This is why you have an array of anonymous proxies available today that helps you browse websites more securely. However, many a times you're at the mercy of the proxy server to be running and using a proxy website means your website hidden under the banner of the proxy website.

I have also tried other anonymous services that allow you to change the proxy of your server and then you're good to go. This is where Anonymizer Universal differs. The power of the software lies in the fact that it seamlessly integrates with your normal internet connection.

In more technical terms:

Anonymizer Universal combines the most secure VPN (Virtual Private Network) technology with our proprietary IP rotator technology providing an additional layer of anonymity by changing your computer’s IP address on a daily basis. This, in combination with our in-house, secured networks that cannot be accessed by any third parties, provides maximum security for all of your Internet activities.

Anonymizer sits between you and the website you plan on browsing to and prevents the site from capturing your ip related data.

The best part about the software is that you can run it on your Windows or Mac and on your iPod / iPhone. The bad news is that the software retails for $79 which isn't a lot of money for the peace of mind it brings you.

However, the benefit of the license is that you can secure either your Windows or Mac system and your iPod / iPhone as well. With Anonymizer Universal, you’re covered at home or on the go. Whether you are accessing the Internet on your device from your living room or a Wi-Fi connection in an airport, café, or local park, you get 24/7 protection.

I've signed up for it. However, remember to turn it off when you are using any P2P application.

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Introducting Chit Chat for Facebook.

Features:

• Convenient and fun way to chat with your Facebook contacts without the hassle of surfing Facebook
• No need to keep your web browser logged into Facebook
• Tabbed interface for chatting making it easy to talk to many friends at once
• Receive notifications when you receive an instant message
• Save Facebook Chat conversations, format their messages – including adding emoticons, and send Facebook wall posts

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Key features:

• Maximize windows Horizontally or Vertically
• Move and resize windows easily
• Minimize and close applications easily
• Use up to 10 custom hotkeys to launch your frequently used application
• Change the CapsLock button into middle mouse button

The best part of this is that the software is portable, which means you just need to unzip it to a particular folder and run it.

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Video Converter can not only convert video/HD Video to AVI, WMV, MPEG, MOV, FLV, MP4 easily and quickly. but also can extract audio from video to MP3, WAV, WMA.

In addition, this free video converter allows you to DIY your video with video editing options: cropping video, trimming video length, merging two or more video clips, adjusting video effect etc.

Key features:

1. Convert any video to popular video audio formats. Source files are ource files like AVI, MP4, MPEG, 3GP, AAC, RAM, MTS, M2TS, TS, HD AVI etc. to MP3, WAV, AAC, WMA, MPEG1, MPEG 2, MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, FLV, to AVI, WMV, MPEG, MOV, FLV, MP4, MP3
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3. Extract audio from video files
4. Basic video editing settings including cropping, trimming and adding effects

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How to Insert Ads within your Post Content in WordPress

If you're looking to put in some advertisements in your post content, this is some really good snippets of code to add advertisements in between your post content.

Display Separate Counts for Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks

As the post says, you can count the number of comments, pingbacks and trackbacks separately on your blog.

Curating and filtering blog post comments with WordPress and AJAX

Use the field “comment_karma” to track moderated comments. Via: WP Tavern

BuddyPress 1.2

The new version of BuddyPress is no longer limited to WordPress MU installation, so if you're looking to creating a community around your WordPress blog, then you should be set to go.

Implementing hreview in your WordPress theme

Yoast has a very detailed tutorial on using the popular micro-format in your blog posts.

WordPress tip: Create a PDF viewer shortcode

A simple function to automatically open PDF files that you link to in Google Docs.

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Ajax Edit Comments 4.0 Sneak Peek

Ronald and me have been working on a new version of Ajax Edit Comments. Here's a sneak preview of the new features. And, Jeff gives us his opinion of them.

60+ Latest High-Quality Free WordPress Themes

A collection of very neatly categorized themes for WordPress

How to Highlight the Search Terms in Results in WordPress

This isn't one of my favourite settings. Here's some snippets of code that you can add to your theme to highlight the search terms in the results page.

3 codes for a far better WordPress Search

Highlight terms, exclude categories and showing the number of results found.

Devil’s Advocate: 5 Reasons Why You Should Use Blogger Instead Of WordPress

I love this one! A fantastic comparison of some of WordPress.com and Bloggers pro-features.

Customize WordPress WYSIWYG Editor

Code that you can add to your plugin or theme files to customize the TinyMCE editor.

How To Create Automatic Sitemap in WordPress

With some plugins and some coding magic you can have a sitemap ready. A sitemap is a good way for search engines to find all the links on your blog. Note, this is very different from Google sitemaps. This is the actually sitemap before the sitemaps.xml came into being.

