Spyware Could Send You to Prison

A not so tech-savvy 41-year-old former substitute teacher was convicted of four felony counts of endangering minors last year because she failed to stop pop-up images from appearing in her classroom computer. According to the procecutors the substitute teacher exposed her students to pornography and failed "to shield them from the pop-up images after they appeared on her classroom computer". The substitute teacher, Julie Amero, was four months pregnant at that time and has just learned how to e-mail and she is hardly your typical porn surfer. Those pop-up images that caused her conviction were mostly spyware that are not that easy to control or stop especially if you are not that good at using the computer. I think she was wrongly judged. Alex Eckelberry, the CEO of Sunbelt Software, also thinks that the conviction was not just, so he contacted Amero and helped her turn around the case and get the guilty verdict overturned later. This is a sad story of a not so tech-savvy teacher who became the victim of the bad that technology could sometimes bring. For the more detailed story, you can read it here.

I Googled for Footwear

I don't know why, but to family and friends, I am the person to call when there is something that they need to know about-- be it a short definition of a term, the name of the director of a good film, how to get a credit card, how to start a blog or change a blog's template, where to find what, and anything that needs an answer under the sun-- they call me because they think I have all the ready answers to all their questions. They do not know that the answer to almost anything is just a google away. That's my secret. So when an older cousin who is now a fire marshal in a neighboring town called me to ask where to find foot wear for his team of firemen, I was not surprised. I did not tell him that I know nothing about fireman's footwear and that he is supposed to know where to get it because he is the fireman. I told him that I'd call him back in a few minutes while I googled about fireman's footwear. I came upon 5.11 Tactical Boots. So after learning about this company, I called back my cousin and told him about how 5.11 Tactical covers Fire and EMS professionals from head to toe. This company offers top quality footwear at affordable prices. I also told my cousin that all of the company's new boot offerings feature the same Shock Mitigation System that has made 5.11 Tactical Footwear an overnight success. All of Tactical 511 boots are guaranteed against defects in workmanship and materials so it is guaranteed that anyone can count on these 5.11 products performing up to standards.

My cousin asked me how I know about this things. I did not tell him that i just Googled it, but I gave him the url to 5.11 Tactical and told him to check it out.

How To Hide Audio Files in Image Files

Okay, this trick is quiet old, I have posted this in one of my blogs more than a year ago and I have shared it as a thread in one of the forums I frequent. But I have received an email from a follower of this blog asking me if I know how to hide audio files in image files and if I could make a tutorial for it here. So here it is a little trick that would enable you to "hide" an audio file in an image file. This stuff is just for fun, this is child's play, this is not true steganography (the process of hiding a secret message or file within a larger one in such a way that others can not discern the presence or contents of the hidden message). This might not be even good enough for your little sister. Good steganography makes it very difficult to detect that information is there at all.

But anyway, big things start with with little things. So on with the little tut.

The right to keep secrets is a privilege that every human being should enjoy. Our secrets are who we are and in this age and time the name of the game is distrust. We keep our dark secrets to ourselves for fear of rejection by others, we only reveal them to a very trusted few.

We all know (consciously or unconsciously) that the shape of one's character is revealed by the kind of clutter one makes in one's life. Let me see the contents of your hard drive and i will tell you who you are. We all know that the kinds of files you download help reveal your soul's shape that is why you would like to know how to hide your "dark' files so that your nosy officemates won't see them. Here's a method of hiding files in other files. In this tutorial we will hide an mp3 file in an image file (.jpg) so that when an unsuspecting intruder to your PC double-clicks the image file all he sees is the image, he won't hear the music hidden in the image file.

How to do it:
Put in a folder the file you want to hide and the image where you will hide it. Example, I want to hide Paranoid.mp3 in an image file named Rocker.jpg so I will put the two files in a folder of my choice see image below:


In this example, I placed the two files in C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Downloads. After this the next step is for us to open the command prompt.

