Recently I told a friend of mine to download a certain file from a popular Torrents website. This particular friend graduated from Oxford this year, majoring in Mathematics so it wouldn’t be outrageous to assume he knew a lot about science and consequently computers plus the internet. Therefore his response of “I never really could understand how Torrents worked” shocked me considerably. The number of internet users who use torrents is increasing exponentially still there are many people who are in the dark about it. There can be a number of reasons for this. Getting the entire seeders-leechers concept, understanding…

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It can be quite a problem if you want your system to restart at 4pm but you know you will not be home at that time to restart the PC. In such situations, when you cannot be where your computer is, a third party software can help you schedule the tasks you want to take place at specific times. A perfect example of one such software is Shutdown After. With a size of only 1.5 MB, this nifty program is a freeware that downloads in a jiffy. The interface is extremely simple to familiarize yourself with. You can choose from…

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Managing Comments With Ajax Edit Comments A new version of the very popular plugin Ajax Edit Comments is out. In this guest blog post by Ronald, the founder of Ajax Edit Comments, tells you in pictures all the new features of the plugin. The power that AEC gives you is phenomenal. If you are not using it on your blog, then I suggest you grab it asap. Excerpts and taxonomies for pages in WordPress 2.9 Learn how to utilize the add_meta_box() functionality available in WordPress 2.9 to add an excerpt box and custom taxonomies. How to Secure Your New WordPress…

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As a blogger, I know that dictionaries are things I just can’t manage without. And by dictionaries, I mean software that is a dictionary. I can’t reach over to my actual dictionary every time I come across a word I don’t the meaning to. Looking for the word in an actual dictionary takes up valuable time which I need to finish my work in time. To save time and to look up words quickly and efficiently, I use Lingoes. Lingoes is only ~5 MB to download and supports multiple languages. Lingoes lets users capture the text from screen by keyboard+mouse…

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Generally speaking, most errors occur when the application program is running. For example; memory address errors, memory overflow errors, memory quotation errors, etc., are all considered Runtime Errors. This article uses Runtime Errors as an example to explain why they occur and how to solve the problem. Let’s learn what Runtime is before elaborating on how to repair Runtime Errors. Runtime refers to the period when a computer program is actually executing (“running”) in a computer, from its beginning to its termination. The term runtime as a noun can also refer to a program’s run-time environment; the collection of software…

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Add-ons are a strong reason why an increasing number of internet users are moving over to Firefox. Apart from its solidly stable functioning, Firefox is a browser for which add-ons are available for almost anything! The add-on we explore today, Tabberwocky, takes Firefox’s functionality to the next level by providing the user with more ways to work with the tabs. Tabberwocky is a Firefox add-on that lets you do a lot more with your Firefox tabs. Install it in about two seconds (size = 25 KB), restart your Firefox and right-click on any tab to be shown this: Apart from…

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Here’s our weekly roundup of some good articles on WordPress WordPress Visual Cheat Sheet WordPress Visual Cheat Sheet is the new document, of the Visual Cheat Sheet family, that contains a practical reference guide to WordPress 2.8. [Via: WLTC] WPWorldMap.net WPWorldMap is a brand new service powered by Google Maps. WPWorldMap allows you to plot your location in the map. You can plot your location and add your details. Click the image above to visit my profile out there. How to Display Any RSS Feed on Your WordPress Blog If you are running multiple blogs, an easy way to spread…

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Why Rip a DVD When You Can Rip A Blu-Ray? Alright, the fact of the matter is that, if we are going to be talking about ripping, we might as well be straight with one another. The days of ripping DVDs are over. We have landed, with a big splash, into the era of Blu-Ray ripping and it would appear that this is not only the media of the hour, but is here to stay. What is the purpose of ripping any media? Simply put, a DVD or Blu-Ray DVD is ripped so that the information contained on it, be…

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How to Detect the Spyware and Malware Spywares and malwares are considered to be a greater threat than computer viruses. This is because the detection of a spyware or a malware in the computer is very tough and you cannot be sure that a spyware or a malware is present in the PC, until the time you notice the loss of data or the popping up of unwanted advertisements. This is the reason why it becomes highly imperative as a computer user to know how to detect as well as cure a spyware or malware attack. Although spywares and malwares…

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As a website owner or a blog runner, your number one priority is to get the maximum amount of traffic on your site possible. And how does one systematically do that? By monitoring your traffic and checking which additions/changes to your site attract internet users and which repel them. Having your blog/site tracked can become a money demanding matter, but not if you use Clicky. What is Clicky? Clicky is a traffic monitoring tool for you blog and websites. What is Clicky’s best feature? It gives you Real-Time web stats; which means when you log into Clicky you can see…

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