Nikon licenses Microsoft patent to use in Android-enabled cameras

Amidst all the recent patent cases revolving Android and smartphone operating systems in general, Microsoft has been able to get in on the action thanks to a patent it owns dealing with all portable devices running Android.

Nikon has recently come to terms with Microsoft in regards to current and future Android-based cameras which will likely require the renowned photography giant to pay an undisclosed royalty fee for every device sold.
This likely means that Nikon will have to fork over some cash for the current Nikon Coolpix S800C released last October with Android 2.3 Gingerbread on board.
Microsoft already has similar deals with Samsung, LG, HTC, Acer and Barnes & Noble. It’s odd that Microsoft has been able to strong-arm these major manufacturers into paying for using Android, but that’s the way intellectual property patent work.

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Successor of Xbox 360

The much awaited next generation gaming console from Microsoft is rumored to be showcased in the month of April. According to a report from Computer and Video Games, Redmond is currently planning to hold a press event in the month of April and the successor of the Xbox 360, which is reportedly named Xbox 720, might be unveiled in the event.

Furthermore, users at NeoGAF have noticed a domain named XboxEvent.com, which has been registered by Eventcore. The agency has handled many of the previous product launch preparations for the Windows giants and it looks like the agency has already started its preparation for a launch event, which is very likely to feature the latest console from Microsoft.
Meanwhile, Sony has unveiled its next generation PlayStation and it’s high time Microsoft answer back to the move of its arch rival.

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countdown to Xbox 720 just begun?

Xbox Live’s head Larry Hyrb otherwise known as Major Nelson, posted a countdown on its blog to E3 2013. It counts the days until June 11 this year when the expo kicks off and the text says: And it’s on…


Since the Xbox 360 is nearing the end of its cycle it just make sense we see the next generation announced this year.
Nintendo already announced and launched its next-gen console – the Wii U. Sony has also spilled the beans on PlayStation 4, although we can only expect it to launch next year.
Unlike previous years, Microsoft seems to push the PR for E3 quite early and I bet we’ll be seeing even more within the next few months. There is one more thing – unlike most past shows, this upcoming one isn’t expected to bring some hot sequels or smashing new IPs to Xbox 360. Halo 4 is out, Gears of War and Mass Effect Trilogies are over, and there are just few announced games that seems to deserve the gamers’ attention. Oh, and none of them is an Xbox 360 exclusive. A new Xbox should definitely be on the cards then.
The rumors from last year also suggested the next Xbox will arrive in time for the holiday season in 2013, which adds more credibility to the current one.
I just have one wish – Microsoft, please don’t name this one Xbox 720, because I don’t want to wait another 8 years just to see how you’ll call the one to follow.

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Skype 2.0 for iPhone now available, brings free voice calls over 3G

It was about time Skype enable their voice calls over 3G in their iPhone app and now the Skype “coverage” on iPhone is extended outside Wi-Fi hotspots.




There is more – all mobile iPhone Skype calls are free until August. After that you’ll need to put some credits on.
You can download the new Skype 2.0 app from the Apple AppStore right away.

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Free Gmail voice calls to US and Canada extended

The web-based VoIP client in Gmail was launched several months ago with free calls to the US and Canada until the end of 2010. Well, it’s either the Christmas mood or something else, I don’t know, but Google decided to extend those free calls through the whole 2011.
Sadly, as before, you’ll be charged when calling outside those two. And even if Google’s rates are pretty reasonable you still need to pay for calls to destinations other than the US and Canada.
By the way, Skype’s counter-offer isn’t too shabby either. The Skype app on my computer greeted me today with a reminder that I could sign up for a cheap monthly SkypeOut subscription and enjoy unlimited calls to way more than just two countries across the globe.
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe…
Source

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Facebook for iOS updated, now offers free calls to US and Canada

Facebook has just issued an update to its iOS application. Facebook for iOS, which is one of the prominent applications in the App Store now comes with several new features and enhanced user experience.


Facebook 5.5 for iOS offers improved buttons to like, comment and share posts. The share button also allows you to re-post stories to your news feed and is available in all languages. Furthermore, you can now make free calls to US and Canada right from your iOS application. Of course, free calling uses your data plan, so make sure you have one.
You can download the latest version of the application for your iPhones and iPads from the App Store.
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Archive for the ‘HTML’ Category External links and the target attribute

I like external pages to open in a new window. So that my page stays open. But target attribute is deprecated. If you want to validate the XHTML pages, it would result in errors. The thought behind it was to allow the user to decide for himself if he want to open a new tab or if he want to go on in the same tab. Often times users just click on the link without thinking about it.
Sometimes as a web programmer it’s just too convenient to simply add ‘target=”_blank”‘ to external links. Quick and dirty. There is a Javascript-solution, though. The page itself is XHTML valid, but the behavior is the same as with the target attribute.
It scans for any link that starts with “http://” – in cake usually an external link (internal links are absolute to the root, like “/pages/xyz”).