Which Template File does WordPress Use to Render Different Pages?

This is a flowchart that gives you a quick overview on how WordPress understands various theme files and chooses which one to generate the page with.

Official Plugin Repository Readme File Updated

The official readme.txt file has been recently updated to include another section. The new section is:

== Upgrade Notice ==

Unfortunately, you can't display more than 300 characters.

How To View A Specific SVN Revision In Your Browser

Simply add !svn/bc/REVISION_NUMBER right after the repository root to view the particular revision of the file you want.

WordPress trick: Change theme programatically

Pieces of code that you can use to change your current theme.

Passing Query String Parameters in WordPress URL

This is something I have implement in one of my plugins. This is a good tutorial on using query_vars.

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How to get your plugin removed from the directory

Mark Jaquith tells plugin authors exactly what to do get your plugin banned.

Showing custom post types on your home/blog page

Show several post types in addition to posts on your home page. These could be page, album, movie or quote!

Tracking WordPress Remote HTTP Requests

The above code will output something like this any time a HTTP request is made using the HTTP API, but only if the request was not made from an AJAX handling script.

Most Popular Words In Plugin Names

W-Shadow scanned through the list of plugin names and gives you a list of the most popular words that are included in the plugin names

How to Widgetize Your WordPress Theme in 2 Steps

If you're a theme developer still wondering how to widgetize your theme, here's some snippets of code to solve this issue.

Keeping Your Blog’s Theme Up To Date Using SVN

If you're running a modified theme and the author releases an update, you're definitely going to be in a fix. The first option is to stick to the original theme and the second is to install the new theme and redo all the changes.

Stop Spammers and Other Scumbags with a Custom Blacklist

This a a super list of blacklist entries that you can enter into WordPress to immediately block spammers

Display Post Thumbnail Also In Edit Post and Page Overview

A simple snippet of code to display the WordPress 2.9 post thumbnail int he Edit Post screen in WP-Admin

Know of any good WordPress tips / posts? Drop us a note.

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Presenting Daniusoft Media Converter Ultimate:

A massive working platform which cuts in the scope of multimedia decoding & encoding, legitimate copyright circumventing, DVD decrypting & authoring, and media file transferring for personal use

The software comes with several features, but the best feature is its ability to remove DRM protection.

Daniusoft Media Converter Ultimate will allows you to remove DRM copy protection from WMV WMA, iTunes M4P M4A M4V AAC M4B ASF, etc, Napster, Rhapsody, Bearshare, ruckus, BBC iPlayer downloaded WMV files, Audible audiobook .AA, ect protected Music Video files. (I didn't even know that there were so many types of DRM protection!)

Besides this, the software also supports DVD ripping and burning as well as conversion to and from a host of conversion software.

And, my favorite feature is the support for syncing music to several mobile devices including the iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, Blackberry and Nokia mobiles. Which means I don't need to think twice about refilling my phones with music

Unfortunately, the software is not free. However, at just $59.95 it extremely affordable for the features it offers. Registration benefits include:

• Complete version (watermark or time limitation removed)
• Free lifetime Technical support service via e-mail
• License code sent automatically within minutes after your purchase.
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Following this week, I will be publishing the WordPress Picks series every Wednesday, instead of Sunday.

55+ Most Wanted WordPress Tips, Tricks, and Hacks

I'm not a big fan of super long posts, but this is a comprehensive list of articles and tutorials regarding WordPress

Load A Stylesheet Only If Use Gallery

If you are using the WordPress Gallery, you should load the the stylesheet only the pages on which the gallery is displayed

How to Add Content and Completely Manipulate Your WordPress RSS Feeds

Some tricks on adding to customizable text to your RSS feeds. You can also do some of this with my plugin Add to Feed.

Rounded Font-Sizes (with Colors!) for Tag Clouds

By default, WordPress uses non-rounded font sizes when creating a tag cloud. By converting this to a rounded font size like 22, 24 etc, you can even using CSS classes to style special font-sized tags.

Add a favicon to your WordPress blog using a hook

If you don't have a favicon, then it means that your blog has something majorly lacking. Besides, you're error_log will go crazy with 404 requests. This is definitely not my preferred solution, because you should not be adding unnecessary functions to your theme to reduce loading.

Using Filters With get_posts()

A small tutorial that will teach you how to fetch custom posts using get_posts()

Remove Private/Protected from Post Titles

WordPress allows you to create private and protected posts (though I have never used this ever). All such posts are "labelled" accordingly. Here's how you remove it.

How to Limit Content in WordPress

By default, WordPress includes 55 words in the excerpt. You can easily change this with a bit of code.

