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Many times in schools, colleges & offices surfing some sites like orkut,etc are banned !
To overcome this you can unblock these or block some other websites and play pranks !

Do The Following :
For eg you want to block http://www.xyz.com/ !

* Open the folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
* There you will find a file named HOSTS

* Click on the file and press SHIFT and now right click on it .
* From the right click menu select Open with .

* Now, select Notepad to open the file from the list !
* Now, in the file under the line 127.0.0.1 localhost add another line as 127.0.0.2 http://www.xyz.com/.

* Now, File>>Save !

Now, open your web browser and try openning http://www.xyz.com/ , it will not load !
To unblock sites just do the opposite !

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Many of you might be a member of Mylot.

As you all know that Mylot does not allow to copy and paste posts till your rating reaches 500. But i have a trick through which you can copy and paste posts in mylot, no matter what your ranking is. For this you need Opera Browser. You can download it from here.

Steps:

1: Open your Mylot account via Opera Browser.

2: Click "start a new discussion".

3: Choose an interest or start general discussion.

4: Now press F12 Key of your Keyboard.

5: Uncheck Enable Java Script.

6: Now you canPast anything you want.

7: After Pasting, Press F12 Key again, and check Enable Java Script.

8: And hit Start Discussion.

9: Cheers

its 100% working trick founded by me.. have fun..

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The first compact disc was produced exactly 25 years ago in a factory in Germany after years of development by Philips and Sony. We take a look at the humble disc's history and how it shaped the music landscape.

The compact disc project was launched following Philips' failure with its video disc technology in 1978.

The video disc was one of the first commercial products to take advantage of laser technology that could read information from a disc without any physical contact.

Research into the video disc began as far back as 1969, and itself was inspired by Italian Antonio Rubbiani, who had demonstrated a rudimentary video disc system 12 years earlier.

In 1970 Philips began work on what was called the ALP (audio long play) - an audio disc system to rival vinyl records, but using laser technology.

Lou Ottens, technical director of the audio division at Philips, was the first to suggest that the ALP be made smaller than the dominant vinyl format and should aim for one hour of music.


The project initially flirted with the idea of quadraphonic sound but a disc with one hour of music had to be 20cm in diameter and so the plan was abandoned.

In 1977 Philips began to take the development of a new audio format much more seriously. A new name for the product was discussed and names considered included Mini Rack, MiniDisc, and Compact Rack.

The team settled on Compact Disc because it was felt it would remind people of the success of the Compact Cassette.

In March 1979 Philips conducted a press conference to show off the audio quality of its CD system in production and also to impress upon rivals how well it was progressing.



A week later Philips travelled to Japan after the Japanese Ministry of Industry and Technology (MITI) had decided to convene a conference to discuss how the industry could create a standard for the audio disc. The company left Japan having agreed a deal with Sony.

Philips' plan for a CD with a 11.5cm diameter had to be changed when Sony insisted that a disc must hold all of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

The longest recording of the symphony in record label Polygram's archive was 74 minutes and so the CD size was increased to 12cm diameter to accommodate the extra data.

In 1980 Philips and Sony produced their Red Book, which laid down all the standards for compact discs. From that time on the companies worked separately on their own CD equipment but in the early days agreed to share components.

In April 1982 Philips showed off a production CD player for the first time. "From now on, the conventional record player is obsolete," said Lou Ottens.

The first commercial CDs pressed were The Visitors by Abba and a recording of Herbert von Karajan conducting the Alpine Symphony by Richard Strauss.

US record labels were initially very sceptical about the CD. A year after launch there were 1,000 different titles available.

In 1985 Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms became the first CD to sell more than one million copies. It is still the world's most successful CD album.

In 2000 global sales of CD albums peaked at 2.455 billion. In 2006 that figure was down to 1.755 billion.

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Home of more PC and video games than you can shake a stick at.

2. AddictingGames — Free Flash and Java Games - http://www.addictinggames.com/
A very large collection of free Flash and Java games in numerous categories.