(function() {
    var className = "external";
    var target = "_blank";
 
    var _onload = window.onload;
 
    window.onload = function() {
        var local = new RegExp("^" + window.location.protocol + "//" + window.location.hostname, i);
        var links = document.links;
 
        for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
            var link = links[i];
            if (/^https?:\/\//i.test(link.href) && !local.test(link.href)) {   // Not a local link.
                if (link.className && (link.className == 'internal' || link.className.split(" ")[0] == 'internal')) { // enable "override"
                    continue;
                }
                if (link.className && (link.className == 'external' || link.className.split(" ")[0] == 'external')) { // enable "override"
                    // we do not need to add the class again  
                } else {
                    link.className = className + (link.className ? " " : "") + link.className;
                }
                link.target = target;
                link.title = (link.title ? link.title+ " " : "") + "(opens new window)";   // get a title info as well 
            }
        }
 
        if (_onload) _onload();    // Play nice with others.
    }
})();

Of course you can manually override it by using 'class="internal"' for always opening it in the same window or 'class="external"' to always open in a new window.
And for all of our jQuery users :

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("a[href=^http://], a[href=^https://], a.external").attr("target", "_blank");
    $("a.internal").removeAttr("target");
});

Examples:

<a href="/members">opens in the same window</a>
<a href="http://www.domain.e/some_url">opens in a new window/tab</a>
 
<a href="http://www.domain.e/some_url" class="internal">opens the same window</a>
<a href="/members" class="external">opens in a new window/tab</a>

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PHP ERRORS AND Their Solutions

Fatal error: Call to undefined method domdocument::loadHTML()

 

find and comment the line: extension=php_domxml.dll (make it  ;extension=php_domxml.dll   ) in php.ini file(php configuration file) and restart the apache.

How can I get a post by title in Wordpress? or How to get a post by title in Wordpress?

 

get_page_by_title($post_title, OBJECT, 'Post');

the above code returns the object of the post. it will return single post object even if there 

 

 

plain html check box image

for all those people who are looking for plain html check box image .take the above image.

The URL can't be shown" message on iPad and URL includes unwanted tel tag

people see this error while working with html links on iPad.the telephone detection feature in iPad is the reason for this issue.if u don't need this feature on your site
u can fix this issue simply by copy pasting the following html inside your html head section(i.e. before

tag)

Deprecated: Function ........() is deprecated in ...\xampp..htdocs .....php on line 

 

 

The value of this setting (in latest php versions for e.g. php 5.3.5) may look like below:

error_reporting = E_ALL | E_STRICT

E_STRICT warns about the usage of deprecated functions. If you run an old piece of code on a new/ latest version then, you may get the following error.

Deprecated: Function split() is deprecated in D:\xampp-1.7.4\htdocs \newfile.php on line 5

{split function is deprecated in latest php versions (5.3.0+)}

To avoid this error change the setting as below

error_reporting = E_ALL

 

 

 

 

Strip additional white spaces

 

With UTF8 the “normal” preg_replace doesn’t really work anymore. For some cases we could use the following trick:

$str = utf8_decode($str);
$str = preg_replace('/\s\s+/', ' ', $str);
$str = utf8_encode($str);

A better solution, though, is:

$str = preg_replace('/\s\s+/u', ' ', $str);

With the param “u” it’s compatible with Unicode.

Sort arrays in natural order

$array = array('1.txt', '20.txt', '2.txt', '21.txt');
natsort($array); # sorts by reference (returns boolean $success)

Condition + assignment

If you want to save the extra line for $pos = $this->calcPos()) you need to be aware that extra brackets might be needed. Wrong (if $pos is supposed to hold the position and not the result of the comparison):

if ($pos = $this->calcPos() > 0 && ...) {...}

Correct:

if (($pos = $this->calcPos()) > 0 && $pos < 100) {
    # doSomething
    $pos++;
    # doSomethingElseWithPos
}

Note the extra brackets around $pos. They are necessary – otherwise it will assign the result of the operation $this->calcPos()) > 0 (which is a boolean).

