Your article are property of Google if published by using Google Chrome

Yes it is true.If you published any article on internet either on your blog or any where else using Google's new web browser Google Chrome, then your article is also the property of Google according to Chromes EULA i.e. end-user license agreements.It states that posting anything via Google Chrome gives Google the right to your content.Here is the Google's word.

11. Content license from you

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

11.2 You agree that this license includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.

11.3 You understand that Google, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this license shall permit Google to take these actions.

11.4 You confirm and warrant to Google that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license.

It does not seems appropriate and it also gives a chance to speak to all the person who blames Google for collecting private information via its each method possible like search, mail,blog, adsense,adwords,analytics almost each service of Google is blamed for this kind of activity and now this.This condition won't last long as people will definitely raise their voice against this so till then avoid Google chrome for publishing content on web.

UPDATE:Google has fliped back on this sensitive issue.Now they say

11. Content license from you

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.

So this is a good news but this leaves a patch on Google's intentions

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What is difference between freeware,free software & open source

Most computer users usually do not know the difference in Freeware,free software ,shareware and open source softwares.There is a lot of difference in all these terms.After studying a lot of websites I found some real good facts that I am sharing with you.

Freeware: Freeware software’s are available to use with no cost. Proprietary software’s can also be freeware software. Freeware software’s are generally used by companies to help developers, students and communities to develop software skills while using this freeware software, but not to loose their business potential software companies don’t give the source code of the software’s. Freeware software is different from shareware software.

Shareware:Shareware software’s are used for marketing purpose. Computer users can download and use a limited version of software or full version of software for a limited period of time. We can say that Shareware software is just like “Try before you buy”.

Freeware generally refers to software that is copyrighted and the term shareware refers to commercial software that is copyrighted, but which may be copied for others for the purpose of their trying it out with the understanding that they will pay for it if they continue to use it.

Free Software: Free software can be used, modified and studied without any restriction. Free software can be copied and distributed with or without any modifications. A software is free when the end user get’s full software with the human readable form of the program called as source code with above permissions. Free Software Foundation maintains the definition of free software.

Open Source: Open source software can be defined as computer software for which the source code of the software is available under a copyright that must meet the open source definition.
There can be different open source copyright laws enforced by different software vendors.

Hope this clears the difference between all of them.

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Top 5+ free alternative to Microsoft Office

For a very very long time Microsoft's many products like windows,web browser,media player, Office suits etc. have enjoyed monopoly in their segment but after the Internet evolution almost each of them is facing a very hard competition .This is because their alternatives are either freewares or less priced compared to them.

Here in this post we are limiting our self to the alternatives of Microsoft's Office pack.People had worked on Microsoft Office for years so some of you might not feel comfortable initially on other software because changes are always not comfortable but afterwards you would love them.

1. Google Docs - Google Docs is probably your best bet against the monopoly of Microsoft office. Assuming you a decent Internet connection, Google Docs includes a web-based Word Processor, Spreadsheet application, and a Presentation app. Best of all its free.

2.Zoho- Zoho is another great online office productivity suite. It features a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation apps, but also includes online project management, CRM solutions, web conferencing, online database with reports, online planner, group chat, wiki, and lots more. Every things online!Only thing you need is a decent connection.

3. OpenOffice - OpenOffice.org is a free and open source office suite, including word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, vector drawing and database management. It is available for many different platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Unix-like systems with the X Window System including GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X.

4. Thinkfree - ThinkFree Office is another application suite comprised of word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics software-all usable online and off. Thinkfree also has advanced collaboration features such that users can share, edit, and contribute their ideas remotely.













5.StarOffice - StarOffice 8 is a full-featured office suite that contains a word processor, a spreadsheet tool, applications for presentations, databases, math formulas and drawing. It has support for most Microsoft Office formats (except for the formats introduced in Office 2007), but it can also export documents as PDF out of the box. The software normally costs $70, but it’s available for free in Google Pack.

6.Ajax Write: ajaxWrite is a web-based word processor that can read and write Microsoft Word and other standard document formats. Simply point your favorite browser to ajaxwrite.com and in seconds a full-featured program will be available for you to open, edit, print and save. Best part its free.

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How to change folder colour in windows

If you want to change the colour of any folder in your windows operating system then you can download this freeware utility iColorFolder [1.4 MB] which will enable you to perform this task. See screenshot for results.

