Shocking news about CTRL+C

Hi , Clipboard Hack Problem - Shocking news about CTRL+C Ctrl+C may be the most important work we do everyday. But it's not a very safe thing to do. Read on to know why. What happens when you press Ctrl+C while you are online. We do copy various data by Ctrl + C for pasting elsewhere. This copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by a combination of Javascripts and ASP. This is called clipboard hack problem. Just try this: 1. Copy any text by Ctrl + C 2. Click the Link: http://www.sourcecodesworld.com/special/clipboard.asp 3. You will see the text you copied was accessed by this web page. Surprised! Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, credit card numbers, PIN etc.) in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive information. Forward this information to as many friends as you can, to save them from online frauds! It is true, text you last copied for pasting (copy & paste) can be stolen when you visit web sites using a combination of JavaScript and ASP (or PHP, or CGI) to write your possible sensitive data to a database on another server. How Cipboard Hack is done? The Clipboard hack is done by the following Source Code: <script language="JavaScript"> var content = clipboardData.getData("Text"); alert(content); </script> How to safeguard yourself from Clipboard Hack Problem? To avoid clipboard hack problem, do the following: 1. Go to Tools->internet options->security. 2. Press custom level. 3. In the security settings, select disable under Allow paste operations via script. (Scripting sub heading) Now the contents of your clipboard are safe. Interestingly, this hack works only on internet explorer, and not on Mozilla Firefox browser. Please forward this article to as many friends as you can to make them aware of this issue with CTRL+C.

 

Recruitment of Girl Friend

Best Ad for Recruitment of Girl Friend tooo good...   Dear Friends, Due to recession, I left my Girlfriend (as part of my cost cutting efforts). I need new one now, so pass on this information to your female friends... Applications are invited for the following post. The package and incentives are mentioned below: Designation: Junior girl friend (trainee) Experience: Must have ditched at least 2 guys (Fresher with excellent credentials will be considered) Other requirement: Should have the Potential to do street bargaining and fight if required. Age: 18-23 (if the individual is too good looking but not in the age group can also apply, special consideration will be undertaken for them) Height, weight, complexions no bar, but is subjective. Perks and incentives: Total gross (Monthly) : • 2 gifts worth not exceeding Rs. 1000 /-(any precious metals, stones) • Bike rides each duration 1 hour • Trips to National Highways • 5 Trips to Hanuman Mandir / SiddhivinayakTemple • Kulfis / Chocó bars at a regular gap of 3 days • Daily Provision of Samosa/Bread Pakoda/Bhel worth Rs. 10 /- • 2 movies per month (Except on weekends) • Visits to Shopping Malls and BARISTA every weekend (At your own expense) A Pair of Jeans or T-shirts according to demand will be gifted, subject to finance availability and to the size available with the shopkeeper. Net Deductions (Monthly): Affair Fund and Un-professional taxes will be informed on joining. The probation period is 6 months, after which confirmation (with Promotion to fulltime Girlfriend) Please NOTE: 1. Only females. 2. Girls who left in the last 2 months need not apply. 3. Ex-girlfriends will be eligible only if they agree to the above mentioned conditions. There is more: For girls who are not eligible, can take advantage of the referral program by referring their friends, colleagues etc. Candle light/Tube light dinner will be given on every referral, even if candidate is not selected. Search never ends!! Interested candidates can send their resume with Subject: Name/fresher-exp/age. Photo must be attached in the email Note: Applications without photo will be rejected.

 

Freewares / Free Softwares 16 Dec 2010

Easy-Data Mediaplayer

This application can play almost every movie format out there and in high resolution, even in old computers. Its features include: Play all types of movies with the right codecs installed, Take snapshots and save as .JPG, .BMP or .Tiff, Combine several video files to one output file, Split/Join files, Convert movies to and from several formats, Extract or add sound, Create movie out of pictures (with or without sound), Create a snapshot containing 16 images from a movie file, Decode a movie frame by frame, Add effects, text, logos etc, Playlist, Inbuildt multimedia search engine, Movie Library (Experimental), and Screen capture to video (full screen or selected area).

The 9.04 MB Easy-Data Mediaplayer (08-12-10), for Win7/Vista/2K/XP, can be downloaded at http://www.easy-data.no/EDM_Setup.exe  or http://snipurl.com/easy-datamediaplayer

FAQ at http://www.easy-data.no/faqs.htm  and online help at http://www.easy-data.no/edm_help_minimized.html

HotSpot

While using an open WiFi network it would be great if we can create our own private network that runs securely on top of the WiFi network. Yes, this is possible, with HotSpot, a quick, easy and free application. Hotspot Shield creates a virtual private network (VPN) between your laptop or iPhone and its Internet gateway. A really simple indicator lets you know whether your connection is secure or not. Hotspot Shield can protect during the entire web surfing session - secures your connection at both your home Internet network & Public Internet networks (both wired and wireless). Your identity is secured during all web transactions through HTTPS - ensures your privacy online; your passwords, credit card numbers, and all of your data, is secured.

