The site, is primarily targeted at the Windows 7 & Windows Vista user and will address and cover issues in relation to Microsoft and Windows OS. All the information & tips offered in this website is provided on 'as-is' basis, without any warranties.
Windows 7 News & Tips is dedicated to bringing you all the latest news, rumours, screenshots and videos of Microsoft's next OS release launching 22nd October 2009, all in one place. Since its creation in Feb 2007, the site traffic has grown from nothing to over 750,000 monthly unique visitors and growing, as well as another 6,000+ users who read posts using RSS and over 4,000 forum users, and is expected to grow even further as more users upgrade to Windows 7.
FreeOS.com is the leading resource center for Free Operating Systems. Our aim is to promote the use of Free Operating Systems. We are committed to do the cause of the open source and free software movement. Therefore it will be our undying effort to propagate the use of these.
FreeOS.com was founded in 1998 and the Web site has been providing a one-stop solution for Free Operating Systems ever since. One can find information, articles, documentation, downloads, news, links - essentially anything related to all Free Operating Systems.
WindowsReference, as the name implies primarily focusses on all windows operating system platforms be it Windows Server 2008, 2003 & 2000 operating systems for the Server platforms or Windows Vista, Windows XP or Windows 2000 workstation, Home editions. Windows Reference also concentrates on the addon applications like Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, Media Player and third party free utilities and applications that run on Windows to protect or improve performance or to improve user experience. Everyone is welcome to contribute at Windows Reference so the masses across the world have access to the knowledge they require when needed. Best Regards, Administrator
In a nutshell, bookmarklets are small little applications you can place as browser's bookmark bar and they each perform a specific function, depending on what they are coded for. Bookmarklets are usually written in Javascript and they are extremely easy to install/remove. Bookmarklets work in most common used browsers like Firefox, Opera and Safari but probably lesser support in Internet Explorer.
In this article, we'll show you some of the most useful bookmarklets for designers, developers or even if you are a net surfer, they might just come in handy. Installing a bookmarklet is simple - all you need to do is drag them to your bookmark toolbar, that's all.
They are efficient! We figured you might compare it with add-ons and browser plug-ins. Here are some advantages of bookmarklets over plug-ins we can quickly come out with:
Here are a bunch of social bookmarking bookmarklets that might come in handy:
Here's a complete article of browser resizing bookmarklets with positioning capability.
Shorten URL - In this case, we use bit.ly's shortening bookmarklet. Click here for a list of URL shorteners with bookmarklet scripts.
Kwout - Make a screen shot of any website you are in with Kwout.
Print Screen - Another print screen bookmarklet. By Aviary.
Browsershot - Get a browsershot printscreen of any website.
Better Readability - This bookmarklet cleans up the page, leaving you with nothing but clean content for better readability. You can create a customized version at Arc90 Lab.
Tidy Read - Tidy up your page for better readability.
Remove bloat- Remove all occurrences of Flash, Java,and other third-party iframes.
Edit Website - Allows you to edit any websites you viewed. Original display will be restored upon refresh.
Customize Print - Allows you to customize the layout, fonts, colors, etc before printing a webpage. By printwhatyoulike.
Download as PDF (Firefox) - Convert and save page as PDF. Click here for bookmarklets of other browsers. By pdfdownload.
Download video - Supports YouTube, Google Video, Metacafe, Myspace, Break.com, Putfile, Dailymotion, Sevenload, MyVideo.de and Clipfish.de.
More: Zoom in, Zoom out, Remove background, Highlight links
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Show Password - Set a password and forgot? This bookmarklet takes in your ***** from form field and output you the actual password.
Site Info - A bookmarklet that gives you information (advertising network, platform, widgets, etc) of the website you are currently viewing. By sitonomy.
Site Info - Another bookmarklet to find site info By Buildwith.
Domain owner - Tells you who own the domain of the site you are viewing.
Delicious - Shows you who, how many people bookmarked the site in delicious.
Alexa - Shows you the Alexa ranking of the site.
Compete - Shows compete.com ranking.
Technorati - Find out more information about a particular blog. Click here for more Technorati bookmarklets.
AttentionMeter - Gives you the Alexa, Quancast, Crunchbase, Alexa and Technorati ranking of the site in a lightbox.
Uptime Check - Check if a website is down for everyone or just you. By downforeveryoneorjustme.
