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Google has released to the public: Mail Goggles. This feature is designed to prevent you from sending stupid e-mails in the small hours, when you’re most likely to be inebriated and at risk of making a complete idiot of yourself. When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you’re really sure you want to send that late night Friday email.

And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you’re in the right state of mind?

If you can solve simple math problems even when under the table, there’s an option to ramp up the difficulty of the questions, but sadly they remain in the mathematical realm and don’t drift into interesting algebra or calculus.

To activate Mail Goggles, go into Gmail’s settings, and turn on Mail Goggles in the “Labs” tab. Then adjust how and when it works in the “General” tab.

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Security is becoming more and more important as new viruses and worms (Lovesan Worm, Blaster Worm...etc) keep being unleashed. That's why it's important to make sure your system is protected.Put your system to the test. Here are some great websites that will test your security:


Hackerwhacker.com

GRC

Testmyfirewall

Auditmypc

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Image Surfing on the net is not as secure as the average internet user may think. Your identity and what you are doing can be monitored easily. This is especially true for those with Wireless networks, those who browse the internet from their work computer and those that browse dodgy (red flag) websites. The solution is to use an anonymizer when you surf the net.
Anonymous Surfing redirects your web traffic through secure servers, hiding your online identity. Identity thieves, aggressive marketers, hackers and online snoops are prevented from accessing your personal information and viewing your Internet activity.

The Anonymizer (includes a Free Tool to browse any website anonymously)

Surf Secret

Proxy 7

Virtual Browser

Hide IP

Site Tunnel

Surf Anonymous

From reading some of the information on these sites, you may be shocked to realize how little privacy you actually have….even with a Firewall. If you have concerns with identity theft or monitoring of your online browsing without your permission , I suggest you take a look at these sites and decide for yourself.

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Learn how to use this cool animated labels cloud in your blog here in 2 easy steps.


"Blogumus" is an Flash based tag cloud widget which uses scripts converted from Roy Tanck's WP Cumulus plugin for Wordpress.Amanda converted this for use in Blogger powered blogs.

How it works

This widget uses a combination of JavaScript and Flash animation to parse and display your blog labels. Once installed in your template, it should work "out of the box" without any additional tweaking required, though of course you may prefer to change the variables for color, background and size if appropriate :) You should also be able to move the Label Cloud widget through the Page Elements page of your dashboard if you prefer display in a different layout location. To see Blogumus in action, both Flash and Javascript must be installed and enabled for your internet browser. However, it does degrade relatively gracefully, and label links will still be clickable (though not animated) for those who do not use JavaScript of Flash (including search engine spiders).

How to install Blogumus in your Blogger layout

Installing Blogumus in your Blogger layout is surprisingly simple! You should only need to copy and paste a section of code to your Blogger template, though any tweaks for the style of display will require some manual editing. Here are the steps required to install Blogumus in your Blogger layout: Go to Layout>Edit HTML in your Blogger dashboard, and search for the following line (or similar):

<b:section class='sidebar' id='sidebar' preferred='yes'>

Immediatly after this line, paste the following section of code:

<b:widget id='Label99' locked='false' title='Labels' type='Label'>

<b:includable id='main'>

<b:if cond='data:title'>

<h2><data:title/></h2>


</b:if>

<div class='widget-content'>

<script src='http://halotemplates.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-cumulus-example/swfobject.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<div id='flashcontent'>Blogumulus by <a href='http://www.roytanck.com/'>Roy Tanck</a> and <a href='http://www.bloggerbuster.com'>Amanda Fazani</a></div>


<script type='text/javascript'>

var so = new SWFObject(&quot;http://halotemplates.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-cumulus-example/tagcloud.swf&quot;, &quot;tagcloud&quot;, &quot;240&quot;, &quot;300&quot;, &quot;7&quot;, &quot;#ffffff&quot;);


// uncomment next line to enable transparency

//so.addParam(&quot;wmode&quot;, &quot;transparent&quot;);

so.addVariable(&quot;tcolor&quot;, &quot;0x333333&quot;);


so.addVariable(&quot;mode&quot;, &quot;tags&quot;);

so.addVariable(&quot;distr&quot;, &quot;true&quot;);

so.addVariable(&quot;tspeed&quot;, &quot;100&quot;);


so.addVariable(&quot;tagcloud&quot;, &quot;<tags><b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'><a expr:href='data:label.url' style='12'><data:label.name/></a></b:loop></tags>&quot;);

so.addParam(&quot;allowScriptAccess&quot;, &quot;always&quot;);


so.write(&quot;flashcontent&quot;);

</script>


<b:include name='quickedit'/>

</div>

</b:includable>


</b:widget>

Then preview your template. If installed correctly, you should see the tag cloud appear in your sidebar. Then you are free to save your template, edit the colors and dimensions as required, or move it to a different location.