More details on Hotspot Shield, for Windows 7, XP, 2000, Vista, Mac OS X (10.4 Tiger), Mac OS X (10.5 Leopard), and Mac OS X (10.6 Snow Leopard), can be browsed at http://hotspotshield.com/

Explorer++

Explorer++ is a free multi-tab file manager for Windows XP and above. With an interface similar to Windows Explorer, Explorer++ provides many enhancements and improvements. These include the option to save to the registry or a configuration file, Tabbed browsing for easy management of multiple folders, Display window shows previews of files as they are selected, Easy-to-remember keyboard shortcuts for quick navigation, Customizable user interface, Full drag-and-drop support with other applications, including Windows Explorer, Advanced file operations such as merging and splitting supported, and completely portable.

Explorer++ - Version 1.2 (13/09/2010), by David Erceg, can be downloaded at http://www.explorerplusplus.com/download

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Please suggest a utility or service to share desktops remotely.

There are several and these include Teamviewer, Logmein, Yuugu or Join.me. The last named, at https://join.me/,is a web application
that works directly from the browser, nothing to download,
supports all platforms – Windows, Linux and Mac.

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A QUOTE TO MULL ABOUT

"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."

- Steven Weinberg.

A must read - True Story

True Love Story - read carefully !! (don't miss it)................

Hi........... ....... Trust the fact???????? ??

This is a real story of a young college girl who
passed away last month
in Chandigarh . Her name was Priya... She was hit by a
truck.

She is working in a call centre. She has a boy friend
named Shankar .
Both of them are true lovers. They always hang on the
phone..You can
never see her without her handphone. In fact she
also changed her phone
from Airtel to Hutch, so both of them can be on the
same network, and save on the cost..

She spends half of the day talking with shankar .
Priya's family knows about their relationship. Shankar

is very close with Priya's family. (just imagine their
love) . Before she passed away shealways told her
friends "If I pass away please burn me with my
handphone" she also said the same thing to her
parents.

After her death, people cudnt carry her body, My friend was
there. A lot of
them tried to do so but still cant , everybody
including my friend, had tried to carry the body, the result
is still the same. Eventually, they called a person
who know to one of their neighbours, who can speak
with the soul of dead person, who is a friend of her
father.

He took a stick and started speaking to himself
slowly.

After a few minutes, he said "this girl misses
something here." Then her
friends told that person about her intentions to burn
her with her phone..
He then opened the grave box and place her phone and
sim card inside the
casket. After that they tried to carry the body. It
could be moved and
they carried it into the van easily.

All of us were shocked. Priya's parents did not inform

Shankar that
Priya had passed away.

After 2 weeks Shankar called Priya's mom.....

Shankar :...."Aunty, I'm coming home today. Cook
something nice for me.
Dont tell Priya that I'm coming home today, I wanna
surprise her."
Her mother replied..... "You come home first, I wanna
tell you
something very important."

After he came, they told him the truth about Priya.
Shankar thinks
that they were playing a fool. He was laughing and
said "dont try to
fool me - tell Priya to come out, I have a gift for
her. Please stop
this nonsense".

Then they show him the original death certificate to
him.
They gave him proof to make him believe. (Shankar
started to sweat) He
said... "Its not true. We spoke yesterday. She still
calls me.
Shankar was shaking.

Suddenly, Shankar's phone rang. "see this is from
Priya, see this...."
he showed the phone to priya's family. all of them
told him to
answer. he talked using the loudspeaker mode.

All of them heard his conversation.

Loud and clear, no cross lines, no humming.

It is the actual voice of Priya & there is no way
others could use her
sim card since it is nailed.

Inside the grave box they were so shocked and asked
for the same person's
(who can speak with the soul of death persons) help
again. He brought his
master to solve this matter.

He & his master

worked for 5 hours.

Then they discovered one thing which really shocked
them...

Hutch/vodafone has the best coverage.

Where ever you go, our network follows!!!

Don't shout at me I am also looking for the person who

has sent me this mail....so what you can do...you
should also forward this mail to all your nears and
dears...and enjoy...like I enjoyed.
HA HA HA HA HA.......

Freewares / Free Softwares 02 Dec 2010

OtherInbox

OtherInbox can help regain control of your Inbox by automatically organizing email clutter. Acclaimed as a cure for email overload, OtherInbox organizes emails from online shopping and social networking sites, enabling you to focus on messages which really matter to you. Acting like a personal assistant for Gmail or Yahoo! Mail the OtherInbox"s spam filter moves the stuff you do not want to read immediately into folders ( you can read them later) - the preset labels or folders have "OIB" at the beginning; for example - OIB Finance, OIB Shopping, etc. This leads to no clutter, your Inbox gets smaller, saves them time and gives them control over your Inbox. Nothing would be missed as each morning you'll receive a daily digest that summarizes the messages which reached your inbox the previous day.