Aardvark - Aardvark is a Firefox plugin that gives you HTML element details like ID, class, image, position, etc of the page you are viewing. Good news is, it also comes in bookmarklet format.
Layout Grid - Applies a layout grid image to the body of the page.
Test Selectors - Test and play with selectors. By Westciv.
Spry Media - Created by Spry Media, this bookmarklet allow you to view a page in grid view, with ruler measurement, measuring points with units and much more.
XRAY - See box model for any element on any site. By Westciv.
Reload CSS - Reloads CSS every 2 seconds. Useful for those who's constantly editing on the design and need a fresh look at the effects.
Validate RSS - Check site RSS validity with feedvalidator.org.
Validate CSS - Validate site's CSS. More CSS bookmarklets - View CSS, List Compute CSS.
Validate HTML- Check if site is using valid HTML based on w3.org. More HTML bookmarklets - Show tables, Show table headings, Show table cells.
Quickly search and get answers from these online sites:
These following bookmarklets allow you to quickly translate a webpage from one language to another using Google translate.
You can also try this Auto Detect Language bookmarklet, or visit unusualbookmarklets for a complete set and various methods of translation bookmarklets.
How to Efficiently Manage Your Collection of Bookmarklets - Efficiently manage bookmarklets across all browsers and computers.
Translation Bookmarklets - Great list of various translation bookmarklets.
howtocreate.co.uk - More bookmarklets for designers and developers.
Blummy - Organize your bookmarklets, by Blummy.com.
webreference.com - How to create Bookmarklets.
PimpMySafari - Great collection of bookmarklets for Safari browser.
CarTradeIndia.com is India's largest online vehicle market, where buyers and sellers of used and new vehicles meet.
Want to buy a vehicle?
Don't waste time on agents and newspaper classifieds and don't settle for the second best choice. You can use our search system to search through thousands of for-sale vehicles and find the exact vehicle that you are looking for.
Want to sell a vehicle?
You are a dealer or private person and want to sell ? List your vehicle in our database and get contacted by interested buyers. Listing is free, and there are NO commissions. Your car or bike is shown at once to the entire country, so you can sell it much faster and for more money. We advertise your car for you in various newspapers, on the internet and in magazines, so interest is guaranteed.
Finance, insurance or valuation?
You've selected your car or bike, and now you need to arrange finance and insurance. CarTradeIndia.com has tie-ups with the country's leading financial companies and we have secured the best deals for you. Just fill the finance and insurance forms and we'll do the rest.
SQL-Server-Performance.com was launched in 2000 to provide a detail knowledge base for DBA's and developers on optimising the performance of SQL Server databases.
Over the years the project has grown from a small static site to a large community site, featuring Articles, Tips, FAQ's and Forums with over 20,000 members, dozens of contributors and over 45,000 pages of SQL Server information.
While the focus of the site remains on performance issues of SQL Server, the content has been expanded to include other areas of SQL Server which are of interest to site users, such as security, auditing and development of ASP.NET front-ends for SQL Server.
If you can't find the information you need under a specific heading, be sure to try the search box at the top of every page.
Keep in mind that you should never "test" any of the information on this site on a production SQL Server. Always test each tip on a "test" or "development" server first. Each SQL Server installation is unique, and not all performance-tuning tips are designed for all SQL Server environments.
We always endeavor to keep the information on the site up-to-date, useful and accurate. If you have any suggestions or issues regarding what you have seen on the site, please feel free to get in touch with us at webmaster@sql-server-performance.com
SQl-Server-Performance.com has always been a work in progress and we continue to look for new contributors to the site. If you would like to contribute to the site by writing Articles, Tips, FAQ's or maintaining a regular blog, please review our Contribute page for more detailed information.
Post2Blog 3 is a FREEWARE handy blog editor with live spell-checking support for pro-bloggers
Features:
FREEWARE (and no tech support, sorry);
WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) editor with complete hot-keys support;
Built-in "Live" spellchecking (check screenshot);
"Portable Mode" support (check instruction);
Images are uploaded automatically (supported uploading types: Flickr (see example), file area of your blog, imageshack.us, picturelli.com, custom FTP server);
Post text and/or images from Firefox or Internet Explorer to your blog with 2 clicks only using plugins for Firefox (check example) and Internet Explorer (check example);
Compose new posts in MS Word and post them to your blog using Post2Blog toolbar for MS Word;
Integration with RSS Bandit (rssbandit.org) and Sharp Reader (sharpreader.net) - you can post selected items from these RSS readers using Post2Blog plugin;
Post files, images, documents from Explorer or any other program using "Send To -> Post2Blog" command;
Add Technorati, Del.icio.us, Buzzwords, 43 Things tags to your posts;
Automatically send trackbacks, ping web-services to notify about updates in your blogs;
Earn money using "Insert Amazon Link" feature;
Use built-in smiles for use in your blog;
Qumana
You don't need to know a thing about HTML code to make perfect posts. Write your posts at your own pace without having to be online.
