April, 2010 | TECHRENA dot Net

Access Firefox Bookmarks Easily via Bookmark Keywords

April 22, 2010 by bharath

If you have been using Mozilla Firefox for sometime, you will definitely love the was how Firefox makes it easier to add and manage all of your bookmarks.You can always access your bookmarks easily from the bookmarks menu present in the Firefox.If you need to open a particular webpage from your bookmarks quite often, you may wish you have a better way to open it more quicker.Well, you can do this via a a feature “Bookmark Keywords” available in Firefox.You just need to assign some short keywords, typing which in the address bar immediately gets resolved to your original webpage URL that is stored under your bookmarks.Follow these steps to know how to assign bookmark keywords in Firefox.

1. Open the particular bookmark for which you want to add keyword from the Bookmarks menu.Right click on the “Properties” tab.

firefox bookmarks properties

2. In the properties window, add the keyword through which you want to access this bookmark in the filed “Keyword” and click save.

Add Bookmark keywords in Forefox

3. Once you have saved this, you can access this particular webpage by just typing the keyword (“tdn” in my case) in the address bar.

Add Bookmark keywords in Forefox

That’s it, access your favorite bookmarks more quickly using this.This is actually not a new feature in Firefox, it has been there for a while in Firefox but for some reasons this is still not very much used to that extent by the users.

Webroot Spy Sweeper 2010 Free 6 Months License

April 22, 2010 by bharath

webroot spy sweeper

Spy Sweeper from Webroot Software, is a popular antispyware program that detects and removes spyware that might have intruded into a systems running Microsoft Windows.Spyware programs are most commonly installed on the user’s personal computer without their knowledge.Spyware programs can collect your sensitive personal information such your internet browsing history etc.,

Webroot Spy Sweeper 2010 comes with spyware detection, blocking and removal.It blocks dangerous spyware before it reaches your PC also detects and destroys any existing spyware on your PC.

Webroot Spy Sweeper main features:

Advanced Anti-spyware Detection and Removal
Real-Time Anti-spyware Threat Protection
Enhanced Rootkit Discovery Methods
Always the most Current Anti-spyware protection
Easy to Use
Minimal Impact on Computer Performance
Accurate Risk Assessment
Uninterrupted Games and Movies

Operating systems supported: Windows XP (32 bit), Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)

Webroot Spy Sweeper costs $13.32 per PC per year.But as part of the promotional offer from Webroot, you can get this version with free 6 months valid subscription.

1. Go to this Facebook promotion page from Webroot.

Webroot facebook promotion

2. In the promotional page, click on “GET MY 6 MONTH FREE TRIAL NOW”, which will then download the Webroot Spy Sweeper 2010 installer file.

3. Install the Webroot Spy Sweeper 2010 installer file.

You will automatically get the Webroot Spy Sweeper 2010 with 6 months valid license

Please note that this a limited FREE trial offered by Webroot as part of the promotion.Hurry up before the offer expires !

Steganos Safe 2008 Full Version With Free License Key [Promotional]

April 21, 2010 by bharath

steganos safe logo

Steganos Safe is a powerful encryption tool for your PC to safeguard and encrypt your private files on your hard drive.Steganos Safe can encrypt your entire local disk (limit up to 256 GB).You can encrypt photos, documents, movies and so on…

Steganos safe also lets you create highly secure passwords which you don’t have to remember, you can just use a USB-Stick as a key.

If it’s not enough, if you have a good visual memory, you can always use Steganos PicPass to open your encrypted data with a picture sequence.

Steganos Safe lets you use your iPod /USB-Stick/Mobile phone/Digital camera to store your passwords.You can open the safes by just connecting them to the PC.

Steganos Safe uses world famous Advanced Encryption Algorithm AES with 256 Bits.

You can burn encrypted data archives to CD, DVD/DVD-DL, memory card, iPod/USB-Stick.

Steganos Safe 2008 screen shot

The current version of the Steganos Safe available from the makers is Steganos Safe 11, which costs $39.95 normally with single license serial key.However, as part of Steganos promotion, the company is issuing an older version Steganos Safe 2008 at no extra cost.

Follow the steps detailed below to get your free license serial key for Steganos Safe 2008 full versions.

1. Go to this Steganos promo page and enter your email address and click send.

2. Check your inbox for the mail from Steganos Safe team showing your product serial number:

Steganos_safe_2008_serial_key

3. Download Steganos Safe 2008 installer from the direct link given here: Download Link (compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP & Windows Vista).