To put your email on autopilot, check out the OtherInbox at
http://www.otherinbox.com/

FocusWriter

FocusWriter is a full screen, distraction-free word processor. It helps you to concentrate more on the work by taking care of the mundane activities which you otherwise would have to carry out, time and again. The features include: Autosaving - autosaves your work in progress, and reloads the last files opened to make it easy to get back to where you were; Hide-away Interface - simply drag your mouse to the top, bottom, or right side edges of the screen to gain access to a number of customizable options and useful information, flick them aside whenever you dont need them; Themes: Multiple environments with different fonts, colors, and background images to create an ambiance or inspiration you require; Live Statistics - Word count, paragraph count, page count, and character count; almost anything that you could want to know about your progress, updated live as you type; Daily Goals - word count, and time spent typing, set them to motivate yourself; Spell Checking - optional automatic spell check (on by default), as well as the good old standby spell check dialog that you can call upon only when you need it, enable or disable automatic spell checking, customize your own personal dictionary; and Document Tabs - files appear as tabs located at the bottom of the program, the saved files which are kept opened at the end of the session are reloaded the next time the programme is launched.

The The 9 MB FocusWriter v1.3.0 for Windows can be downloaded at http://gottcode.org/focuswriter/FocusWriter_1.3.1.zip  and for Mac OS X at http://gottcode.org/focuswriter/FocusWriter_1.3.1.dmg

Weebly

Weebly, named one of TIME's 50 Best Websites of the year, could prove to be a good choice to create classroom websites, student e-portfolios, and websites for assigned projects. The website editor is simple to use, and appropriate for use by students of all ages. Students can express themselves creatively by using a variety of multimedia features, all within a protected environment which a teacher can control totally. The powerful multimedia features can help students to add pictures, videos, audio players, documents, maps, and photo galleries, just by drag and drop. Weebly supports Flexible Blogging - an unlimited number of blogs within the website, has features to let an open, moderated, or closed conversation. Class updates, homework assignments and news for parents can be posted. You have options to either purchase a domain directly within Weebly, or configure a domain that you already own, and host your website for free.

More details at http://www.weebly.com/

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How to find out hardware/software details about my PC?

You could try the PC Audit v1.8 to get know details
about a computer's hardware and software. It can be
downloaded at http://www.misutilities.com/free-pc-audit/ind

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A QUOTE TO MULL ABOUT

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

--Seneca

Truth of who you are

Thought for the Day: Truth of who you are   What would it take to get you to do what you think you cannot do? What dream, what purpose, what goal will inspire you to engage with life more fully than you ever have? What is so important to you that it will have you ignoring all the enticing distractions? What is so desirable and compelling that it will have you running out to embrace each new challenge?   Your life can be whatever you most sincerely and passionately want it to be. You are the living, growing, ever-evolving expression of the unique and wonderful you. You are here on this day, in this place, to live the richness. You are here right now to choose a particular flavor of richness that will energize your whole world through you.   Remember how good it can feel to be you, and let that feeling lead you to your most sincere purpose. As you focus awareness on that purpose, it spreads outward and illuminates life in its own beautiful way. What will it take to make you unstoppable? Nothing more, nothing less than the undeniable truth of who you are. Thanks & Regards, Siva…

 

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Freewares/ Free Softwares 09 Dec 2010

SnapShot

SnapShot is a screen capture tool which lets you grab desktop, window, or any part of the screen. Among its features are: Capture screen, window, rectangular area, Global hotkeys to instantly activate screen capturing, Options to specify output destination (file, editor, clipboard, printer, e-mail), Save in BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PNG, PSD, and TIFF formats, Run minimized or minimize to System Tray area, Include mousepointer, play sound on capture, Supports multiple monitors and Dualview, Automatically save screen captures, automatic filename generation, Send screen captures to Paint or to your favorite image editing program, Send screen captures by build-in e-mail (supports Exchange Server), and upload screen captures through built-in FTP engine.

The 2.1 MB (zip) SnapShot for Windows 98/ME/2k/2k3/2k8/XP/Vista/7 can be downloaded at http://bluefive.pair.com/SnapShot.zip

Photo Editing and Viewer

The Fly Free Photo Editing and Viewer is a photo editing software with a a number of professional tools which can be used with ease by anyone. With this freeware, which runs on Wndows with Mac style skin, you can view, edit, enhance and manipulate your pictures easily. It provides a much easier way to view, edit and share multiple photos simultaneously in multiple tabs. Key features include: batch resize, batch import photos to a PowerPoint file, upload to Flickr/ Google/ Facebook, convert entire web page from HTML to to JPG and powerful editing tool like crop, resize, RGB, gray scale, bright, contrast, rotate, add text, remove red eye, Print portrait shot with user-defined size and format and more.

