Viewing one’s house via a satellite is very easy now with programs such as MapQuest.com and Maps.Google.com. Both of these websites provide a user the chance to type in their address and then zoom in on the house with an aerial view taken by a satellite. Google Maps can zoom in a bit more than MapQuest, but they both allow for someone to view their own house. To begin with, open up either MapQuest or Google Maps. The choice is entirely yours. Once the site has loaded, begin to punch Read More

HTTP Error 404 is an error message which means that the web page you are looking for cannot be found. The 404 error is also known as “File not found”, “Not Found” and “Gone”. The Official Definition of 404 Quoting from RFC 2616 – Hypertext Transfer Protocol — HTTP/1.1: 404 Not Found The server has not found anything matching the Request-URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or permanent. The 410 (Gone) status code SHOULD be used if the server knows, through some internally configurable mechanism, Read More

The process of uninstalling Google Chrome depends on the operating system. Uninstalling Google Chrome for Windows Uninstalling Google Chrome for Windows via the automatic uninstaller is a very simple process. Follow these steps to uninstall Google Chrome for Windows: 1. Go to the Windows  Start menu, click All Programs, click Google Chrome, then click Uninstall Google Chrome. One will be asked whether one’s browser data should be deleted. This information includes any stored passwords, history, browsing preferences, and bookmarks. If one might reinstall Google Chrome in the future and wants to Read More

As the Internet has expanded and it has become cheaper to host files on the Internet, more and more people have been using online file storage. What an online file storage provider allows is for an individual or a company to take important files on their computer–be they text, image, video or music–and transfer them to the Internet. This results in two benefits. The first is that the files can be pulled from the Internet on any computer. The second is that, if something were to happen to the computer, Read More

You must have heard about Yahoo Widgets? The most recent Windows Vista operating system even has Yahoo Widgets which can be seen on the desktop, but they are also common on computers with the Mac OS X system. Yahoo Widgets were known as Konfabulator in the past; they came to be known as Yahoo Widgets after the original company was taken over by Yahoo. JavaScript Yahoo Widgets run on the JavaScript runtime environment, so your computer must have the JRE engine running. Yahoo Widgets are really just small applications that Read More

Web hosting works by taking a website and connecting it to the Internet. Because the Internet is a collection of millions of computers all connected together, a web host has a series of servers that are connected to high speed Internet lines that allow data packets to be sent to and from the individual websites on the server. Web hosting works by handling a multitude of different websites on the World Wide Web. A web host works by serving the web page that is requested by a browser. For example, Read More

One of the many features that Google offers to users is their maps program called Google Maps. Similar to MapQuest, this service allows people to get directions from point A to point B as well as provides numerous different routes based on their users’ needs. Not only does Google Maps help users to get from point A to point B in car, they also provide information about using public transportation. Specifically, users can determine which train they have to take and how long it is going to take using that Read More

The World Wide Web (commonly known as ‘The Web’ and abbreviated as WWW or W3) is a way of accessing information over the internet. Typically these two terms are used interchangeably, but there is a very real and significant difference between them. The Internet is a medium which consists of a network of computers connected on a global level. Any computer can communicate with any other as long as they are both connected to the network. The World Wide Web, however, is an information centric model built on top of Read More

The terms Deep Web, Hidden Web, Invisible web and Deep Net describe the portion of the World Wide Web that is not visible to the public or has not been indexed by the search engines. Some portions of the deep web consist of dynamic pages accessible only via a form or submitted query. Web pages that are not linked to other pages are also part of the deep web. They are, in effect, invisible; search engine crawlers will not be able to find them since they have no backlinks or Read More

HTTP Error 403 is an error message which means that you are not authorized to view the web page which you are attempting to load. Usually, the HTTP error 403 – Forbidden means that access to the file/folder you are trying to open has been denied, either on intention or owing to a configuration anomaly. You could attempt using a proxy website if the access is blocked intentionally. The 403 error is also known as “Forbidden”. The server understood the request, but is declining to perform it. Authorization will not Read More