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Turn on and enable Do Not Track in IE9

Vivek — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:52:42 +0000

Internet Explorer 9 has tremendous improvements over its predecessor. However with all the modern browser pushing to respect user privacy. IE 9 had the pressure to do that. Now with IE 9 you can enable do not track feature which will enable privacy and protection. Following is the what do not track means:

Do Not Track is a technology that enables users to opt out of third-party web tracking, including behavioral advertising. At present a user cannot opt out of many of the hundreds of tracking services and advertising networks; those that do allow opting out each require setting (and not deleting!) an opt-out cookie. Much like the popular Do Not Call registry, Do Not Track provides users with a single, persistent setting to opt out of web tracking.

Click on the Tools (Gear) button or press Alt-X in IE9.

Go to Safety in the pull down menu.

Select Tracking Protection in the sub-menu, which will open “Manage Add-ons” dialog box directly on Tracking Protection add-on type.

Click on Your Personalized List.

Click on Enable button in the lower-right corner of the “Manage Add-ons” dialog box to turn on Do Not Track feature.

Once enabled, IE9 will start automatically generate a list of blocked third-party operators in the Personalized Tracking Protection List based on third-party contents hosted on the sites you visit. IE9 monitors if a third party is delivering content to more than a few websites, which indicates it may tracking the web users.

Free Norton Internet Security 2011 with 90 Days License

Vivek — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:45:39 +0000

Norton is one of the leading internet security service provider with it’s flagship product being Norton Internet Security (NIS) and Norton 360. They have released 2011 version 18.0 of NIS which is the next release after Norton Internet Security 2010 version 17.0.

NIS 2011 is packed with modules like anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-worm, anti-phishing, firewall, bot protection, Norton SafeWeb, anti-spam, anti-rootkit, SONAR 3 behavior protection, vulnerability protection, network mapping with monitoring, identity protection, Norton Bootable Recovery Tool, Norton Reputation Service.4

Now you can download the Norton Internet Security 2011 90-days OEM installer for free with 90 days of protection. No serial number nor activation key code is required to enjoy the free 3 months protection, as the installation is of OEM version.

You can skip the activation dialogue box after installation.

Download Norton Internet Security 2011 90-days OEM installer.

Download Opera 10.60 alpha for Windows

Vivek — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:42:12 +0000

Opera is a popular cross platform browser and is making quick progress benchmarking the best practices for a browser. In this effort they have release the version 10.60 Alpha for users of Windows, mac and Linux. The new browser is faster than it’s predecessors and promises to have significant performance boost both in terms of Javascript, CSS and DOM.

Following are some of the important improvements:

In addition to the visual tweaks you have seen already, such as the Speed Dial facelift, we have also been making further UI enhancements. You will notice that the O menu button now says “Menu” for easy discovery, and instead of hard to read thumbnails for internal tabs, we have replaced them with icons. The tab hover previews have also received a facelift.

Download Opera 10.60 Alpha for Windows

More information and versions for other platform can be found here.

ListDJ brings lyrics integration to your Spotify

Vivek — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:00:31 +0000

Spotify is one of the best online music service and has some great music tracks. However, what it misses is integrated lyrics. However you can have a plugin which should bring lyrics like interface to your spotify. ListDJ is one such plugin which integrates with spotify to bring lyrics on the fly for the current track that is playing. One thing that is missing though is floating style lyrics.

ListDJ gives you the lyrics of a current playing track on Spotify. All nice integrated beside the main spotify window. No more searching for lyrics!

Download ListDJ

BurnAware: Fre DVD and CD writing software

Vivek — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:50:02 +0000

BurnAware free version is a software for burning CDs and DVDs. It is ideal for users with basic disc burning needs as backup, creating data, audio, MP3 music, DVD-Video discs and burning disc images. Free, easy to set up, it enables you to save your files to disc quickly and provides clean, flexible interface to help you complete your burning tasks much faster.

Features include:

Create data, bootable and multisession CD/DVD/Blu-ray Discs
Create Audio CDs and MP3 CD/DVD/Blu-ray Discs
Create DVD-Video
Create and burn boot images
Create and burn disc images
Supports all current hardware interfaces (IDE/SCSI/USB/1394/SATA)
Supports UDF/ISO9660/Joliet Bridged file systems (any combination)
On-the-fly writing for all image types (no staging to hard drive first)
Auto-verification of written files
Supports CD-Text and unicode characters
Supports Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 (32 and 64 Bit), no drivers required

Links

Download Free BurnAware

SuggestRun: Provide suggestions for Windows Run feature

Vivek — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:31:07 +0000

Windows run prompt is quite good if you want efficient way of handling stuff. I almost end up running most of the things using the run prompt. Even though Windows 7 and Windows Vista’s search box has made it almost redundent to use the run feature, I am sure some of you still would find it the most convinient way to launch applications and programs.