Ad Insertion
Make money from your blog posts. Qumana lets you insert keyword ads in one click. Exercise choice and control over what type of ads you want in your blog posts. It's so easy. Q Ads is built-in to the Editor, ready to use. All you need to do is download the free editor and sign up for Q-Ads. Learn more | Sign up
Instant Tag Insertion
Qumana lets you easily insert tags into to your posts. One click, type your keywords, and that's it. Increase your traffic from Technorati and other search engines, instantly.
Easy Cross Posting
Publish your post, then repost it instantly to another blog. No more messing with different blog accounts or hosting services
w.bloggar is developed by Marcelo Leal Limaverde Cabral and is used by 78 users of Software Informer. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 3.3, 4.0, 4.2 and 4.3. The names of program executable files are wbloggar.exe, wbmoz.exe. Works with post file type. The product will soon be reviewed by our informers.
CoffeeCup Flash Blogger
CoffeeCup Flash Blogger is an easy to use tool for people who write and publish their blogs.
This is a user friendly ready to use tool with a built-in content editor. You can configure the custom width, height, background color or pattern, text attributes such as fonts/color/ weight and decoration,of the content box. It generates HTML code, out of your content and has a built-in FTP to upload to your existing web page. You can configure the settings of FTP for automatically uploading. It also allows to manually copy the generated HTML code to paste and upload the files manually.. etc.
The perfect tool for the beginners who are not much familiar with Database and Web Applications knowledge, and also for those who gets little time to update their blog.. The quality of output is very good and no external web applications or database is required to maintain blog. It has in-built tracking system to track the blog with date of creation, title etc. The only disadvantage is you cannot insert the images within the content as the editor does not allow images to either paste directly or to generate image hot link.
Reviewer's Comment: Although this is a great tool for the beginners, it may not be appreciated by the professional blogger, as there is much scope of improvements that has to be done with this tool.
BlogJet
BlogJet is a tool weblog fans have been long waiting for. It is a desktop weblog management and editing utility that works with
all leading weblog services including, but not limited to Blogger, WordPress, TypePad,
LiveJournal, Blogware,
MovableType,
Community Server, b2evolution, DasBlog, etc. The software utility is perfect for bloggers who have multiple accounts with
different websites and are looking for software that would let them write their multiple weblogs on their own PC, without having to go online first.
The other significant advantage of the program is that it offers enhanced weblog editing feature that blog services themselves
do not offer or that are too complicated to use. One of these features is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) text
editor that enables users to insert bullets, numeration, change font size, color and type just like in MS Word. Another great feature is an option to insert pictures or even own speech fragments (a microphone is required) without having to write a single line of HTML code. After all, most folks started weblogs to get the word out and with BlogJet they can literally speak out!
BlogJet is also a weblog management utility. It can be used to upload and download weblog entries and
edit them (including
altering old ones and posting them again).
The software is very well regarded in the blogging community and is available for a free download and trial.
Blog Navigator is a program designed to make it easy for users who enjoy reading blogs (short for 'web logs') to read and
organize them. Blog Navigator works by reading RSS feeds and displaying them in a
clean, easy to understand way. It
includes a host of different news and blog sites for users to read through.
Blog Navigator is arguably the most advanced program of its kind and it's free. For example, Blog Navigator has the ability to pre-load all the articles on a given blog site to speed up reading. It also has a host of off-line reading features in which a blog
site can be exported into a magazine-like format.
Notable features of Blog Navigator include:
- It's free! (as in really free, no 'ads', no spyware, no nonsense)
- Can pre-load an entire blog site to make reading much faster
- Included Tabbed browser makes it easy to switch between multiple blog sites
- Blog sites can be exported to a magazine-like format for off-line reading
- Built in tools for searching the entire blogsphere
- Different blog sites can be grouped together to create virtual web magazines
- Interesting articles can be dragged and dropped into a basket for safe keeping
- Auto-RSS detection. Websites that have RSS feeds on them can be automatically detected in many cases
- Can import OPML and other common files (makes it easy to share settings between various RSS readers)
Just a few of the version 1.2 adds/changes/fixes:
- Added support blog editing in offline mode with postponed article sending.