4. Input the free serial number that you have just received and enjoy the full free version.

Pinging Your WordPress Blog To Google Blog Search

April 20, 2010 by bharath

Is new your new WordPress not appearing in Google blog search results? Learn how to include your WordPress blog in Google blog search results.

Google Blog Search Ping Service – The manual way

If your blog is relatively new and if it hasn’t been included in Google Blog search yet, then you can notify Google blog search about your blog and get it included in the same by visiting this Google blog search ping service page.You can either enter your blog URL or enter your blog’s feed URL.

You can also use this Google’s blog ping service to ping your latest posts manually.

Using WordPress Update Services – Automatic:

If are usingWordPress platform for your blog, you need not worry bout pinging Google blog search each and every time when you publish a new post to your blog.WordPress has a default “Update Services” where you can add various update services which you want WordPress to ping automatically after each post.You can find Update Services under “Settings> Writing” in your admin dashboard.

You can either choose pingomatic.com pinging which updates multiple services (including Google blog search ping service) and search engines about your blog updates or you can manually add the following Google blog search ping server (which supports XML format) into the WordPress update services:

http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2

You may also read more about Google crawling & indexing, also about protecting your WordPress internal files

BitDefender Internet Security 2010 Free Licence Key [Promotional]

April 20, 2010April 20, 2010 by bharath

BitDefender Internet Security 2010

BitDefender is one of the top rated security software manufacturer for PCs.BitDefender offers range of antivirus programs including BitDefender Total Security 2010, BitDefender Internet Security 2010 & BitDefender Antivirus 2010.All these products tested successfully to run on Windows 7 operating system.Backward compatibility of these products allows you to run these editions even on Windows XP (SP2/SP3), Windows Vista.

BitDefender is definitely one of the top antivirus software that any PC user would want to use it.Here we are blogging about BitDefender Internet Security 2010 free license/serial key for 1 year.Follow the instructions given below to get your free license key.

1. Visit this Romanian Promo Site and click on “Ma inscriu!” button.

BitDefender promo page

2. Wait until the promo page loads (more or less like a popup page) and enter your name and a valid email address in the fields.
BitDefender promo page submission

BitDefender promo page mail sent

3. Check your inbox for the mail (generally it should reach your inbox within 15 minutes) and click on the link aici.

BitDefender promo page mail link aici

4. Now you will be asked a series of 6 question as part of the promotion.Don’t bother too much about those questions, just check any options and fill in something in the text boxes and finally click “Raspund” button

BitDefender promo page page survey
BitDefender_promo_page_survey_complete_message

5. Now check your inbox again for the mail that contains BitDefender 2010 license key.

BitDefender promo license key

So now that you have got a 90 days free license key for BitDefender Internet Security 2010, you can just go ahead and repeat the above steps to get 3 more keys like that and now you virtually have a licence keys for 360 days, almost for a year !

Now as you have the serial/license keys with you, follow the direct download links given below to download the BitDefender Internet Security 2010 (both for 32-bit as well as for 64-bit) product.

Direct Download Links:

BitDefender Internet Security 2010 (32 Bit)

BitDefender Internet Security 2010 (64 Bit)

Hurry up, the promo offer is only valid till May 02, 2010.

LG GW300 Candybar QWERTY Launched In India

April 20, 2010April 20, 2010 by bharath

LG Logo

What ever may be the reason, all the mobile manufacturers off late are switching to QWERTY, a trend that the legendary BlackBerry mobile phones have set.Korea based LG Electronics too is up to this task of producing innovative brand QWERY mobiles with some social networking features that will grab the attention of the youth.This is quite evident with the launch of all new LG GW300 Candybar QWERTY phone recently in India.This might well be the cheapest QWERTY phone from LG.GW 300 has an easily identifiable resemblance to the BlackBerry design.

Not to forget about LG GW300’s LiveSquare applications, that lest you create custom avatars for your contacts and shows them up when the respective contact calls/texts you.

Pictures:

LG GW300 mobile phone specs

LG GW300 Specifications:

Size	115.5 x 61 x 12.8 mm
Weight	95 g
Display	320 x 240 pixels, 2.4 inches – Full QWERTY keyboard – Downloadable themes – TFT, 256K colors
Memory	Internal: 15 MB External: up to 16GB microSD
Camera	2 Megapixels 1600×1200 pixels
Connectivity	Bluetooth 2.1 with ADP EDGE microUSB 2.0 3.5mm audio jack
Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G)
Battery	Standard Li-Po 900 mAh Talk time: Up to 5 hrs Stand-by time: Up to 400 hrs
Extras	Inbuilt support for Facebook & Twitter MP3/MP4/eAAC+/WMA player FM radio
Colors	Electric blue Vibrant red

