Do you want to know your Internet Speed and Bandwidth Usage? Are you sure that the bandwidth that your broadband service has promised to offer is up to par?
If you want to get a perfect answer to these questions, here is a solution - BitMeter. BitMeter 2 is a free bandwidth meter that can accurately keep track of your internet connection speed and bandwidth usage with the help of a real-time graph which shows all your upload and download speed over time. The best thing about BitMeter is it offers you a long-term upload/download history to most accurately track your usage, giving you a graphical statistic of all the activities between a desired time, all for free!
BitMeter can also alert users via audio notice regarding the different upload and download speeds at a regular time interval besides prompting users if the connection gets disconnected.
So if you were searching for a free bandwidth monitor, chances are you’ll love BitMeter. BitMeter 2 uses less memory and also less CPU, and doesn’t require latest .NET Framework. BitMeter 2 salient features include:
Alerts with audio notifications for current upload/download/internet disconnection or each time a certain volume of data is upload/downloaded or if a download has completed.
System Tray icon for quick upload/download speeds.
Uses minimal space on your screen.
Fully configurable - Resizable, adjustable colors, adjustable size and even transparency that makes it more appleasing.
Long-term History keeping, enabling you to continuously log your bandwidth usage over the last few hours, days, and even months!
Select to enable/ignore monitoring of individual network cards.
POP3 and SMTP access used to be available only to the paid Hotmail Plus users but not anymore! Hotmail has recently added POP3 and SMTP support to all the free users too! That’s definitely one good news as now with this, you can use any email clients to access your Hotmail mailboxes without even bothering to open your web browser.
Firefox extension to check mails in Firefox statusbar is one cool firefox extension, but even that is kind of bothersome when you can pronto get all your mails delivered with your mobile-based or desktop-based email clients.
This newer way to get Hotmail mails on your mobile and desktop will be available to every Hotmail users, but in stages based on the regional market. This POP3 technology is now available to all free-based Hotmail users located in UK, Canada, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Netherlands, but you can enable Hotmail POP3 and SMTP support instantly for all countries!
Mobile users can always access Hotmail via mobile.live.com but with the free POP3 technology, you can get to your mails more conveniently using any email client software on your PC or mobile.
Here are the POP3 and SMTP server configuration settings to access your MSN Hotmail account via any email client:
Incoming POP Server: pop3.live.com
Incoming Server POP Port: 995
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID (yourname@hotmail.com) Password: The password you use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live
Outgoing SMTP Server: smtp.live.com
Outgoing SMTP Port: 25
Outgoing Server Authentication: Yes (Use POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes
Windows Live blog has announced that POP3 access technology will not just be limited to the above selected countries but slowly rolled out to every Hotmail users later this year. So for those who do not yet have access to the POP3 and SMTP technology, it will be officially be available sooner, and if you don’t want to wait for it, here is what you need to do to enable POP3 and SMTP technology for any countries!
Go to: Options >> More Options >> Manage your account >> View and edit your personal information link >> Registered Information
For both Home Location and Work Location, change the following details to specified location compatible with any of the following countries: UK, Canada, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, or Netherlands. For eg.:
Postal Code: WC1B 3DG
Constituent Country: England
Time zone: London, United Kingdom - GMT
Click on Save when done.
Go back to Hotmail, and ensure that the display language of Hotmail is set to English by mouse over the Options.
Use the previously mentioned POP3 and SMTP server configuration settings in an email-client.
And there you go! You’ll be able to use email client to access your hotmail account even though you are not residing in countries where POP3 and SMTP technologies are enabled! Also, once this POP3 and SMTP support is enabled, you can change and revert back to your original web interface language, home and work location, and still access hotmail via any desktop-based or mobile-based email clients! Just enjoy your free POP3 and SMTP access!
You may be wondering what’s this buzz about this revolutionary way of instantly capturing, editing, and sharing screenshots, but trust me guys, this is really one of the coolest software I have ever seen, that has made screenshot capturing, editing, and sharing just a one-step process! Yes, that’s right! With ScreenDash you can screenshot capture anything on the screen, edit it (crop, resize, add effects, etc.), and then instantly image host it to share with the world - all it takes is just a few seconds!
Basically, screenshot capturing, editing, and image hosting is a three-step process, where you first need to capture screenshots, edit the screenshot in your image editor (such as Photoshop, Paint, etc.), and then go to an image host to upload it. ScreenDash is an amazingly smart utility tool which not only eliminates the need to use image hosts but also using image editors, thus saving you a considerable amount of time and effort.
Here are some of the salient features of ScreenDash:
Instantly screenshot capture anything on the screen such as video, images, articles, etc.
Simple screen capture and automatic upload process
Full set of drawing and editing tools (such as crop, resize, add text, erase, spray paint, etc.)
Wide variety of image filters and cool effects available (such as sepia, black and white, invert, etc.)
Enables adding watermarks in your images to copyright your images.
Options available to use custom servers for your own image hosting.
Full-featured, Free VersionAlso Available!
So what are you waiting for? Download your free copy of ScreenDash today. I’m sure you’ll not only like it but you’ll love it! and don’t hesitate to drop in your comments too.
I’ve seen many webmasters who are chasing so much after that little green bar, always searching through net trying to figure out how they can increase their Page Ranks. If you’re also after Page Rank, here are some interesting facts about Google Page Rank that you should know before you go after that little green thing.
