...Seven things you should know about Social Bookmarking
Facebook-A wealth of Data:
2008-01-10 18:09:00 Here are some interesting findings about Facebook :"Researchers learned that while people perceive someone who has a high number of friends as popular, attractive and self-confident, people who accumulate "too many" friends (about 800 or more) are seen as insecure." This is fascinating. People put real social weight on the number of Facebook friends you have, almost as if Facebook friends are a actual signifier of something. So even though we know that in many cases these aren't "real" friends, we still perceive those people with more as somehow more popular, attractive, etc. This, to me, is just another signifier at how important social network sites have become. We are using them to gauge social capital.'students who reported low satisfaction with life and low self-esteem, and who used Facebook intensively, accumulated a form of social capital linked to what sociologists call "weak ties." A weak tie is a fellow classmate or someone you meet at a party, not a friend or family memb... More About: Wealth , Data
Five Principles to Design By:
2008-01-10 18:05:00 Technology Serves Humans.Too often people blame themselves for the shortcomings of technology. When their computer crashes, they say "I must have done something dumb". If a web site is poorly designed, they say "I must be stupid. I can't find it". They might even turn to a book for Dummies to get it right.This is horrible! People should never feel like a failure when using technology. Like the customer, the user is always right. If software crashes, it is the software designer's fault. If someone can't find something on a web site, it is the web designer's fault. This doesn't mean that the designer has to hang their head in shame?they should see this as a learning opportunity! The big difference between good and bad designers is how they handle people struggling with their design.Remember that Technology serves human. Humans do not serve technology.Design is not Art.Art is about personal expression. It is about the life, the emotions, the thoughts and ideas of the artist. It ma... More About: Principles
10 Tips for creating a job-winning IT consultant resume:
2008-01-10 18:01:00 1: Be truthful &nb sp; &n bsp; & nbsp; By now, everyone's heard how George O'Leary lost arguably the most coveted football coaching job in America (at Notre Dame) and how RadioShack (Tandy Corporation) CEO David Edmondson lost his lucrative post: They falsified their resumes. Padding resumes is a long-practiced art. According to a Society For Human Resource Management article, 30 percent of all job applicants misrepresent themselves on their resumes. Worse, the same article revealed that an ADP Payroll study from 2.6 million background checks found 44 percent of applicants flat out lied about their work experience, 41 percent listed false education histories, and 23 percent faked credentials or licenses. Let those folks work themselves out of the gene pool. Stick to listing only true statements on your resume. There's no better way to ... More About: Consultant , Tips , Creating , Resume , Winning
Rearranging your Programs in the Start Menu:
2008-01-10 14:24:00 You can rearrange all your Windows Programs in Start menu sorting by alphabetical order, cut, copy and make shortcut also. For this.. Click on Start button and go to All Programs option then move to your cursor right side, here just right click on the actual program where you will get an Option menu to choose Sort By Name. Select this option to sort all your programs in ascending order. You can also move the location of most frequently accessed programs using drag and drop as given below. Go to Start button, select All Programs and then click and hold any program to drag and drop it any where in this menu or anyplace which is convenient for you. More About: Start Menu , Menu
Top Google and Yahoo searches for 2007:
2008-01-07 16:46:00 Google fastest rising U.S. search terms for 2007: 1. iPhone: iPhone, the Apple mobile phone with music and video player and web browsing features tops the Google top searches 2007 list. 2. Webkinz: Webkinz is a stuffed animal that customers can register and play with online.3. TMZ: A telepictures production and America Online joint venture that provides an inside look at the latest celebrity scandals.4. Transformer toys: Transformers are highly flexible toys that shift shape, and became wildly popular from the 2007 hit movie transformers5. YouTube: online video-sharing site6. Club Penguin: Networking site for children7. MySpace: Social networking site8. Heroes: Heroes is an American science fiction serial drama television series created by Tim Kring on NBC. 9. Facebook: Social/business networking site10. Anna Nicole Smith: Anna Nicole Smith was an American sex symbol, model, actress, celebrity, and spokeswoman.Yahoo Top 10 Searches for 2007:1. Britney Spears: An American pop music s... More About: Google , Yahoo!