Review:

Pros >>

QWERTY keyboard

Price

Good music output/ 3.5 mm audio jack

Cons>>

-A low quality camera

-Relatively lower talk time

Price Details:

LG GW300 is priced at Rs 5,289 in India and at £ 55 in UK

This phone is also known as LG GW300 Onliner, LG Etna 2 and LG InTouch Lite GW300

How to Remove Alureon rootkit To avoid BSOD Crashes in Windows

April 19, 2010 by dennis

This is a very important note for all the Windows users especially 32-bit, that before installing the security updates that Microsoft Windows had released last week, you check if the malware known as Alureon Rootkit is present or not and remove it using the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. If the malware is present in your system and if you happen to install the security update (KB977165) then there is a high possibility that Windows may crash and it may show only a blue screen during startup (Blue Screen Of Death BSOD).

Alureon Rootkit or Win32/Alureon.gen causes problems with the way Microsoft’s patches interact with the kernel, which has led the company to include a package detection logic that prevents the installation of the security update if the rootkit is present on 32-bit systems.

Windows Crash Reported after installing Security updates:

Windows systems crashed during the latest Microsoft security update last week. According to Microsoft this happened because the systems were infected with a rootkit program that made changes to the operating system kernel and it was not due to the update patches.

“The restarts are the result of modifications the Alureon rootkit makes to Windows Kernel binaries, which places these systems in an unstable state,” Mike Reavey, director of the Microsoft Security Response Center, wrote in a blog post. “In every investigated incident, we have not found quality issues with security update MS10-015.”

Download:

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

Remove Alureon rootkit To avoid BSOD Crashes in Windows

Google Webmaster Tools Now Shows Clickthrough Data

April 19, 2010 by bharath

Google Webmaster Tools(GWT) “Top Search Queries” tool has got a complete makeover.The tool now shows complete data of impressions, clickthrough numbers on a daily basis in the form of charts much like the data in Google Analytics.

You can click on any given search query in the Top search queries report to see the number of impressions and the amount of clickthrough the site’s pages have generated for each position in search results (SERPs).

To find this data for your sites, go to “Your site on the web” tab in Google Webmasters Tool and then click “Top search queries”.

This information is of huge importance to the webmasters as this insightful data is pretty much helpful for webmaster to optimize their title tags and meta descriptions to record higher clickthrough rates and also in other SEO factors.

Via Google Webmaster Central Blog

Drag And Drop Attachments Onto Message In Gmail

April 19, 2010 by bharath

Gmail has announced yet another small but really a time saving feature to its users.Now you can just drag and drop attachments from your PC, onto the message in Gmail while you are composing it, provided you are using either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox 3.6.

To add attachments to your email, just open the folder, where the target files (attachments) are located and now tile your windows so that you can see both the explorer window and resized browser windows.Now just drag the files on to the browser window and they will automatically be attached to your message.Follow the screenshots given below:

As of now this new functionality is only available in Firefox or Chrome.But Google is planning to extend this to all other browsers as soon as they support this feature.

Via Official Gmail Blog

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 [Download Links & Price Details]

April 19, 2010 by bharath

Microsoft has launched the Visual Studio 2010 final RTM release last week (also .NET Framework 4 along with this).Visual Studio 2010 RTM is available in 3 editions : Ultimate, Professional and Premium.In addition to these editions, there are also i) a Visual Studio Test Professional 2010 which is a specialized toolset for Quality Assurance (QA) test execution ii)Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 iii) Visual Studio 2010 Express (available as free download).

“ Microsoft Visual Studio is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) from Microsoft, which can be used to develop console and GUI applications along with Windows Forms applications, websites, web applications, & web services in both native code together with managed code for all platforms that are supported by Windows, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, .NET Framework, .NET compact Framework & Microsoft Silverlight. (From Wiki) “

Visual Studio 2010 RTM Screen shot

Visual Studio 2010 boasts of many feature enhancements over Visual Studio 2008 version.VS 2010 includes a new editor that makes use of the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) that supports multiple monitors, which enables a developer to have one monitor with code, another with the user interface designer, and yet another with database structure.

Pricing Details:

Visual Studio 2010 Professional

with MSDN Essentials (Upgrade or Renewal): $549
with MSDN Essentials (Full Version): $799
with MSDN (Upgrade or Renewal): $799
with MSDN (Full Version): $1,199

	Full Version	Upgrade or Renewal
Visual Studio 2010 Premium (include MSDN)	$5,469	$2,299
Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate (include MSDN)	$11,899	$3,799
Visual Studio 2010 Test Professional	$2,169	$899