BSNL GPRS Settings (West Zone for all handsets)

Sometimes configuring Internet GPRS settings on a handset can be a real headache.
I came across a good manual which gives procedure to enable GPRS on mostly all mobile, so thought of sharing it with everybody. Here it is.

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Search securely on Google over SSL

Are you afraid that your search terms and results on google are being intercepted by your company, ISP or any third party?. This can be easily prevented by using encrypted Google service.

Google SSL search
Google SSL search uses SSL to establish a end-to-end encrypted connection between your browser and Google, this prevents the third parties from intercepting your communication.
SSL (Secure Sockets layer) is a protocol which helps to establish a encrypted and secure channel between the user and the host. This makes the information intercepted by third parties unreadable.
Here is the link to encrypted Google service.
https://encrypted.google.com/

Note:- To make sure you are browsing securely check that in the URL there is https instead of http.
          Remember this is only for securely searching on Google, the third parties will know about the
          website you click from the search results.

Revealing saved passwords in Firefox

Many times you may have access to others computer and like all the tech geeks you too would be itching to know all their saved passwords. So here is how you can do it in Firefox.

Click on "Edit" in the menu bar. Then "Preferences ". Then "Security" tab. Then "Saved Passwords". Then click "Show Passwords".

Easy as that. Enjoy!!!

Exif data - Security measures

All the professional photographers are familiar with the term "Exif data". But general public most probably must have never heard of this term. so here is bit information to get you started with.
Exif (Exchangeable image file format) is a specification used to store data in a image. This data contains very important information about the image like the model of the camera used to take the image, date and time at which the image was taken, location of where the image was taken (if the camera or smartphone is GPS enabled) etc. This can be very helpful for photographers to later study the images and find optimal camera settings for the best images.To view exif data you need a exif viewer. here is one OPanda Iexif.

But this also has a bad side. Here are security issues that can be presented due to Exif data.

• Many times people take their embarrassing images covering their face, which they post online in the spur of the moment. But it should be noted that exif data can provide information which can be used to identify the person in the image. People with bad intentions may take advantages of such situations by black mailing the person in the image.
• Many times the time and date of the image is intended to be kept secret, for many personal reason but exif data can reveal this information very easily.
• Exif information can be used wrongly to bully people on sites like 4chan.

Now you can avoid all this inconveniences due to exif data by taking some simple security measures.

• Select the option "for web" while saving the image.
• You can easily remove exif data from a image using software like Exif Tag Remover

Google Search by Image (Firefox Addon)

Most of you must be familiar with the Google search by image service. If not, then Google search by image is a service which enables the user to search the web using image, by either uploading image or by providing it's URL. For more information visit www.images.google.com.
But sometimes it can become a bit boring to open the website every time you want to search. This is where the Google search by image addon can be very useful. The addon adds a context menu item, so that you can right click on any image and search the image without going to the website. This can save significant time if you are regular user of the Google service.
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Get all your tech problems solved

I don't know whether you have ever visited the imageboard "4Chan". If you have just heard about it from some place else, i am sure it won't be a good opinion. Most probably you must have heard that it is imageboard where all the fat bellied geeks high on drugs hang out or that it is used as a trading place for porn. But this is not entirely true.
Ignoring the bad elements, 4Chan is a treasure trove of knowledge. It is divided in sections and one of its most useful section is the technology or /g/ section. All of your tech related problems can be solved easily if you follow the correct netiquettes of the imageboard. You can ask any tech related questions and it may be instantly answered but you have to keep some things in mind before asking the questions like

Monitor text for updates automatically with Check4Change (Firefox Addon)

Today most of the people get their daily doses of news and information from the Internet, as the latest news and information are constantly updated. Things changes in seconds, but you can't always wait for them to change, but you would also not like to miss them. Here is were the Firefox addon Check4Change comes into the scene.

Free ebook management and conversion software (CALIBRE)

There is no greater teacher then books. So in today's multimedia dreamland, books will never loose their presence. But it does not mean that they have not changed with time. Today like music, books too have adopted to the digital world. The PDF format has greatly helped in this process. Devices like amazon's kindle with the e-ink technology have marked the beginning of a new era. But unlike other forms of multimedia, there are very less software related to Ebooks. Not many of them are famous or widely used, but from them the software which stands out is the ebook management software "CALIBRE".