Comparison (default and strict)

Since PHP isn’t type safe you should use strict comparison (===) wherever possible. "+010" == "10.0" is TRUE (!) only with "+010" === "10.0" you will get FALSE. This might be expected in this case – usually it’s not, though. So it is not if (strpos($str, 'hello') == 0) {} but if (strpos($str, 'hello') === 0) {}, for example! What happens in the == case? It will return true in 2 cases: If “hello” is not in the string at all or if it is at the very beginning. But we would only want the second case (and therefore need ===).

 

 

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Firefox Add-ons Compilation

By itself, Firefox is a lean and fast browser ,but it lacks some of the functions. It's easy to remedy this by adding add-ons or extensions. Extensions can do loads of tasks, from blocking pop-up ads to playing card games.However given below is a nifty compilation of 58 Firefox add-ons which will enable your beloved firefox to do almost anything.  This  package contains 58 extensions to boost your productivity including custom extension images. You can install any of these extensions separately or all at once.
The compilation consists of -

• 2 Pane Bookmarks 0.3.2007033002 - shows the Bookmarks sidebar panel with 2 pane style like 0pera.
• Active Stop Button 1.2 - Always active toolbar stop button.
• Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.0.5 - Synchronizes Adblock with Filterset.G 
• Adblock Plus 0.7.2.4 - Ads were yesterday!
• Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper 1.0.1 - Helps you create element hiding rules for Adblock Plus to fight the text ads.
• All-in-One Sidebar 0.7.1 - Sidebar control with award-winning user experience!
• ColorZilla 1.0 - Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies
• CoLT 2.2.1 - Adds a Copy Link Text item to the browser's context menu.
• Compact Library Extension Organizer (CLEO) 2.0 - Compact Library Extension Organizer (CLEO)
• Cooliris Previews 2.1 - A simple and powerful way of navigating through Google search results and Google image searches! Cooliris was designed to be an 'intuitive' way of browsing
• CustomizeGoogle 0.55 - Enhance Google search results and remove ads and spam.
• CuteMenus - Crystal SVG 1.9.0.4 - Adds icons to all menus.
• Distrust 0.6.0 - Hide surfing trails that the browser leaves behind
• Download Embedded 0.5 - Downloads all embedded objects on a webpage.
• Download Sort 2.5.7 - Automatically save downloads to different directories.
• Download Statusbar 0.9.4.6 - View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar
• Dragdropupload 1.5.22 - This extension helps you to upload files
• Exit Button Firefox 0.3 - Adds a toolbar button to exit Firefox.
• Favicon Picker 2 0.3.4.1 - This extension adds UI for replacing bookmark icons.
• FaviconizeTab 0.9.7.2 - The width of the specified tab becomes small up to the size of favicon.
• Firefox Extension Backup Extension (FEBE) 4.0.4 - Firefox Extension Backup Extension
• Fission 0.8.7 - Progress bar in the address bar (Safari style).
• Flat Bookmark Editing 0.8.1 - Edit bookmarks in the bookmark organizer, without opening the properties window.
• Forecastfox 0.9.5.2 - Get international weather forecasts and display it in any toolbar or statusbar with this highly customizable extension.
• Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer 0.89 - Synchronizes your bookmarks across machines.
• FoxyTunes 2.9.1 - Control any media player from Firefox and more...
• FoxyTunes Skin - Windows Media Player 11 1.2 - Windows Media Player 11 skin for FoxyTunes
• GDirections 1.0.0 - Finds directions on Google Maps based on your selected text and one of various home addresses. You can manage various 'home addresses' and find directions from one of your home addresses to the selected addresses by right-clicking on that selected address.
• Gmail Manager 0.5.3 - Gmail accounts management and new mail notifications.
• Google Browser Sync 1.3.20061031.0 - Synchronize settings between browsers
• Google Reader Notifier 0.30 - Google Reader Notifier
• GooglePreview 2.1.4 - Inserts web site previews in Google and Yahoo search results.
• Greasemonkey 0.6.8.20070314.0 - A User Script Manager for Firefox
• gTranslate 0.3.1 - Translates the selected text via Google Translate.
• IE Tab 1.3.1.20070126 - Enables you to use the embedded IE engine within Mozilla/Firefox.
• Image Zoom 0.2.7 - Adds zoom functionality for images
• LiveClick 0.2.0 - Turn livemarks into clickable bookmarks.
• Locationbar² 0.9.0.3 - Emphasizes the domain name and decodes URLs for better readability.
• Menu Editor 1.2.3.3 - Customize application menus
• MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.3 - Local Install power tools for all users. (en-US)
• Organize Status Bar 0.5.2 - Organize your status bar icons.
• PermaTabs 1.4.0 - Create permanent tabs that don't close, and stick around between sessions
• Public Fox 1.04 - Blocks bad downloads and locks down Firefox Settings.
• ReloadEvery 2.0 - Reloads webpages every so many seconds or minutes
• Screen grab! 0.93 - Saves a web-page as an image.
• Searchbar Autosizer 1.3.6 - Expand the searchbox as you type
• SearchWith 0.3 - Search selected text with various search services
• Session Manager 0.5.3.2 - Saves and restores the state of all windows.
• Smart Bookmarks Bar 1.2 - Hides bookmarks' names in the bookmarks bar.
• Snap Links 0.0.3 - Opens multiple links contained in a selected area in new tabs
• Split Browser 0.3.2007033001 - Splits browser window as you like.
• Stylish 0.4 - Customize the look of websites and of the user interface.
• SwiftTabs 0.3.3.1 - You can move to the next tab or the previous tab and close the current tab with a key.
• Tab Catalog 1.2.2007030701 - Shows thumbnail-style catalog of tabs.
• Tab Clicking Options 0.6.8 - Assign tab related actions to clicking events on a tab or the tabbar
• Tabbrowser Preferences 1.3.1.1 - Enhances control over some aspects of tabbed browsing.
• User Agent Switcher 0.6.9 - Adds a menu and a toolbar button to switch the user agent of the browser.
• View Source Chart 2.5.02 - Creates a Colorful Chart of a Webpage's Rendered Source.

