-To bold your text, add an asterisk (*) before and after content. eg: this will turn bold
- To italic your text, add an underscore (_) before and after content. eg: this will turn italic
- To strike your text, add an hyphen (-) before and after content. eg: this will be striked
-Line Break: Use SHIFT + ENTER
-To tag a user, use + or @ followed by the profile name of the user
1. Type message into the share box
2. Modify the list of people you're sharing with to contain just one person (for example, my friend Joe in the example below)
3. Push the Share button.
Note that you or your friend can invite more people into the conversation later by @mentioning(or +mentioning) them. Your friend could use the "Share" button to reshare the message -- you can disable sharing with the (v) dropdown in the upper right corner of the message if you want that option to go away.
Have you ever felt annoyed by Adobe flash content playing from different corners of a web page. Annoying music playing from web pages. Videos automatically streaming without your consent.
Ever felt like shutting these flash content for good.
Well...then FlashBlock is the addon for you.
Flashblock is Firefox/Chrome addon which automatically block Flash content on Web pages and allows you to selectively enable flash content.
Download Flashblock for Google Chrome
Download Flashblock for Mozilla Firefox
Short Description:
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The extension automatically blocks flash content on webpages.
Each flash element is being replaced with a placeholder that allows you to load only selected elements on a given page.
You can also manage a whitelist of allowed websites via a configuration panel.
In general, FlashBlock helps with lowering memory usage, reducing cpu cycles,
and can be used as an alternative to AdBlock.
I'm a person like most others....who joined Gmail a long time back....and never cared to delete any of my emails...and neither did i care to read em all....
I hope that you all have played Pacman in Google Homepage ..
Its now available @ http://www.google.com/pacman/
As per the topic, I'm going to tell you how to Convert Pacman in to a Multi-Player Game!
Go to http://www.google.com/pacman/
Click Insert Coin to Enable Pacwoman..
For the Pacwoman (Second Pacman) ,the keys are ASDW
Do Comment if you like my post.
Click the Images for Enlarged View!
Try the new look for Gmail...from globexdesigns.com
About the Project
Google Redesigned originally started as a single CSS userstyle which tried to redesign Google's Gmail service. It has since grown to incorporate Google Calendar and Google Reader, and is slowly taking on other services one by one. Google Redesigned is built for Mozilla-based browsers running the Gecko rendering engine, such as: Firefox, Flock, IceWeasel, Songbird, Prism, etc... As of this date other browsers are not supported.
Google Redesigned is an open source project, which means we welcome all suggestions, comments and bug reports. The extension and all its styles are licensed under the GPL license and are free to download. Because Google Redesigned uses dozens of images and is used by hundreds of thousands of users we rely entirely on user donations to pay for maintenance costs. If you use the extension and wish to support our efforts please send us a dollar or two using the button on the right.
To see some screenshots of what Google Redesigned does click here.
How Does It Work?
Google Redesigned first detects when you're visiting a supported page (such as Gmail). When it detects that you are looking at Gmail it will load a new CSS file from the extension overtop of your current Gmail page. This changes the way the interface looks.
Every now and then, Google Redesigned will automatically connect to our servers and check to see if it's got the latest version of the styles. If not, it will download and install the update for you so that you're always using the most recent and best version of the styles.
Google Redesigned has no access to any of your data or personal information. Google Redesigned also doesn't change the functionality of any Google services, it only changes their appearance.
Try it with "Integrated Gmail"
Google Redesigned worked in conjuction with the popular "Integrated Gmail" addon too. You can try both Google Redesigned and Integrated Gmail together by clicking here, or using the dropdown arrow option next to the "Install" button above.
Install it from here:
http://www.globexdesigns.com/products/gr/
Requirements:
Mozilla Firefox,GreaseMonkey!
Working on orkut security, I know that fraudulent sites sometimes try to take advantage of orkut users like you and me. To help make sure that everyone is able to have a fun and safe experience on the site, I thought I'd share a few quick tips that I've picked up many places.
