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To download Quicktime videos from a web page, you may require Quicktime PRO version. Here is a small tip to download Quicktime videos easily using Mozilla Firefox browser. First open the website where Quicktime video embedded on it. Go  to the menu: Tools > Page Info   or  click the right mouse  button on the web page and select ‘View Page Info’. Page Info pop-up window appears. Select ‘media’  and highlight the required Quicktime movie file; press ‘Save As’ button to save it in your required location.

Similar way you can download flash games also.

On October 22, Microsoft will release the successor to Windows Vista OS, Windows 7 which promises one click access to application and files, fewer alerts and snappy features, including Aero Shake, Jump Lists and a completely overhauled Windows task bar. It’s designed for faster and more reliable performance, so your PC just works the way you want it to. With 64-bit support, you can take full advantage of the latest powerful PCs. And great features like HomeGroup, Windows Media Center, and Windows Touch make new things possible. The minimum requirement for running the OS is a processor with 1GHz or higher speed; 512 MB or higher RAM (32 bit), 2 GB RAM (64 bit) 16 to 20 GB of free disk space and DirectX 9 graphics device driver with WDDM 1.0 (Windows Display Driver Model) or higher driver. Windows 7 is available in Home Premium, Enterprise and Ultimate versions.

Windows Touch is touch screen enabled PC allow users to navigate across screens with their fingers. Search function is highly improved. When you have multiple screens open, click and hold onto one screen open, give the mouse a shake; then other screens will be minimised. Private browsing is allowed when you make secure online transactions or browsing. Read more

If you are a parent and a regular user of internet at home, these tools are for you for safe surfing if your children wanted to browse the web sometimes. The internet content is a mix of good and bad things children should not look at the bad part of it. As a parent, it is your responsibility to prevent your child from reading or seeing things you do not want them viewing. If you use Mozilla Firefox, setting Firefox parental controls is the best way to control what your child can access online. Firefox ensures that you get a safe browsing experience. The Firefox development team is committed to giving you comfort while surfing the internet. Your kids would love to browse the internet using Firefox as it has a number of features. Through Firefox add-on it is possible to add parental controls to Firefox so that your children can wander freely without accessing any inappropriate sites.
Firefox does not have parental controls built into the base software package that you install on a computer. So, in order to set Firefox parental controls, you need to download an add-on to Firefox that will allow you to set parental controls. Head over to Mozilla’s Add-On website. Search “Parental Controls” and choose the Firefox parental controls add-on of your choice. Some recommended ones are: ProCon Latte, Glubble, Suricate, and FoxFilter. See links to these add-ons below. Install the add-on of your choice. Depending on which filter you choose, the method will be different to set Firefox parental controls. Once you have set Firefox parental controls, your child’s internet experience should be a safe one! Some of the common filters are described below, and if you wish to download click on the hyperlinks. Read more

Tired up with installing Reliance LG LXU-800 USB modem on Linux? I spent lot of time to make it working with my Fedora 9 OS. It works very well with Windows XP and Vista. A dialler application is available on CD from the vendor for Windows. But most of the users think it will not work under Linux. I do not tested it other than Fedora. It may work or may not with other versions with the same commands. The specifications given by the manufacturer are: CDMA 1x technology; Data speed upto 153.6 kbps; Voice and SMS services and Standard USB interface. You may not be able to use SMS and Voice services in Linux, but it can establish connection with Internet simply by dialing. Follow the given steps carefully while installing.

After booting up Fedora, login as root.

connect modem in the USB port.

Open terminal window and check the usb device Read more

You might have already heard about Visual Search Engines. They are search engines designed to search for information on the world wide web through the input of an image or a search engine with a visual display of the search results. Information may consist of web pages, location, other images and other types of documents. This type of search engines are mostly used to search on the mobile internet through an image of an unknown object. Those has been improved from their early versions and  now-a-days getting more popular. If you have not at all heard about any of such, here are 6 most popular search engines of that kind.

KartOO is a metasearch engine with visual display interfaces. When you click on OK, KartOO launches the query to a set of search engines, gathers the results, compiles them and represents them in a series of interactive maps through a proprietary algorithm. KartOO has an advanced GUI. It has a unique color scheme that is a small bit reminiscent of Apple Computer’s Aqua interface. Once you enter a new search in the Flash version you come up with a “map” of results. There are blob-like masses of varying color that connect each item. on rollover of an individual result a bunch of red lines connect related links. Basically, if one begins their search with a general topic, KartOO helps to narrow it down. Every “blob” you click adds another word to your search query. Read more

AutoScreenRecorder 3 Free is an easy-to-use and powerful screen recording software for recording screen actions into AVI videos. It provides the edge you need to succeed in recording activities and a movie steam, showing operation steps, making demos and videos for training and tutoring. It comes with a number of features that can deliver the highest quality video files. As well, AutoScreenRecorder 3 Pro is a commercial product offers easy-to-use user interface and flexibility for your interactive experience and convert your screen activity into Flash movies (SWF) and  and AVI files. Save anything you see or do on your screen - moving the mouse to click a button, typing some text, or select some menu - and playback later. You can add recorded videos to your products or services to save your time to explain, and provide better experience for your customers. The Flash movie file can be used to publish on the Web in no time. Download the software from wisdom-soft.com

FotoFlexer is a free obline image editing tool. Many functions of advanced photoediting software are integrated into it. For editing any of your photos using this tool, you have to upload it first to the FotoFlexer site and use the tools available on that. Common functionalities of FotoFlexer are: Fullscreen mode, Image zooming, Auto Fix, Fix Red Eye, Crop, Copy, Resize, Rotate, Flip, Adjust color, Adjust Contrast, Undo, Redo, Photo effects, Animations, layering and more…,

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Yahoo! Go is today’s essential solution for anyone with a mobile phone. It’s an all-in-one offering that lets you enjoy the best of the Internet on your phone—for free.Send an email, upload photos, download a map, search for answers, check stock quotes, or get breaking news—all that and much more is available through Yahoo! Go. The new start widget for Yahoo! Go is the best gateway to get where you’re going on the mobile Internet. You’ll get an at-a-glance update of what’s new since you last logged on: how many new emails await you, upcoming calendar appointments, new photos posted by your friends. Next comes a collection of mobile Snippets: previews of your favorite Web content such as news headlines, weather conditions—whatever you decide you want. Also, it helps you instantly get where you want to go on the mobile Internet via Yahoo! oneSearch™ and customizable quicklinks. Design your ideal Internet experience using Yahoo! Go’s Mobile Widgets. Choose from an ever-growing selection of these mobile applications, from Yahoo! as well as your other favorite Web brands. An auction junkie? Add the eBay® widget. Addicted to MySpace®? We’ve got you covered. Add and delete widgets anytime to make sure your phone reflects your unique needs & personality.

Source: [Yahoo! Go]

Here is an advanced and handy application launcher tool-mgLaunch. By this, you can simply draw a custom symbol or a letter shape to launch your favorite applications. It allows you to quickly access your favorite programs, folders, files, bookmarks and so on. You can launch the applications which you use most often by using the mouse gesture (drawing a simple symbol or a letter shape anywhere on the screen). When the mouse gesture is recognized, the main window of mgLaunch will appear where your cursor is. It saves your time you spend on launching a program. It is a faster way to launch applications by using the mouse gesture. Trial vesrion of the software can be downloaded from : [mouse-gesture].

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