Bypassing content filters: How to see the web they don't want you to see The web is supposed to be open, but behind the scenes, content filters are often busy controlling what you see. The filters could be at your school or workplace, blocking sites such as the time-sucking YouTube from being accessed. It could be a media website that streams music and movies only to users located in specific countries. There are ways to bypass these restrictions, but be warned: Network administrators don't want you to dodge their data blockades and won't be happy if they catch you doing it. A VPN can change your apparent location When you connect to a virtual private network (VPN), your computer creates a secure, encrypted tunnel to that network over the Internet. VPNs do have some downsides. To connect to a VPN in Windows, press the Windows key, type VPN, and click Set up a virtual private network (VPN) connection. Before you set up a VPN, you’ll need select one. If you want unlimited VPN access for free, give proXPN a try. DNS servers dodge region-blocking Proxy servers
100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything Posted by Site Administrator in Online Learning May 7th, 2009 Learning new skills and expanding your knowledge doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. There are loads of free resources on the Web that can help you find instructional videos, tutorials and classes to learn a wide variety of skills from fixing basic car problems to speaking another language. With 100 sites to choose from, you’re bound to find something here that will help you learn just about anything you could want. General Tutorials These sites offer a wide range of tutorials and videos. Around the House Want to know how to fix that broken cabinet or hang up some great wallpaper? Business and Management If you feel like you’re seriously lacking on business and management skills at work, no need to worry. KnowThis? Language and Writing Those who want to learn a new language, improve their writing skills or just learn more about literature will be well-served by these instructional sites. Technology Math S.O.S. Science Creativity
Top 10 Websites to Download Music for Free (No BT) I had ever paid for China QQ music 3 months, and at last I found it wasn’t worth the money, since all the MP3s are only 132 kbps, and now I can find better music for free. If you like to use BT softwares, there will be more than 6 torrent websites for you to download free music. If you like to see some reviews against music before downloading, you can test these 3 wonderful music blogs. If you want to download more quickly, you maybe want to try below 10 websites, which should be the best ones to download music for free. 1. AirMP3.net I have no idea how many songs are available to be downloaded, but there are at least top 150 artists and top 150 songs displayed on the site. 2. Archive is not only a website to download free old movies, but it also a great website to download free music. 3. There are about 9,000 free songs for you to download, and there are new music for you to listen. 5. 6. iCompositions 7. isound You can see which MP3s are downloaded today or which songs are played mostly.
4 Things You Can Do To Prevent Panic When Gmail Goes Down Does the world really end when Gmail goes down? It is pretty easy to take Gmail for granted because, like Microsoft Windows or that stray eyelash you can’t seem to get rid of no matter how many times you gouge your own eyes out, it is always there. But when Gmail goes down, it seems like the whole world just stops. Twitter is instantly abuzz with people panicking that Gmail is down and they don’t know what to do. Instead of panicking, here are some things you can try that may make you feel better when Gmail is out of sorts. Wait You do know that Gmail will eventually come back up, right? Before you start posting about Gmail’s demise on social media, you may want to take a closer look at your Internet connection. If it is your Internet connection, then try the old reliable “turn it off, turn it on” approach with your Internet router. Access Gmail Another Way The main Gmail user interface is not the only way that you can get to Gmail. Give Google Takeout a try and see if that helps.
12 Addicting Websites You Won't Be Able To Leave 1. freerice.com Learn vocabulary and feed the hungry. Freerice.com is a vocabulary quiz site. 2. geoguessr.com Explore the world and test your geography knowledge at the same time. 3. mentalfloss.com Mental_floss is full of random trivia knowledge you could never dream of knowing. 4. procatinator.com Every time you load the website, you get a new song and a new cat gif. 5. reddit.com Reddit is possibly the most addicting website on the Internet. 6. snopes.com Confused about what is a truth and what is a lie? 7. sporcle.com Sporcle.com has timed quizzes on just about everything. 8. stumbleupon.com With stumbleupon.com you will reach parts of the Internet you did not know existed. 9. theuselessweb.com Similarly to stumbleupon.com, theuselessweb.com takes you to a random website with one click. 10. tvtropes.org Everyone knows cool guys walk away from explosions, especially tvtropes.org. 11. unplugthetv.com Unplugthetv.com is a website for educational videos about just about everything.