A bunch of these might seem like Stupid, but hopefully you'll learn something new here:
* Create a tough password: While "yourname123" is always a tempting password to create, keep in mind that it's just as easy for a malicious user to figure out as it is for you to remember. Try creating a password that involves a combination of letters and numbers that no one could easily guess, even if they know basic details about who you are. The same goes for your security question (the question that pops up if you forget your password)– you should try your best to pick a question that only you can answer.
* Keep your private details private: Never share your orkut username and password with friends or on a site not authenticated by Google. orkut does not allow any external sites to store orkut login information and will never request that you enter it anywhere outside of the orkut login page. To be on the safe side, always check that your address bar reads "https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?....." and nothing else when sharing your orkut user name and password.
* Leave the coding to the engineers: Never copy and paste code into your address bar, no matter what it claims to be able to do. Typically these scripts actually send messages (in your name!) to your friends trying to trick them into giving up their personal information.
* No Downloads on orkut: Never download any file of orkut, especially those that end in '.vb' or '.exe'. These files are often viruses that can infect your computer and start sending thousands of spam messages on your behalf. Sites offering special orkut themes or skins are particularly risky.
* Think twice about external links: Links to sites outside of orkut that appear in scraps or posts have not been verified by the orkut team, and could lead you to harmful sites. We'd recommend only clicking on links that go to trusted sites or those that are from other orkut users you know well.
* Anti-Virus software is always good : Even the most conscientious orkut user can fall victim to a phishing attack, so it's important to always be alert and prepared. Regular scanning of your computer with updated anti-virus software is a great way to keep your computer secure. I'd Suggest Avast Anti virus (the latest version) , its safe & gets most of the Viruses/Trojans etc!
* For new orkut features, check out apps!: Sometimes an unofficial site may claim to offer special orkut features, but these sites are known for taking over orkut accounts and directly violate our Terms of Service. If you're looking for fun new orkut functionality, check out the thousands of applications that orkut has made available. All of these apps have been built by talented developers according to standards that we believe will help to keep you safe online. If you haven't visited the app directory recently, take a look– you might be surprised at how much cool stuff you find.
Visit here for New Orkut Features & Updates!
http://en.blog.orkut.com/
Most of the tips are collected from orkut help groups!
If you have more tips for staying safe on orkut that you think could benefit others, please leave a Comment about it here or Contact Me personally! :)
Finally Google transformed Gmail into a social networking utility. Google Buzz is created to help you share your status messages, links, images and videos with your Gmail contacts and your followers. If you still have no idea about Google Buzz, watch this official video. Well! In short, it is similar to Twitter, you can share links etc. and watch others’ updates in real time. The most useful thing about Google Buzz is that you can connect your existing accounts like Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, Google Reader etc. with it. So you can share updates on all these accounts with your Google friends easily. Google Buzz is a great tool to promote your blog or site as most of the people use Gmail, you can easily spread your blog posts among them.
As we already know, we can connect our social networking accounts with Google Buzz. Similarly, you can connect your blogs with it. Whenever you add a new article to your blog, it will be updated on your Google Buzz profile. To add your blogs and other accounts, simply add all these links to your Google profile. This will also become your public Buzz page. So, with the help of Google Buzz, you can share your blog articles without need of even visiting it. Your followers will get your every blog post on their buzz page.
So, this is very easy to promote your blog on Google Buzz. But always remember one thing, your social networking account should reflect you as a real human not as a bot. People don’t like to learn from bots and connect with them. So don’t just connect all your accounts and then leave it. Use it as you use Twitter, Facebook and all your other social networking accounts. Check updates of other people, follow more people, comment on their updates if you like them and share more useful stuff that is not posted on your blog. So people should think of you as a good friend or guide not as a spammer. Share posts from other blogs too. You can do that easily by adding those items to your Google reader shared page and connect your reader account to Buzz.