Top 10 SEO Myths:
2008-01-05 11:46:00 1)Myth: Most sites are optimized while they are being built. Explanation: A small percentage of designers and developers actually optimize pages for the search engines while they are building. Most search engine optimization is done after the fact, if at all. As much as 60% of all sites are not properly optimized to rank high in the search engines, so anything you do to optimize your site puts it ahead of your competitors who don't. 2)Myth: Simply putting keywords in the keyword meta tag will get the page listed under that keyword. Explanation: Most major search engines do not even spider the keyword meta tag and those that do, if the keyword is not also in the copy of the same page, it's considered spam which could lower your rankings, not raise it. 3)Myth: Automated queries to a search engine can get your site penalized or banned. Explanation: Search engines cannot tell a program generated query from a manual query. If they could, search engine optim... More About: Myths
Mail formats- Plain text, Rich text and HTML
2007-12-27 15:30:00 Plain Text ? Rich Text ? HTML?Why is it that in some messages that you reply to, you can change the font and make standard formatting changes just like a word processor but others you can not? The format of the message determines the flexibility you have when replying to or creating a new email message. There are three standard formats for an email message. They are described below. Plain Text - A plain text message is an email message that does not include colors, fonts or formatting. It is the most basic type of email that is easily readable by all e-mail clients today. It does not support pictures displayed directly in the message body (although you can include them as attachments). Rich Text - Outlook Rich Text Format (RTF) is a Microsoft format that only some e-mail programs understand, mainly the Microsoft Office Outlook clients. You can use RTF when sending messages within a company that uses Microsoft Exchange Server ( i.e. OSU). RTF supports text formatting, including ... More About: Mail , Plain , Html
Some Usefull RSS:
2007-12-21 17:11:00 Add these RSS feeds to your Web pages and keep them updated.101 Cookbooks http://www.101cookbooks.com/index.rdf About Today http://z.about.com/6/nl/rss/todaysl.xml BusinessWeek Online http://www.businessweek.com/rss/bwdaily.r ss CNN.com Recently Published/Updated - http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_latest.rss Cricinfo cricket news http://www.cricinfo.com/rss/index.rdf CyberMedia India Online Limited - IT News http://www.ciol.com/RSS/CIOL-ITNews.xml Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://dictionary.reference.com/wordofthe day/wotd.rss Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel http://dsc.discovery.com/news/topstories. xml Engadget http://www.engadget.com/rss.xml ESPN.com http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/rss/news Expressindia http://www.expressindia.com/syndications/ ei.xml Fodor's Travel Wire http://www.fodors.com/blog/index.rdf Fool.com: The Motley Fool http://www.fool.com/About/headlines/rss_h eadlines.asp Forbes.com: Most popular stories http://www.forbes.com/feeds/popstories.xm l Funny Quot... More About: Some
All about RSS:
2007-12-21 16:32:00 RSS: Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication is a text-based format, a type of XML. You should know that only because often RSS files are often labeled as XML. RSS version 1.0 is also RDF (whatever), which, again, is important only because an RSS file may be labeled as RDF. RSS files (which are also called RSS feeds or channels) simply contain a list of items. Usually, each item contains a title, summary, and a link to a URL (e.g. a web page). Other information, such as the date, creator’s name, etc., may also be available. The most common use for RSS files is for news and other reverse-chronologically ordered websites like blogs. For example, this particular page on Fagan Finder has a changes log, which is also available in RSS format. An item’s description may contain all of a news article, blog post, etc., or just an extract or summary. The item’s link will usually point to the full content (although it may also point to what the content itself links to).More on RSS ...
How to Download Videos from You Tube to your hard disc?
2007-12-18 14:23:00 1. Get the URL of the required Video to be downloaded from You Tube 2. Paste in the textbox in http://www.techcrunch.com/get-youtube-mov ie/ and click Get Video button. 3. The requested You Tube Video is downloaded now J More About: Videos , Download , Hard
How to hide all your Desktop icons?