3. ClassicGaming.com - http://www.classicgaming.com
This site is a shrine to old game systems (such as Atari).

4. msn Games - http://www.zone.msn.com
Tons of online games - puzzle games, words and trivia, pop culture, card games, board games, and casino games.

5. Puzzle Gems - http://www.puzzlegems.com
Puzzle Gems is a site dedicated to the puzzle gamer! Presenting a top selection of addictive, fun and free puzzle game downloads and online puzzle games. Stimulate your mind and have fun!

6. Free Games - http://www.free-games.com.au/
Free Games is a Ranked Directory of Free Games available to play on or Download from the internet.

7. Pogo.com - http://www.pogo.com/home/home.do?sls=2&site=pogo&sourceid=pogo_Free_GOO_C0001_A0001_LP0001
Find Free Online Games, puzzle games, word games, and other games online at Pogo.com.

8. Free Online Games at FreeArcade.com - http://www.freearcade.com/
Free online games, Arcade games online, online tank games, online sports games.

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PopCap Games, creators of Bejeweled, Bookworm and other addictive free online games.

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Play Free Online Games, sports games, massive multiplayer games, action games, puzzle games, flash games and more.

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Selection of funny videos, pictures, cartoons and database of jokes.

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Funny videos, pictures and games.

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Funny stuff for funny people." Jokes section has certifiably funny jokes and newly submitted jokes broken down into such categories as ethnic, religion, sex, and politics. You can also peruse a massive selection of comics.

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Gigantic website devoted to all things humorous has jokes broken down into different categories.
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This joke web site offers terrific selection of gags, broken down into such categories as Yo Mama, Zombie Baby, Politics, Redneck, and Lawyer. Learn how to submit a joke of your own, search for a specific joke, and sign up to have jokes delivered to your email account.

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In front of a live audience at the Black Hat security convention, Robert Graham (CEO Errata Security) showed how it was possible to hack into popular email programs like Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail without using any passwords. All he needed was an IP Address and username.

At the convention, Graham was able to hijack someone’s Gmail account during his unscripted demonstration.

The attack is actually quite simple. First Graham needs to be able to sniff data packets and in our case the open Wi-Fi network at the convention fulfilled that requirement. He then ran Ferret to copy all the cookies flying through the air. Finally, Graham cloned those cookies into his browser – in easy point-and-click fashion - with a home-grown tool called Hamster. -Source TG Daily

The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) has developed consumer tips to assist users to protect themselves against the risk of mobile phone viruses.

This guide explains what viruses are, how they spread, and what can be done about them.

What’s a mobile phone virus?

A mobile phone virus or mobile malware - malicious mobile software - is a computer virus specifically adapted for the mobile phone environment and designed to spread from one vulnerable phone to another.

A virus is a program code that replicates by being copied to another program. Viruses can be transmitted as attachments to an email or in a download file. Some viruses take effect as soon as their code is executed; other viruses can lie dormant. A virus that replicates by resending itself as an email attachment or as a part of a network message is known as a worm.

Viruses can range from benign to quite harmful; they can erase data from the infected phone or send fake messages purporting to be from the phones owner. How prevalent are mobile phone viruses? The current security risk from mobile phone viruses and worms is low.

Until many more smart phones or PDAs are in use, and users of these phones are regularly exchanging executable files, the risk will remain low. The mobile industry takes the threat of viruses very seriously and is continually monitoring its networks and working to protect users from any future risk from mobile phone viruses. There are also some simple measures that individual users can implement to protect themselves.


What can I do to protect my phone?

The following tips can help prevent problems with viruses on your phone:

1. Switch to Bluetooth hidden mode. If your phone has Bluetooth capability, ensure that the Bluetooth capability is switched to hidden or invisible mode unless you specifically need it to be visible. This will help prevent other Bluetooth-enabled devices from finding your phone (unless you grant them the necessary permission) and will therefore help protect your phone from worms that spread using the Bluetooth wireless technology.

2. Exercise caution before opening attachments. When accepting applications sent via Bluetooth, or opening MMS attachments, exercise caution, just as you would when opening an email attachment on your PC, because they may include harmful software. Ensure the application or attachment comes from a known source, and is wary of opening files that have unfamiliar text attached to them, even if they come from someone you know.

