If you want to draw a comic book style cartoon of yourself, then it is going to take some professional graphics editing skills in Photoshop. But if you use the Befunky online application, then all it takes is a few clicks. Befunky is an online application that can turn your pictures into outlined cartoons automatically without needing any manual editing on your part. You can upload your pictures to Befunky and use one of many available cartoon effects to cartoonize them.
Read moreBypass Windows SmartScreen in Windows 8
Windows SmartScreen is a new security feature in Windows 8. Windows SmartScreen can help you stay safer by warning you before running unrecognized programs downloaded from the Internet. All the files you download from the internet have an alternate data stream (ADS) containing the zone information. Windows SmartScreen uses this ADS information to prevent running all the downloaded programs. If you want then bypass Windows SmartScreen by clearing the ADS.
Read moreTurn off Windows SmartScreen in Windows 8
Windows 8 has come with newer security features – Windows SmartScreen being one of them. Windows SmartScreen can help you stay safer by warning you before running unrecognized programs downloaded from the Internet. When you try to run a program, SmartScreen sends the information to Microsoft and fetches data as to running that program is safe or not. If you temporarily do not have an internet connection, then SmartScreen blocks every unrecognized program.
Read moreStop Getting Tracked by Social Networks Using Priv3 in Firefox
Security researchers have found out that the social networking sites like facebook, Google+, twitter etc. track your browsing behavior. For example, if you visit a web site with a facebook Like button implemented on it, then the information is sent to facebook that this facebook user visited that site. The same is true for other social networks like Google+, Twitter or Linkedin etc. This is a big privacy concern for everyone.
Read moreHide Windows Explorer Ribbon Bar in Windows 8
The latest version of Microsoft Windows – Windows 8 has brought many new features like the ribbon bar in Windows Explorer. This ribbon bar is similar to what you are used to in the Microsoft Office 2007 and Office 2010 user interface. If you do not like this ribbon bar, then you can minimize it using the tiny arrow button on the top-right corner of the Windows Explorer. There is also a way to permanently minimize the ribbon bar.
Read moreAvoid Browser Hijacks with Browser Protect
One of the common symptoms of your system getting infected with malware is browser hijacking – your browser is taken over by the malware to redirect you to malicious sites in such a way that you cannot alter the browser settings. But now you can avoid browser hijacking problems using the free Browser Protect tool available for the three major web browsers – Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Read morePlay Music from Anywhere Using mSpot
It has happened to all of us that we want to play a song but it is on a device we forgot at home. This is a frustrating moment. But now you do not have to worry about those situations. You can use mSpot free cloud music storage service to store your music and play it from any device like PC, Mac, Android, iPhone etc. The mSpot service is free for up to 5 gigabytes (about 4000 songs) of storage. For larger storage services, you have to pay a monthly fee.
Read moreTurn On Profile Review Feature in Facebook
Earlier just anybody could post anything tagged with your name and it would appear on your facebook profile (also called timeline). Facebook has now rolled a new security feature to take care of this – called Profile Review. Profile Review keeps photos and posts tagged with your name from showing up on your profile without your approval. Now when someone posts anything with your name tagged, you are asked first to confirm the post. The post would appear on your timeline only after your approval.
Read moreRecover Typed Form Text using Lazarus Form Recovery for Firefox
It has happened to all of us that the Firefox browser crashes after we have typed a huge amount of text in an online comment form. This is a very frustrating moment. Usually we have no other choice but to restart the browser, open that web page and start typing it all over again. But if you have the Lazarus add-on installed in your Firefox browser then you do not have to worry about these mishaps.
Read moreShow Full Web Address in Address Field of Opera
We earlier posted an article on how you can display the full and complete web site address in the Firefox web browser through its configurations. Similar to Firefox latest versions of the Opera browser also hide some parts of the displayed site address like http:// etc. If you are an Opera browser user, then you do not have to dig down into browser configurations to make it show the full web address in the location bar.
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