The 5.75 MB Fly Free Photo Editing and Viewer 2.96 for Window 2000/XP/Vista/Win7 can be downloaded at
http://download.5dfly.com/fly-free-photo-editing-setup.exe

Alcohol 120%

Alcohol 120% is a CD and DVD burning, copying, backup, recording, duplication, emulation and creation software for Windows. Its features: create backups of DVDs (except those with CSS protection) and CDs, supports up to 31 emulated virtual drives to mount the disc images, Pre-Mastering function to burn files directly from hard drive, supports Blu-ray format and HD DVD, supports a wide range of CD/DVD image files including .mds, .iso, .bwt, .b5t, .b6t, .ccd, .isz, .cue, .cdi, .pdi and .nrg formats. Usually sold with a discounted price tag of USD $55, version 5.5.7.6719 along with a lifetime license, can be now downloaded for free, thanks to Chip.de Advent Calendar promotion. Alcohol 5.5 is the older German retail version that does not support Windows 7.

You check out for more details at either at http://snipurl.com/alcohol120dh or http://www.chip.de/downloads/Alcohol-120-Vollversion_45252017.html

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Please suggest a reminder utility whch can
display a message with an alarm.

You could try Alarm v2.0.5 which can be downloaded at http://bluefive.pair.com/Alarm.zip

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A QUOTE TO MULL ABOUT

You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.

-Dave Barry

 

 

Thought for the Day: Smile at life No matter what else you have or do not have, you have the beautiful experience of life. No matter what may have happened before, or what might come next, you have this moment. Now is when you can make it count. Now is when you are connected with unbounded opportunities to make a positive difference. Don't waste your time complaining about what you lack or worrying about what you might lose. Invest the best of what you have in this moment to create new value. Smile at life, even when life has not smiled at you first. Be the first one to initiate goodness, and you'll be the first one to benefit from that goodness. You are here, and there is nothing to fear. Count your blessings, and before you're finished counting you'll have even more. Thanks & Regards, SiVa..

 

 

Thought for the Day: Even so Some days it may seem that your actions are not very effective. Even so, the best thing you can do is to keep doing all you can. There will be times when you give all you have, and end up with nothing to show for it. Keep giving though, for the rewards are surely there, even if they are too profound for you to see just yet. The disappointments may sometimes be so painful that you feel like giving up. Remember though, it is your caring that makes the disappointment possible, and that very same caring will pull you up and push you forward. Though you may be reluctant to admit it, you can make any situation into a valuable, successful experience. The circumstances of this moment may not feel particularly desirable. Even so, there is a beautiful treasure that's yours to give, and yours to live in this very place, on this very day. Thanks & Regards, Siva..

 

Freewares / Free Softwares 25 Nov 2010

Partition Assistant

Partition Assistant Home Edition, a partition manager software, with a wizard, can help you, step by step, to expand the size of your selected partition. It lets you manage partition, redistribute disk space easily. Its features include: Extend NTFS system partition without restarting computer; Resize and Move partition to optimize disk space management; Extend Partition Merge two or more partitions into a larger one; Split one partition into two or more; Create, Delete and Format partition; Convert file system from FAT to NTFS; Wipe permanently sensitive data to anti-recovery; Wipe hard drive, Wipe Partition; Re-partition by drag & drop mouse on a disk panel; Supports resizing NTFS and FAT32 file system.

The 2.69 MB Free Partition Manager, Partition Assistant 2.6 Home Edition, v2.6 (18 Nov 2010), for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 (Only 32 bit), a convenient and magical utility, can be downloaded at http://www.extend-partition.com/download/PAssist_Home.exe

Minus

Minus , launched very recently, appears be the easiest Photo-Sharing service offered on the web. Minus helps to create and share galleries online - "Drag your pictures pictures (docs, music, videos and other files are on the anvil) onto our homepage, and we'll do the rest" say the developers of Minus. All images are hosted indefinitely unless deleted by the uploader or if it goes against the terms of service. Registration is free but not essential. However, creating an account and signing in can help you to track your galleries from anywhere on the go. The maximum file size is currently 7 MB per image, and there can be a maximum of 50 photos per gallery only, and the file formats supported include JPEG, GIF, PNG, APNG, and BMP. Two unique URLs are provided, one for viewing, the other for editing, renaming existing pics, uploading new images, etc.