To open the command prompt just do Start>Run then type "cmd" (without the quotes). At command prompt go to the folder where your files are by using the cd command (in my case I typed "cd Documents\Downloads" because my files are in that folder. After entering the folder you are ready to create a new file called Rock.jpg (or whatever name you prefer), this is the file where you will hide the Paranoid.mp3. To do it (you're still in command prompt) type 'copy /b Roccker.jpg + Paranoid.mp3 Rock.jpg' without the quotes then hit enter.

Common sense would tell you that in the above line Rocker.jpg is the file where you will be hiding Paranoid.mp3 and Rock.jpg is the file that will contain both the mp3 and the image. This is how it would look like in the command prompt:



Now, after we did it with the cmd we go to the "Dowloads" folder and we will see something like this:


Now you are free to change the extension of Rock.jpg to .mp3 and play it with VLC Media player or WinAmp or whatever player you have as long as it's not Windows Media Player because it sucks a lot. Notice also that the size of the new file is as big as the Paranoid.mp3+Rocker.jpg.

That's it you may apply the same process with other files with some modifications in the process, and if you are creative enough you may also use Winrar to help along the way if you want your file to be encrypted for further protection. But that's another story :)

Eset Smart Security 4 Beta Now Available

The first public beta for Eset Smart Security is now available for download. It is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows systems. Eset Smart Security is one of the best protections you can have today against malware and virus. This release incorporates many new features and improvements, including:

• support for Microsoft Windows Live Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird mail user agents
• scanning of SSL-encrypted HTTPS and POP3S traffic
• integrated SysRescue module for creating bootable discs and USB flash drives
• integrated SysInspector module for analyzing runnings processes on computer
• device driver-based cleaning module to remove malware which runs at boot time
• Watch Activity pane graphs File and Network Activity with second, minute or hour precision
• text mode interface for compatibility with screen-readers and other assistive technologies

Monitor Pages Without RSS feed with Newzie

Yes, you can monitor pages without RSS feed with this cool app, Newzie. This app can be used to monitor RSS and ATOM formatted feeds, as well as normal webpages. It is so simple to monitor a page without RSS feed, just hit the add button and then choose the page you want to monitor, then decide what knid of changes in that page you want to monitor. Cool ha, check it out, it's free.

Do You Have What it Takes to be an XML Superstar?

Are you familiar with XQuery, XML and DB? are you good at it? Do you want to know how you fare with other developers and aspiring programmers in this area? Now is your chance to see if you can be an XML superstar envied by other developers. IDUG is sponsoring a contest, the IDUG contest which is open to developers (students, hobbyists, and professionals). This awesome developer contest is aimed at increasing the awareness and familiarity with XQuery, XML and DB2. There are five different tracks for individuals of different skill levels, so you can choose the track or category that you think you could excel on. If you believe that you can handle all the five categories you can join in all the five tracks and prove to the world how good you are at XQuery, XML and DB. But you can only have one entry per track.

Join now and send an entry for any or each of the following tracks :

Video Contest: Upload a video, judged by the community, prizes awarded monthly

Gadget Contest: Create a small widget or gadget, judged by the community, prizes awarded monthly

XQuery Challenge: Answer a series of questions by developing queries in XQuery. All correct answers (answer and query structure) entered to win larger prizes

Port an Application: Port an existing application to use XML, XQuery or DB2. Judged by a panel of judges

Develop an application: Develop a brand new application using XML and/or XQuery. Judged by a panel of judges

Now, do you have what it takes to shine in the IDUG contest? Join now!

Check Out FoxGlove

What happens when a Firefox addict who uses a lot of Google applications decides to mix Google and Firefox? FoxGlove, an alternate browser which is a standalone Google apps portal. Yeah, this thingy is worth checking out. Why not download it now and see it in action? You can also read more about it from Lifehacker.

