An intranet is an internal or restricted access network, it is very similar to the functions of the normal Internet (which is sometimes is referred to as the extranet). Organizations that would like to share applications, documents and data only among themselves can create an intranet usually with ease. While intranets are usually accessed by computers within the intranet, outside users such as off site employees can usually access the intranet using special authentication codes and tools. It is extremely easy to search the intranet primarily because the intranet uses Read More

On-line books On-line books are a type of eBook that can be accessed and read via the Internet. Online books are available as free and paid versions. They are different from traditional e-books as they can be read online. Before the advent of the Internet, e-books were in CD format which had to be inserted  into the computer to be accessed and read. Apart from web sites, there are hardware devices known as eBook readers, which work with software services to provide online e-book access. E-books can now be read Read More

It is becoming more common every day for various organizations to block access to websites for either security or productivity reasons. As a result, end-users will often find themselves in need of figuring out how to unblock websites. By unblocking a website, the action of obtaining or gaining access to a website that is currently blocked by some means on the network the individual is using to access the site is achieved.  Of course, not only do networks block access to websites, but some individual sites may choose to block Read More

Most Internet users need to block websites at some point. Reasons for doing so include keeping known malicious or spam-ridden sites from being loaded onto the computer and preventing children from accessing adult or other content. Users may block a website via existing tools or browser options on the computer, third party applications, or browser ad-ons. How to Block Websites on Safari If the computer has Mac OS X, the user can block websites on the Safari web browser via the operating system’s built-in parental controls applications. This program can Read More

CAPTCHA is actually an acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”. As the name implies, it is a computer-generated test which aims to separate a bot (automated program) from a live, breathing human being online. The “Turing” refers to Alan Turing, a computer scientist who, in the 1950s, undertook research to distinguish a man from a machine. CAPTCHA typically involves a computer which ‘serves up’ a puzzle (this usually involves number and/or letter combinations) that a user has to input into a designated box Read More

The Bing Toolbar or Bing Bar is a toolbar that Microsoft provides that stays on the web browser and is able to access the Bing search engine. It allows users to search for content on the Internet relating to images, videos, weather forecasts, news, travel information, stock portfolios, cuisine, and much more. The Bing Toolbar is also able to remember the user’s information and preferences for later use. How to Hide/Disable the Bing Toolbar in Internet Explorer If the user simply wishes to free up space on his/her web browser, Read More

A noob is a shortened version of the word “newbie.” The first time that the word noob was used was in the 1970s by the United States military to describe soldiers that were just arriving. “They were noobs.” What it refers to is an individual who is inexperienced and therefor a new person to it hence the “newbie.” Since the use of the word has appeared again on the Internet, it has evolved to mean both a tease and an insult. For example, if two experienced gamers were playing and Read More

The “Server Not Found” error message (“404” error) indicates that the web browser (or client) can communicate with the web server, but cannot find the requested information. An error similar to the “404” is the “Server Not Found” error. This error results from the desired destination server not being able to establish a connection with the requesting client, typically due to a domain name server problem. What Does the 404 Error Mean? The 404 error is generated in order to provide a “readable” error message to inform users that the Read More

Adobe Flash Player or simply “Flash Player” is an Adobe product that allows users to watch flash based content on the web. Flash allows websites to perform a wide variety of tasks that they would not be able to do via simple browser programming languages. For example, the popular video hosting website, YouTube, is run on Flash and provides interactivity within the videos themselves, such as the ability to click on in-video links to external websites and other YouTube videos. Flash is also used in many browser based games such Read More

Google has evolved from a simple textual search engine to a multimedia search engine. These days, Google not only gives you web pages in its result but also displays images, videos, documents, etc from multiple sources. Google’s capability of indexing and searching images over the Internet is staggering. The Internet houses billions of images, and new images are uploaded every minute. Digging into this enormous pool and picking the right image needed by the user needs lot of hard work. For the same reason, Google created Advanced Image Search. This Read More