You can check out Minus at www.min.us

ERUNTgui

ERUNT Gui can help backup and restore the Windows registry. It is actually a front-end for the well-known registry backup and restoration app 'ERUNT' - takes out the command line out of registry backups and replaces it with an easy to use interface, just a simple button. Backing up your registry is needed safeguard against unforeseen events that could mess it up. ERUNTgui makes registry backup (and restoration) a one-click affair. It can also be used to setup automatic registry backups on each Windows restart, and also set the number of days going back that you would like to preserve backups for. Included in this package is a program for optimizing the registry as well.

The 1.82 MB ERUNTgui for Windows NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/7 can be downloaded at http://www.webng.com/krtech/programs/ERUNTgui.zip

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Could you suggest where I can download a guide to understand the
web/Internet terminology?

To help the understand the technical terms and functions of the browsers and Web, Google has just released a guide, a well illustrated and interactive e-book, which can be browsed at http://www.20thingsilearned.com

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A QUOTE TO MULL ABOUT

Action expresses priorities.

- Mahatma Gandhi

 

Thought for the Day: Laugh at every excuse The easiest thing in the world is to come up with an excuse for not taking action. No matter what the situation, there's always an excuse that sounds perfectly reasonable and that can provide you with permission to do nothing. Connect with a dream that is bigger than any excuse could possibly be. Grab hold of a dream that's so compelling it makes you laugh at every possible excuse. If your goal is to do what you don't really want to do anyway, even the weakest excuse can stop you cold. If, however, your goal is tied to an authentic, personally meaningful dream, that's a completely different situation. And that makes perfect sense. Because if it doesn't really matter to you anyway, there's not much point in spending your precious time on it. Choose instead to live the beautiful, meaningful dreams that you truly desire to live. And no setback, no challenge, no excuse will have the power to even slow you down. Regards, SiVa…

 

                    

 

 

Thought for the Day: The limitless power of being Give in to the beauty and completeness that is now. Let go of your complaints about what should or should not be, and embrace the fullness of what is. Now, you are whole. Now, you are present and aware and entirely alive. Accept what is, without condition or judgment. Feel the limitless power of being. In the perspective of now, excuses have no meaning. Worries make no sense and have no power, so they fall effortlessly away. Feel the connection to all that is now. See that now there is nothing you need. Let now be now and let yourself peacefully know it. Live the ever-unfolding miracle of what is, now. Regards, Siva…

 

Freewares / Free Softwares 18 Nov 2010

RockMelt

RockMelt is expected to be the next big Social Media focused web browser. Backed by none other than Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape, RockMelt, acclaimed as The Facebook of Web Browsers, tries to integrate Facebook, Twitter, and complicated social sharing. Its features two search boxes: a regular Chrome-style Omnibox and a special Rockmelt search field. The developers aver that Rockmelt's search feature would get Web results faster, and the search would be as "simple as leafing through a magazine." The left sidebar of easy Facebook access, includies a row of "top friends" with whom you can share content from the main browser by drag or drop. The right side bar is a customizable list of favorite sites and services, with yellow indicators to inform you about new content from a blog or the people you follow on Twitter. Rockmelt also has its own URL shortener, http://me.lt

RockMelt is still in limited beta, you can sign up for the wait list by signing in with your Facebook ID at http://www.rockmelt.com/

The developers assure that all of the personal data on RockMelt servers are kept private by encrypting it.

Ghostery

As a wag put it when we surf we are like the the emperor wthout clothes! Yes, our online habits tand totally exposed thanks to tags, web bugs, pixels and beacons that are included on web pages to keep a tab on our online behavior. Help is on hand say the developers of Ghostery. They say it tracks the trackers to give us a roll-call of the ad networks, behavioral data providers, web publishers, and other companies interested in what we do online. Ghostery can help learn about 200 online companies to make informed decisions about how to control our online exposure to them. Ghostery lets us learn more about each company it identifies - how they describe themselves, a link to their privacy policies, and a sampling of pages. Also, Ghostery allows zero-tolerance blocking of anything ad related, complete (visible) open communication with ad companies, or countless measures in between - determined by us, the informed web user.

Ghostery can be downloaded at http://www.ghostery.com/download

FAQ at http://www.ghostery.com/faq

IDriveSync

IDriveSync from IDrive can help backup data online, share it with friends or colleagues, access and sync across multiple PCs or Mac. IDriveSync opens up a `Sync' area where you can add your files one-time or choose to add and update your files on subsequent changes from anywhere on your PC / Mac. IDriveSync can be installed on multiple PCs / Macs using the same authentication, and when a change made to the synced data anywhere on any of those multiple computers, the data in all the computers, in due course, get updated. You can also access search and share synced files available in your IDriveSync account directly via the web as well. The free account offers a basic 2 GB Free Storage, supports sync up-to 5 computers and sharing of files of all sizes and types up-to 50 accounts. Files and folders are transferred using 128-bit SSL technology using 448-blowfish encryption on storage.

