Category: Internet

A DNS server converts the readable form of web addresses like google.com into numerical IP addresses like 66.102.7.104. Norton has introduced Norton ConnectSafe public DNS servers for free public use. Norton ConnectSafe DNS servers can block malicious sites, phishing sites, scam sites, in addition to pornographic and non-family friendly websites. Anybody can use the Norton ConnectSafe public DNS servers for free if they properly configure their internet settings.

A DNS server translates the readable form of web addresses like google.com into numerical IP addresses like 66.102.7.104. The Sunbelt Software, the makers of the popular Vipre Antivirus software, has started ClearCloud – a new DNS server service which offers free public DNS server for everyone. ClearClound claims that their DNS servers give safer web browsing experience.

In all the web browsers you can press the hotkey Ctrl + F5 to force reload a webpage, but not in Apple Safari. This is why if you use Safari browser and you want to reload a webpage from the website (and not from the local cache), then you must clear the history, cookies and cache of Safari browser first. However, clearing the cookies and the cache (and other items) is relatively easy in Safari compared to other web browsers.

Your web browsing like tracking cookies and Flash LSO can also be used to track you down and learn your browsing pattern by different websites. If you are a Firefox user, then you can use the Click&Clean add-on which makes cleaning of various type of browsing data easy in the Firefox browser. It can clean your browsing history, temporary internet files, downloaded files history, cookies, Flash LSO, typed URLs and more.

One of the features that Apple Safari lacks is an easy way to restore previous browsing sessions like in Mozilla Firefox in which you can quickly restore your previous session from the History menu. But you can install a Safari extension called SafariRestore which makes it very easy to save and restore your browsing sessions in Apple Safari.

Many people upload their family pictures and videos to facebook and share them with everyone. But unlike the pictures shared on facebook, the facebook videos are not downloadable. Sure there are browser plugins for helping you in downloading the facebook videos, but they do not work for all the browsers. If you want to download facebook videos from any browser in any operating system, then you can follow these simple instructions.

Nothing is hidden from the watching eyes of Facebook. Whether you friend someone on Facebook, like a page on Facebook, chat with friends or share a picture, it is all recorded down by Facebook. Even the people names you search for are recorded along with the time and date when you looked up for them. If you do not want anyone (like your spouse or boyfriend) to find out that you were searching for a person or page on Facebook, then you can clear your search history from Facebook easily.

Many people use instagram to take their pictures, add artistic effects and share them on facebook or twitter. But instagram can only be used from a smartphone like iPhone. What if you are on a PC? Do not worry, PC users can take their pictures using their webcam, add effects and share them on facebook or twitter using a free web app called Webcam Toy. It features more than 70 different types of fun effects that you can apply to your webcam pictures.

Has it ever happened to you that you listened to a song on the radio but could not find the title or the artist of that song? Sometimes a song gets stuck in your head but you cannot really recall the exact lyrics. If you are going crazy with such songs that you cannot identify, then a free web app called Midomi can help you out. You can just sing or hum a song into your microphone and Midomi would try to search and identify it for you.

Facebook is undoubtedly the most popular social networking website today. But most people do not realize that it does not allow kids under the age of 13 to register and use a facebook account. But there is a social networking site called Everloop that is specially designed for kids under the 13 years of age. The Everloop website does not allow the adults to register for an account. It features games, videos, music, chat and goobs (pranks) for younger kids.