Customizing Blogumus

In this default installation, Blogumus includes the following preset variables:

* Width is set to 240px
* Height is set to 300px;
* Background color is white
* Test color is grey
* Font size is "12"

If you would prefer to make your widget wider, shorter, change the color scheme, etc, you will need to do this by editing various parts of the code. I'll go through these options in the order they appear in the widget code. Editing width and height The variables for width and height are found in this line of the script:

var so = new SWFObject("http://halotemplates.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-cumulus-example/tagcloud.swf", "tagcloud", "240", "300", "7", "#ffffff");

The width (currently 240) is highlighted in red, while the height (300px default) is highlighted in blue. These numerical values specify the width and height in pixels, so you can alter these of you prefer. Editing background color You can change the background color from white to any other color by altering the hex value in the same line.

var so = new SWFObject("http://halotemplates.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-cumulus-example/tagcloud.swf", "tagcloud", "240", "300", "7", "#ffffff");

For example, if you prefer a bright red background, you may replace #ffffff with #ff0000. Take a look at this page for a list of commonly used hex color codes. Alter the color of text By default, the text is set to display as dark grey ( hex value #333333). You can alter this variable in the following line:

so.addVariable("tcolor", "0x333333");

Be aware that "tcolor" is a Flash variable and doesn't include the usual hash symbol of hex color codes. Be sure to only replace the numbers! Adjust the font size The maximum font size of tags is specified in this line:

so.addVariable("tagcloud", "");

You can alter this to ensure tags are displayed in a bigger or smaller font if you prefer by changing "12" to a larger or smaller number. While making any of these changes, you should be able to preview your widget and be certain that your new choice of color, dimensions and background are suitable for your needs.

Credits

Blogumus is based on the original WP Cumulus plugin by Roy Tanck, and was converted for use with Blogger layouts by Amanda. Please leave the credit links in the widget code intact. These will not be seen by the majority of your blog readers (as they will only display if JavaScript and Flash is not activated) but leaving these links intact is a great way of passing some link love on to Roy for all his hard work, and to inform other Blogger users that they can find the widget codes on this site.

I hope that you enjoy using Blogumus in your own Blogger blogs!

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WhatTheFont is a site that lets you upload a logo or any other image that contains text and shows you a list of fonts that are likely to be used in that image. WhatTheFont supports some common image formats like GIF, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, but you can't upload images bigger than 360 x 275 pixels.
After uploading an image, you may need to enter the corresponding letters from the text, since the system can't always detect them accurately. In the example below, the site recognized the font used in Google's logo: Catull.

The site seems to be pretty old, but I couldn't find a similar online font recognition system. Identifont asks you some question about the font's appearance, so it's more difficult to use, while FontExpert only handles individual characters.

Via Googlesystem blog

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Do you use the Run feature in Windows XP? For most, this feature remains unused (or rarely used). Why is that? Well, First off nearly all of the Run Commands Correspond to a particular Control Panel Item or a Utility, Tool or Task that can be accessed through Windows. There are, however, tools and utilities that I bet you never knew you had that can be accessed through the Run feature. The main reason most people don't use the Run feature is because they don't know the Commands. So, to solve that problem, I decided to put them together.

For XP

AC3 Filter (if installed)
ac3filter.cpl


Add/Remove Programs
appwiz.cpl


Calculator
calc


Certificate Manager
certmgr.msc


Character Map
charmap


Check Disk Utility
chkdsk


Disk Cleanup Utility
cleanmgr


SQL Client Configuration
cliconfg


Command Prompt
cmd


Computer Management
compmgmt.msc


Control Panel
control


Accessibility Options
control access.cpl


Administrative Tools
control admintools


Add/Remove Programs w/Add New Programs Preselected
control appwiz.cpl,,1


Add/Remove Programs w/Add Remove Windows Components Preselected
control appwiz.cpl,,2


Add/Remove Programs w/Set Program Access & Defaults Preselected
control appwiz.cpl,,3


Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)
control color


Display Properties
control desktop


Fonts
control fonts


Keyboard Properties
control keyboard


Mouse Properties
control mouse


Network Connections
control netconnections


Printers and Faxes
control printers


Scheduled Tasks
control schedtasks


Component Services
dcomcnfg


Display Properties
desk.cpl


Device Manager
devmgmt.msc


Phone Dialer
dialer


Disk Management
diskmgmt.msc


Disk Partition Manager
diskpart


Direct X Troubleshooter
dxdiag


Private Character Editor
eudcedit


Event Viewer
eventvwr.msc


Microsoft Excel (if installed)
excel


Windows Explorer
explorer


Firefox (if installed)
firefox


Windows Firewall
firewall.cpl


Fonts Folder
fonts


Microsoft Frontpage (if installed)
frontpg


Shared Folders
fsmgmt.msc


Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)
gpedit.msc


Add Hardware Wizard
hdwwiz.cpl


Internet Explorer
iexplore


Iexpress Wizard
iexpress


Adobe ImageReady (if installed)
imageready


Internet Properties
inetcpl.cpl


Regional Settings
intl.cpl


IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration)
ipconfig /all


IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents)
ipconfig /displaydns


IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents)
ipconfig /flushdns


IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS)
ipconfig /registerdns


IP Configuration (Release All Connections)
ipconfig /release


IP Configuration (Renew All Connections)
ipconfig /renew


IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)
ipconfig /setclassid


IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)
ipconfig /showclassid


Java Control Panel (if installed)
javaws


Game Controllers
joy.cpl


Java Control Panel (if installed)
jpicpl32.cpl


Logs You Out Of Windows
logoff


Local Users and Groups
lusrmgr.msc


Windows Magnifier
magnify


Mouse Properties
main.cpl


Files and Settings Transfer Tool
migwiz


Sounds and Audio
mmsys.cpl


Microsoft Syncronization Tool
mobsync


Microsoft Movie Maker
moviemk


Malicious Software Removal Tool
mrt


Microsoft Access (if installed)
msaccess


System Configuration Utility
msconfig


Outlook Express
msimn


System Information
msinfo32


Microsoft Paint
mspaint


Remote Desktop
mstsc


Network Connections
ncpa.cpl


Nero (if installed)
nero


Notepad
notepad


On Screen Keyboard
osk


Paint
pbrush


Performance Monitor
perfmon


Performance Monitor
perfmon.msc


Adobe Photoshop (if installed)
photoshop


Power Configuration
powercfg.cpl


Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed)
powerpnt


Quicktime (If Installed)
QuickTime.cpl


Quicktime Player (if installed)
quicktimeplayer


Remote Access Phonebook
rasphone


Real Player (if installed)
realplay


Registry Editor
regedit


Registry Editor
regedit32


Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)
rsop.msc


Local Security Settings
secpol.msc


Services
services.msc


System File Checker Utility (Sets Cache Size to size x)
sfc /cachesize=x


System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache)
sfc /purgecache


System File Checker Utility (Return Scan Setting To Default)
sfc /revert


System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot)
sfc /scanboot


System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately)
sfc /scannow


System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At The Next Boot)
sfc /scanonce


Shuts Down Windows
shutdown


File Signature Verification Tool
sigverif


System Properties
sysdm.cpl


System Configuration Editor
sysedit


Windows System Security Tool
syskey


Task Manager
taskmgr


Phone and Modem Options
telephon.cpl


Telnet Client
telnet


Date and Time Properties
timedate.cpl


Windows XP Tour Wizard
tourstart


Tweak UI (if installed)
tweakui


Utility Manager
utilman


Driver Verifier Utility
verifier


Windows Address Book
wab


Windows Address Book Import Utility
wabmig


Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected)
wiaacmgr


Windows Version (to show which version of windows)
winver


Microsoft Word (if installed)
winword


Windows Management Infrastructure
wmimgmt.msc


Windows Media Player
wmplayer


Wordpad
write


Security Center
wscui.cpl

For Vista

Display Adapter Troubleshooter
AdapterTroubleshooter


Authorization Manager
azman.msc


Bitlocker Wizard
bitlockerwizard


Color Management
colorcpl


Computer Management Launcher
CompMgmtLauncher


Control Panel
control


Credential Backup and Restore Wizard
credwiz


Defragment User Interface
dfrgui


Driver Package Installer
dpinst


DPI Scaling
dpiscaling


DVD Player
dvdplay


Event Viewer
eventvwr


Firewall Control Panel
FirewallControlPanel


Firewall Settings
FirewallSettings


Windows Shared Folder Management
fsmgmt.msc


Bitlocker Notifier
fvenotify


Fax Cover Sheet Editor
fxscover


Help Pane
helppane


Iexpress (Self Extracting Package Creator)
iexpress


iSCSI Initiator
iscsicpl


Logoff from Windows (Warning: when you run this it will log you off immediately)
logoff


Language Pack Installer
lpksetup


Windows Mobility Center (only available on mobile pcs)
mblctr


Microsoft Sync Center
mobsync


Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool
msdt


Remote Assistance
msra


User Accounts
Netplwiz


ODBC Data Source Administrator
odbcad32


Optional Features Manager
optionalfeatures


People Near Me
p2phost


Performance Monitor
perfmon


Presentation Settings (only available on mobile pcs)
presentationsettings


Printer Migration
PrintBrmUi


Encryption File System
rekeywiz


Windows Backup Utility
sdclt


Accesibility Settings
sethc


Windows Share Creation Wizard
shrpubw


Software Licensing (Windows Activation)
slui


Sound Volume
sndvol


Snipping Tool (an Advanced Print Screen function)
snippingtool


Sound Recorder
soundrecorder


Sticky Note
StikyNot


System Properties (Advanced preselected)
SystemPropertiesAdvanced


System Properties (Computer Name preselected)
SystemPropertiesComputerName


System Properties (Data Execution Prevention preselected)
SystemPropertiesDataExecutionPrevention


System Properties (Hardware preselected)
SystemPropertiesHardware


System Properties (Performance preselected)
SystemPropertiesPerformance


System Properties (Protection preselected)
SystemPropertiesProtection


System Properties (Remote preselected)
SystemPropertiesRemote


Ditilizer Calibration Tool
tabcal


Trusted Platform Module
TpmInit


Problem Reports and Solutions
wercon


Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
wf.msc


Windows Fax and Scan
wfs


Windows Image Acquisition (requires a scanner)
wiaacmgr


Windows Update App Manager
wuapp


Windows Standalong Update Manager
wusa

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