- Added "Print", "Print preview"" and "Page setup" to "File" menu.
- Added support for enclosures (podcasting). Users can now download any files attached to their RSS feeds.
- Menus for selection of style of article or newspaper/group displaying now indicates what style is selected.
- Added ability to mark a Favorite as important (flag it).
- Added an option to create favorites folders just like any other BN folders.
- Save as added to Article editor.
Zoundry Blog Writer
Zoundry Blog Writer is a fully loaded WYSIWYG editor. It is specifically designed for posting articles on the Blog sites. So
now you does not required to login to your online WYSIWYG editor of your Blog hosting company to post articles in your Blog sites. It is a very time saving editor because it support full drag-n-drop feature for images, tags, links and text from anywhere in your PC or Web. If you want to post about any product then this tool can automatically search for an affiliate link. It also provides you the option to give tags to your each post, n presently it support almost all major Blog hosting services including Blogger, Wordpress, Typepad, Technorati,
MovableType, BlogThis etc. It also supports Unicode characters for
formatting your articles. Its user friendly interface makes your job further easier. It is a WYSIWYG editor but it also have XHTML editor so if you want to apply some coding with CSS then it is not a problem with Zoundry Blog Writer. It can
automatically validate your XHTML coding with its in-built XHTML Validator. It also works as a Blog downloader as you can download your all posts from the server of your Blog hosting service provider. Well, this is not the end of its features you may visit the developer site for a complete list of features.
Readmine
Read News & Blogs
Readmine learns what you like and what you don't - so you don't waste time reading stuff you're not interested in. Readmine will magically get to know what you're interested in before you know.
Auto Publish Your Readlog
Republish your most read items - automatically. Let the world know what you're interested in and attract like minds.
Share with Friends
Snip, clip and share cool finds with friends, instantly. It's not instant messaging and it's not email. Instantly recommend important news and web content.
Browse the web
Easy tab browsing with all the tools to research and organise cool content. The more you browse the web with Readmine the more it learns about your interests to show you news and blog posts you want to read.
Write & Publish Blogs
Write multiple blogs with or without multiple writers. Quickly quote other blogs with the easiest tools to help you write and keep your blog fresh and on topic.
Auto Publish to the Folklog
Contribute to what everyone is reading - automatically. Make your mark and help make important news get to the top based on reading attention.
Grab & Clip Cool Pages and Content
Snip, clip and grab cool stuff from blogs and the web for later reference. Easily organise your research.
Download Now - Readmine is Free.
We mean free with no strings attached - no adware, no spyware, no time limit, no limitations, no nasties at all. You're in control.
BlogDesk
BlogDesk is a small, light-weight yet a very useful application for Bloggers. This software is an offline weblog client which
helps you in the management of all your blogs(Weblogs)in a very simple and effective way. Using BlogDesk simply saves you
a lot of time, effort and energy so that you can concentrate more on the productivity of your
blog. BlogDesk comes bundled
with a lot of smart features to help the bloggers of all genre and class. It doesn't matter if you are an amateur blogger maintaining your online diary or a professional blogger who generates high revenue from the heavy traffic on his blog, this
software will always reduce your effort. The Blogdesk software is compatible with many common blogging systems such as
WordPress, MovableType, Drupal, Serendipity and ExpressionEngine. The main advantage of using the BlogDesk application
is that it is a complete freeware so you need not to worry about irrelevant issues such as trial period expiration and annoying nag screens. Furthermore, the software features a fully WYSIWYG editor environment where you can directly put in your
content and insert images without any need to know HTML.
Another great feature of using BlogDesk is that images can be automatically uploaded. It also gives you the ability to publish
to multiple blogs simultaneously.
Go Daddy Domains
Go Daddy has been offering the latest TLDs at the industry's lowest prices since 1997. Little wonder we're the world's premier domain name registrar (Name Intelligence, Inc). Because at Go Daddy, you can register a domain for up to 70% less than other registrars AND get hosting, an easy-to-use site-builder, personalized email account, blog/podcast tool, photo album and more - all absolutely FREE. We get you up and running on the Web for just the cost of your domain registration.
