Skype is an instant messaging software that is used worldwide because it is easy to use and has a large collection of social tools and communication based features. While Skype is first and foremost an instant messaging program, it is also used for audio and video calls and may be used to conduct conference calls with an unlimited number of attendees. Skype also issues each user a unique profile and includes emoticons, signatures, and font options. Skype also allows users to play games with other Skype users and conduct file Read More

iTunes is the digital media player that Apple produced to organize and play digital music and video files. It is also an interface that manages the digital media store on the Apple iPad, iPhone, and iPod. The iTunes player is automatically interfaced to the Apple store where users can rent or buy movies to add to their iTunes library. The player can also add movies to the library that is already stored on a personal computer. A common task for iTunes users is adding movies to the player. How to Read More

What is AIM? AIM is AOL's version of instant messaging application and it allows users to communicate with each other in real time by way of text, voice, and video over the Internet. Features of AIM AIM also has certain features like: Chatroom messaging. Peer-to-peer file sharing with one's buddies. Storing your contact information on AOL's servers, which enables you to keep tabs on up to 1000 friends from any computer that has Internet access. Security Issues with AIM AIM has some serious security issues which have facilitated the creation Read More

To delete your Myspace account, the first thing you need to do is log in to your account. Once your page loads, go to the top right hand corner of the screen and click “My Account.” Unlike Facebook, Myspace has it very clearly labelled where the delete account button is and that makes the process considerably easier than other social networking sites available on the web. From the My Account section, click Account. This will take you to a page where all the account decisions are made such as privacy Read More

This list of bad web robots was originally compiled by funender. Some of these robots are designed to copy entire web sites, which can utilize a great deal of bandwidth. Others harvest e-mail addresses for spammers. Most benefit their owners, while providing absolutely no benefit to the web site owner. You must decide for yourself what qualifies as a bad web robot. Here is a list of robots that you may wish to exclude, in robots.txt format: User-agent: Alexibot User-agent: Aqua_Products User-agent: BackDoorBot User-agent: BackDoorBot/1.0 User-agent: Black.Hole User-agent: BlackWidow User-agent: Read More

A site search feature is an option to enable your web users to search your entire web site for the content they are looking for. The two general methods of implementing a site search are: Site Search Online Services Site Search Server Based Programs Site Search Online Services FreeFind is an online service that will automatically create, update and host a site search feature for you. FreeFind is free for personal use on sites with less than 32MB of HTML. FreeFind also creates a site map for your site. Google Read More

Introduction The Internet has truly revolutionized the world. From its extremely humble beginnings to its rapid growth, nothing in perhaps the history of the world has brought so much information to the masses and has helped individuals communicate with others. While the Internet might seem simplistic in theory, it took quite a few innovations to technologically get it where it is today. In a world where information was usually broadcasted from one central location to the masses, the Internet made it possible for each individual to communicate with others over Read More

There are many web browsers available in the market today. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Apple Safari are few of them which dominate most of the browser market. There are multiple aspects of a web browser on which they can be compared and rated. Before jumping into details, let’s see some statistics of past few years from renowned names in this market. Looking at the below statistical graphs from StatCounter, 2011 was dominated by Internet Explorer. Firefox and Chrome also held major share of the browser market. Read More

Google Chrome can easily be configured to completely block certain websites from one’s browsing experience. Blocking websites can be a safe and effective way to protect one’s computer from harmful content that may damage one’s computer or files. It can also be used to control one’s children’s browsing experience. To use the most common way to block a website on Google Chrome, one needs to know the website’s URL that will be blocked. Once the URL is obtained, follow these instructions: Open Google Chrome Click the Wrench icon in the Read More

Google treats hyphens as spaces. Google does not treat underscores as spaces. Because of this, the string “search_engine” will not show up in a search for “search engine”, but the string “search-engine” will show up in that search. The end result is that hyphens are much better, from an SEO perspective, than underscores. This rule seems to hold true for use in text, in file names, and in domain names.