SuggestRun is program like Windows Start>Run menu with suggestions functionality. It’s quite helpful to discover new features which you might not be aware of.

Links

Download SuggestRun

How to disable This Program Might Not Have Installed Correctly in Windows 7

Vivek — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:46:37 +0000

Did you ever get irritated by Windows trying to tell you “This Program Might Not Have Installed Correctly“, once you try to install a new software. Although you know that the program you tried installing installed correctly. You might also be confused that you did something wrong and hence the program did not install correctly. Well in mostly likely case the program got installed and the pop up is just a false positive.

We will see how to get rid of this. If you are not comfortable turning it off as you are new to computers, please leave it as it is. However, in this tutorial we’ll see how to turn off this so called feature of Windows 7. The problem is sometimes Windows 7 shows this message even if the program is correctly installed. So it’s wise to disable this feature.

To disable this feature:

1. Bring up the run command and type “services.msc” (without quotes).

2. Right click on it and click stop. Now we have stopped this service from running in the background. However, it’ll start again when you reboot your Windows.

3. Once the service is stopped, right click on it again and go to properties.

4. In the next window, from the Startup type drop down, select disabled. Click apply.

Now next time when you restart your computer this feature will be gone for good.

Download LIFE: Official Windows 7 theme

Vivek — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:39:46 +0000

Windows 7 has some eye candy themes by default. However, you can also install themes from around the web and enjoy a new look to your Windows 7 desktop. LIFE theme is official theme released by Windows and they have done a good job of making it really good looking with some fabulous wallpapers. The theme has 5 fabulous wallpapers and is only 4.6 MB in size.

You can download LIFE Windows 7 theme for free and can start using it.

Download LIFE Windows 7 theme

Get 6 months free subscription of Outpost Firewall Pro

Vivek — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:01:01 +0000

Agnitum’s Outpost Firewall Pro is a state of art security tool to protect your Windows based machine from hackers, malwares, loss of data etc. Outpost Firewall Pro provides the first line of defense against malicious software by proactively controlling how programs behave and interact on a PC and preventing security breaches. Latest version extends the range of monitored events and operations for even greater and more customizable protection. Outpost excels in all currently-known leak tests, with additional focus on keylogger-like activities.

Features

Proactive Security

Preemptive threat protection
Self-protection

Anti-spyware

Essential spyware protection

Network Security & Continuity

Connection security
Application access control
Comprehensive coverage
Intrusion protection

Privacy & Web Safety

Unsafe web site access restriction
IP Blocklist keeps surfing clean
Safe repository for personal data
Ad-free, anonymous surfing

Tracking & Control

Network activity monitoring
Password-protection, multiple configuration profiles
Better manageable events logs

The cost of Outpost Firewall Pro is $39.95. However, PC Authority is giving away the free 6-month Outpost Firewall Pro 6.7.3 license key. You can grab it using the following steps:

1. Go to the Outpost Firewall Pro promotional page:

http://www.agnitum.com/promo/pc-authority/index.php

2. In the form fill, E9NZR-XY3RW-WK8CS-WKW85-XKNC2 as the promotion code. Enter a valid user name and email id and click Send to get the registration key for Outpost Firewall Pro.

3. Download Outpost Firewall Pro 6.7.3:

Outpost Firewall Pro 32 bit: OutpostProInstall32.exe
Outpost Firewall Pro 64 bit: OutpostProInstall64-exe

4. Install Outpost Firewall Pro and enter the registration key that you received.

Enjoy 6 months of free Outpost Firewall Pro subscription.

Download Scheduler for Firefox: Schedule your download with single click

Vivek — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:24:48 +0000

Download scheduling can be an important aspect of your work. And what better than having it in your browser as that’s the application mostly used for downloading stuff. Download Scheduler is one such addon (extension for Firefox) which will make your job of scheduling your downloads very easy. This is mostly helpful if you come from countries where the internet service providers allows you cheaper or unlimited download during the night hours and you don’t want to stay awake all night long to download your stuff.

So all you need is a download scheduler that’s integrated right with your browser and Download Scheduler for Firefox does exactly this. Once installed you can customize it to set your time during which all the downloads will begin. Something like the one below.

All that is left is to now schedule your downloads which is as easy as it gets. All you have to do is to right click on the download link and click Schedule Link As…

This should place your download for that specific download time. Enjoy the freedom of free download with out compromising on your sleep.

Links

Download Scheduler Firefox Extension