Wonderful Selection of Holiday Frames at Zenni

Need a new pair of frames for your eyeglasses that would match the holiday feel? Or need to buy one of your loved ones a new set of frames as a holiday gift? Well, grab them from the popular online eyeglasses shop Zenni Optical. When you buy online holiday glass frames from Zenni Optical, you'll get more out of what you pay for. From them you can buy affordable but quality and stylish eyeglasses, there are $ 8 complete Rx eyeglasses at Zenni!

Goodbye SearchMash, Hello SearchWiki

Google drops SearchMash (Google's experimental non-branded search interface) in favor of SearchWiki, a new functionality that allows those with Google account to customize their search results. With SearchWiki you can move specific results up or down in rankings so that they will appear in the preferred order when you do the same search in the future. You can also post comments on the results of your searches. Not only that, you can also see what other people have said on them also. The comments and notes that you add will only affect your own search.

According to a post in the official Google blog : "This new feature is an example of how search is becoming increasingly dynamic, giving people tools that make search even more useful to them in their daily lives. We have been testing bits and pieces of SearchWiki for some time through live experiments, and we incorporated much of our learnings into this release. We are constantly striving to improve our users' search experience, and this is yet another step along the way."

Bounce Rate is Really a Factor in Search Engine Ranking

There is a post at SEO Blackhat that shows that bounce rate is really a factor in search engine ranking. In the post there are screen shots of Google analytics data from a site. If you study the screen shots you will see that there is a "pattern you would expect from a program designed to flush out terms with higher bounce rates and test them across other sites", according to that poster in SEO Blackhat.

What exactly is bounce rate and how does it figure in ranking? Well, in Google analytics support page it says that bounce rate "is the percentage of single-page visits (i.e. visits in which the person left your site from the entrance page. Bounce rate is a measure of visit quality and a high bounce rate generally indicates that site entrance (landing) pages aren’t relevant to your visitors. You can minimize Bounce Rates by tailoring landing pages to each keyword and ad that you run. Landing pages should provide the information and services that were promised in the ad copy."

Now, is it time to worry about bounce rate? I think we've been worrying about it long enough. If this is the first time for you to hear about this term, don't mind because all you have to do is to find the best way to keep visitors stay longer in your site. If you have good content then you need not worry about things like this.

Soon You'll be Googling Never Seen Before LIFE Magazine Photos

More than 10 million never before seen LIFE magazine photographs will soon be available online through Google Image Search. Andy Blau, LIFE's President said, "LIFE will now reach a broader audience and engage them online with the incredible depth and breadth of the LIFE Photo Archive from serious world events, to Hollywood celebrities to whimsical photographs."

Serious About Your Online Presence? Know the Best and the Worst Web Hosts

Taking your online presence seriously means having the best professional web hosting service that your pocket can afford. Those who are new to having a website or blog are often clueless about basic things like where to get affordable web hosting services and how to set things up. Doing the trial and error method in finding the best professional web hosting service is hazardous to your your online presence. Things like finding the best web host and domain name registrar for you should be right the first time you do it. But how would a newbie know which is the best and which is the worst? You need to know what other more experienced webmasters and site owners have to say. WebHostingGeeks.com is the place to go because they provide independent reviews of the best web hosting providers. This site has been doing this for years. At WebHostingGeeks web host providers are ranked according to best price-value ratio. Host reliability, uptime, key features, bonus features, customer support, past and current user feedbacks, user-friendliness and hosting awards also come into the equation. With the the above mentioned factors as bases for the ranking, you would surely find the best professional web hosting provider for your website or blog. If you are maintaining a blog, it would be good to check out WebHostingGeeks' page for Best Blog Hosting Award of the year, you will be guided by this page in deciding which service to choose.

If you are on the process of taking your online presence seriously, it is time to get yourself a web hosting but before you do it, drop by at WebHostingGeeks.com and be guided by their independent reviews of web hosting providers.

Ranking, Not as Important as it Used to Be.

In a recent interview with WebProNews' Mike McDonald, Google's Matt Cutts implied that in 2009 ranking is "not as important as it used to be". There are other more important factors to be considered other than ranking, like traffic and conversions. SEO's should focus on these things. Matt said that SEO's must embrace universal search and integrate videos, images, books, and many other formats in their pages.

