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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Sign in many gmail accounts (multi accounts) on a same browser

I sometimes check many Gmail accounts at the same time. I have to sign in and sign out those accounts at first. That is extremely inconvenient. And then a my friend had introduced to a service of Gmail and I have solved this problem. I have pleasure in introducing to you this service.
- First, you go to https://www.google.com/accounts/manageaccount and sign in with any accounts that you have.
- Then you choose Personal Setting --> Multiple sign-in --> Edit (address is "https://www.google.com/accounts/MultipleSessions")
- You choose "On - Use multiple Google Accounts in the same web browser" and check 4 box below.
- Save.
- Click "Back" button as follows:
And now you have two ways to switch accounts together:
- You can click the following arrow:
- Or you can see the address is "https://www.google.com/accounts/b/0/ManageAccount", replace number "0" by number "1", "2", "3",...
Good luck :)

Some options with Firefox Browser

You often use Firefox browser to surf the web/net. I'm sure that some following options are useful for you:
Going to Menu bar --> Tools --> Options ...
+ Saving tabs when closing Firefox:
General --> Startup --> When Firefox starts --> "Show my windows and tabs from last time"
+ Firefox ask you when downloading a file:
This browser download automatically a file to C:\downloads (if you install Windows at drive C) without asking.
General --> Download --> Always ask me where to save files
+ Turning off Scroll Effect:
This effect sometimes make you feel uncomfortable when you surf a website which have many pictures.
Advanced --> General --> Browsing --> uncheck "Use autoscrolling"
+ Help Firefox run faster:
Advanced --> Network --> Offline Storage --> Use up to ... --> you can type 500 or 1000 if drive C have large capacity.

+ Delete private informations:
If you share computer with another user, this function is very useful
Go to Menu bar --> Tools --> Clear Recent History --> ...
   ++ Time range to clear --> Everything
   ++ Details --> choosing all items
   ++ Clear now.

Everything success with you.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Lastpass - a useful add-on in Firefox (2)

In the first part, I had introduced to you about the Fill Forms function of Lastpass add-on. Now I introduce about the AutoLogin function.
+ AutoLogin:
When you login a website (as gmail.com,...), there is a offer from Lastpass:
You can choose "Save Site" and click as follows:
When going to this site in the next time, you choose "AutoLogin" and choose that Login Account from Lastpass.
If you want to delete that Login Account, you can click Lastpass icon on the upper right corner of Firefox and choose "My Lastpass Vault", a new Firefox tab will be open and you can delete any Login Account from the websites.

Note: there are some security problems if you share computer with another people, you should logout Lastpass after using (Click Lastpass icon --> Logout). When login in next time, you can do as follows:
And now you can be assured, whenever you close Firefox, Lastpass will auto logout.

Flashgot - A necessary add-on on Firefox


+ Your computer have many download manager softwares, you want to manage them.
+ Enjoying a hit song or a hot video on websites, you want to download it.
+ What will you do?
--> Installing Flashgot add-on right now and you can see interesting things.

- Managing download softwares:
After install Flashgot and restart Firefox, you go to Menu bar --> Tools --> Add-ons --> choose Flashgot and press "Options". You should care "General" tab.
For examle, my "General" tab is:
It mean when you download a file from internet, Orbit 4.0.0.2 is the default download manager. Of course you can choose another softwares when downloading, Flashgot will help you.
For example, I download a file from a website, you can choose:
or
Flashgot will automatically open that program.

- Get music links:
When you heard a song (or watch a video) on a website, you can see this icon:
Besides, you can also Right Click on website and see:
Click the icon or "FlashGot Media" and Flashgot will use the download manager which you set default in Flashgot (as Orbit 4.0.0.2,...)
Now you have get music or video links and can download it.

Good luck!