IDriveSync for Windows at http://www.idrivesync.com/downloads/IDriveSyncSetup.exe  and for Mac at http://www.idrivesync.com/downloads/IDriveSync.dmg

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Please suggest a utiity which can prevent Windows from logging off when one is away for a shortwhile.

You could try the handy utiity Insomania at http://snipurl.com/insomania  No need to change power options

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QUOTE TO MULL ABOUT

Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.

-- Alexis Carrel

Freeware / Free softwares 04 Nov 2010

Facebook Group

If you have been wary of joining FaceBook because of privacy issues, or as a member do not want to share a post with everyone in your friends' list, now, you can start an exclusive FaceBook group. This new feature of Facebook lets you organize your friends, family or colleagues into mini Facebook communities. Within these communities, you can share posts, links, create events, contact each other and many other things without making your content public. The other useful features include: Group chat – This is like a chatroom where everyone in the group can 'see' and chat with each other; Group email – a single mail would suffice to inform all the members in the group about an event or any other issue, just like a mailing list; Share photos /videos/links/docs: quite useful, especially, in project collaboration; Choice of three settings: Open – Members and content are public; Closed – Your group, and its members, visible to the public, but the content within the group kept private; and Secret – The group, including its members and all the postings, remain invisible to others.

To create a Facebook Group head over to http://www.facebook.com/groups/

DisposableWebPage

You can now create a disposable web page with as a few key strokes and start right away at filling up the page with the content you want to. Disposable web page offers you the convenience and freedom of getting information out there on the internet with as little hassle as can be. A disposable webpage acts like a canvas on which friends get together to count down to an event. Just issue the editor key for editing privileges on the disposable webpage for friends to brainstorm ideas with you on the page. You could create DisposableWebPage to brainstorm weekend plans, birthday, study, travel, and any other common interest or issue. Features of each disposable webpage: disposed within 90 days or less after its creation; count down clock shows the time of disposal; history of revisions from the first edit to the current edition; bookmarking facility for readers to follow the page; rich text editor for editing purposes; includes uploading of up to 5 photos; and sticky notes and sticky notes player.

The number of disposableWebPages on date is around 18,000, so far. Go ahead and create yours at DisposableWebpage.com  

DataSafe Backup™

DataSafe Backup provides all the functions that are needed to help keep your data well protected and safe at all times. DataSafe Backup lets you structure the backups into multiple jobs so that each type of data is backed up at the right time intervals and with the right settings. The built in scheduler can ensure that the jobs are executed with accuracy, and at the intervals specified. To save on space the backups can be compressed and the files can be encrypted as well using a strong 256-bit AES encryption method. All the files in a backup can be restored quickly to their original location or to an alternate destination. The other features are: Intuitive and easy to use interface, Full, incremental, differential, and mirror backup types, include and exclude filters, built-in scheduler enables unattended backups, Backups can be targeted to hard disk, network share, CD, and FTP. Limitations: Cannot backup to DVD.

DataSafe Backup™ for Windows XP, for Windows 2003, Windows Vista (x32 and x64) can be downloaded at at http://www.sofgem.com/products/datasafe.html

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I notice that the Mozilla Firfox browser has become, of late, slow.
Is there a way to speed up?

You could try the 459 KB SpeedyFox v1.5, a free tool designed specially to resolve theproblem of slow speed of FireFox at http://www.crystalidea.com/download/speedyfox.exe

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QUOTE TO MULL ABOUT

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

-Robert Frost

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Thought for the Day: Let today be that day This is a day filled with possibilities. This is a day when you can get results. Though conditions may not be perfect, still they are sufficient for you to move forward. Though circumstances may not be ideal, within those circumstances you can most certainly make progress. What is it that you would like to achieve? What is it that you wish to change, improve upon, create, express or experience? If you ever want it to happen, now is when you must do something about it. If it is your desire to see it come about, it is your responsibility to make the necessary effort. Nothing ever gets accomplished someday by somebody. If it is to happen, it must be done on a specific day by a specific person. Let today be that day. And let yourself be that person. Thanks & Regards, SiVa…

 

Exciting trek to Kumara Parvata

Last week my friend have visited Kumara parvata. It was superb.

Please read through the story about his experiences.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumara_Parvata

 Exciting trek to Kumara Parvata

Location:
Located in the border of Kodagu and Dakshin Kannada district, Kumara Parvata peak stands tall at around about 5900ft tall, and is the second tallest peak in Karnataka. (The tallest peak is Mulyangiri). This peak is one of the most beautiful peaks in the whole of Western Ghats. And the trek to this place is usually two days with different start and end points. The peak stands almost in the middle of this trek. You can either start from "Bidalli" from "Somvarpet" (Coorg) side (in Kodagu district) or from "Subramanya" (South Kanara – in Dakshin Kannada district) side.