2007-12-17 14:47:00 You can hide the Desktop Icons in Windows 2000 and Windows XP using windows registry editor. This tip is very useful, if you want to safe your personal data and icons of the windows desktop on a single computer. Follow the given steps to to hide all your Desktop Icons: · &nbs p; Click Start button then type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next. · &nbs p; Here locate the location to: · &nbs p; HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows CurrentVersion · &nbs p; PoliciesExplorer · &nbs p; Here in right side panel, right click to create a new DWORD value with name NoDesktop and type REG_DWORD then change its value data 1. ; Now close the registry editor and restart you... More About: Hide
Some Technical Jargons explained:
2007-12-11 14:37:00 Bandwidth: This is a measure of the amount of information or data that can be sent over a network connection in a given period of time. Bandwidth is usually measure in bits per second Bits: A bit is the smallest unit of information on a computer and is used to describe transmission speeds. 8 Bits make up one Byte Bytes: 8 bits. A byte is generally used to describe storage space. 1 Byte can store one character i.e the word "byte" would take up 4 bytes of storage Commercial Internet: The part of the internet provided by commercial services Data: Information, particularly used to refer to information stored on a computer E Research: Electronic research, which makes use of computers and electronic communications. E Science: Science which has intensive use of computers. Also refers to science carried out in highly distributed network environments or science that uses extremely large data sets that require grid computing En... More About: Technical , Some , Technic
All about cleaning your Registry:
2007-12-05 14:29:00 A long time ago, in a land forgotten by time (before Microsoft Windows 95), Windows computers and their programs had .ini (configuration) files that stored information. These files determined how a program ran, its environment, and a host of other things. Then the Windows Regis try came onto the scene, with each key in the registry being similar to a bracketed heading in the old .ini file and values similar to entries under the .ini headings. However, registry keys can have nested subkeys with string or binary data that .ini files don't support. Does the registry periodically need cleaning? Let's take a look. Hives and keys? A registry hive is a group of keys, subkeys, and values in the registry that has a set of supporting files that contain backups of its data. The registry has gone through very little changes, so if you're interested in learning more about it, check out " What's all the buzz about registry hives?" If you're not too familiar with the registry and how it work... More About: Cleaning
How to install a Local Printer:
2007-11-29 13:49:00 Follow the given simple steps.. 1. Open the Printer s folder (Start->Settings->Printers) 2. Double-click the "Add Printer" icon 3. When told to begin installing the printer, click Next, Do So 4. You are asked if you wish to install a Loca l or a Network Printer. For this FAQ, choose, Local Printer 5. Next, you need to enter the manufacturer and model number. If you cannot find it, or you have a disk that came with your printer, choose the "Have Disk" option and browse till you find it. 6. You will now be asked to select a port. Standard is LPT1, but COM2 can also be used. There are other options, but these are very rarely used. 7. You are asked to give the printer a name and whether it will be your default printer. 8. Then, you are asked whether to print a test page. It is suggested that you do. 9. ...
How to Shut Down your PC with a Desktop Icon?