99 Sites That Every Professional Should Know About and Use With an endless number of sites, tools, and resources out there, how do you know what’s worth your time? Well, we know just how busy you are, so we did the legwork for you and found 99 websites that’ll add value to your life and your career, guaranteed. From productivity advice to places to go when you need a distraction, these sites will change the way you do things, inspire you, and, well, generally just blow your mind. Organize Your Work 1. Trello Trello helps you manage all your ideas and due dates and keeps track of what you’re in the process of completing. 2. Like collaboration? 3. What is it about a coffee shop that gives you such laser focus? 4. FaxZero lets you send and receive faxes through your email—because nobody likes the fax machine. 5. RescueTime lets you monitor how you spend your time on your computer and mobile devices. 6. You know all those email newsletters that you accidentally opted into, but don’t really read? 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Streamline Your Life 12. 13. 14. 16. 17.
Running Linux from USB: Are You Doing It Right? You’ve probably heard about live Linux environments on USB drives, but did you know that you can also keep data persistent or even do a full install on the USB drive? Here are your three options for carrying Linux in your pocket. Find out which method is best for you. Write a Live ISO to USB It’s been talked about many times before, but it’s become really easy to take an ISO image of your favorite Linux distribution and write it to any appropriately sized USB drive. However, the downside to this approach is that you’ll lose all of your data as soon as you shut down or restart the computer you’re working on. If you’d like to keep a customized Linux environment in your pocket, this isn’t what you want. Enable Persistent Data If you’re an Ubuntu user, you have the option to enable persistent data on your USB drive. This is also ideal if you use a large variety of systems with the USB drive, as the Live environment will detect what hardware is available every time it boots. Conclusion
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Browse Faster and Anonymously with Toonel Most of us know how annoying it is when you’re unable to open Facebook, update your antivirus, download any file, or use your IM application behind a corporate or university firewall. Although there are many ways to bypass them, most of them require you to find fast proxy servers or use unsecure tunnel websites. The problems with these alternatives is mostly the insecurity and slow browsing speed. And finding fast proxies isn’t an easy job itself as well. All these issues are taken care of with Toonel. It is one of the most useful utilities I’ve seen in recent times. To use Toonel, you need to download the small java application. An you’re done. If you like this tool or would like to ask any questions, feel free to ask us. Advertisement
Store It: 100 Online Spaces to Store All Your Data | Internet Service Deals While backups on hard drives and CDs may still be the preferred method of data storage for many, a growing number of people are finding that the Internet provides a great place to store all their data, whether it’s for the long term or just to transfer information to another person. There are hundreds of services out there that provide data storage over the Web for just about any kind of information you could think of. Some are even available to use free of charge. Here are a few services we’ve compiled to help get you started storing things online. General Whether you just need to store some files online or back up an entire project, these sites have what you need. Box.net: Store all of your documents, photos and files online with this storage space. File Sharing These programs not only make it easy to store information online but to share it with friends, family and coworkers as well. Sending Services Many email providers simply can’t handle sending huge files. Passwords Photos
5 Ways to Download a Flash Movie Steps Edit Method 1 of 5: Using a Web Conversion Program 1Find a video downloading website. One of the most popular options is KeepVid, which works with YouTube, Vimeo, and a number of other streaming sites. 4Download the video. Edit Method 2 of 5: Using Browser Extensions 1Install a downloader extension. 4Wait for the download to finish. Edit Method 3 of 5: Downloading SWF Files 1Open the video site in Firefox. Edit Method 4 of 5: Copying SWF Files from the Browser Cache 1Open Internet Explorer, or use your computers search tool to locate your Temporary Internet Files if you use a different browser. Edit Method 5 of 5: Downloading RTMP Streams 1Install a media downloading program. A Complete Guide: How To Download Books From Google In PDF Format Google Book Search has thousands of books, magazines, and documents available for free for the public. You can read them online, but what if you want to read them offline? Google should have a build-in feature to download books since most people are not always connected to the internet. What if I want to read a book while traveling and there is no internet connectivity? Google Book Downloader (link seems to be down, grab it directly here) a handy tool which you can use to download books directly from Google and save them directly in PDF format. Update: Try out the new tools to download Google Books. Here is how it works, you have to provide the book code in order to download it. The book code is the set of different characters after ‘id=’ and before ‘&’. It will begin retrieving data page by page, once the process is complete, click Download all. Once the progress is complete, click Save Entire Book as button and save it anywhere in PDF format.