The trek is a total of 27 kms (approx). From Somvarpet side to the peak is approximately 13 kms and the trek from the peak to Kukke Subramanya is around 14 kms. The entire trek route is surrounded by green hills, and you can rarely take your eyes of the greenery and the thick forest trees. It is not a popular tourist spot and hence it is still in its pure form, without any pollution or artificial flavor added to it. This is also one of the challenging treks in Karnataka (both in terms of distance and some steepness). Many people prefer to start the trek from the Kukke Subramanya side and I am not sure if that makes it easy. But we guys started from Somvarpet side.

How to Reach:
There are KSRTC buses from Bangalore to Kukke Subramanya and Somvarpet. The closest railway station is Hassan. Somvarpet is around 5 hours by road from Bangalore and is close to Kushal Nagar (in Coorg). If you reach Somvarpet, you need to take a local transport (hire a jeep?) and reach Bidalli and start the trek from there. Somvarpet to Bidalli takes about 45 minutes to an hour.

We started the trekking from Kukke Subramanya to Bhattara-Mane, from Bhattara-Mane to Mantapa and Mantapa  to Bhattara-Mane. Took rest at Bhattara-Mane to night. The next morning we started from Bhattara-Mane to Kukke Subramanya.

Morning breakfast and start of trek:
By around 5.30 AM, we reached Kukke Subramanya. We got in to a hotel nearby and everyone was set for the trip by 7.00AM. There were lots to carry in terms of tent, sleeping bags, enough amount of food to last the full trek (which included oranges, apples, biscuits, dates etc.), water, etc. We shared the load. First we visited the famous Kukke Subramanya temple. After a quick breakfast, we started the trek at 8.30 AM. We made sure that we had our water bottles.

Entering the forests: Sunny, tasking and the Leeches:
The first 1 hour was trek through a road. It was more like a jeep trail and the heavy bags on our back made the steep trail look even steeper. It wasn’t long before we started having views of the amazing and never-ending landscapes. The initial part of this stretch witnessed quite a few local people in their fields. The sun was starting to pinch and we were just hoping the trek wouldn’t be so scorching once inside the forest areas and amidst trees.

People were getting exhausted pretty fast, though surrounded by trees, as the climb was steep and it was a bit humid too. The trail had a good number of leeches. For many, this was the first experience with leeches. Instead of walking, people were more concerned about a leech on one of their shoes and while they try to remove it, another couple more would stick to the other shoe. Though people were scared as to what the leeches would do, we carried spray to get rid of leeches. With some initial jumping and shouting, people learnt how to get rid of the leeches or how not-to-be-bothered about leeches.

A quick break on the Bhimas rock:
Around 10:30 AM, we took a break for around 15 minutes. Oranges and Apples helped re-energize. The place we took break was called Bhimas Rock, had a good number of leeches, and people were trying to remove their shoes and socks to make sure there aren’t leeches inside the shoes. We continued the trek and this time people started going at their own pace.

 
We got the first glimpse of the entire stretch of greenery and untouched forest cover around noon. There was a heavy rain while trekking in the middle. We are all trekking in the rain and good experience and sensed the good feel of trekking than that was at the start. A quick break and we were on the way and it was around 12:30, the trail came to an end and we reached bhattara-mane.

Reaching bhattara-mane:
The next place we wanted to break was bhattara-mane. People spent the next one hour going all around the place to enjoy the natural beauty around, a few had a chat with the two other groups from Bangalore who had camped there in the night. We had lunch around 1PM and took rest for while and started to Mantapa. On the way there is a forest department office where we need to register and pay the trekking fee Rs 115 per head and started to mantapa.

The last frontier:
After two hours of trek on the green and grassy hills which gave a very good view of the hills around from bhattara-mane, we saw this place, which I assume is Mantapa (where most trekkers camp). We took a break and had some apples and Oranges. We had a small photo shoot session. The other hills around with some dense forests and black clouds added to the scenic landscape. 

The Mantapa:

This was the last point we reached in our trekking event. From mantapa there is a Mountain Peak which is 3kms and from there is a route to Somavarpet. As there is no time and its rainy too so we have decided not to go further from this point and enjoy the nature for a while here. After an hour we started to bhattara-mane.

Lightning strikes:
The lightning and thunder scared the hell out of almost everyone. The visibility was no more than a couple of meters. Atlast We reached to Bhattara-mane. We had tea and were chatting about the experiences we had from the morning. 

Preparation for the night:
Around 7 PM, There was a heavy rain and we were sitting idle and discussing about how the people will reach to this place who left after us to mantapa. Our plan for the camp fire went in vain. The day we had rested at bhattara-mane was a festival day - Dasara, All the relatives of the Bhatt’s family gathered at Bhattara-mane place from Kukke and nearby towns. They were performing puja and we were watching their traditions and celebration of Dasara. At around 10PM they served us delicious Dinner with prasadam. We have went with our tents and others stuffs to stay in the forest but because of heavy rain the tents were not used and we went to bed at 11PM in Bhattara-mane home carridor.