Ranking is Dead,Traffic is All that Matters

Every webmaster wants to see the future of SEO. What if you have the power to see the future and sees that in the next few months ranking would be dead and all that would matter is traffic? Probably you will change your SEO habits and start on something that would keep you in the race. The future of SEO depends on how search engines evolve into more modern ranking methods. Bruce Clay, president of Bruce Clay, Inc. revealed in a one-on-one interview with WebProNews' Michael McDonald some insights about the future of SEO. Bruce talked about many things, one of those is "behavior based search", which means that personalization is going to be "web-wide" using third party cookies and things. Bruce says that your prior search history will affect your search. This means that if 100 people will do a search at the same time for the same term, the result each one will get would be unique because their prior search history affected their search. Bruce gave an illustration, an example search term: "java". Some people doing the searh may be looking for something related to programming and others are looking for the beverage and another group may be looking for the tourist destination. Theoritecally the search engine will know that and will provide each user tha appropriate list of search results. "We can't search for any term and look at rankings because I can get different results than you for exactly the same query. So that's going to change a lot," Bruce says. It doesn't matter if you're logged into Google or not. Bruce believes that personalized results will be coming out within the first quarter of next year.

How about "intent-based search"? Your search engine is looking up your IP and revises your search result based on where you are and your search engine can make assumptions about the intent of your search and give you the most appropriate result of your search. "The page that ranks for a shopping query is an entirely different architecture than the page that ranks for a research query," Bruce explains,

Bruce Clay believes that in the first six months of 2009, we will be seeing a lot more implementation of behavior and intent-based search leading to a mindset of "ranking is dead, and traffic is all that matters."

Bruce suggested that SEO’s should focus closely on analytics, bounce rate, traffic. He also advised SEO's to make use of video, images, audio, maps, etc in their pages. This will help engage the viewers of your page, and it will also engage Google.

So it all boils down to this : If your site has something new to show or tell, if it is unique, if it stands out in the crowd, Google will surely notice it.

Update:
To make things clearer and more complete, I have added the video of the interview of Bruce Clay. this video is courtesy of WebProNews.

New Tab Functions Added to Firefox 3.1 Beta

Tab tearing. Okay, okay, Opera and the new macho on the block Chrome has this function, in fact Opera has been doing this stunt for ages. So what if Mozilla adds a feature to Firefox that's already in other competing browsers? This only shows that the makers of Firefox are really bent on giving us the best. It is not always about who gets there first, it's is about making a good browser. To be the best one needs to see the good in the competition and take and improve from it. Mozilla really knows how to play the game.

Locate Flaws and Vulnerabilities in Your System with Secunia PSI

Want to be sure that your system is free from flaws and vulnerabilities? Well, there's a free security software that scans your computer for installed software and determine if any applications lack security updates. This tool is Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI). What's good about this tool is that it not only provides an exhaustive list of possible threats to your system but also the links to the downloads needed to correct the security flaws.

Looking for Cheap But Quality Eyeglasses

I have been meaning to give my younger sister a gift this Christmas that would make her remember me every single day--stylish eyeglasses. My sister started wearing eyeglasses when she was in sixth grade, she is now 34. I know that classy eyeglasses are expensive but of course I know where to get a good prescription eyeglasses that would match my sister's fashion style. At Zenni Optical I could get affordable eyeglasses that are of high quality. Yes, stylish prescription eyeglasses can be bought online from Zenni with prices as low as $8. You may be wondering why Zenni could offer such low price for their quality eyeglasses. The reason for this is because Zenni Optical sells only their own manufactured frames direct to the customer, without using any middlemen and with almost no advertising budget. The Chicago Tribune even has an article about how price ranges of prescription eyeglasses at Zenni proves to be a real eye-opener. Prescription eyeglasses are medical products and at the same time fashion accessory. Zenni Optical understands this that is why they are able to deliver a wide variety really stylish eyeglasses that would surely suit almost every taste in fashion.