Site Builders
WebSite Tonight® has helped thousands of people build and launch their own Web sites with absolutely no technical skills. Just choose a professional layout from the dozens of themes available (restaurant, how-to, etc), then click and type right into the text boxes provided. Select photos and music with a couple of clicks, add widgets, plus a forum, guestbook and links to any online photo albums. Go Daddy also sells SmartSpace™, an instant site builder, as well as blog/podcast software and Internet photo hosting for anyone who'd like to share photos online. For those who don't wish to build their own Web sites, the Go Daddy Dream Design Team is available to create sleek, professional Web sites.
Web Hosting
According to Netcraft®, Go Daddy is the world's largest hostname provider. In addition to a range of reasonably-priced shared hosting plans, Go Daddy offers Dedicated and Virtual Dedicated servers. All plans come with a 99.9% uptime commitment, round-the-clock support and access to dozens of free downloadable applications through Go Daddy Hosting Connection. All Go Daddy data centers feature integrated monitoring and fire systems, cutting-edge security technology and 24/7 onsite security staff. You can be sure any Web site hosted by us is monitored 24-hours-a-day by experts.
Email
At Go Daddy, each email account comes with a truly one-of-a-kind address. Forget those strings of nonsensical letters and numbers you get with other email accounts - each Go Daddy email address has your domain name right in it. This makes it super easy for friends, customers and colleagues familiar with your domain name to remember your Go Daddy email address. All Go Daddy email accounts are fast, ultra-reliable and secure. They're protected from spam and viruses and they're advertising-free. You can access your Go Daddy email through your Web browser or popular email clients like Microsoft® Outlook® and Outlook Express. You can even send SMS and text mail-right from your compose window! Choose from several email plans, with up to 10 email addresses.
Business
Go Daddy offers a complete line of eCommerce and online marketing tools, all designed for the user with no knowledge of programming. Quick Shopping Cart® has everything you need to sell products online. Whether you use it as a stand-alone storefront or add it to an existing Web site, all you do is customize your product catalog, design your site and you're in business! Some companies require a monthly fee PLUS a percentage of the total transactions for a shopping cart but not Go Daddy. With Quick Shopping Cart, you simply pay a monthly fee. The rest is all yours. Go Daddy customers may also order a professional logo, ad banners, a complete business identity and a Web site design from the experts on our Dream Design Team. They may also list and sell their products in Go Daddy Marketplace®, a bustling center of online commerce.
SSL Certificates
Secure Sockets Layer Certificates-or SSLs, as they're commonly called-encrypt sensitive data as it moves to and from your Web site. With an SSL on your site, information such as social security and credit card numbers can never be intercepted by an outside party, regardless of their intentions. SSL certificates are the single-most powerful means of reassuring wary Internet shoppers. When they see the distinctive padlock icon in the lower corner of their Web browser, visitors know that information flowing both to and from your site is protected. So there's no need to worry that someone will view the private information they provide to you. It's absolutely safe. Go Daddy offers a variety of SSL Certificates with up to 256-bit encryption-the highest level available. All Go Daddy SSLs come with a warranty and offer 99.9% browser recognition-many can be had in a matter of minutes. All for up to 70% less than the other SSL Certificates out there.
Resell domains and related services
Looking to start a home-based business or add to an existing one? Check out Wild West Domains®, a Go Daddy Group company. Open a Basic, Pro or Super Reseller plan with Wild West Domains and start selling a full suite of Go Daddy products. Domain names, Web hosting, site builders, email accounts, SSL Certificates, eCommerce tools - our reseller plans include over 50 products in all.
About Go Daddy
Founded in 1997, Go Daddy now dominates the domain, Web site hosting and SSL industries. The Company owns and operates its own services and equipment, which enables it to keep prices low and quality high. Go Daddy is renowned for its controversial Super Bowl® commercials, the comely and accomplished Go Daddy Girls™ and our round-the-clock live customer service. CEO and Founder Bob Parsons® produces a popular blog at www.bobparsons.me and weekly radio show called Radio Go Daddy®.
Ubuntu Tutorials : Dapper - Hardy - Intrepid - Jaunty
How to do almost anything on your Ubuntu desktop, laptop or server. Regular tips on installing, configuring and making your Ubuntu system as effective as you need it to be.
HowtoForge provides user-friendly Linux tutorials about almost every topic.
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