Fact 1: The term “PageRank” is not used because it ranks pages!
Surprised? You might think I’m joking, but it’s a fact! The term PageRank is named after its inventor, Larry Page, and not because it ranks page. I’ve myself heard a lot of misconceptions about the use of the word “PageRank,” but this is one fact on how the term “PageRank” got its name!
Fact 2: PageRank algorithm patent does not belong to Google, Inc!
Again surprised? PageRank is one of the key factors of Google’s search technology, but believe it or not, Google doesn’t own the patent right to this technology!
The patent rights of PageRank belong to Stanford University and not Google, Inc.
Fact 3: There are two Page Ranks!
Yes, it’s true! There are two page ranks. The green bar which most webmasters go after is the nominal page rank, which gets updated once every three months or so. The real page rank gets updated constantly, which is further used inside the Google’s search engine algorithm.
Fact 4: PageRank does not depend only on the number of backlinks
I’ve seen a lot of webmasters trying hard to develop a lot of backlinks (without further thinking whether they are useful backlinks or not), but trust me, PageRank does not depend only on the number of backlinks. The number of backlinks also does matter, but it’s all about quality and relevancy of the backlinks than the quantity. So, if you have a thousand irrelevant backlinks pointing to your site, it will not make any difference to your page rank, but if you have only a few hundred quality/relevant backlinks, then assume that you’re gonna get a higher page rank next time Google updates its nominal page rank.
Fact 5: High Page Rank does not equate to high search rankings
PageRank is just one of the factors used by Google in its search result algorithm. There are various factors that Google considers for search rankings, and high page rank is just one of the factors.
Fact 6: Your internal and external links can affect your PageRank
Yes, it is a fact. So be careful how you link your site internally and externally. You may leak Page Rank of your blog if there are too much external links siphoning off your overall pagerank, therefore reducing your site’s overall Page rank. As far as internal and external links goes, this article might be of some help in finding out more about how to strengthen your Page rank.
Fact 7: Content and update frequency have no impact on PageRank
I have heard many misconceptions from webmasters that content and update frequently greatly affects the PageRank, but the fact is content and update frequently does not have ANY impact on PageRank.
I hope you enjoyed reading the Top 7 Interesting Facts About Google PageRank as much as I enjoyed writing about it. If you like reading articles from my blog, do not hesitate to subscribe via email or subscribe via RSS Feeds.
Why would you want to spend money for sending a fax if you can send fax free of cost just by using a browser?
Yes, this is a pretty new discovery to me too. I really didn’t know that we could send faxes as well free of cost just like we send emails. TPC (The Phone Company) is a web-based service with which you can send fax right away from your PC to various locations. TPC is a collection of FAX servers with which you can either send a fax from your web browser or send a fax from your email software completely free of cost!
1. How To Send Free Fax From Your Web Browser: Simply visit the “Send A Fax” page from the TPC website and enter your recipient name, Fax number, Subject, your email add to confirm the delivery, and your text message, as shown in a snapshot below.
2. How To Send Free Fax Via Email: You can easily Send Fax Via Email for free using the following guidelines as set by TPC. Compose a new e-mail message and send email with the contents to be faxed with an address format as:
recipient_name = Name of recipient (Note: The character ‘_’ is converted to a space)
fax_number = Fax number of the recipient (with country code)
For example, sending an email as “remote-printer.Manish_Shrestha@17203573569.iddd.tpc.int” would send a fax to +1-720-357-3569 with the name as Manish Shrestha on the cover page, and don’t worry, you’ll get a confirmation email about the fax being successfully delivered!
Are you looking forward to unlock iPhone 3G so that you are not bound to AT&T or O2, etc.? Here is a perfect, working solution for you - Yellowsn0w.
The Dev-Team has just announced the launch of its much awaited iPhone 3G unlock named “yellowsn0w” which is in its beta phase, and report has it that it is successfully unlocking the iPhone 3Gs!
With Yellowsn0w, you can then use iPhone 3G with any carrier; however, of note, it works only with the latest firmware 2.2.
So what are you waiting for? Just head over to Dev-Team blog for more details on this Yellowsn0w 0.9.5 beta.
Check out this cool gadget, the Aquapict LED Jellyfish Aquarium. This is a LED aquarium which really looks so real, where the jellyfish swim randomly and even change color (red, yellow, green, blue, and purple).
This cool gadget looks really beautiful and will certainly look great in your desk, office, restaurant, etc. Just relax as you watch them swim to and fro, randomly changing color.
Here is a video that demonstrates this LED jellyfish aquarium.
The Aquapict LED Jellyfish Aquarium is available for $183 from Japan Trend Shop.
Do you want to know your Internet Speed and Bandwidth Usage? Are you sure that the bandwidth that your broadband service has promised to offer is up to par?
You may be wondering what’s this buzz about this revolutionary way of instantly capturing, editing, and sharing screenshots, but trust me guys, this is really one of the coolest software I have ever seen, that has made screenshot capturing, editing, and sharing just a one-step process! Yes, that’s right! With 
Here are some of the salient features of ScreenDash:
I’ve seen many webmasters who are chasing so much after that little green bar, always searching through net trying to figure out how they can increase their Page Ranks. If you’re also after Page Rank, here are some interesting facts about Google Page Rank that you should know before you go after that little green thing.
Are you looking forward to unlock 
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