3. Only download content from a trusted source. Trusted sources may include operator portals and other well-known brands that offer adequate protection against viruses and other harmful software. Be aware though that, as with emails, malicious or fraudulent users may be able to fake the appearance of a trusted source.

4. Consider anti-virus software. Some software is available to prevent phone viruses. You may wish to consider downloading this software.

5. Contact your phone manufacturer if concerned. If you think you have a virus, call the phone manufacturer’s care line. They can assist you confirm if it is a virus, and help fix the problem.

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Mickey, Donald, and other characters host the many activities on this site.

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Wacky facts, simple craft projects, and magic tricks.

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Over 40 different games and more!

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This site has games, stories, music, contests, coloring, and free stuff for preschoolers throuh preteens.

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Through interactive games, comics, activities, and advice from McGruff the Crime Dog, mcgruff.org teaches kids how to be safe and protect themselves from crime. This website shows kids what they can do to stay safe online, stop bullies from picking on them and their friends, deal with strangers, and much more.

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Yahoo Kids! is the ultimate web guide for kids! Features fun and educational resources for kids with games, animals, music, jokes, movies, news, astrology, ...

9. Kids Domain - http://www.kidsdomain.com/
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KidsHealth has doctor-approved articles, animations, games, and resources to help kids learn more about their bodies and stay healthy.

Disabling the Messenger Service
To disable the sometimes annoying WMS popups follow these instructions:

Windows XP Professional
Click Start | Settings | Control Panel
Click Administrative Tools
Click Services
Double click Services
Scrolldown and highlight "Messenger"
Right click the highlighted line and choose Properties
Click the STOP button
Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
Click OK

Windows 2000
Click Start | Settings | Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Services
Scroll down and highlight "Messenger"
Right click the highlighted line and choose Properties
Click the STOP button
Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
Click OK

Windows NT
Click Start | Control Panel
Double Click Administrative Tools
In the Messenger Properties window, select Stop
Then choose Disable as the Startup Type
Click OK

Windows 98 & ME
Windows Messenger Service cannot be disabled unfortunately

When you buy 120 Gigabyte hard disk, you will never see the size reported as 120GB. This FAQ looks at the reason why and at the issues involved. It does not consider the issue of file system overheads which will further decrease the free space after formatting.
I'm sure that at some point someone has told you that a Kilobyte is 1024 Bytes. If we are pedantic about the terminology used in describing storage however, they are wrong. A Kilobyte is by definition 1000 bytes, Kilo literally denoting 10^3 of something. What they are talking about is, in fact, a Kibibyte (2^10 Bytes.) This inconsistency causes problems because when people start talking about computer storage - Kilo is suddenly used incorrectly to mean "2^10" rather than the proper "10^3."

Here Follows a quick terminology break:
Giga- A Prefix meaning 1 Billion, or 10^9 of something.
Kilo- A Prefix meaning 1 Thousand, or 10^3 of something.
Gibi- A Prefix meaning 2^30 of something, derived from Gigabinary.
Kibi- A Prefix meaning 2^10 of something, derived from Kilobinary.
Equivalents for Mega-, Tera-, Peta-, etc. all exist in similar fashion.
While this seems a little fussy, it becomes important when talking about large quantities. The difference between a Kilobyte and a Kibibyte is 24 bytes (2^10 - 10^3,) an amount very few people are going to notice or care about. When we start looking at Gigabytes and Gibibytes however, the difference is 73,741,834 Bytes (2^30 - 10^9,) a significant quantity.

It naturally follows that as quantities get larger, this discrepancy increases. 120 Gigabytes translates to approximately 112 Gibibytes so naturally people feel cheated after formatting their new storage monster and finding less space than they expect. The amount in Gibibytes (and thus the amount of space that will be reported) can be calculated as follows:
Storage in Gibibytes = (Storage in Gigabytes)*(10^9)/(2^30)

So why don't hard drive manufacturers rate their drives in Gibibytes? Bizarrely enough, one pressing reason is to avoid confusing consumers. There have been movements to see KiB, MiB and GiB units introduced in storage to represent Kibibytes, Mibibytes and Gibibytes respectively. This would require re-branding of any products rated in the base 10 system as well as re-education of the end user. Marketing also comes into the equation as drive sizes increase. The first company to make the switch to Gibibytes would suddenly have a range of products that look smaller than their base 10 equivalents.

