Author Archives: Gatt

Computer worm vs Computer Virus

Computer worm is a program that replicates itself on the network and can be a real system hog. Worm can penetrate the network by using security vulnerability in the operating system or by opening a malicious attachment or link in an email message or chat session. Read More »

Lively add Virtual world 3D experience to Online Interactions

Google launched Browser based 3D virtual world product for online chat and interactions – Lively. Anybody can access Lively using Google account. The product currently works on Windows XP/Vista and Internet Explorer/Firefox browser. More platforms will be added later. Read More »

Antivirus protection methods – Pros and Cons

Anti-virus software is a computer program that works to keep computer free from virus and other malicious programs. There are multiple approaches, antivirus software use to identify viruses.

Dictionary method –In this method Anti virus program continue to match programs with the pre-identified virus definitions and then take appropriate option (quarantine or delete the infected file). New viruses are included in the dictionary as identified. Success of this method is based on how quickly new threats are identified and included in the dictionary. Read More »

Foxmarks – Best Bookmark Syncing Firefox Plug-in

foxmarks-300x141 Foxmarks – Best Bookmark Syncing Firefox Plug-in imageIf you work on multiple computers, you need a Plug-in that can synchronize bookmarks. Foxmarks is an excellent plug-in for syncing bookmarks. There are other plug-ins for synchronizing Bookmarks, history, passwords, cookies etc. But when it comes to synchronizing bookmarks (and only bookmarks), Foxmarks is outstanding. Read More »

Firefox 3 Support for UPEK Fingerprint reader - Password Bank

If you recently installed Firefox 3 and were using UPEK Biometric fingerprint reader (Protector Suite QL/Fingerprint Reader Suite software), Passwordbank support may not have been installed in Firefox3 and Fingerprint reader will probably not work in Firefox. Read More »

Use webmail app to launch mailto links in firefox

yahoo-mail-firefox3-mailto-links1-300x60 Use webmail app to launch mailto links in firefox  imageWith Firefox 3, you can use your favorite web mail application (such as Yahoo mail) to launch mailto links. Earlier only desktop programs such as MS Office Outlook could be used with mailto links. Prior to Firefox3, To use web-based mail application either toolbar (such as Google toolbar for gmail) or complicated scripts were required. Read More »

Norton Toolbar for Firefox 3 fix released

norton-toolbar-firefox-3 Norton Toolbar for Firefox 3 fix released imageNorton released the toolbar for Firefox3. So the wait for all the Norton tools including Norton Internet Security, Identity Safe, Phishing protection etc is finally over. Run the live update and Norton toolbar should be available for firefox. Simply select Show Norton Toolbar.

If you are still facing issue, here is what you can do Read More »

5 Basic SEO tips from Matt Cutts (Google) in Video

In this video Matt Cutts offer 5 quick SEO tips to rank high in Google. These are mostly commonsense tips. But will help understand basics of Search Engine Optimization. Read More »

Entertaining Bill Gates Farewell Video

June 27, 2008 marks the day when Bill Gates retired from Microsoft to work full time with Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Here is an incredibly funny farewell video. Read More »

Analyze traffic with Google Trends for Website

google-trends-for-websites-300x160 Analyze traffic with Google Trends for Website imageGoogle Trends for website unleashes Google database of web traffic for everybody. You can see and compare traffic details for different websites. Data is then broken down by Countries. Read More »

Free Real-time NYSE quotes for Google Finance - Keeps up with Yahoo

Google added Free NYSE real time stock quotes to Finance Portal. Earlier Free real time NASDAQ quotes were launched. Read More »

Firefox/Internet Explorer - Quick Zoom in and Zoom out

zooming-web Firefox/Internet Explorer - Quick Zoom in and Zoom out imageBeing able to quickly zoom in or zoom out a webpage can save time and enhance browsing experience.

Here are the shortcuts to zoom in/zoom out in firefox and IE. Read More »

No Norton Toolbar for Firefox 3 yet

If you were using Norton toolbar and other features like Norton Identity Safe in firefox and recently upgraded to Firefox 3, you need to wait for Norton to release the update before you can start using Norton toolbar and features. Read More »

Wordpress All in one SEO Plug-in found new author

all-in-one-seo-is-back-300x112 Wordpress All in one SEO Plug-in found new author imageAfter few days of desertion, Popular All in One SEO plug-in found a new author and maintainer. This plug-in was recently abandoned by its author but is back with new author. Read More »

Top reasons for switching to Firefox 3

Firefox 3 is released and provides better performance, security and usability.

Here are key advantages of Firefox 3. Read More »