My sister would surely be pleased with my Christmas gift for her. I know her taste, I know her style, and I know the perfect eyeglasses frame that would enhance the beauty of her face can only be found at Zenni.

Video and Audio Chat Available Soon to Gmail Web Interface

Very soon you will be able to chat more ways than ever before from within Gmail. You will soon look and sound better with high quality audio and video because Google will soon be adding video and audio chats to the Gmail web interface. Google has announced it on the Gmail blog. To be able to enjoy this feature you need to download and install the voice and video plugin. Gmail will take care of the rest. What's good about this feature is that it is designed using Internet standards such as XMPP, RTP, and H.264. What does it mean? It means that "that third-party applications and networks can choose to interoperate with Gmail voice and video chat." This feature will be available for both PC and Mac.


Now, would this kill Yahoo! chat? It remains to be seen.

Google Answers Your Burning Questions

Lately The Lady Programmer has posted a series of articles about SEO. Many comments from fellow bloggers interested in SEO were made on these articles. I read all the comments and it became obvious to me that many bloggers do not really know how to optimize their blogs so that Google will easily see them. I also found out through the comments that many bloggers are aware about how important it is to do SEO but they have no idea how to do it. Despite the many books I've read about SEO, it still remains as some sort of mystery to me, I know some things about it but there are many things that are cloaked with mystery. I know that it is also the same case with other bloggers and webmasters. I see many blogs posing as SEO expert's blogs but these blogs do not even have PR and when I do some tests on them they do not make it to the first page of Google search, so how could I take their advice on SEO when they could not even apply SEO on their own blogs? The reason why SEO is a mystery is because Google moves in mysterious ways. If we know exactly how Google thinks and moves then SEO would be very easy. Lately Google answered many of the burning questions in bloggers' and webmasters' minds about PR and SEO and stuff like that. In a live chat Q&A, Google's Matt Cutts and Maile Ohye with other Google engineers, answered straight many of the questions webmasters around the world had been begging to be answered straight. The Google people, according to Jason Lee Miller of WebProNews, "put to rest some fears and myths, and confirmed some speculations".

Here are some of the questions answered by Google:

Do 301 redirects carry over PageRank?

Where appropriate, ranking signals will be transferred across 301 redirects (if the same page has moved from one URL to another). This may take some time, so you should probably leave the redirect in place as long as you have control over the URL.

Do backlinks from bad sites negatively affect my PageRank?

Those links might be positively affecting your PageRank (PageRank does not go down from "bad" links like those from adult sites). In general, you don't have to worry about bad links like that which point to your site that aren't under your control.

I have reported sites that clearly have paid links (e.g. the backlink page says "Advertising" above the link), but Google does not seem to take action. Why would that be the case? These are .orgs who are clearly selling their .org juice.

While paid links and spam reports are being taken very seriously by Google, the results may not be seen immediately for users or even not at all. This does not mean no action is being taken on the offending sites. Also, the TLD of the sites should not be a factor being taken into account. For this reason reporting both, web spam and PageRank passing link selling makes sense and contributes in an important way to the quality of Google's index.

Is it true that the fewer the links FROM your website, the more influence they have on the sites receiving those links?

PageRank is split up over the links from a page, but I would recommend not concentrating on this (as you won't be able to "measure" and act upon it anyway) and instead making your site as usable as possible for your visitors.

Does getting a lot of comments in a blog help in being well indexed/ranked by Google?

Having a lot of enthusiastic users commenting on your posts and doing so generating content on your site, certainly does not harm your rankings :-) Furthermore, a large fan base gives the webmaster a bit of independence from search engine traffic, which is the reason why generating original and compelling content in order to nurture a group of committed users is something I would highly recommend to any blogger.


How often does your search algorithm change?

We change the algorithms all the time - last year we had over 450 changes.

Does Google have a problem with rank-checking software?