2007-11-29 13:48:00 Note: This procedure does not work with Windows NT or 95. Step 1. Right-click on your desktop for context window and select New; then click on Shortcut. Step 2. Type the following line in the Command line space: To Shut Down: C:WINDOWSRUNDLL32.EXE shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 1 To Log Off: C:WINDOWSRUNDLL32.EXE shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 0 To Restart: C:WINDOWSRUNDLL32.EXE shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 2 Note: two spaces in the command lines: The first between EXE and shell32, and the second between Ex and the numeral. Step 3. Click on Next and type Shutdown, in place of Rundll. Step 4. Click on Finish and an Icon will appear on the desktop labeled Shutdown. Step 5. Double click on this Icon to shutdown your computer. More About: Desktop
How to Change the Paper Size for the Priter:
2007-11-25 14:29:00 You can change the paper size for a print job. This will allow you to print on paper of different sizes, including envelopes and index cards. These instructions should work for most Windows applications. 1. Open the File menu in the document and click Print.2.Click on the Properties tab and select Settings.3.Click on the Paper Size and select a size as a list of paper sizes will appear. 4.If none of the selections are suitable, select Custom. A box will appear inviting you to set your own measurements. Enter the width and length that you want and Click OK.Its done now...Note:You should purchase paper products with matching software applications that are specifically designed to simplify the layout and printing of items such as business cards, brochures, postcards, labels for envelopes, CD-ROMs and floppy disks etc.. More About: Change , The Paper
Speed Test ? All about Broadband Speed:
2007-11-22 13:28:00 How speed is your Broad band Internet connection?. There are lot of things that factor into the speed test results. Download and Upload speeds, Networks, Ping times, DNS servers etc... DownloadDownload is a measure of how fast your connection delivers content to your computer or local area network. UploadUpload is the measure of how fast content is delivered from your computer or local area network to others on the Internet. To achieve optimal delivery of T1 or SDSL services, download and upload speed should match or at least be very close. This is very important for applications like VoIP, email, on-line gaming and other interactive programs. Upload speed is even more important if you are operating an email, web or file server at your location. KbpsKbps transfer rate = kilobit per second transfer rate. There are 8 bits in a byte, so we would divide kbps by 8 to get KB/sec transfer rate. Take one of the easiest and quickest tests Downloads ... More About: Speed , Test
Total Video Converter:
2007-11-21 14:33:00 Download "Total Video Converter " from http://www.kangun.com/vidgrab/TVC.zip Total Video Converter is a total solution for video conversion which supports reading, playing all kinds of video and audio formats and converting them to popular video formats. Total Video Converter includes a powerful media conversion engine internally so that you can convert media files with very fast speed. l Convert all kinds of videos to mobile videos or audios (mp4, 3gp, xvid, divx mpeg4 avi, amr audio) which are used by cellphone, PDA, PSP; 2 High compatibility and high efficiency for Importing RMVB or RM video/audio; 3 Convert various videos to MPEG videos compatible with standard DVD/SVCD/VCD; 4 Rip DVD to popular videos of all sorts; 5 Extract audio from various of videos and convert which to all kinds of audios (mp3, ac3, ogg, wav, aac); 6 RIP CD to audios of all sorts directly. 7 Support using with command line(pro version) 8 Combine several video and audio files ... More About: Vert
File conversions made easy:
2007-11-21 14:17:00 To convert to PDF File s: 1. Open https://www.pdfonline.com/convert_pdf.asp 2. Browse and select your source Document(Max 2MB) 3. give the Output PDF file a name4. Give your email address where the PDF file will be mailed. For free file conversions visit www.zamzar.com More About: Made , Easy
How to Remove Programs Entries From RegEdit?
2007-11-17 14:00:00 Generally we use Add/Remove programs option in Control Panel to remove any unwanted program from our computer. Normally this may be due to poorly designed uninstaller with this program. That is why some programs may not be removed properly and a reference to this program remains in the computer registry. This reference in registry may be creating problems to run your computer smoothly. Here you need to delete this reference to edit your computer registry using RegEdit editor.· First go to Start button and open Run dialog box. Type here RegEdit and press Enter.· Now in editor Navigate to the given path· HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindow sCurrentVersionUninstall.· Here locate the entry created by your program with its name and select that entry from the list on the left panel and delete its key.· Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer, the program will be removed from your computer permanently. More About: Programs , Gedit , Trie
Some common Internet Explorer shortcuts:
2007-11-17 13:52:00 Here are some common internet explorer shortcut keys.· F5 to refreshes the webpage.· Backspace button back to the previous page.· Alt+Home button same time to go home page of the website.· Any time Ctrl+N to open the new browser windows.· F11 key to view any webpage in full-screen view and press again for normal view.· Ctrl+P keys to send the print command for current whole page.· Ctrl+H keys to view your browsing history.· Ctrl+W to close the current Browser· ESC to stop the browsing on current page.· Ctrl+Enter Windows will automatically add both "www" and ".com". For example, if we type uvupload Ctrl+Enter you will enter into www.uvupload.com More About: Internet , Internet Explorer , Explorer , Common , Shortcuts
How to Practise Safety by tracing the IP address of the Sender in Yahoo!:
2007-11-14 15:30:00 Practise safety by tracing your email senders and thereby validating the email contents.. The email comes with headers that carry important information that can tell where the email was sent from and who sent it. For that, you would need to find the IP address of the sender. The steps below can help you find the IP address of the sender. Note that this will not work if the sender uses anonymous proxy servers. Finding IP address in Yahoo ! Mail: * Log into your Yahoo! mail with your username and password. * Click on Inbox or whichever folder you have stored your mail. * Open the mail. * If you do not see the headers above the mail message, your headers are not displayed. To display the headers: * Click on Options on the top-right corner * In the Mail Options page, click on General Preferences * Scroll down to Messages where you have the Headers option * Make sure that Show all headers on incoming messages is s... More About: Safety , Address , Sender
Removing the small Blue mark near the images in Netscape:
2007-11-13 15:25:00 If you have ever been frustrated with the small blue mark beside images in Netscape , here is the solution. And if you dont know what I am talking about, let me show it to you. Look at the Image below... (Internet Explorer users will not be able to see the mark). Netscape users will see a small blue mark near the bottom-right corner of the image. Yep? The blue mark appears because the image tag and its surrounding anchor tags have been placed on separate lines! If you place them on one line, the mark will not be displayed. Faulty Code <A HREF="somepage.html"> <IMG SRC="image.gif" ...> </A> Corrected Code <A HREF="somepage.html"><IMG SRC="image.gif" ...></A> Netscape like other browsers has its quirks, but a good thing about it is that it does not accept sloppy HTML code. So it is always wise to test your code both in Internet Explorer and Netscape.wise to test your code both in Internet Explorer and ... More About: Images , Blue , Small , Mark
How to Create Charts in Excel:
2007-11-09 16:00:00 In excel, you can create chart very easily using the Char t Wizard. The chart created can be inserted into the same worksheet or into different worksheet of same workbook. To create a new chart, follow these steps.1.Select the data for which you want to create chart. For example to create chart of student marks, the worksheet with data is given below. Name Maths Englishjoseph 20 55 jack 22 60 jim 21 45 2.Click the Chart Wizard button on the Standard Toolbar. 3.Select chart type, chart sub-type from dialog box and then click ?Next? button, a dialog box is displayed with a sample of chart you have selected. 4.Check the Data range and correct it if required and also specify whether you want to plot chart of data series in rows or columns. 5.Click ?Next? button of dialog box ,Chart options dialog box appears. Specify chart title, X-axis title Y-axis title, legends, Data-labels etc. Click? Next? button. Specify char... More About: Charts , Excel , Create
Password Protection to Files and Documents:
2007-11-06 15:35:00 You can protect your files or documents by applying password so that unauthorized person can not display as well as modify your document. You can apply two types of passwords: Password to open the document: If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to open the document, otherwise you cannot open the document. Password to modify the document: If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to modify the document, otherwise your document is opened but you cannot modify the document. It means that your document becomes read-only. To apply a password to document, follow these steps. * Open Save As dialog box by selecting "Save As" command from File menu. * Click "Tools" button of Save As dialog box and choose "General Options" from drop down menu, "Save" dialog box appears as shown in figure below. * Enter first password in "Password to open" text box and second password in "... More About: Files , Documents
Forbidden file and folder names in windows 2000 and XP:
More articles from this author:2007-11-03 06:04:00 The following are reserved names, which cannot be assigned to a folder or file (normally):Just try to name your files or folders in the below names...· CON · PRN· AUX· NUL· COM1· COM2· COM3· COM4· COM5· COM6· COM7· COM8· COM9· LPT1· LPT2· LPT3· LPT4· LPT5· LPT6· LPT7· LPT8· LPT9 More About: Windows , File , Windows 2000 , Names , Fold 1, 2, 3 |
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