Taking Full Screenshots of Web Pages Was Never This Easy!

Do you want to capture a full screenshot of a web page without installing any software or browser extensions?
Well, here’s a simple trick.
Open the web page that you want to capture, go to the address bar of the browser and type "aviary.com/" just before the http:// part of the URL.
For instance, if your web address is something like http://blog4info.co.cc, the new URL will become aviary.com/http://blog4info.co.cc - hit Enter and there you have an editable screenshot image of that page.
Or add this bookmarklet to the bookmarks bar and you can even save yourself from typing aviary.com every time you want to capture a screenshot.

You can save the image to the desktop or further add annotation using the Type Tool, freehand brushes, arrows and other tools available in the Aviary editor. It can’t get easier than this.
And it even works with the Flash videos of YouTube.
Another web services that allows screen capture of web pages in the browser is Kwout.com though it won’t do full pages. [via RWW]

Compiled from: labnol.org

Iranian government blocks Facebook access

Iranian government blocks Facebook access, But why? A political Play? Or An action to protect the youth? Whatever, its gone.

Iranian authorities often block specific websites and blogs considered critical of the Islamic regime, but the timing of the latest clampdown suggested it was intended to undermine opponents of the hardline president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

During the last presidential race, in 2005, information about rallies and campaign updates were sent by text message. In recent years, political blogs by Iranians in the country and abroad have grown sharply. Newcomers such as Twitter are also gaining in popularity.

Do you think it is not a political game??? Then Discuss with us through comments.....

BLoG4InFo is 1 year old.

Dear Readers,

This week is a very special week for blog4info. This week blog4info becomes 1 year old. Thank You for your cooperation, encouragement and support for the last one year. As a part of our celebrations we have changed the entire look of blog4info.

The BLoG4InFo Admin

Expand the YouTube Video Player to its Maximum Size without Full Screen

The default full screen button in the YouTube video player expands the video such that it covers your entire desktop area and all existing windows on the screen stay hidden as long as you are watching the video is this "maximized" state.

That’s one way of doing things but what if you want more control over the size of the YouTube video player, here’s a simple hack - just replace the word "watch" in the URL of any YouTube video with "watch_popup" and the video will expand to fit your browser window, not the desktop.
For instance, if the original YouTube video is located at ..
youtube.com/watch?v=2mrRvUNlq50
the same video can be accessed standalone outside the YouTube website at..
youtube.com/watch_popup?v=2mrRvUNlq50
Resizing the browser window will also resize the YouTube player and you can press F11 in Firefox to mimic YouTube’s full screen mode even with this hack.

YouTube & Sticky Windows
You may also use the trick for watching YouTube videos in sticky mode. Just open the YouTube video in a new window (not tab), resize it according to your need and use a program like Always on Top to watch videos while working on other tasks.

Embed YouTube Player
You can use the the watch_popup URL with the IFRAME tag to directly embed any YouTube video on your website without having to calculate the confusing height and width ratios necessary for the EMBED tag. In the case of IFRAME, specify the height or width as 100% and it will auto-expand to fit the entire available space on the site.

Switch from Yahoo Mail to Gmail

CONTENT COURTESY: LABNOL

If you like to abandon your Yahoo Mail account in favor of Gmail, here’s some good news. You can now move copy all your old contacts and email messages from the Yahoo! inbox to your new Gmail address without having to worry about complex IMAP or POP3 configuration.

How to Move from Yahoo Mail to Gmail
Gmail now offers a new import mails option under Settings -> Accounts and Import. Enter the username and password of Yahoo Mail account and all the messages will be copied to your Gmail account in the next few hours. Once the migration is over, any incoming email on your old Yahoo address will be auto-forward to your Gmail account for another month.
The reason why I stressed Yahoo! Mail here is because it was the only web email service that required users to upgrade to Mail! Plus for them to move their data out to another email provider. That however changed with today’s announcement on the Gmail blog.
The Import function is currently available in new Gmail accounts only (not Google Apps) but it will soon be available for all so if you are in a hurry, just set up another Gmail account and use Mail Fetcher to copy Yahoo mails from this new address to your old Gmail account.

