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Here’s a quick guide to the terminology of free and almost-free software.

1. Adware - Advertising-supported software or Web services. Often (but not always), a paid alternative lets you remove the ads.

2. Freeware - Programs that you can download, install, and run without charge or limitation of any kind. Freeware may be from a company or an individual, who may or may not provide support.

3. Malware or badware - Malicious software–often installed surreptitiously alongside seemingly legitimate free programs–that can slow down your computer, insert extra ads into Web pages, and spy on your online activities. (more…)

As we all know, internet has become our necessity and so as widely available. It is same for our children too. But with the blessing of world wide open connectivity, it brings some curse also. As it opens information super highway on anything for everyone without knowing the age of the user, sometimes it also make our children a victim of any nuisance somewhere down the line. Sometimes few demoralized people take the advantage of their innocence and make internet a foul space.

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Web feeds provide web content or summaries of web content together with links to the full versions of the content, and other metadata. RSS, in particular, delivers this information as an XML file called an RSS feed, webfeed, RSS stream, or RSS channel. A program known as a feed reader or aggregator can check a list of feeds on behalf of a user and display any updated articles that it finds. It is common to find web feeds on major websites and many smaller ones.RSS-aware programs are available for various operating systems. Client-side readers and aggregators are typically constructed as standalone programs or extensions to existing programs such as web browsers. Browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 have integrated support for RSS feeds.

On Web pages, web feeds (RSS or Atom) are typically linked with the word “Subscribe”, an orange

rectangle , or with the letters or . Many news aggregators such as My Yahoo!

publish subscription buttons for use on Web pages to simplify the process of adding (more…)

Every machine on the Internet has a unique identifying number, called an IP Address. A typical IP address looks like this: 195.24.53.107 (more…)

Alexa is a simple handy toolbar that fits into Internet Explorer 5.0 or a higher version and acts as a friendly companion that remains on while you browse. Providing you all the “Inside Information” about the site, like contact details, traffic ranking, customer reviews, related sites and other sites that direct a link to the particular site you are surfing. The amazing toolbar along with all these provides you a quick and easy search without disturbing your browsing.

With the help of Alexa toolbar you can:

1. Search the web without visiting a search engine web site.
2. Get name & contact details of the web site owner.
3. Know about more sites similar to the site you are visiting. This becomes very useful when you’re surfing the Internet to buy a particular product. Alexa might list the sites of other manufacturers/sellers of the same product, giving you a better choice.

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You can install the Recovery Console on your computer to make it available if you cannot restart Windows. You can then select the Recovery Console option from the list of available operating systems during startup. Install the Recovery Console on important servers and on the workstations of IT personnel. This article describes how to install the Recovery Console to your Microsoft Windows XP-based computer. To install the Recovery Console, you must be logged on as an administrator. For more details click below.

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