Rank-checking software is against Google’s Terms of Service and could result in blocking your IP address, and it doesn’t really help, especially when it comes to personalized or geotargeted results.

Is there PageRank boost from .edu or .gov links?

Google’s Answer: You don't get any PageRank boost from having an .edu link or .gov link automatically. If you get an .edu link and no one is linking to that .edu page, you're not going to get any PageRank at all because that .edu page doesn't have any PageRank.

Does a page load time play a crucial role in Google Page Ranking? If yes how important is it?

I think the more important issue here is user experience. If your site loads fast, your users will be happy; if it loads slow, users will be less happy. Make your users happy, right?

Does the age of a website/domain affect its ranking?

Ohye answered this way: a site's reputation can be a indicator to search engines, but of course, it's not everything. Having a site for a long period of time can establish credibility with users, and as a search engine we also want to reflect this type of credibility. Of course, newer domains can also gain users and credibility. It seems like running a good site is a bit like running a reputable business. So yes, if your domain has been credible for years it can help. If you buy an old domain and put all your content on it in hopes of getting instant rankings, that's not the best idea.

But, when the question was rephrased from another webmaster, Cutts answered: In the majority of cases, it actually doesn't matter--we want to return the best information, not just the oldest information. Especially if you're a mom/pop site, we try to find ways to rank your site even if your site is newer or doesn't have many links. I think it is fair for Google to use that as a signal in some circumstances, and I try never to rule a signal out completely, but I wouldn't obsess about it.

For more of the Questions and answers from the third online Webmaster Chat from October 22, 2008 Click Here.

Virtual Estate

How do you see your blog? Perhaps you see it as nothing more than just a diary that is open to the public, your freedom wall, your vanity mirror, your mixed bag of rants and raves. Perhaps you see it as a canvas on which you can paint the colors of your soul for others to appreciate. Is that the way you see your blog? I am not saying that there is something wrong with that. But has it occured to you that your blog could be some piece of real estate? Or should I say virtual estate. If you are maintaining a niche blog probably it has ocured to you that it is possible to sell your blog. I have posted here last month something about a blogger selling his PR5 blog for $15 million. A while ago I have stumbled upon an article written by woman who has sold one of her blogs for $95,000. This woman has been blogging for years and maintained some niche blogs. It did not occur to her to see her blogs as real estate but when some unfortunate events placed her and her family in dire straits, she stumbled upon the idea of selling one of her niche blogs. Actually it was not really her idea, the idea was inspired by a book she was reading.

Now, if you are maintaining more than one blogs, start seeing your blogs as real estate, like a piece of land that you can sell when the need for a big amount of money presents itself. But of course, like a piece of land, a blog should be developed into something attractive to buyers.

Are You Ready for the SongBird?

Have you heard about Songbird? It's a Mozilla-based media player that uses GStreamer to handle media playback. As of now it is still in active development but the first release candidate of Sonbird 1.0 is now available. There are versions pf the program for Linux, Mac, and of course Windows. Would this new media player compete with VLC Player? We have yet to see. Check it out here.

Buy Prescription Glasses Online

Thinking about changing you eyeglasses with something that is classy? Why not buy it online from Zenni Optical, you can get great eyeglasses for less from this website. They have a wide variety of frames to choose from and the prices are affordable, starting from $8. You can get variable dimension frames from Zenni which would surely fit your fashion and style. Lower price doesn't always means lower quality because at Zenni Optical you get low-priced high quality prescription glasses. The Secret to Zenni’s Low Prices is that they sell only their own manufactured frames direct to the customer, with no middlemen and virtually no advertising budget. And don't you know that Zenni Optical was on FOX news! Check it out.