Important warning: VOIP users

Hi Readers,

I would like to warn the readers from U.A.E that you should be very careful while using VOIP softwares and services. Recently it has been strictly blocked by the UAE government. But still it is able to be open using proxies. But the authorities are tracing VOIP users. If you are caught a fine up to Dirhams 25,000 (250,000 Rs) will be charged.  So please be vigilant. 

Have a good time with BLoG4InFo,

Mohammed

How to recover corrupted PowerPoint file using TEMP folder?

Today tip will help you to recover the unreadable and corrupted file of Microsoft PowerPoint. Normally PowerPoint open files can become corrupted when you are trying to save it or if you were working on it and your PowerPoint application or windows crashed due to power failure. Windows saves a duplicate copy of working file as a temporary version. There is no need to use any third party software to manage these types of corrupted files, because you can recover them from TEMP folder.
Follow the given steps to recover the corrupted files in MS PowerPoint:
1. First click on Start button then click on Search option to start your search process.
2. Here type the *.TMP in "All or part of the file name" box then choose the "Local Hard Drives" option in "Look in" box.
3. Now click on Search button to start the search process of temporary files on your system local drives.
4. After some time, windows locate the list to temporary files. Here arrange the all temp files as Date modified.
5. Now open the PowerPoint and try to open these temp files or double click on that file to run in PowerPoint.

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The "MUHAHAHA" virus!

Hi
The "MUHAHAHA" virus is a highly contagious virus. If this virus is infected in your computer, you must immediately remove it. MUHAHAHA.!!!!!!!!! virus migrates through pen drives or even through CD’s. In CD’s or USBs if you find a file named Microsoftpowerpoint.exe kindly delete it. The virus gets installed to the computer by this executable file.


Symptoms:
When you open some sites (for eg: youtube), a dialog box appears that "this site is blocked for you fool, The admin did not add this dialog and who did? Muhahaha" and a laughing sound.


This virus has already infected millions of computers. This virus cannot be removed with the help of an antivirus.


To remove this virus follow these steps:

Step: 1. Click on “Run” and type the following address: C:\heap41a and hit Enter key.

You cannot find the “heap41a” file by navigating thru files and folders using mouse in C drive.

Inference: You will find the following files in the above path
a) Offspring (folder), b) 2.mp3 (Muhaha laughing sound that is played while virus closes the window),
c) drivelist (notepad file), d) reproduce (notepad file), e) script1 (notepad file), f) std (notepad file), g) Icon (Icon file)
h) svchost.exe (executable file)

Step: 2. Delete the “svchost.exe” file with the big “H” icon.

Step: 3. Then press start button, click run and type regedit and click ok. Your registry will be opened. Then press F3 and find comes. There type heap and search. Wherever it stops and gives any values, corresponding to “Heap”, just press delete button on key board and delete it. Then Press F3 once again and so … on, till you delete all heap folders and values.
Then restart the computer. Your MUHAHAHA virus is gone for ever !!!!

Note: Some times the access in denied to this file and thus cannot be deleted, in such situations download GIPO FILE UTILITIES to delete it.

Change Default Icons in Windows XP

1) Start Windows in your normal fashion.

2) Click the Start menu and select the "My Computer" option. Alternately, you can double-click the "My Computer" desktop icon if you've enabled it to appear on the desktop.

3) Double-click on your hard drive to open the directory.

4) Find the program for which you wish to change the associated icon. You'll need to know its location on the hard drive. If you don't know where it is, you can use the Start menu "Search" feature to locate it.

5) Right-click on the file, and click the "Properties" menu option. This will open the Properties menu for the file.

6) Click the "Change Icon" button. If there is no "Change Icon" button, you will need to create a desktop icon instead. To do so, cancel out of the Properties menu and right-click the file again. This time, select "Send to -> Desktop (create shortcut)."