TIP: Share any page on Google Buzz in one Click
Google reader offers a bookmarklet to add any page to shared items. This can be used to share any web page on Google Buzz also. Just go to your Google reader home page and click on Notes tab on left side. Then drag the bookmarklet to your browser toolbar and click it whenever you want to share any blog article with your Buzz followers. Note that you must connect your Google reader with your Google profile first.
So, if you are using Google buzz, tell us what do you think about it and what features do you want in it to make it more usable? Also discuss, how it can help you and your blog. Happy Buzzing
Google has acquired reCAPTCHA, a company that provides visual security codes for protecting more than million websites from spam and fraud. Yes, reCAPTCHA are the ones who make those boxes with squiggly letters that are required to be entered.
In its official blog, Google said that the acquisition was intended to use ReCaptcha's technology as a security measure in Google entities. Apart from that, ReCaptcha's expertise will also be used for Optical Character Recognition technique for their book-scanning project.
ReCaptcha is a company from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science that works towards twisting two words in order to confuse spam bots and scripts from spamming websites. ReCaptcha uses anOCR Software that can read passages from news clips, old books and articles which make Google much interested. Hackers use the same software to get through CAPTCHAs.
However, the reCAPTCHA software itself isn't perfect and a hacker group dubbed Anonymous had used brute forcing/guessing algorithm to crack it.
Currently, ReCaptcha is helping in digitization of old New York Times issues, which is what, we think, got Google interested.
Actual post from co-founder recaptcha
| The image is a CAPTCHA — you can read it, but computers have a harder time interpreting the letters. We tried to make it hard for computers to recognize because we wanted to give humans the scoop first, but we're happy to announce to everybody now that Google has acquired reCAPTCHA, a company that provides CAPTCHAs to help protect more than 100,000 websites from spam and fraud. Since computers have trouble reading squiggly words like these, CAPTCHAs are designed to allow humans in but prevent malicious programs from scalping tickets or obtain millions of email accounts for spamming. But there’s a twist — the words in many of the CAPTCHAs provided by reCAPTCHA come from scanned archival newspapers and old books. Computers find it hard to recognize these words because the ink and paper have degraded over time, but by typing them in as a CAPTCHA, crowds teach computers to read the scanned text. In this way, reCAPTCHA’s unique technology improves the process that converts scanned images into plain text, known as Optical Character Recognition (OCR). This technology also powers large scale text scanning projects like Google Books and Google News Archive Search. Having the text version of documents is important because plain text can be searched, easily rendered on mobile devices and displayed to visually impaired users. So we'll be applying the technology within Google not only to increase fraud and spam protection for Google products but also to improve our books and newspaper scanning process. That's why we're excited to welcome the reCAPTCHA team to Google, and we're committed to delivering the same high level of performance that websites using reCAPTCHA have come to expect. Improving the availability and accessibility of all the information on the Internet is really important to us, so we're looking forward to advancing this technology with the reCAPTCHA team. Posted by Luis von Ahn, co-founder of reCAPTCHA, and Will Cathcart, Google Product Manager |
While I was discussing with friends on Twitter, realize many people who have Wave account are still not aware of how to send Wave invitation.
This is a simple screenshot and guide which will help you to Invite others on Google wave.
Once you sign up for Google wave, under Inbox you will see, Invite others to Google Wave. Once you click on it, you can simply add Email address of your friends to invite.
You have total 8 invites, so use it wisely and invites those who can be online most of the time.
On the Right panel you need to Enter Email address of your friends whom you want to invite.
Keep in mind, that invitation are not sent at the same time. It will take few hours or a day to receive. So ask your friends to be patient.
According to Google Wave :
Invitations will not be sent immediately. We have a lot of stamps to lick.
I’m sure you going to have good time With Google Wave. If you have Google wave account, you can join me at muneermohammed6[at]googlewave.com.
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