Bypass firewalls

This is a complete resource of literally EVERYTHING you need to know when it comes to getting around pesky work firewalls. If your technically inclined you should have little trouble understand most of the material on this site. Enjoy.

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How to find E-mail addresses

How to find E-mail addresses

OpenDNS

OpenDNS makes the Internet experience safer, faster and smarter for you and everyone.

OpenDNS can identify and stop sites trying to phish (steal) your personal information or money.

OpenDNS is faster

OpenDNS service is free.

Customize The Places Bar

From lockergnome:

You can modify the contents of the Places Bar by making a change to the Windows Registry as described below:

1. Click Start and click Run
2. Type regedit.exe and click OK.
3. Navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies.
4. With the key selected, click the Edit menu, point to New, and click Key.
5. Type in ComDlg32.
6. Select the key you just created. Repeat set four to create a second key.
7. Type in Placesbar.
8. Close the Registry Editor.

You can verify that the procedure above was successful by opening Notepad. Click Open from the File menu. The Places Bar should be empty. In the next installment of this article you will learn how to add your own folders to the Places Bar.

All in one box

DVD, DVD-RW, Wireless Internet, GPS Navigation, Internet Radio, MusicJBox, Hands-free phone, Car Supervision, 24-hour GPS surveillance, Video chat, Email, AIM, Speaker Amplifier, Free telephone service, Parental Control, Video downloads, Live News, Hot-spots Locater, Movie Theater Tickets and Previews, GPS Car Security.

Mimo

Panorama pic utility

There is nothing like a view into the horizon from a high vantage point or the proud majesty of a tall tree in a field, or the froth of clouds blowing in a gentle spring wind. While I may have taken a slight poetic turn here, there is one thing all the mentioned above have in common, and that is that they are hard to capture in one single photograph. To capture the essence of a landscape, you would have to take several photographs, but even then, viewing them in succession would not give the same effect. To capture such a landscape you would have to stitch the images together to form a panorama, something that can prove to be quite a task depending on how you go about it.

Fortunately, there are dedicated programs out there, such as Calico.

Free Hosted Public Forums

Nabble forums are truly public, democratic and absolutely free.

Domain management tools

* Faganfinder URLInfo <http://www.faganfinder.com/urlinfo/> is a
toolkit with translation, who is lookups, links to Alexa,
search-engine utilities, blogs and more. A real 'Swiss army
knife' of a site -- and my favourite tipple.

* Netcraft <http://www.netcraft.com/> provides a number of tools for
looking at web hosts. My most-used tool is the "SearchDNS" tool that
allows you to find web sites containing selected keywords or
characters.

* Domain Tools <http://www.domaintools.com/> is another site-analysis
toolbox. On this one I like the ReverseIP look-up facility,
although other options in the toolbox are also useful.

* All-Net Tools <http://www.all-nettools.com/toolbox> gives a range of
options for looking at sites, as the previous three sites do. This
also gives access to anonymous search tools, phone number look-ups,
currency and language conversions, and more.

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Hidden Google Video Categories

Hidden categories have been found by modifying the query string that Google Video doesn't list anywhere on its site. Publishers are given 38 categories to select from to add their movie. Now you can search through those 38 categories. Also found was the "movers and shakers" by country. More…

Encouraging a switch

John Wiseman encourages everyone to at least jump over to ubuntu.com and grab the 6.06 Live CD. The Live CD lets you boot Ubuntu directly off the cd without installing it to your system. If anyone needs help just contact me and I can walk you through the steps for installing XGL or setting up devices.

Also, if you’re new to linux and need a list of programs then try this list.

Good Luck!

Indexed Before You Launch

Most SEO articles focus on what to do after you launch your site. What tends to be neglected is the advantage that you can gain by getting your site indexed before you launch. With a little planning and a few hours of work it’s easy to be indexed by Google, Yahoo, and MSN before your site goes live.

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Non-Geeks install Apache

A great tutorial on installing an Apache (and all the trimmings) webserver on your own computer, and what benefits it brings. It’s designed for people who wouldn’t normally consider doing it, and wouldn’t know where to start - It’s great for Digg’s new non-geek audience!

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Everyone should read this

Dump Windows Update, use alternatives
Only a few weeks after Microsoft started quietly auto-installing Windows Genuine Advantage to Windows machines, the software giant has back-pedaled. We explain how you can skip Redmond's and use more reliable patch-management products.

How to turn on the Bluetooth discovery option

If you can't get your Bluetooth device, such as a BT headphone, to connect to your XP computer after applying service pack 2, it may be because the discovery option is turned off. This is also an issue with XP Tablet PC edition 2005. This option is turned off by default for security reasons. You have to turn on the discovery option to connect the device. Here's how:

1. Right click the Bluetooth icon in the notification area of the system tray.
2. Click Open Bluetooth Settings.
3. Click the Options tab.
4. Click to check the checkbox labeled "Turn discovery on."
5. Click Apply.
6. If you want other Bluetooth devices to be able to connect
to your computer, select "Allow Bluetooth devices to connect to this computer."

Note: If there is no Bluetooth icon in the notification area, click Start | Run and in the Run box type: bthprops.cpl, then click OK. You can turn discovery back off again after the device has created a connection to your computer, to prevent other devices from connecting without your knowledge. via WXPNews

USB TV

TerraTec Electronics
--a USB TV Tuner
that allows you to watch TV on your Laptop or PC
without a TV tuner card.

No computer required

Copy CD to iPod
iLoad™ — The CD-to-iPod Music Transfer System

$249.95 (iPod not included)