Lastpass - a useful add-on in Firefox (1)

You have many accounts on another websites, you have to spend a lot of time to sign up and sign in those website. Even you want to manage some accounts on the same website. Of course, you will feel annoying about this.
If you use Firefox or Chrome browser, add-on (extension) Lastpass will help you to solve these trouble.
I will introduce to you how to use Lastpass in Firefox (Lastpass extension in Chrome is similar).

Some main functions of Lastpass:
+ Fill Forms & AutoLogin
+ Can save information online so that you can use your information at everywhere.
+ Can manage a lot of accounts.

How to use?
First, you go to this website by Firefox and install Lasspast add-on.
After installing this addon, you restart Firefox and start using Lastpass.
There is a Lastpass's icon on the upper right corner of Firefox, you click it and create a account with Lastpass (if you dont't have it yet).
This process is very simple, there are only some points here:
And now, Lasspast homepage will be open in Firefox with your account, you shouldn't care about this and can close this page. Lasspast's icon will become red color.
Then you click this icon, choose Fill Forms --> Add profile and fill informations which you want:
With "Custom fields" tab, you can fill same the example:
Click OK and your information is created.

+ Fill Forms:
Now you go a website and login or create a account, click Lastpass icon --> Fill Forms (or Right Click --> LastPass Fill Forms), choose a account which you have create --> Fill Form. You will see that Lastpass auto fill all the informations.
How do you feel? Very very fast :)


Note: there are some security problems if you share computer with another people, you should logout Lastpass after using (Click Lastpass icon --> Logout). When login in next time, you can do as follows:
And now you can be assured, whenever you close Firefox, Lastpass will auto logout.
Good luck!
The end of the first part, you can read part 2 in here.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Audacity - A free audio editor and record software

You always record songs, karaoke songs
You want to edit those songs and make songs with good quality.
You want to save cost for using software.
Audacity is the software that you need.
Audacity is very light, it can be a portable version.
It a opensoure software so that can run most of OS as Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7, Linux OS and MacOS.


Some commercial softwares have so many complex functions that a end-user as me can't use or haven't need yet. I trust that Audacity can adequates to your basic needs about audio editor, using easily it. Some main functions of this software:
   + Making ringtones
   + Vocal Removal
   + Noise Removal
   + Click Removal
   + Creating a simple voice and music Podcast
   + Mixing stereo tracks to mono in your Project
   + Transferring tapes and records to computer or CD
   + Recording audio playing on the computer
   + Splitting recordings into separate tracks
   + Exporting your Audacity Project into iTunes and iPod
You can refer these tricks at http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Category:Tutorial
Everything success with you :)

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

GOM & VLC - Free Multimedia Solutions for you

When we had install Windows versions (Xp, Vista, Windows 7,...) in the first time, I sure that we could not satisfied a Windows Media Player (WMP). This default software can only read some media files as .mp3,... Of courses, we can install Windows Media Classic but I feel it's not seem possible. We want to use some another softwares can replace WMP. I am going to introduce to you two multimedia softwares that I think they are very good and can totally adequate to your needs.

- GOM
+ Installing easilly.
+ Playing most of media files as .avi, mp4, .mpg, .rmbv, ... If there is a new media file, GOM will autosearch from its servers and suggest you download a extra file. Specially GOM can play a broken video file.
+ The sound and video effects are perfect.
+ Nice interface.
+ Supporting load substitute files as SMI, SRT, RT, SUB,... you can also format fonts of those subs in GOM.
+ There are a lot of advanced effects about audio, video and Burst Capture,...
+ Running best on Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7.


- VLC
+ This is a power software about multimedia, it is easily installed and can play most of media files without suggesting download as GOM. VLC can play those files after be installed.
+ The sound and video effects are rather perfect.
+ Simple interface.
+ 3 repeat function: No / Repeat one / Repeat list
+ Loading substitute files as SMI, SRT, RT, SUB
+ Advanced effects about audio, video are good.
+ Be a opensource software and can run on most as Windows, Linux, MacOS.