7) Click on one of the icons that appears in the list. If the icon you want isn't on the list, click the "Browse" button to search for more icons.

8) Click "OK" once you've chosen the icon you'd like to use.

9) Click "Apply" to confirm your changes, and then click "OK" to close the window.

10) Wait a moment to see the icon change. There are times, like when a lot of system resources are in use, when icon changes can take a moment to appear.

Recommendation from experts: "Better to use icon managers or icon packs instead of manual editing"

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a wonderful service offered by Google free of charge. This service lets you to get the traffic statistics for your blog or site.

Use Google Analytics to learn which online marketing initiatives are cost-effective and see how visitors actually interact with your site. Make informed site design improvements, drive targeted traffic and increase your conversions and profits.

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Test your website and increase conversions.

You can now use your Google Analytics login to access Website Optimiser. Find out which page designs, headlines and graphics convert the most visitors.
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Open Orkut where ever!

Hi Friends,
Today I am gonna teach you or tell you how to open orkut even if it is blocked by your country without changing any IP or using any sofwares. It really works with orkut, myspace, facebook and more. What you have to do is only to visit www.power.com. Through this site you can login to most of social networking sites. Thats it! No hacking, changing proxy etc. It really works in U.A.E too. It is a superb service. You can even log in to all ur accounts at the same time through power.com. Hope you will check it out soon.

A look in to the most popular sites.

Content Courtesy: Gulf News.

A look into the most popular sites:

Twitter.com: The site that started the microblogging phenomenon was founded in San Francisco in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone and Evan Williams. The site works by sending a text message to one of four numbers located in the US, Canada, India, or the United Kingdom. Those messages appear on Twitter.com and can be viewed by anyone. Followers of the blog can choose to receive SMS updates every time a new update is posted. Number of monthly visitors: 7,935,441.

Flickr: Flickr used to be a site that was all about photography. Photos are still a big part of what the site offer. Flickr allows users to upload, touch-up and share their pictures online. You can organise your photos for family and friends, and just use Flickr as a place to store your digital files. You can even tag your photos to a map to show where they were clicked. Flickr was developed by Vancouver-based Ludicorp. It launched Flickr in February 2004. In March 2005 both the site and parent company were acquired by Yahoo. Number of monthly visitors: 23,769,885.

Zannel.com: A relatively new site that adds Multimedia Service (MMS) as a way to let people update blogs. That means that instead of sending a text message, Zannel users can update their blogs from their phones with text and images by sending them to a personalised email address. Zannel won a Webby for Best Mobile Social Network in 2008. The site was launched in 2007. Number of monthly visitors: 38,159.

FriendFeed: FriendFeed, launched in October 2007, is an aggregator, similar to Digg and Reddit, that consolidates the updates from a large number of sites. The founders of Friendfeed are all former Google employees. Number of monthly visitors: 876,616.

Hulu.com: A joint-venture of US networks NBC and Fox, this site allows you to watch the latest episodes of your favourite television shows, even in High-Definition (HD) format. The Hulu venture was announced in April 2007 and launched publicly in March last year. Number of monthly visitors: 7,352,849

Digg.com: This is the place to visit if you want to talk about the day's news. Users post links to stories they find on other sites, which are then read by others and commented on. And there is a lot of commenting. Readers also have the choice of giving any story the thumbs-up (you 'Digg it') or the thumbs-down ('Bury it'). The more 'Diggs' a story gets, the wider its circulation among the site's readers. Digg was founded in 2004 by Kevin Rose, Owen Byrne, Ron Gorodetzky, and Jay Adelson. Number of monthly visitors: 33,433,760

Imeem.com: This is a social networking site that includes blogs, photos, audio and video. The company was founded by Dalton Caldwell and Jan Jannink, a former employee of Napster, a file sharing site that was shut down in 2001 for violating copyright laws. Imeem was launched in October 2004. Number of monthly visitors: 9,694,353