Category Archives: Internet

A look at dead-links – Broken Link Checker

Dead-links.com is tool that can check your website for invalid links and list these links. Dead-links reports both internal and external links. Read More »

Search US Election video content with Google gadget

us-election-video-search-google-gadget-148x150 Search US Election video content with Google gadget imageGoogle extended search capabilities to video with speech to text. Now we can search not only title or description of videos, but spoken content also. This is limited to only few 2008 US election videos in Youtube at this time and will be extended. Using Speech to text capabilities, audio part of the video is converted into text and indexed. Read More »

Phishing attack – Using Fake email for identity theft

Phishing is a criminal fraud in which Phisher attempts to steal personal information such as user name, password, bank account number, pin, credit card number etc by pretending to be a trustworthy website. It typically involves sending an email or IM link that appears to be from a trustworthy source such as Bank, Credit Card Company, Paypal, ebay etc and then redirects user to a fake website where user enters personal information. 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Yahoo - Best Free real-time stock quote provider

ge-quote-yahoo-google-jun-16-2008-300x97 Yahoo - Best Free real-time stock quote provider image There is one area where Yahoo is simply outstanding and way ahead of competition, Yahoo Finance Portal. 2 weeks have passed since Google launched Free real time quotes. But NYSE stocks still shows delayed quotes in Google while Yahoo provides real time quotes (example GE). Read More »

Know your future employer and salary using Glassdoor

glassdoor-300x136 Know your future employer and salary using Glassdoor imageStruggling to choose among multiple job offers from companies? Want to read reviews and feedback about your future and current employer? Looking to find out what your peers are getting paid in your company? Want to know how your top management is rated compared to others? Check out Glasdoor.com. Read More »