In the end, consistency is the most important point. Two different 120 Gigabyte drives are going to be almost exactly the same size regardless of manufacturer or model. The reasons for changing to a base 2 system simply aren't pressing enough to warrant the problems of doing so. It's a little annoying, but two minutes with a calculator will verify that 111.7 Gigs is, in fact, the correct amount of space for a 120 Gigabyte drive to be reporting.

"Click" Start>> Run >> Write shutdown -a and press Enter.

Other Way is: First thing you can do to avoid the RPC shutdown in 60 sec thing is you can set the RPC service to auto restart on errors... worded something like that. Secondly do a start>search> for files and folders.... search for HOSTS it will be located in the %systemroot%/system32/drivers/etc folder open this file. to do so right click and do open with.... choose notepad from the list... if you have anything other than 127.0.0.1 localhost after the first bunch of #####commented out messages take a look and see what it says..

does any of them say something like this.127.0.0.1 symantec.com or any other antivirus prog you use... If so this is one good bet that you have a virus.... it sets your computer to thing that your local computer is the server hosting the updates and therefore will not dl updates. I would run a free online virus scan.. also run spyware removal tools.... not sure if you already did the last one here.

You can save your computer maintenance cost if you clean your computer on the regular basis. This will improve the cooling and performance of the computer components. Your computer components could damage, if you do not keep it clean on periodically basis, because dust is the main cause to heat up your system and heat link to hardware failure.


Never place your computer on the ground, always use computer table or shelf for this purpose.

To clean computer case first unplugs your system power from the electrical outlet. Remove all cables and connectors from the back side of your computer.

Now blow the air around all the hardware components and keeping away your blower nozzle 4 to 5 inches away from main board components. You can use vacuum cleaner also for this purpose but compressed air is the better solution to clean a system.

At the end using lightly dampened cloth or spray any cleaning fluids on the computer case and use paper towel to dry it.

Never clean inside computer components or other circuit board with damp or wet cloth.
Always be careful to eat or drink around the computer.

Normally a computer user spending his maximum time daily with internet browsing different sites. But if you are familiar with internet explorer shortcuts keys, you can increase your browsing speed and can handle many online browsing restrictions very easily.

Here are some common internet explorer shortcut keys.


Press F5 to refreshes the webpage.

Press Backspace button back to the previous page.

Press Alt+Home button same time to go home page of the website.

Press any time Ctrl+N to open the new browser windows.

Press F11 key to view any webpage in full-screen view and then again press for normal view.

Press Ctrl+P keys to send the print command for current whole page.

Press Ctrl+H keys to view your browsing history.

Press Ctrl+w keys to close the current browser window.

Press Esc button to stop any page browsing.

Press Ctrl+Enter Windows will automatically add both "www" and ".com". For example, if we type

alee-online

in an address bar and then press Ctrl-Enter, Windows will take us to the www.alee-online.com .

When you are browsing the internet and suddenly a window pop up with different messages for example" free update for your computer ","scan your computer with free antivirus". May be some pop-ups messages helpful for you but you should read first in detail before clicking it. Pop-ups basically an advertiser message or unwanted program and website that might be disturb your computer performance.

If you are working with Internet Explorer and want to block the pop-ups windows and unwanted messages. Open the Internet Explorer and click on Tools menu and go to Pop-up Blocker option, here you can Turn Off Pop-up Blocker to block pop-up from all websites. But you have option to allow some websites for pop-up. For this purpose open the Pop-up Blocker Setting. Here you can add some specific websites name to allow for pop-up and click Add. If you feel any problem to block any pop-up message due to some problem, simply click on the X at the right top of the pop-up windows.