Starting to Kukke from Bhattara-mane:

The next morning we woke up at around 6.30 AM and were setting all the stuffs to head back to Kukke.  We have taken a photo with the Bhatt’s family. We started at 8.00Am in the morning and reached Kukke at around 10.30 AM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thought for the Day: Live in gratitude Fear of loss is what creates loss. Love of possibilities is what drives the fulfillment of those possibilities. Instead of living in fear, live in gratitude. Fill your heart with love and thankfulness for all that you now have, so that there is no space left for fear. Fill your mind with thoughts of the very best of what is possible for your world. Fill your spirit with a bright, sparkling vision of how good you know life can be. Sure, the superficial things will come and go, so don't let those things define you. Instead, treasure the values that transcend every moment and every circumstance. The genuine person inside is much more powerful than your ego that always feels so threatened. Live in gratitude and let the real, authentic, courageous person you are, always come shining through. Thanks & Regards, SiVa…

 

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QUOTE TO MULL ABOUT

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

-- Christopher Darlington Morley (1890-1957)

 

Thought for the Day: Purpose guiding the way Discouragement comes from worrying about how. Inspiration comes from diving into the rich feeling of why. When you attempt to work out every detail of every step in advance, it can be confusing and frustrating. To add some powerful clarity, settle on a good, meaningful first step and take it. Getting started immediately is more important than debating with yourself about exactly how you'll finish. As long as your plans are at least one step ahead of your actions, and as long as you remember why, you'll be able to keep moving ahead. Your experience in taking the early steps will enable you to more effectively determine and execute the later steps. And in every step along the way, always remember why you have chosen to move forward. Stay in touch with why, and have faith that your sense of authentic purpose will lead you to the objective you have chosen. Step forward, and with your purpose guiding the way, find the path that takes you there. Thanks & Regards,     SiVa

 

Thought for the Day: The masterpiece You are a highly accomplished artist, creating the ongoing masterpiece of your life. It is a singularly unique work of art that comes to life more richly and more fully in your every moment. The masterpiece of your life is not the same as any other, and that is what gives it much of its beauty. It is a living, breathing, feeling work of art that is a distinctive and irreplaceable expression of wonder and joy. As you feel the remarkable reality of yourself, always remember that you transcend every label that could ever be placed on you. Though there are many ways you have been, there are countless other ways that you can yet be. Just as the darker areas of a painting and the lighter areas play off each other, so too do the varieties of your experience all add to the masterpiece of your life. With each new day, the masterpiece becomes more magnificent. In this moment, work your art well, letting it flow from your authentic heart. Give your spirit cause to soar, and forever capture the unique beauty of now within the masterpiece that is your life. Thanks & Regards, SiVa…

 

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Skype

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Photoscape

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Photoscape Ver 3.5 for Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7can be downloaded at http://snipurl.com/photoscapecnet

GooReader

GooReader, a desktop application, lets you search, download and read books and magazines publicly available on Google Books. Its neat interface makes a reading a pleasure, just like reading hardcover books or paperback magazines. Use the mouse to turn over the pages, zoom them in and out. GooReader can also help to search for books by title, author or book_ID. The search results are represented as 3D book models on a bookshelf. GooReader can also search online books by title, author or a keyword.

The 1.1. MB GooReader for Windows XP/Vista/7 can be downloaded at http://gooreader.com/files/gooreader.zip

Net Framework 3.5 SP1 required. No Google account is required to use GooReader, and for more details browse the FAQ at http://gooreader.com/faq/

The paid version offers additional features like reading them offline, on mobile devices, and e-Book readers.

doPDF

This is the latest edition doPDF, a free PDF converter, mentioned in this column more than a year ago. This utility is very popular, and as on date it has been downloaded 11,000,000 times! doPDF can convert documents to searchable PDF files which can be viewed on any computer with a PDF viewer (reader) installed. doPDF installs as a printer driver and helps to generate PDF files by simply selecting the "print" command from any application like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, AutoCad drawings. Features include: Predefined page size - you can select a predefined page size for the resulting PDF file such as: A4, A5, A6, Letter, Legal, Executive, Envelope DL/C5/B5/Monarch/#10; Custom page size - if you need more customization in terms of PDF page size, you
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The 3.97 MB v7.1.345 (21 Sep 10) for Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2008/2003/2000 Server (32 and 64-bit) can be downloaded at http://www.dopdf.com/download/setup/dopdf-7.exe

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I need a simple desktop tool to manage tasks. Please
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QUOTE TO MULL OVER

There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.

--Tom Krause

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