Download Firefox Extensions pack from Rapidshare

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How to Add Sitemap to Blogger

Hello Tech4news Readers !!
Sitemap for your Blogger Blog is very Important. This has many benefits, like easier navigation and better visibility by search engines and it gives the opportunity to inform search engines immediately about any changes on your blog plus targeted traffic to your blog.

Limitations with Default Blogger Sitemap :-

Your Blogger Sitemap must consists of all your cool blog posts, but that's not the case with default Blogger Sitemap.

Default XML sitemap of any Blogger blog will have only 26 most recent blog posts. This is the limitation as some of your older blog posts will be missing in the default XML sitemap, which may never get indexed in search engines.

However there is Simple Fix for this problem 

Follow these Steps to Add Sitemap to Blogger Blog :-

Go To Blogger >> Select Settings >> Search Preferences >> Enable -Custom robots.txt >> Select Yes >> And Paste the following code inside it 

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

User-agent: * Disallow: /search Allow: /   Sitemap: http://tech-4-news.blogspot.in/atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500 Sitemap: http://tech-4-news.blogspot.in/atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=501&max-results=500 Sitemap: http://tech-4-news.blogspot.in/atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1001&max-results=500 Sitemap: http://tech-4-news.blogspot.in/atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1501&max-results=500

Now Replace http://tech-4-news.blogspot.in with your blog's URL

Preview of Sitemap 

 

This Blogger Trick is valid for regular Blogger blogs (that use a .blogspot.com) and also for custom blogger domains (like custombloggerdomain.com), that are hosted on Blogger.

To Check, if Sitemap is Working or Not :-

Add /robots.txt after your blog url (example:- http://www.ebloggertips.com/robots.txt)


And you are Done ! Search engines will automatically discover your XML sitemap via the robots.txt file.

Still you get in Trouble ! Just comment Below we will fix your problems :)

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How to Save Bookmarks from IE, Firefox, Chrome and Opera

How would you like to save your bookmarks from IE, Firefox, Opera and Google Chrome so that you can restore them in case if you need to re-install your operating system or move them from one computer to another? This post will show you how to save and restore bookmarks in simple steps.

Bookmarking the favorite web pages can save a lot of time as it becomes almost impossible to remember a list of favorite websites and their URLs. However, it can be really frustrating at times when you lose all those saved bookmarks in case if a computer crashes. Also, if you are a person who uses more than one computer then it becomes hard to copy all those bookmarks one by one manually. So, saving the bookmarks can be really handy in such situations. Here is how to to do it:

Saving a Bookmark file from Internet Explorer:

1. From the File menu, select the option Import and Export.
2. Select the option Export to a file and click on Next.
3. In the next screen, select Favorites and click on Next.
4. In the next screen, once again click on Favorites and then click on Next.
5. Now choose the destination where you want to save your bookmarks and click on Export.
6. In the next screen click on Finish.