This enables you to easily customize the color of each WindowsXP folder icons, using one of the standard color choices, or a custom folder skin (Aqua, Mac OS X, Vista and others). iColorFolder is a very light soft, that doesn't stay in memory. It uses a native functionnality of WindowsXP to be more efficient. Discover it's simplicity: with a single right-click on a folder you colorize it ; the necessary and only the necessary. iColorFolder is proudly an Open-Source program. Like the folder icons, iColorFolder makes folder navigation in Windows easier, in this case by letting you assign colors to your folder icons, which is done from the right-click context menu. It also lets you assign custom icons and comes with three different icon skins, but it also works fine if you're already using some icon customization/skin tool.

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Keep your passwords safe and encrypted by Keepass

Today you need to remember many passwords. You need a password for the Windows network logon, your e-mail account, your homepage's ftp password, online passwords (like CodeProject member account), etc. etc. The list is endless. Also, you should use different passwords for each account. Because if you use only one password everywhere and someone gets this password you have a problem... A serious problem. The thief would have access to your e-mail account, homepage, etc. Unimaginable.

KeePass is a free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk. So you only have to remember one single master password or insert the key-disk to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish).

Key features of KeePass password manager utility are:

• Strong Security - KeePass supports the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES, Rijndael) and the Twofish algorithms to encrypt its password databases. The complete database is encrypted, not only the password fields. So your usernames, notes, etc. are protected, too.
• Multiple User Keys - One master password decrypts the complete database. Alternatively you can use key files. Key files provide better security than master passwords in most cases. You only have to carry the key file with you.
• Portable - KeePass is portable; it can be carried on an USB stick and runs on Windows systems without being installed.
• Export - The password list can be exported to various formats like TXT, HTML, XML and CSV.
• Password Groups - You can create, modify and delete groups and subgroups, in which passwords can be sorted into.
• Searching and Sorting - You can search for specific entries in the databases.

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List of Mozilla ad ons that you should avoid

Firefox users uses a lots of addons mainly available on AMO(addons.mozilla.org) which are submitted by a lot of developers and people use them considering that these addons are certified by the AMO itself but you will be shocked to know that it is not true.




Actually when people download something from some very highly reputed sites or use their products or services ,users believe that standards are maintained in providing the quality content to the users.It is also true in the case when we use any third party application hosted on the reputed site like in the case of firefox extensions submitted to AMO by these developers.


But there are several addons that are checked by some highly active net user and they advice the users not to use these addons for mozilla firefox.here is a complete list of them.