Now let's install them and feel wonders.
Everything success with you.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Watching TV online

You want to watch a TV Channel, enjoy a Live sport, especially a football match.
You want to save costs.
You are looking for a free software.
Sopcast can help you.

After installing Sopcast, you open this program and choose "Login as anonymous"
Then you go to website http://myp2p.eu/
You want to a football match: Live Sports --> Football --> ...
+ Choosing a match that you want to watch and clicking the following icon:

+ Choosing a channel and clicking "Play", you should choose a channal have high Signal Strength

+ If you use Firefox or IE browser, this browser will autolink to Sopcast program and you can watch this match.

+ If browsers don't autolink to Sopcast (rarely happens), you can copy that adress link and paste to "Address" in this program.

This program may take a little time to start load some channels, but then it runs very stable. The picture quality on Sopcast is rather good and you can satisfy with it.

Every success with you!

OpenOffice - A new choice replaces Microsoft Office

- What do you need in Office Software?
+ Make a text document, a contract or a ebook.
+ Make a spreadsheet.
+ Make a presentation with slides.
We are familiar with Microsoft Office (MO). Of course, it's a best office software. But I am sure most of us only use basic functions from this software. And we have to pay for a full product of Microsoft Corp.
You are only a normal user, you are managing a small company and you only want to use a software which serve your works at minimal cost. I would like to introduce about OpenOffice, a free software can totally replaces MO.

OpenOffice is a open-source software --> a normal user don't care about this.
OpenOffice can work on Windows, Linux and Mac --> many users care this.
OpenOffice is simple to use and save running costs --> This is main reason that convince you to use OpenOffice.

- Advances:
+ OpenOffice version 2.x have many problems but from version 3.x, this software have been much improved, especially about the interface. This version have also run more smooth.
+ Of course, some operations in OpenOffice are little difference from MO (as creating a Table of Contents, setting up Page Numbers,...), but I am positive most of functions on MO can be made on OpenOffice, even more simple (as with a RClick, you can see a lot of interesting things).
+ OpenOffice can read a MO file (word, excel, powerpoint,...) and MO can read a OpenOffice file if you save this file with formats as .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx,...
+ OpenOffice have so many useful extensions on this page (same add-ons on Firefox).
+ Annual & free updates.
+ OpenOffice have a special thing that can export to a PDF file.


- Disavances:
+ OpenOffice is rather slow to start.
+ A large file take long time to open by OpenOffice, especially MO Format files.
+ There are some problems about displaying tabs in a same file (as .doc, .docx,...) in OpenOffice and MO.


- Desktop Applications on OpenOffice:
+ Writer (same MO Word)
+ Spreadsheet (same MO Excel)
+ Presentation (same MO PowerPoint)
+ Drawing (editing pictures)
+ Database (same MO Access)
+ Formula (special Maths characters)


Everything success with you!

Monday, August 16, 2010

Which free antivirus softwares for your PC?

I have tried use some commercial softwares and free softwares, I see that a normal user can rest assured that a free antivirus softwares are well able to protect his PC. Those softwares solve most security problems. You may use a commercial software when you have high demands as update special data, support from supplier's experts, server systems,...
I am going to introduce three good free antivirus softwares which I believe that they are very effective & useful for your PC.

Avast: (download a free version)
+ Real-time scanning
+ Stable
+ Operating smoothly
+ Updating daily & automatically
+ The interface is simple and attractive
+ Antivirus & Anti-spyware
+ With a free account, you have a free key for using within a year. Avast will sent a key to your email. You open Avast window, go to Maintenance > Registration and insert free key. After a year, you sigh up another account and continues use Avast with another free key. It's very simple & fast.
+ Effect: Great!

Avira: (download a personal version)
+ Real-time scanning
+ Stable
+ Operating smoothly
+ Simple interface
Antivirus
+ There are some problems about update data with a free account.
+ Effect: Good!

AVG: (download a basic version)
+ Real-time scanning
+ Stable
+ Update easy.
+ Friendly interface
+ Antivirus & Anti-spyware
+ Effect: Quite good!