Have a Taste of Firefox's Private Browsing

Many internet users (especially those who surf the web with their office computers) do not want to leave traces of where they had been in the net. We all know that office mates are naturally nosy and they want to know what p0rn sites you visit during office hours and if your taste is as good as theirs. They also would love to have the chance to tell your boss about your browsing activities during office hours. But if your browser allows you the have "private browsing" your nosy officemates would not have any room for their nose to stick to in your browsing activities. With this feature, your search, browsing, form, and download history will not be saved. Cookies or temporary files are also not saved. Back in September, Mozilla dropped some hints that a feature that allows "private browsing" would be available in Firefox 3.1. But yesterday, a major feature was added to the pre-release versions of Firefox 3.1 which will give you a taste of Private Browsing. If you want to try this new feature, just get Mozilla's Minefield browser and install it. By the way, Minefield Browser is an experimental browser from the makers of Firefox.

Let's Play the Crowns of Power

I love freebies, that is why I love to play free online games. Yesterday I stumbled upon Crowns of Power, a 3D graphical online MMO for the PC from Rampid Interactive that is for free. Yes, you've read it right, it is free. This great game features an amazing 3D world with impressive landscape and environment that would really put you into another world and into the game. The game world is being designed to support hundreds of players simultaneously, with the network capacity to support many game servers. Players from all over the world can meet up in this fantasy world to fight in the battlefield side by side or opposite one another. As a player you can have the power to govern yourself in a PvP world where combat could happen anywhere, anytime. What I really like about this game is that there is a sense of community with smaller world population. A player earns his reputation and role on the server, and be held accountable for his actions. Your character evolves through adventures and quests where you can get to collect powers and spells. This game really hooked me so I am sure that it will also hook you. Download it from www.crownsofpower.com and play with me. Crowns of Power will have no monthly fee, or charges of any kind. Players will have access to a point store where they can purchase account upgrades, or exclusive access to future content, but no credit card or payment will be necessary to participate in the game.

So, what are you waiting for, download the game now and meet me at the battlefield.

Chromify Your Firefox

Yeah, Google's Chrome browser created a storm when it was released some weeks ago but Firefox is still Firefox and it is still the best browser in the world. Many people are sticking with Firefox (I'm one of them, though I was infatuated with Chrome when it first came out) even if they like Chrome's sleek look. If you are among those who want Firefox's features and Chrome's look, you'll be happy to know that you can actually have the best of both: by Chromifying the look of your Firefox. All you need to do is let Firefox wear the coat of Chrome by using Chromifox 2, an experimental Firefox add-on. It is a theme for Firefox that will make the browser look like Chrome. But of course, do not think that after installing Chromifox, your tabs will have a new position because they will remain in the default position of Firefox.

Free Images For Bloggers From Acobox

Bloggers like me who maintain multiple blogs know that adding content in blogs is not as easy as a walk in the park because it is not merely adding words in posts but adding images too. To make a blog more appealing we add images. Images can paint a thousand words. Images hook the readers. Images make the readers read your words. But adding images could sometimes be a problem. I often find it difficult to locate the best images for some articles I write. But now I found a site that gives free blog images to bloggers like me. I signed up at acobox.com after stumbling upon them and exploring their site and learning that they provide free images for bloggers. The site is not like other sites that provide images to users because it also hosts the images it gives. By registering an account with acobox.com a blogger could have the luxury of hotlinking images by using click and Ctrl-v. All images at Acobox are properly licensed, optimized for blog, and free so there is no worrying about rights and stuff, all you have to worry about is choosing the best image for your post. Acobox's gallery covers a wide range: from landscape, architechture, culture and entertainment, down to drawings and maps. There are fourteen categories in their gallery as of now. Members can add their own imags to the gallery so the gallery is actually growing, it grows as the community grows.

So you're a blogger? Then stop seeking images from all over the web and copying, resizing, uploading, and inserting these images, it's too time consuming. Start Hotlinking to acobox now.

Numbskull for Halloween

Numbskull Solve the puzzles to get the skull safely back to his body.

Play this free game now!!

If you have nothing to do tonight, why not waste your time with this game, I made it to level 18 so it means that the game is interesting because I made it that far without getting bored. Try it, it is free.

Warning : this game would really numb your skull, it will give your brain a real workout.