Check Your Gmail Account For Possibility Of Unauthorized Logins

Gmail is a free, advertising-supported webmail, POP3, and IMAP service provided by Google. No doubt that Gmail are really tight in security from account hacking, spamming and unauthorized logins.

But, are you sure it is safe enough? Are you sure that you're the only person who logged into your account all these times? I am sure you will start thinking about it now.

If you're concerned about unauthorized access to your mail, you are able to use 'Last account activity' which is the feature in Gmail to find out if and when someone gained access. It's information you can use to troubleshoot unauthorized account activity.

Last account activity includes any times that your mail was accessed, using a regular web browser, through a POP client, from a mobile device, etc.

Abduction! - Take Screenshots Much Easier In Firefox

To take a web page screenshots, users normally had to installed a screen capture applications such as WinSnap or Snagit into their computer. To have a good screen capture programs, you need to use a commercial one but of course you have to buy it. There are some free programs available but with a limited of functions, it does not give you any satisfactions.

Even with the best screen capture programs installed in your computer, when you're found something that interested you while browsing the website/s and want to take a screenshot, you need to launch that program, set it up and a few things has to do before you get that shots. How about just do a right click, drag and drop and save the image as easy as 1 2 3 ....

Rowan Lewis has developed an add-on for Firefox called 'Abduction!' a right click option to take screenshot of an entire web page or just part of a web page to save as an image.

Resolving Google Update Installation Failed With Error 0x8004071c

Installing Google Chrome is very easy, only takes a few seconds to complete and it seems like Chrome installer is not going to give us any difficulties or errors during installation. But, it has. Some users had encountered a problem when installing Google Chrome that an error box appeared with the error code "Google Update Installation Failed With Error 0x8004071c".



Did you think that error came up because of a bad coded Chrome installer? No, it is not. The error occurs because your computer is currently in Windows Audit Mode and is conflicting with the installation.

When Windows is running in audit mode on a portable computer, that means the NUM LOCK key is always turned on. Users that perform an unattended installation of Windows usually initiated the Audit Mode.

This error also appeared in other installations of Google product such as Google Earth, Google Desktop and etc.. I'm using Google Chrome for an example in this article because it is a widely used application from Google nowadays. Use the following method to fix it, it is the same related error.

Here is a workaround on solving the issues:

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Follow these simple steps to obtain the license:

Quick Fix Windows XP, Windows Vista And Windows 7

There are times when you want just one quick fix for example when you are under a virus attack and you just want to enable the Task Manager or the Registry Editor so you can fight the virus back, or when some new installation changed your Windows behavior and some system file opens on every start up.

For PC experts, these annoyances is easy to fix and various method they can use. But, how about for average PC users like we are, it is hard isn't it? And of course you really need that tool which are able to fix those errors as fast and easy as possible.

Some tools have been developed to help you solve these problems easily, efficiently and quickly without requiring a high knowledge about the operating system. Take a look at this two tools that are free, portable and easy to use for quick fix your Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

How To Benchmark The Fastest DNS Server From Your Location

We have talked about several alternatives to replace the DNS addresses provided by our ISP. Many interesting comments and recommendations comes from users around the internet.

But did you know, if the DNS server located too far from where you live, it will make your internet speed become worse. Although the reputations of that DNS provider very excellent and had a great achievements, it will not be able to improve the situation.

So, in today's article, I will show you how to specify a DNS server which is the fastest to use based on where you live and thus you can improve your internet speed.

Steve Gibson from grc.com has develop a small portable utility called 'DNS Benchmark', a unique, comprehensive, accurate and free Windows (and Linux/Wine) utility to determine the exact performance of local and remote DNS nameservers.

In this test I have setup DNS addresses into my computer with Google Public DNS and let's see how to perform this and what the result is.

Google Public DNS - Browsing The Web More Faster And Safer

I have written about 'Speed Up Web Browsing With OpenDNS' in my previous article and I have been using OpenDNS service ever since. Yes, the speed and the security is very good and stable, I thought that there is no other free DNS provider who are willing to offer a similar services provided by OpenDNS but surprisingly, Google has come to bring the challenge.

I slap my forehead in the first browsing using Google DNS, it's very very fast and definitely beat all the existing free public DNS and even some paid DNS too. Wow !! You should try this ...

Features of Google Public DNS include:

• Speed: Resolver-side cache misses are one of the primary contributors to sluggish DNS responses. Clever caching techniques can help increase the speed of these responses.
• Security: DNS is vulnerable to spoofing attacks that can poison the cache of a nameserver and can route all its users to a malicious website. Google Public DNS makes it more difficult for attackers to spoof valid responses by randomizing the case of query names and including additional data in its DNS messages.
  
• Validity: Google Public DNS complies with the DNS standards and gives the user the exact response his or her computer expects without performing any blocking, filtering, or redirection that may hamper a user’s browsing experience.

Interestingly, the DNS number is very simple and easy to remember, which is:

Daily Free Commercial Software From Dec. 1st To Dec. 24th 2009

I should have post this article much earlier, but it is okay, you still can get plenty of gifts daily. Gifts !!! Yes, here's the story ...

From December 1st to December 24th 2009, CHIP.de offering 24 exclusive full versions commercial software, useful ebooks and exciting audiobooks for free. The gifts have a value of approximately $500 (EURO?). All the programs you can download free of charge and without any detours to your computer. It is a Christmas gifts I guess.

Visit HERE, click the blinking gift box and click on 'Zum download' to start downloading the gift.

If, you are prompted to log in before you are allowed to download, please create a free account from HERE, click at 'Neu registrieren', fill in your details, confirm your account via email sent to you and start downloading again.

Gifts are offered differently each day, so visit the site daily ... enjoy.

Download jv16 PowerTools 2009 For Free

I have been very busy for the past few days and has caused me to leave my blog without newer posts. I know, my regular visitors keep coming day by day for the new articles, I am sorry for that. As you can see, I also trying to improve my blog for browsers friendly, fast loading and a few minor adjustments. With a lack of knowledge in CSS, HTML and Java Script, it consumed me a lot of time. But still not fully finished yet, there is a few tiny stuff need to be corrected. Since I only test this blog with three types of browsers which is Firefox 3, Chrome 2 and IE 8, I hope it will suit the other browsers too. Please give me a feedback if you have some kind of interface error on this blog.

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