Now you have successfully saved all your bookmarks in a .HTM file. You can use this file to later restore the bookmarks to either IE, Firefox or any other browser. To import the saved bookmarks from a file all you need to do is go to File menu, click on Import and Export, select the option Import from a file and proceed with the screen instructions.

Saving a Bookmark file from Firefox:

1. From the Bookmarks menu on the top, select the option Organize Bookmarks.
2. A window will pop-up. From this window, click on Import and Backup at the top and select the option Export HTML.
3. Now choose the destination where you want to save the bookmark file and click on Save.

To restore this saved file, follow the step-1 and in step-2, select the option Import HTML instead of Export HTML and proceed.

Saving a Bookmark file from Google Chrome:

1. From the Tools menu, select Bookmark Manager.
2. Click the Organize menu in the manager.
3. Select Export bookmarks.
4. Select the location where you want your exported file to be saved, then click Save.

To restore the bookmarks, follow step-1, step-2 and in step-3 select Import bookmarks instead of Export bookmarks and proceed.

Saving a Bookmark file from Opera:

1. From the File menu, select the option Import and Export.
2. Scroll over to the pull-down menu on the right and choose Export Bookmarks as HTML.
3. On the next screen, choose the destination folder from the “Save in” menu text box at the top of the screen.
4. Just click the Save button and you’re done.

I hope you like this post. If you have anything to say or have queries, please pass comments.

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How to Trace Mobile Numbers ?

With the rapid growth of mobile phone usage in recent years, we have often observed that the it has become a part of many illegal and criminal activities. So, in most cases tracing the mobile number becomes a vital part of the investigation process. Also, sometimes we just want to trace a mobile number for reasons like annoying prank calls, blackmails, unknown number in a missed call list or similar.

Even though it is not possible to trace the number back to the caller, it is possible to trace it to the location of the caller and also find the network operator. Just have a look at this page on tracing Indian mobile numbers from Wikipedia. Using the information provided on this page, it is possible to certainly trace any mobile number from India and find out the location (state/city) and network operator (mobile operator) of the caller.

All you need for this is only the first 4-digit of the mobile number. In this Wiki page you will find all the mobile number series listed in a nice tabular column where they are categorized based on mobile operator and the zone (state/city). This Wiki page is updated regularly so as to provide up-to-date information on newly added mobile number series and operators. I have used this page many a time and have never been disappointed.

If you would like to use a simpler interface where in you can just enter the target mobile number and trace the desired details, you can try this link from Numbering Plans. Using this link, you can trace any number in the world.

By using the information in this article, you can only know “where” the call is from and not “who” the caller is. Only the mobile operator is able to tell you ”who” the caller is. So, if you are in an emergency and need to find out the actual person behind the call, I would recommend that you file a complaint and take the help of police. I hope this information has helped you!

Update: With the introduction of MNP (Mobile Number Portability) in India, the results obtained from this method may not be 100% reliable.

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What is CAPTCHA ? See His working

CAPTCHA or Captcha (pronounced as cap-ch-uh) which stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart” is a type of challenge-response test to ensure that the response is only generated by humans and not by a computer.

In simple words, CAPTCHA is the word verification test that you will come across the end of a sign-up form while signing up for Gmail or Yahoo account. The following image shows the typical samples of CAPTCHA.

Almost every Internet user will have an experience of CAPTCHA in their daily Internet usage, but only a few are aware of what it is and why they are used. So, in this post you will find a detailed information on how CAPTCHA works and why they are used.

What Purpose does CAPTCHA Exactly Serve?

CAPTCPA is mainly used to prevent automated software (bots) from performing actions on behalf of actual humans.

For example, while signing up for a new email account, you will come across a CAPTCHA at the end of the sign-up form so as to ensure that the form is filled out only by a legitimate human and not by any of the automated software or a computer bot. The main goal of CAPTCHA is to put forth a test which is simple and straight forward for any human to answer but for a computer, it is almost impossible to solve.

What is the Need to Create a Test that Can Tell Computers and Humans Apart?