Abandonia Toolbar by SupSuper: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
All Yours Chat Toolbar by Admin: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
Anderson Tech Club Toolbar by Kuru Oujou: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
Atom-Sounds Toolbar by Atom Sounds: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
Australia-Radio Toolbar by Joni: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 1, 2006
BBC Bar by Adams: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 4, 2006
Bibirmer Toolbar by David Gordon: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 9, 2006
BobDawgs Pad Toolbar by Robert LaFont, Jr: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
BX Toolbar by Shaggy Software: Version 1.0.1.26, released on Oct 3, 2006
CaresforKids Toolbar by Terry Ballantini: Version 1.0.1.20, released on Jul 25, 2006
Casino Free Money Toolbar by Sergiy Zapisniy: Version 1.0.1.19, released on Jul 15, 2006
Celebs Toolbar by ToolooT Promotions: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 10, 2006
Cengoo.de Toolbar by dersimli: Version 1.0.1.25, released on Sep 28, 2006
CGToolbar by amit: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 23, 2006
Cowgirl Image Toolbar by Cowgirl Image: Version 1.0.1.19, released on Jul 15, 2006
Cowgirl Model Toolbar by Cowgirl Model: Version 1.0.1.19, released on Jul 10, 2006
Dating & Personals Toolbar by Nancy: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 9, 2006
Deutschland Radio by Guy Levy: Version 1.0.1.30, released on Nov 13, 2006
digg.com extension Toolbar by Gareth Poole: Version 1.0.1.28, released on Oct 21, 2006
DVDEmpire Toolbar by Erik Truby: Version 1.0.1.30, released on Nov 12, 2006
EMail_Notifier Toolbar by Shay Refaely: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 7, 2006
ezPharmacyFinder Toolbar by Stuart: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
Forecaster by Arvi: Version 1.0.1.30, released on Nov 1, 2006
Free The Dog Toolbar by FreeTheDog: Version 1.0.1.24, released on Sep 24, 2006
GameSpot Deluxe Toolbar by CorporatBologna: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
GAVSGUIDANCE HELPER Toolbar by Gavin Davies: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 13, 2006
Grigor's_Blog Toolbar by Gregory: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 13, 2006
H2Press Toolbar by Mike Riess: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 13, 2006
Holy Land Radio by Guy Levy: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 3, 2006
HOT-IL Toolbar by Shay Refaely: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 27, 2006
HotWildMisty Toolbar by Hot Wild Misty: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
iasec Toolbar by gerald: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 26, 2006
Indian Radio ToolY Toolbar by Arpit Arora: Version 1.0.1.30, released on Nov 13, 2006
international football Toolbar by steve: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 11, 2006
isr Toolbar by Sharon Steiman: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 1, 2006
Israel Radio (Hebrew Version) by Guy Levy: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 3, 2006
Israel Radio by Guy Levy: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 3, 2006
Jazz Radio by yotam mazar: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 1, 2006
krenar Toolbar by krenar: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
MailMan by Adams: Version 2.0, released on Nov 7, 2006
marvz14 Toolbar by Marvin: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
Michad Computer Consulting Toolbar by Wolf Windshadow: Version 1.0.1.28, released on Oct 30, 2006
MikeAndPetra Toolbar by Petra Richardson: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
MillBar Toolbar by Pelle: Version 1.0.1.14, released on May 12, 2006
Mojabosna Toolbar by Ado: Version 1.0.1.30, released on Nov 12, 2006
Movie Toolbar by Guy Malachi: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 21, 2006
My Informational Toolbar by John: Version 1.0.1.14, released on May 14, 2006
myCampusDates Toolbar by Terry Ballantini: Version 1.0.1.20, released on Jul 25, 2006
myDirtyDates Toolbar by Terry Ballantini: Version 1.0.1.20, released on Jul 25, 2006
myMatchDates Toolbar by Terry Ballantini: Version 1.0.1.20, released on Jul 25, 2006
MyOrkut Toolbar by Arvi: Version 1.0.2.28, released on Nov 1, 2006
myVegasBets Toolbar by Terry Ballantini: Version 1.0.1.20, released on Jul 21, 2006
Nederland Radio by Guy Levy: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 3, 2006
neoaddict Toolbar by Brian: Version 1.0.1.24, released on Sep 26, 2006
NewYork Radio Addon by Ronen Chen: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Oct 31, 2006
Nifty Gifts Toolbar by Tyler Munder: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
night life Toolbar by ToolooT Promotions: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 10, 2006
Online Games Toolbar by Guy Malachi: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 1, 2006
Online Video by Shay Refaely: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 7, 2006
Partnerprogramme Toolbar by Karsten Windfelder: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
PartyPokerBar Toolbar by Richard gold: Version 1.0.1.19, released on Jul 9, 2006
Podcast Search Toolbar by Alex: Version 1.0.1.19, released on Jul 10, 2006
Poker Bar Toolbar by Richard gold: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 16, 2006
profadi Toolbar by Radarette O'Reilly: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 13, 2006
Radio & Gobierno de Puerto Rico - ApoyoTecnico.Com by Magallanes: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 8, 2006
Radio DE Toolbar by dersimli: Version 1.0.1.24, released on Sep 27, 2006
Radio Denmark Toolbar by Ehud Z.: Version 1.0.1.30, released on Nov 12, 2006
Radio Russia by Guy Levy: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 3, 2006
Radio UK by Guy Levy: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 10, 2006
RadioMan by Arvi: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 1, 2006
ralphtips Toolbar by Amer: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
Reel New Media Toolbar by Roula Eatrides: Version 1.0.1.27, released on Oct 12, 2006
Runescape Toolbar by Chris Cunliffe: Version 1.0.1.21, released on Aug 12, 2006
ServMap Toolbar by ServMap: Version 1.0.1.20, released on Jul 19, 2006
SETI-HOME Toolbar by Sharon Steiman: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 1, 2006
SK Software Toolbar by SK Software: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 13, 2006
SparkleBox Toolbar by SparkleBox Teacher Resources: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
Subliminal Directions Toolbar by Subliminal Directions: Version 1.0.1.28, released on Oct 20, 2006
Tbtoyl Toolbar by Massimo DAmico: Version 1.0.1.20, released on Jul 22, 2006
Telliss Toolbar by Terry Ballantini: Version 1.0.1.20, released on Jul 25, 2006
The Fuller Brush Place Toolbar by LadyPzaz: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 1, 2006
Torrent Search by Guy Levy: Version 1.0.1.30, released on Nov 13, 2006
Torrent-Bar Toolbar by Joni: Version 1.0.1.30, released on Nov 14, 2006
torrentools Toolbar by Francesco Passantino: Version 1.0.1.24, released on Sep 27, 2006
trovando Toolbar by Francesco Passantino: Version 1.0.1.24, released on Sep 27, 2006
Turkije.Org Toolbar by Turkije.org: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 12, 2006
webpedia Toolbar by Francesco Passantino: Version 1.0.1.24, released on Sep 27, 2006
Wikipedia Toolbar by Arvi: Version 1.0.2.28, released on Nov 1, 2006
WineZap Toolbar by Enos: Version 1.0.1.18, released on Jun 27, 2006
Worldgroups Toolbar by Playful: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 3, 2006
Ynet News RSS (Hebrew Version) by Guy Levy: Version 1.0.1.17, released on May 31, 2006
Ynet RSS English by Guy Levy: Version 1.0.1.29, released on Nov 3, 2006
YOUTHERE1.com's Toolbar by YOUTHERE1.com: Version 1.0.1.19, released on Jul 10, 2006

