Web-I-See : digital life for everyone

Google’s made their new beta web browser Chrome available for download.  Chrome seems to be very fast, faster then Firefox 3 and IE8 and Opera. Loads all flash content really quick. Very impressed so far. Having individual processes for each tab is a great design, and makes much more of a difference in overall performance once you’ve got a lot of tabs opening and closing than I might have expected. The ability to make desktop "app" shortcuts for things like GMail is also nice, and it really is VERY fast.

Download Google Chrome For Windows Vista/XP. Chrome for Linux, MAC will be out soon.

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Most work places, universities, schools block users from accessing social networking web sites, email, instant messenger services etc. If your organization is using advanced firewalls or websense blocking, most of the methods like using proxy web sites, alternative backdoor web sites also don’t work. Proxy websites allows us to bypass your current ISP’s IP and connect to targeted website with a different IP; thus hiding our actual origin from detectable. Get the websites here.

I’ll show you some ways how to access blocked content like instant messengers ( Google talk , Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, AOL Messenger, Facebook, Orkut, MySpace Gmail, Yahoo mail, etc ) using different routes. The methods listed below are ordered simple to advanced.

Access Blocked Gtalk, Yahoo Messenger, Live Messenger, AOL Messenger

The work around to access blocked Instant Messenger is to use Web Messengers. Web Messenger are very easy to use as there is no need to download and install any software/plugins. Most of the alternate web messengers listed below would have already been blocked for some, but try once to make sure

Method 1. Most Common alternate Web Messengers.

• Meebo
• eBuddy
• ILoveIM
• KoolIM
• Snimmer
• Mabber
• MessengerFx

The below links will most likely not blocked by even websense. http://uziz.net/ is very new and uses javascript to login to im services.

Method 2. Here is the list of currently available Gtalk service servers:
http://izuz.net/gtalk/ (Main server, *recommended* )
http://uziz.net/ (Secondary server, new and works mostly)
http://demo.java2script.org/gtalk/ (Demo server)
https://izuz.net/gtalk/ (With SSL-enabled)

Method 3. Multiple Instant Message Services Available

Beside web Google Talk, they have already added three other web IM services:
(1) Windows Live Messenger/MSN ( http://izuz.net/msnlive/ )
(2) Yahoo! Messenger/Y! Messenger  ( http://izuz.net/ymessenger/ )
(3) AOL Instant Messenger/AIM  ( http://izuz.net/aim/ )
All these web IM services can co-exist inside one window: http://uziz.net/

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SkreemR is an advanced search engine for locating audio files on the web.. Its formats the output properly and displays in a nice way. They don’t host any files, they index what exists on the publicly accessible reaches of the Internet. Currently, it has an index over 6 million mp3 files from over 100,000 web sites. It lets you search and download DRM-free music, podcasts, speeches and much more.

Goto skreemr.com

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Speedmatters.org is project of CWA ( Communications Workers of America ). Speed Matters has released their second annual state-by-state Internet speed report. It has very interesting information about Internet Speed in U.S. It also shows how Internet Speed varies in each state.

"Our report found the average U.S. Internet speed was 2.3 megabits per second (mbps), representing a minimal gain of 0.4 mbps over last year’s average speed. At this rate, it will take us more than a hundred years to catch up to Japan, where average speeds are estimated at 63 mbps."

Take the Speed Matters Speed Test, which shows interesting statistics and comparisons. See my Speedtest comparison report. Not bad compared to what is in U.S.

Check out this interesting Speed Matters State-By-State Internet Speed Report.

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I use Google Reader all day checking my feeds. Unlike the desktop RSS readers, this helps me keep in sync and saved multiple installations. There are lot of new features added recently, but search is what I mainly use and love it.

I don’t use a lot of keyboard shortcuts. Just ‘j’ and ‘k’ - next/previous item, keep me going. Sometimes, ‘m’ and ’s’ - mark read / toggle star also helps. ‘?’ displays all keyboard shortcuts.

I always wish, one small feature would exist in Google Reader where I could maximize the feed view and hide other items on the top ( Home, All Items, Starred, Your stuff) which I rarely use.

Just a small arrow, like the one to hide left pane, can be added beside ‘Add Subscription’ and viola, I can see all my feeds and keeps me aware of how many feeds to read. 

( just for screen shot, Changed Show to all )

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Network18, India’s pioneer in media marketing has started a new venture IN.COM. IN.com is your gateway to the web. Find the best of News, Music, Videos and Games, from more than 16,000 websites, and search for the best prices on Flights, Hotels and Products. Enjoy the web’s shortest mail address @in.com.

Register here.

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Ads on many web sites are very annoying and irrelevant. Some Ads are very flashy, sound enabled which might just popup and might put you in bizarre situation.

Blocking the ads in web site can lead to productive browsing too You’d need to install an add on to either IE , Firefox or another way is to block on Hosts file.

Block using Hosts file.

This file tells your computer what numerical address (208.109.181.141) is associated with what URL  (www.webisee.com.) . Download Mike’s Ad Blocking Hosts file which can block a lot of pre defined ad publishers. This is a self extracting file which will make the hosts file to be copied direct to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc on windows xp.

Block Ads on Internet Explorer using IE7Pro.

IE7Pro is a must have add-on for Internet Explorer, which includes a lot of features and tweaks to make your IE friendlier, more useful, secure and customizable. AD Blocker feature. It blocks all forms of advertising, including Flash ads, rich media, fly-ins, slide-ins, pop-ups, pop-unders, spyware and adware ads, and messenger ads. Install here.

Block Ads on Firefox using Adblock Plus.

  Adblock Plus is a Firefox plugin which gets rid of all the ads and banners. It has a various options - Right-click on a banner and choose Adblock from the context menu - the banner won’t be downloaded again. Or click Adblock Plus icon in the toolbar to see all elements of the page and block the banners. Install here.

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RealArcade is the leading service for downloadable games, the fastest growing category of PC games. RealArcade offers the best selection of free online games, deluxe download games, and cash games. RealNetworks acquired Gamehouse and is now part of RealArcade.

Using coupon code FRLSGW, you can download up to 6 games free at a time.

1. Follow this link or go to www.gamehouse.com
2. Click Download Games button and select uptop 6 games to add to cart. Make sure ‘little shop of treasures 2′ is in cart or else add it.
3. The total order total shouldn’t go over $150 or else they will ask for cc info.
4. Now, remove ONLY the $7.95 cd - you must keep the little house of treasures 2 and add the coupon type this code in the coupon box, FRLSGW if you followed link.
5. Click submit and you’ll receive confirmation

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Gmail uses the https ( secure ) connection only for while authenticating the username and password. This way, the email messages are not secure and can be read by a hacker by using a freely available packet sniffing program.

Google is now rolling out this new option to make Gmail always use secure connection. The only drawback is it might slow down the mail, but with the new faster Internet connections, it shouldn’t be an issue. This new option should come up in Setting menu.

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