For many, the CAPTCHA may seem to be silly and annoying, but in fact it has the ability to protect systems from malicious attacks where people try to game the system. Attackers can make use of the automated software to generate a huge quantity of requests thereby causing a high load on the target server. This could lead to a degrade the quality of service of a given system, either due to abuse or resource expenditure. This can affect millions of legitimate users and their requests. CAPTCHAs can be deployed to protect systems that are vulnerable to email spam, such as the services from Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail.

Who Uses CAPTCHA?

CAPTCHAs are mainly used by websites that offer services like online polls and registration forms.

For example, Web-based email services like Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail offer free email accounts for their users. However, upon each sign-up process, CAPTCHAs are used to prevent spammers from using a bot to generate hundreds of spam mail accounts.

Designing a CAPTCHA System:

CAPTCHAs are designed on the fact that, the computers lack the ability that human beings have when it comes to processing visual data. It is more easily possible for humans to look at an image and pick out the patterns than a computer. This is because, computers lack the real intelligence that humans have by default. CAPTCHAs are implemented by presenting users with an image which contains distorted or randomly stretched characters which only humans should be able to identify. Sometimes, characters are stroked out or presented with a noisy background to make it even more harder for computers to figure out the patterns.

Most, but not all, CAPTCHAs rely on a visual test. Some Websites implement a totally different CAPTCHA system to tell humans and computers apart. For example, a user is presented with 4 images in which 3 contains picture of animals and one contain a flower. The user is asked to select only those images which contain animals in them. This Turing test can easily be solved by any human, but almost impossible for a computer.

Breaking the CAPTCHA:

The challenge in breaking the CAPTCHA lies in real hard task of teaching a computer how to process information in a way similar to how humans think. Algorithms with artificial intelligence (AI) will have to be designed in order to make the computer think like humans when it comes to recognizing the patterns in images.

However, there is no universal algorithm that could pass through and break any CAPTCHA system. Thus each CAPTCHA algorithm must have to be tackled individually. It might not work 100 percent of the time, but it can work often enough to be worthwhile to the spammers.

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BCC While Sending an Email ?

What is BCC?

BCC stands Blind Carbon Copy. It refers to the practice of sending an email to multiple recipients without disclosing the individual emails addresses.

While sending the same email/message to multiple recipients, it is a common practice for most users to separate the email addresses by using comma or semi-colon and insert all those recipient addresses in the To: filed. When emails are sent in this way, each receiver is able to see the complete list of all the recipient email addresses to which the same message if being sent to.

Unlike the To: field, the BCC: option on the other hand allows you to hide the recipients in email messages. In other words, when emails are sent using BCC:,  the receiver will not be able to see the list of recipient email addresses. Thus, using BCC is a smart way to protect the privacy of the recipients.

Why should you use BCC?

Here are the reasons for using the BCC option:

Risk of Spammers: In order to avoid the risk of spammers, it is necessary that you encourage people/friends to use BCC: while forwarding any message to you. This prevents your email address from appearing in other person’s inbox thereby keeping yourself less exposed to spammers. You may also refer How to Protect an Email Account from SPAM for more information on spamming.

While forwarding email messages, people often do not bother to remove the list of previous recipients.  As a result, messages that are repeatedly sent to many recipients may contain a long lists of email addresses. This makes it easy for the spammers to collect and target those email IDs for spamming.

Protect the Privacy: BCC provides an easy and simple option for protecting the privacy of your recipients. Under many circumstances it is necessary for us to send an email without letting the recipients know who else is receiving the same message. Also, it is highly recommended that you use the BCC: option while forwarding a joke or a funny email to a list of your friends. If you are sending email on behalf of a business or organization, it may be especially important to keep the list of clients, members, or associates confidential. So, don’t forget to use BCC: option in those instances wherever privacy matters.

How to BCC an email message?

Most email clients provide the BCC: option under a few lines below the To: field. All you have to do is just enter the list of recipients in the BCC: field instead of entering the same in the To: field. You may leave the To: field blank or enter your own email address. Once you do this, just hit the Send button.

The moral is that you should use BCC: while sending bulk messages so as to protect the privacy of your recipients.

