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Free Gmail Stickers Anyone??

For all the sticker lovers, here's one more that you can add to your collection. Google has designed a few Gmail stickers for distribution including the m-velope stickers, Gmail shortcut stickers apart from a few others. To get a few Gmail stickers, just send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Send me some Gmail stickers already P.O. Box 391420 Mountain View, CA 94039-1420 Make sure you include enough postage to return a sticker pack via U.S. mail. It weighs less than one ounce, so...

What is Invisible Web or Deep Web?

The 'visible web' is what one can find using general search engines such as Google, Ask, Yahoo etc. The 'invisible web' is what internet users cannot retrieve using search engines. The invisible web is also called as deep web, deepnet, or the hidden web. Way back in the year 2000, it was estimated that the invisible web or the deep web contained approximately 7,500 terabytes of data and 550 billion individual documents. Estimates based on extrapolations from a study done at University of...

Sunday Weekend Summary – 1st Dec 2008 to 6th Dec 2008

In case you have missed any of our Daily Tips this week, here’s the list. December 1, 2008: Ding It’s Up - Get Twitter Updates Regarding Your Website’s Downtime Display Control Panel As Menu In Windows XP Protect Your Blog From Being Copied With WP-CopyProtect WordPress Plugin December 2, 2008: Save Time With Windows Logo Shortcuts Play Flash Games In Full Screen With Flash Game Maximizer Download Wikipedia For Schools DVD And Read Offline December 3, 2008: Block...

Open New Tabs Next To Active Tab In Firefox With Tab Control

Mozilla's widely popular open source browser, Firefox is the favorite of many because of the various customization options apart from a variety of  free addons that are available for the general public. One issue with Firefox is that when the user opens a new tab, it opens next to the last tab on the extreme right. Would it not be nice if the new tab opened next to the currently active tab? Here's a plugin which is relatively unknown but does just that. Tab Control Addon for Firefox is a...

Sheet Convert: Convert XLSx Files to XLS Online for Free

As you might already know, the default file extension for Excel files in Microsoft Office 2007 is .XLSx and this file format is not compatible with older versions of Microsoft Office and with other Spreadsheet applications such as Open Office and online Office applications such as Google Docs. Now here is a way out. Sheet Convert is free online tool which converts MS Office 2007 compatible .XLSx & .DOCx files to cross-compatible .XLS and .DOC files. Saves us from a lot of trouble,...

Download Wikipedia For Schools DVD And Read Offline

Most of us refer to Wikipedia articles to get to know about various topics as they are not only free but easily accessible too. Many a time many students find themselves without Internet access and would like to access Wikipedia to complete their projects or assignments. Without Internet access, they miss out on such a huge wealth of knowledge that is freely available! To save us from this trouble, The Wikimedia Foundation has released an offline Wikipedia for Schools which consists of...

Play Flash Games In Full Screen With Flash Game Maximizer

Flash Game Maximizer is a new Firefox addon which is a must-have for any online Flash game lover. The Flash Game Maximizer Firefox plugin is very effective at what it does - it lets you toggle between standard and full screen modes on any game whether or not it has been coded with such an option. I play a lot of flash games online and the Flash Game Maximizer Firefox addon is a boon for online flash gamers like me who prefer the flash games being displayed as a full screen on your...

Save Time With Windows Logo Shortcuts

Here are some shortcut keys using the Windows Logo Key that saves a lot of time for Windows users. Windows Logo Key: Pulls up the START menu. Windows Logo Key +R: Manually type the name of a program to run in the 'Run dialog box'. Windows Logo Key +M: Minimize all applications SHIFT+Windows Logo Key +M: Undo minimize all applications Windows Logo Key +L: Locks your computer desktop Windows Logo Key +F1: Windows Help. Windows Logo Key +E: Starts Windows Explorer Windows Logo...

Protect Your Blog From Being Copied With WP-CopyProtect WordPress Plugin

Copying of content is one of the biggest problems that quality bloggers face. We put in a lot of effort to provide our readers with the best content and those who copy neither ask for permission nor provide the necessary attribution. Chetan Gole has developed a WordPress plugin called WP-CopyProtect which safeguards bloggers from this problem to a large extent. The WP-CopyProtect WordPress plugin does two things - it disables right click function on your blog and disables selection of text,...

Display Control Panel As Menu In Windows XP

Here is a simple Windows tip that helps in saving a lot of time. Transform Control Panel as a Menu in Windows XP on your PC and save time and system resources. Just follow the steps below to modify it on your computer. Right click on Taskbar and select Properties Click on Start Menu tab on the menu bar, ensure that the Start Menu radio button is checked and then click on Customize. Click on Advanced tab on the menu bar and under Control Panel, check on Display As A Menu and click...