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7 Tips for better URL structure

By Chris Martin at 6 January, 2009, 7:36 am

URL structure of any website or a blog should be as simple as possible. The structure should be user friendly so that a reader can identify the content inside the article by looking into the URL rather than just long ID numbers. In this article I would be telling you how to make SEO friendly [...]

Block Objectionable,porn or unsafe sites for Kids or Children

By Chris Martin at 5 January, 2009, 11:36 am

Computer and internet are introduced to children at an early age and it is extremely important for parents to make sure that their children are not visiting any objectionable content. How about if parents have an authority to pre-approve all the sites their children visit, and add new sites at any time?
Using Glubble you can [...]

How to Play VIDEO_TS files in Windows, Mac or Linux?

By Chris Martin at 5 January, 2009, 9:24 am

Most of us download DVD movies directly from torrents. Recently I downloaded a file from a torrent and it had following types of files in it -
VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.BUP
VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO
VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.VOB
VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.BUP
VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.VUP
VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB

What are VIDEO_TS.IFO, VIDEO_TS.BUP, and VIDEO_TS.VOB Files?
The .IFO file is an information file that contains menus and other information about the video and audio. [...]

DVD Region Codes

By Chris Martin at 5 January, 2009, 6:35 am

DVD’s are normally region-code specific, which means, a normal DVD player can only play region-coded discs designated for the player’s own particular region. The DVD player does not play discs encoded for a different region. If a DVD player is Code-free or region-free then you can play any DVD discs from any of the six [...]

How to transfer or upload photos from iPhoto to Flickr

By Chris Martin at 2 January, 2009, 10:13 am

If you are looking for a tool that uploads multiple photos from iPhoto to Flickr, then your search ends here. Earlier I used to export photos from iPhoto to a folder on Mac machine and then uploaded to Flickr account one by one which is very annoying and time consuming activity.

FFXporter is a free iPhoto [...]

How to Remove or disable Google Chat window in iGoogle

By Chris Martin at 2 January, 2009, 8:50 am

What if a chat window suddenly pops up while you are reading your daily news updates on iGoogle. Chat Window in iGoogle is sometimes very annoying. But there is no direct way of disabling it. To remove or disable the google chat window follow the steps below-

1. Visit the settings page of iGoogle here.
2. Scroll [...]

How to search Cartoons and Clip Arts with Google Image Search

By Chris Martin at 2 January, 2009, 7:33 am

Google Image Search has included two more image filtering criteria. You can now search for Cartoons and Clip arts using ‘Clip Art’ and ‘Line Drawings’ criteria in advance search option of Google Image Search engine.

All of these options can be selected from the “Any content” drop down in the blue title bar on any search [...]

How to get Read Receipt notification email from Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and other email clients

By Chris Martin at 2 January, 2009, 7:00 am

Gmail is one of the popular email clients with the best spam filter. But the limitation for Gmail is that it does not send you an email read receipt as soon as the recipient opens and reads your email unlike in rediffmail.com. If you want to find out when your email (composed in Outlook, Eudora, [...]