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Connecting to Facebook

Facebook, the popular social Web site for connecting to friends and family,
allows you to integrate your Web site with your Facebook wall. You can add
what Facebook calls “social plugins” to your pages or blog postings. Small
HTML snippets are easy to configure and paste into your Web page. These
include the following:
✦ Like Button: This button allows your Web-site viewers to share your
page/post on their Facebook profiles. See http://developers.
facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like.
✦ Like Box: You can have your Web-site viewers like your Facebook wall
from your Web site. See http://developers.
✦ Activity Feed: Shows your Web-site viewers the most interesting activity
on your Facebook wall. See http://developers.facebook.com/
docs/reference/plugins/activity.
✦ Recommendations feed: Shows your suggestions for pages or content
on your Facebook wall. See http://developers.facebook.com/
docs/reference/plugins/recommendations.
✦ Facepile: Shows profile pictures of other users who have signed up for
your Web site. See http://developers.facebook.com/docs/
reference/plugins/facepile.
✦ Login Button: Like Facepile, displays profile pictures of your friends
who are logged in to your Web site. It has a login button as well.
See http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/
plugins/login.
✦ Comments: Enables your Web-site viewers to comment on your site via
their Facebook profiles. See http://developers.facebook.com/
docs/reference/plugins/comments.
✦ Live Stream: Allows you to share activity and comments in real-time.
See http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/
plugins/live-stream.
You must be registered as a Facebook developer to enable the Comments
and Live Stream plugins. Go to http://developers.facebook.com.
In the following sections, I walk you through how to add two of the most
popular of these plugins to your site.
Adding a Like button
You can add a Facebook Like button to your Web site to share your content
on the visitor’s Facebook profile. To quickly add a Like button, follow these
steps:
1. Open your Web page in the editor of your choice.
If you’re using Adobe Dreamweaver or Expression Web, open the HTML
page on your desktop. Or, if you’re using an online site builder or blog,
open the online editor.
2. View HTML code for your page.
3. Locate the location in your page in which you want to add the Like
button.
4. Paste the following code into your page:

Replace yourdomain.com with the name of your domain. Figure 4-1
shows the code inserted into a page on my Squarespace Web site.
5. Save the changes.
6. Preview your Web page.

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Adding an Image to Your Page

You can add an image that’s stored on either your desktop computer or a
Web server to your Web page. Here’s how to add a locally stored image:
1. Open the page where you want to add an image.
2. Click the Content Editing button.
3. Click the Edit Page link at the top of the page.
The Edit Page Content page appears.
4. Place your cursor at the location in which you want the image
displayed.
5. Click the Insert an Image button on the toolbar.
The Insert Image dialog box appears .
6. Click the Upload an Image link.
7. Click the Choose File button.
A dialog box appears for picking the image file.
8. Select the image you want to add to your Web site and click OK.
9. Click the Upload button.
Squarespace will ask you if you want to create a thumbnail to the image.
If you want to, specify the thumbnail size in pixels and click the Resize
Original Image button.
10. Click the Alignment link.
11. Decide how you want the text to wrap around the image.
I chose the Left Alignment option.
12. (Optional) Click the Link/Caption to specify additional options.
13. Click the Save & Close button when you’re done.
You return to the Edit Page Content window.
If you want to make changes, hover your mouse pointer over the image
and select from its menu.
14. Click Save & Close to save your changes.

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Changing the Look of Your Site

Squarespace has 15, attractive, well-designed themes you can choose from
as you develop your Web site. Each theme has 4 variants, which gives you
some 60 template possibilities.
To change the look of your site, follow these steps:
1. Open your home page.
2. Click the Style Editing link in the upper-right corner of the page.
The Appearance Editor appears, as shown in Figure 3-9.
The Appearance Editor enables you to select variances to the basic
theme. Or, if you want a completely different look, you can change the
theme altogether.
3. Click the Switch Templates button.
The Appearance Editor now displays thumbnails of different themes that
you can use.
4. Select the theme that looks most appealing.
Browse through the designs until you find the one you want to use.
You can click any of the templates to preview it. (In my case, I chose
Periodika!.)
5. Select the variant you want to use.
You can click each of the variants to see a preview of the look as it
would appear on your home page.
I tested each, but settled on Dirty Rollers.
6. Click the Enable Style button to make the change.
Squarespace updates your Web site with the new design.

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Google Page Rank

There has been recent Google Page Rank Update 4 February 2013. Google PR is very important for sites and blogs. Google PR basically ranks a page on the basis of its backlinks and how authoritative that link is. And high Google PR may boost ranking of the site. Google page rank update happens after 3-4 months after previous update. and Yes! It was 1st page rank update of 2013 which was Google Page Rank Update 4 February 2013. Last Page Rank update was on 2 August 2012.
Check your page rank now here!
AllBloggingTips most of internet pages, posts and Guest Articles got Pr 3, 2 or 1. But no change on main site Page rank.
But I am still happy that most of internet pages have good Page rank.. I’m sure next time allbloggingtips will get at least PR 4 or 5.