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On the hunt for an excellent sticky note application, I came across NoteFly. NoteFly is a tiny application that allows you to create sticky and non-sticky notes.

The program is feature rich (check out the list below) and doesn't touch your Windows registry. Creating notes is quick and painless and you can customize several aspects including the appearance of the notes.

Features:

• Very small application. Less than 100kb setup if .NET framework 2.0/Mono is installed. (Windows Vista and above includes this)
• Change color of notes
• Make note stick on top
• Make notes transparent
• Create e-mail of note
• Send note to Facebook
• Send note to Twitter
• Resize notes how big or small you want it
• Some syntax highlight for notes that have code
• Fully xml based (does not need windows registry, except for running on logon)

- Download NoteFly from FreewareFiles
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

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While you may be able to disinfect your computer at a later date, some virii can mess up a lot of settings that your antivirus can't fix.

Or, maybe you're just looking to tweak a few settings in your Windows 7 installation.

Like its successful predecessor "XP Quick Fix Plus", 7 Quick Fix is a simple, fast and efficient click and fix tool.

Features:

• Includes 21 common Windows 7 fixes
• Only 472kb
• Portable with no install just click and run, small and fast

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Take a look at three effects that I processed on my engagement photo.

Using Rollip is very easy.

1. Click the big orange button on the homepage
2. Select the filter
3. Upload your image

Rollip will process the image and provide you an image preview. You will need to signup if you want the full version of the photo.

Have you used Rollip before? Which are your favorite filter? Do you have any other photo processing sites that you would like to share with us?

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Well, I haven't but Google sure has. At least according to its auto-suggest feature.

Autocomplete Me tries to collect some of the funny auto-suggestions given by Google. Most of the site is driven by user submissions and though the site is only a few months old, it has been steadily gaining popularity.

Worth the read or worth subscribing for the occasional laugh!

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But, if you want to search both, you can choose to switch between windows, or even better save yourself some time and search using Bing vs. Google.

It is not a new concept, but rather quite an old one right from several years back when you had Google, Yahoo! and the erstwhile MSN.

There are still quite a few features that I would like to see added in Bing, the most common one being the use of "define:" for quickly hunting the meaning of words/phrases.

Visit Bing vs. Google.

Via: Technospot

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This method will work for MPG files for sure, but rarely for AVI or WMV files.

1. Open a command prompt window – click START > RUN…  Type in  cmd
2. Navigate to the folder where the multiple mpg clips are stored, ( If they're in C:\Vids, type in "cd\Vids")
3. Say you want ALL the clips to be merged into one file, so type this in:

copy /b *.mpg FullMovie.mpg

Using COPY to merge multiple video clips

ALL your clips will now be merged into the large FullMovie.mpg

TIP: name your files in the order you want them to be merged:

clip001.mpg
clip002.mpg
clip003.mpg
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|
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clip015.mpg etc.

That's it! If you'd rather customise the order, use the format:

copy /b FILE1.mpg + File314.mpg + File256.mpg OutputFile.mpg

The above example will merge File1, File314 and File 256 one after another into OutputFile.mpg

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There are times when we need to grab media like images, audio and sometimes even embedded video files from various sites. Rather than right-clicking on each element, here's a quick an easy way to grab all the media you want using Firefox's native functionality – no additional plugins like DownThemAll needed.

We're gonna use the Page Info feature of Firefox to help us in our efforts. On the page that you wish to grab the images from, click TOOLS > PAGE INFO to bring up the Page Info window.

Firefox Page Info

In the corresponding window that opens up, click the MEDIA tab:

Firefox Embeded Media Display

Next, select the media that you want to save to disk like the Images, Icons, Backgrounds and embedded Flash applets. This method also allows you to bypass the scripting used by some sites to disallow right-clicking on images and save the image. Selecting a single entry in this list also displays the entry in a small preview window at the bottom although seleting multiple entries automatically collapses this section.

All isn't rosy with this feature however, there still exists an unresolved bug whereby the columns cannot yet be sorted, else this would have been a great feature – sorting by size or by the type of media would have made things much easier.

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One main reason I jumped to Postbox is that Gmail takes an hour to load on normal non-broadband connections. Besides Gmail, Yahoo and Windows Live Mail, I also use Google Apps for email (yes I know a lot of email addresses!)

So, I was rather surprised to find that Thunderbird (on which Postbox is based), doesn't directly support Google Apps, as it does Gmail POP and Gmail IMAP. So, in this post, I will guide you through adding your Google Apps account now.

Open up Thunderbird and navigate through File > New > Account.

Select Email account and then enter your details on the next page. You need to enter the primary email address that you use with your Google Apps. We can add alternate addresses later.