Everything success with you.

Some websites help you to hide IP

Every PC have a IP when it connect to internet. It like a your home address. You can type website http://cmyip.com/ or google.com to check your computer's IP. Everyone can know where you are from. But you sometimes want to hide it for security reasons.
How to hide it???
There are a lot of free softwares that help you do it, but them are not often stable.
I will introduce some websites which can replace those software:

http://hideip.info/
You type website address in "Let's go" toolbar and press Enter.

http://www.hidemyass.com/
You type website address in "Hide My Ass!" toolbar and press Enter.

http://www.onlinehider.com/

http://eu.smarthide.com/

http://proxify.com/ (this page have sometimes errors)

Every success with you!

2 Free Download Manager Software

I had tried use some free download manager softwares and I see that two following softwares is good

Orbit:
I am really impressed about this software, it have functions which I need as get video links and increase download speed. It is very light and regular updated.
You need close Firefox or IE windows before installing Orbit and choose some following options:



After you had installed Orbit, you go to music websites (by Firefox or IE browser), there will be a "GetIt" button, you can click it and download every video or music links.

If you want to increase more download speed, you go to Tool --> Preferences --> ...






Besides, Orbit can notify updates in download programs list, you can edit this fuction in Software Update (Preferences).
You can find another guide in here

Downthemall:
It is a add-on for Firefox, I'm sure it's a good download manager software.
You can increase more download speed, you go to Tools Menu in Fireofox --> Add-ons --> choose "Downthemall Add-on" and Click "Options"



* Another free download manager software:
Gigaget
Flashget

Enjoy your time

Sunday, August 15, 2010

7 Useful Add-ons on Firefox

I will introduced some add-ons that I think they are very useful for a normal users.


Flashblock:
This add-on can help you feel firefox is lighter and faster when loading some website have flash.

Lastpass:
You frequently log in websites as gmail, yahoo, forums,... or you have some accounts in a website, forum and you need manage those account. Lastpass will help you manager easily them.

Gmail Manager:
You want to Firefox notify when you have a new email or you to write a email without log in to gmail.com, Gmail Manager ins your choice.

Yahoo! Mail Notifier:
This add-on will notify when you have a email.

Flashgot:
You have some download manager softwares and you need manage them when you click a download link or you want to download video links, Flashgot will solves these problems.

Downthemall:
This add-on have function as IDM, Orbit, Flashget,... I think it is also quite good.

Fasterfox:
This is a great add-on. You can control some functions of Windows Media Player, VLC,... or watch a Multimedia Libery on Firefox Browser.


Let's install them now :)

Which browsers for you?

At present, there are so many browers that we can use. Every browsers are fine but how it is good, depending your demand. We will discuss this problem as a end-users.


Firefox:
Advances: there are very add-ons that are very usefull for you. This is a strength of this browersIf you often work on browsers and use many tabs, Firefox is your choose, it is very stable and fast.
Disadvances: I see that Firefox Browser from version 3.5 is start rather slow.
Homepage


Chrome:
Advances: I see that this browser is very light and fast. I think it is faster Firefox. It have a attractive interface. Your demand is only read e-magazines, Chrome is your choice.
Disadvances: Extensions (as add-ons) are not really rich. It will no light and stable when you open many tabs.
Homepage


IE (Internet Explorer):
Advances: This is the default browser if you use Windows OS, you don't have to install it. Almost websites view good (or best) in this browser and some website are only used good on IE.
Disadvance: IE is also start rather slow (like Firefox). IE's speed is not quite good - this is my idea. IE can't autosave tabs when you close this browser.


Opera:
Advances: you need a browser run fastest and lightest or your internet line is not good, Opera is your choice.
Disadvances: Extensions (add-ons) are not often useful compared another browsers.
Homepage


Another browsers:
I have used some browsers as Avant, Seamonkey,... They are also rather good, but I thinks it can not replace yet above browsers.