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Why would schools want to block wikipedia?

This might be an interesting question for general Internet user because most of us consider Wikipedia as a source of knowledge.So it is not a bad thing (according to schools too, like My space ,Orkut or any other social networking site and neither it consumes a lot of band width like Skype, Youtube etc.) to deal with even then ,why would school like to block Wikipedia.

Unfortunately the answer lies in the nature of Wikipedia itself means Anybody can edit or modify the content of any article of Wikipedia which makes it more unreliable and schools would not like that students gain knowledge from an unreliable source.

This might lead them to confusion and make a teachers job more complex as we all know about the nature of students who are confused on a particular topic.

Schools have taken this issue seriously and they advise students not to relay entirely on wikipedia for the study purpose and even Wikipedia co-founder stated once that they got nearly 10-15 emails a week about the students whose project or assignment was rejected of failed because of the information taken from Wikipedia so even Co-founder of Wikipedia advised students not to use Wikipedia for study purpose.

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Auto save feature of Gtalk chat

Today Gtalk is among the most widely used software for chatting over Internet.On Google network you can chat on Google Gtalk or in Gmail etc. But do you know whatever you are chatting over Internet is saved by Google automatically.

Some of you might not be aware of this but yes this is true.These chat scripts are saved in the folder Chats under Gmail and it can be accessed from any computer through Internet. By default these chat history is enabled and you can even search the archives of your chat history.

There might be a case when you don't want to allow Google to save these scripts automatically. Then you have to go to chat settings in Gtalk or Gmail there is an option by which you allow Google to save them or not.

What if you don't want to save a particular chat script while your Chat saving feature is enabled.
Then for this Google has provided you facility called OFF the record.It means when this feature is enabled then Google is not saving your chat scripts .

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Why we keep using costly windows products when we have free open source linux

It is among the most hot topic in blogosphere as many of us might feel surprised why people keep using costly windows products rather than using free open source linux.

I just debated about in a circle and come to know that some of them were saying that as people are using Windows product from a long time so they are well adjusted with it and don't want a change some of them said they are common ,help is easily available,common purpose ,developed for all,every type of software can be run on it etc etc.......

They seems to be reasonable like some one said that Open source operating systems are usually not as good as the others, because actual users and not paid professional programming teams are building these. They usually stay in BETA mode as they are continually modified. They also are NOT compatible with many of todays popularly used software titles. With some of the least amount of users using these open source operating systems, they are targeted less by hackers and virus writers, so they may be safer in that regard.

while some one else stated reasons as Compatibility with the large number of other Windows users,Availability of technical support from Microsoft as opposed to hit-and-miss support in open source projects,It has the features we want,It is a known commodity and therefore there are fewer surprises,Cost of ownership is lower,Ongoing innovation,There is a staff of people paid to continue to develop the products. You're not dependent on volunteers who come and go,Convenient packaging, availability, ease of installation etc.

So i think it was good enough to be called as a conclusive debate though it was not mainly a core technical debate but you might got the answer.

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