Address munging is one of the ways through which people and organizations online can exchange email addresses without their email addresses being picked up by bots. As you know, email addresses all over the net – whether in chat rooms, forums, online forms, etc. – are harvested by special programs in the Internet and sold to bulk emailers. Address munging is done by making the email address unreadable to such harvester programs but understandable to humans. An example of this is the email address anonymous@yahoo.com that’s posted as anonymous at Read More

Google Plus is a social networking website that Google sponsors, which allows users to communicate with their friends and family as well as share files and webpages in a number of different ways. Google Plus’ core features include Circles, Hangouts, Huddle, Sparks, Instant Upload, and Talk, although it also includes many of the same features found on other social networking websites such as the ability to like and comment on other users’ content as well as share status updates.   Google Plus Music Although Google Plus does not yet have Read More

80048820 is a cryptic, but very common, error message issued by MSN Messenger when it is unable to sign in. Unfortunately, there are many possible causes of error 80048820. This is somewhat of a generic error, which can make it very difficult to troubleshoot. Listed below are the most common fixes for the 80048820 error. Check that the MSN Servers are Working Before troubleshooting your system, check the MSN Messenger Server Status page to ensure that the MSN Messenger servers are operating correctly. Check your System Date and Time Open Read More

Microsoft NetMeeting was a VoIP (Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol) instant messaging software that was included in the Windows Operating System before Windows Vista was released. Microsoft NetMeeting allowed users to do virtually everything that modern instant messaging software is capable of, including group conversations, file transfers, audio calls, and video calls. However, other instant messaging programs began to offer more functionality and higher quality than NetMeeting and Windows Messenger and Windows Live Messenger eventually replaced it.   Windows Live Messenger Windows Live Messenger, another Microsoft product, was the official replacement to NetMeeting and Read More

On October 23, 2003, Mark Zuckerberg invented Facemash which would lead to Facebook the following year. On the 23rd of October, Zuckerberg got dumped by a girl and he was upset. To get his mind off of it, he decided that he would create a web site where people could decide which was hotter: a farm animal or a person. While the farm animals never got onto the site, he did create a site that compared photos of two people. To get the photos, Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard’s computer network Read More

Mozilla Firefox, which the Mozilla Foundation runs and Netscape owns, is a web browser that allows users to browse the web, check email, and take advantage of thousands of individual add-ons and plug-ins. Since Mozilla Firefox was designed to be easy to use and helpful to the user, its options are readily accessible through the built-in Firefox button and full support for the browser can be found at Firefox Support.   How to Block Websites in Firefox Although Mozilla Firefox does not directly allow users to block websites, it does Read More

In the event that someone forgets his/her AIM password: Visit AIM.com Enter the email address or the screen name used at the time of registration. Type the alpha-numeric characters displayed on the screen into the box provided then click “Next.” Choose one of the two options below. Type the alternate email address furnished at the time of registration. Provide information on date of birth, gender, and ZIP code as recorded during registration. Type the answer to the Account Security Question (ASQ) in the box provided, then click “Submit.” (If no Read More

While it is incredibly easy to build a site that sells goods, to make an online store that is actually successful requires time and careful precision. In other words, it requires the same type of dedication you would offer to a brick and mortar business. And, if you have the funds to invest in it, some money wouldn't hurt the growth of the online store as well. The Business and the Domain Name The first step is to determine what type of business you are going to have. Are you Read More

Although Facebook is the most popular social networking website, many people do not like some of its most basic qualities. For example, Facebook has recently modified its instant messaging software, Facebook Chat, to run vertically on the right side of the user interface and is permanently seen no matter the page a user visits. Also, the new Facebook Chat does not allow users to see what they are typing once the text box is full. Additionally, Facebook itself is designed for people to connect with friends they already know, rather Read More

Although there are a wide variety of places to rent movies online for a fee (such as iTunes, MovieLink and STARZ! Ticket), when it comes to watching movies online for free, most people assume that it can only be done illegally (such as watching copyrighted content that has been uploaded to YouTube or downloading a movie through a file-sharing program). However, although they are not as well-known as their illegal counterparts, there are actually a variety of websites that allow visitors to legally watch movies online for free. Hulu Hulu Read More