Few Tips to Increase your Page Rank.

Here I am sharing some important tips to increase your page rank for next page rank update.

• Guest posting
• Article marketing or Directory Submission
• Blog commenting
• Forum Posting
• Submit Feed to Feed directories
• Submit blog to Social bookmarking sites
• Proper SEO structure
• Register your domain for longer period (3-4) year.
• Don’t sell Links!
• Read more tips here!

I hope above tips will help you a lot to increase page rank. If not? than Also read below helpful articles to increase your page rank in no time..

• Top 15 Killer Tips To Increase Page Rank!
• Tips on How to Improve Google Ranking
• 8 Secrets for Boosting Your Page Ranking
• 5 Reasons How Blog Comments can Increase Your Blog Ranking

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Blog Directories To Submit Your Blog

Here are 24 directories you need to know about:
1. Best of the Web Blog Search remains a powerful tool for sharing your blog, especially since this director’s very selective, listing only mature and valuable blogs. A link from here is majestic.
2. Bloggeries is one of the most respected blog directories. The layout is clear and concise, and readers are able to find what they are looking for in a snap.
3. EatonWeb Blog Directory is a powerful list. The fee, currently $34.99, pays for a review of your blog.
4. OnToplist.com is a free, manually-edited directory that reads the RSS feed of your blog. You can also use the site’s social features, article directory, and other great tools to build your blog.
5. Blogged.com is an interesting mix of a directory and a Google News type site that is fed by the blogs listed with Blogged. And it’s free to list your blog.
6. While the design and infrastructure have changed somewhat over the years, Blog Search Engine remains one of the most selective blog directories on the web. Membership has its privileges.
7. Blog Catalog features a vast number of categories, from “academic” to “writing”, while offering the ability to search by country, language or user. It has a no-frills design, but offers convenient access through a simple blog registration.
8. Globe of Blogs has too many features to list. Only non-commercial blogs are accepted. The site may be busy, but I like being able to narrow my search by title, author or subject.
9. The ultimate directory of British blogs isn’t focused on location, but on the culture. It is asked that bloggers be genuinely “Britished.”
10. Blog Universe has a layout that’s easy to navigate and, although the content is limited, it’s an all-around good directory worthy of submission.
11. Bigger Blogs is intertwined with a business directory and an article directory, giving you access to several powerful tools in one location.
12. Bloggernity is a crisp, clean and easily navigated site. It’s low ad-to-content ratio has helped solidify its reputation as a quality directory.
13. Bloggapedia has an interesting and eye-catching homepage. Readers are easily connected to top blogs and new posts. Innovative categories, a colorful design and its blogger tool kit make this directory a hit.
14. Spillbean is a well-designed directory with categories such as “health,” “society,” “Internet,” and “personal.”
15. Blogging Fusion boasts over 60 categories, including family-focused blogs. Blogging Fusion has an good number of listings, and it also has visitor stats.
16. Blogflux is organized and clear with a strong social element.
17. The blogs at the top of Bloglisting are fun, colorful and catch the attention of the reader. Bloglisting displays the page-ranking blogs, which is a helpful tool when determining with whom you want to exchange links.
18. Blogio stores plenty of quality blogs, and it sports solid on-site search.
19. Blog Digger is a strong search tool, especially for local blog listings.
20. Blog Pulse features a powerful community element, on-site analytics, and a clean design. The “submit” page is a bit tricky to find, so here’s the quick link.
21. Technorati’s blog directory is well-respected and spans more than 30 categories.
22. Blogarama has a strong base of blogs and a solid text-ad system for its front page.
23. Blog Hints features over 100 categories. The site is very picky about which blogs are included, and those that are listed are presented via a visual interface that shows the site’s design and page rank. This makes Blog Hints the perfect site for finding link-swapping partners.
The above listings are a glimpse inside the large and vast world of blog directories and the valuable inbound links that your can build for your blog and your business.

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Most anticipated gadgets of 2013

I'm excited for 2013. There's a perfect storm of gadget rumors brewing right now, and even if only half of them pan out, it will be a great year for tech.
To get you as excited as I am, here's my list of my five favorite products that will hopefully make their debut this year. You won't find any flying cars or $20,000 Ultra HD TVs here. Consider this a sneak peek at the biggest announcements expected this year from the biggest names in tech.
If I missed something worthy of this list, feel free to nominate your own anticipated products in the comments section.

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