In the next screen you need to select between POP and IMAP. Google recommends IMAP and that is also something I prefer. Select IMAP and enter the incoming server as imap.gmail.com and the outgoing server as smtp.gmail.com.

The next screen will ask you for the username to use for the incoming and the outgoing server. This will be same as the email address we used in the first step above. And, finally give the account a name. This can be anything you would like to use.

The last screen will allow you to review the settings and now you have your Google Apps mail account added to Thunderbird!

Do you use Thunderbird? If not, which email client do you use? Or, do you just prefer to check your email online?

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One thing that every guy wants to know (besides how to impress a girl) is how to tie a tie and the site 2tieatie.com hopes to answer this question.

2Tie a Tie gets into the history of various knots and teaches you how to tie them. The tutorials include both pictures and videos, explaining to you in steps on succeeding in getting that perfect knot.

2Tie a Tie has been created by three brothers, who like us wanted to learn how to tie ties and now want to spread the news about it.

Before going through the site, I didn't even know that there were so many different knots that one could do. We struggled to make it and were satisfied when the knot was made. We were more than happy when the knot was made. Once made it was left in pristine condition for reuse.

I've been going through the tutorials and they are beautifully done and well illustrated with pictures that allow you to follow them easily. If you have Windows Media Player, you can check out the videos. e.g. check out the tutorial of tying a windsor knot.

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TweetStats.com offers charting and graphs to better let you understand your usage habits. There are charts that'll show you the average number of tweets per day as well as an average weekly analysis showing you the days and times that you normally tweet in.  A detailed timeline showing off the monthly tweeting activity is also charted. Two additional charts that were of particular interest to me were the RT chart which indicated the users whose tweets you re-tweeted most often and of course the friend replies chart which shows you the users you respond to the most. Go here for more – http://tweetstats.com/

Twitalyzer:  I found Twitalyzer to be a little faster than TweetStats. What makes this stand out from other twitter graphing services is it's concepts of what makes for a useful and productive Twitter profile. Twitalyzer analyzes your previous tweets and then describes characteristics such as Influence, Signal, Generosity, Velocity and Clout.

Influence as described in the FAQ is calculated based on:

• Your relative reach in Twitter, measured by the number of followers you have
• Your relative authority, measured by the number of times you are "retweeted"
• Your relative generosity, measured by the number of times you "retweet" others
• Your relative clout, measured by the number of times you are referenced by others
• Your relative velocity, measured by the number of updates you publish over a seven day period

Signal The Signal-To-Noise ratio is a measure of the tendency for people to pass information, as opposed to anecdote, meaning tweets that either retweet or contain a link URL. Basically, it's a measure of apparently useful tweets to the community.

Generosity is quite simply a measure of how often you retweet other users' tweets and spread the word.

Velocity Simply put, it's how often you tweet. This stat is judged against a theoretical maximum of 1,500 updates per week.

Clout is the likelihood that other people will reference you in Twitter, as in "gee that @techtites sure does drive a lot of traffic!" The more people who reference you, the higher your clout.

Twitter Grader

Twitter Grader grades and ranks the Twitter profile of choice based upon a number of factors, as detailed in this post. It also offers an overall grade out of 100 and your ranking based on that grade. It's simple, easy to use and the one reason it brought a smile to my face were the inane updates displayed in the box while the script was attmpting to nail down the calculations.

A final note – All of the above services are open, meaning NO authentication is required. You're free to view the statistics of ANY twitter user who has an unprotected timeline (which is pretty much the vast majority of tweeple out there). Naturally, statistics for more successful twitters with a large number of tweets and followers will take far, far longer to compute – so grab a cuppa if you're planning on seeing stats for @StephenFry, @mashable, @scobleizer et al.

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Yet another service is TweetPhoto. TweetPhoto lets you share photos on Twitter and interact with any user or photo.

TweetPhoto is the evolution and convergence of mobile and web-based social photo sharing. It combines a convenient and easy-to-use photo sharing experience with helpful tools that are feature rich and user friendly. TweetPhoto offers features such as photo and meta data filters, geo tagging, photo favorites, friends photos, customizable widgets and expansive API to enable a seamless integration into Twitter and Facebook Connect.

Features:

• Upload photos by email, mobile or web
• See who viewed any photo
• Favorite or retweet any photo
• Photos are automatically geo-tagged
• Filter photos by Twitter or Facebook friends
• Automatically publish photos to Facebook
• Search photos and see trending tags

Using TweetPhoto is extremely easy. You just need to login to TweetPhoto with your twitter account and upload your pic. You can then share it with twitter. Other users are able to view your photos, favorite them and leave comments on them.

This serves as a single ground for viewing all your photos. Are you already using tweetPhoto? What has been your experience with it?

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