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We all know that Google become word in famous dictionaries like Merriam-Webster and the Oxford. But do we really know how to use "Google" as noun, verb?

This is the definition of Google from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (as a person) on the World Wide Web

Normally, we think Google means searching the internet, but the correct meaning is searching the internet by using Google search engine. So, obviously the following sentence is wrong.

I googled her on Yahoo and she seems pretty interesting.

You can't google on Yahoo!. You can google only on Google search engine. So that if you have to use Yahoo! or MSN or whatever alternative search engine, you'd better use the term "search" instead of "google".

Anyway, this is for your information. If you use the wrong word, you can get embarrassed in front of crowds or even worse you can get sue as Google is the brand to protect. Knowledge is gold. Knowing the correct usage can't give you any trouble at all.

Reference : Google Blog

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May be I'm pretty late to blog about this. But you know what? I've got IMAP access in my Gmail. See the picture below:



According to Gmail blog announcement of IMAP, they've started rolling out this feature since 24-Oct. But I've got the news late and when I check it out, it's already there.

So now you can access Gmail using POP client, or IMAP for free. Now I'm wondering who would pay $19.99 per year for Yahoo! Mail Plus.

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Hopefully, everyone knows how to adjust cache size in Firefox. In case, if you don't know, I'll let you know again.

• Go to Tools -->> Options
• And then go to Advanced tabs, Select Network.
• You will see cache size as shown below.

You can adjust to whatever the size you want. But one thing that made me confused is that what size is enough for me? 50 MB is more than enough? Or is that too small? Do I need to clear frequently? Blah, blah, blah!!!

Now I've got the solution. You can type in the address bar "about:cache". It will show you how much cache space is used and how much free space left. For me, I am using only half of cache size. So I shouldn't worry about cleaning up again and again. But it will all depend on your browsing habits. If you're using very high speed internet, you might browse a ton of flash sites and videos, so maybe your cache may full. It is ok to leave your cache as it is, but if you assign more cache space, in case if you revisited the old video or flash page, you don't have to download it twice.

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I have told you guys a brief explanation about how Bush Hid the facts notepad bug occurs.

It is because of IsTextUnicode function. This function is used to guess opening files are using which types of encoding (the traditional ANSI encoding or the Unicode encoding).

For a long sentences, it's fine. But for a short word, it become pretty tricky. Let's go into details.

To store "Hello" in notepad, it will convert to encoding. There are many types of encoding notepad support. Most encoding starts with their specific prefix to tell the program what types of encoding they are using. But the tricky things happen because Notepad also support encoding with NO prefixes, such as the traditional ANSI encoding (i.e., "plain ASCII") and the Unicode (little-endian) encoding with no BOM.

Confused? See below Hello in different types of encoding.

48 65 6C 6C 6F This is the traditional ANSI encoding. (No prefix)

48 00 65 00 6C 00 6C 00 6F 00 This is the Unicode (little-endian) encoding with no BOM. (No prefix)

FF FE 48 00 65 00 6C 00 6C 00 6F 00 This is the Unicode (little-endian) encoding with BOM. (FF FE is prefix)

FE FF 00 48 00 65 00 6C 00 6C 00 6F This is the Unicode (big-endian) encoding with BOM. Notice that this BOM is in the opposite order from the little-endian BOM. (FE FF is prefix)

EF BB BF 48 65 6C 6C 6F This is UTF-8 encoding. The first three bytes are the UTF-8 encoding of the BOM. (EF BB BF is prefix)

So there is still a chance that short word with traditional ASCII or Unicode (little-endian) encoding with no BOM might start with EF BB BF, which is UTF-8 encoding prefix. Or maybe FF FE which is prefix for Unicode (little-endian) encoding with BOM.

When that happens, Notepad function IsTextUnicode might guess the wrong encoding as that prefix of other encoding. Remember no matter what encoding you saved with notepad, Notepad will try to guess again when you open the file.

But I don't see this bug in Windows Vista anymore. So I think Microsoft guys have already developed improved IsTextUnicode function or make Notepad to open in saved file encoding.

Reference : MSDN blog

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Long long ago, based on the counter speed of Gmail page, I wrote an article that Gmail will reach 3 GB in 2008.

But recently, Google increased the speed of the counter and now Gmail has got over 4GB already. Some people even suggest that Gmail will reach 6GB at January 2008. If you're using Google Apps like me, they've adjusted the storage boost for our custom email addresses too. If you're Premier Edition users, now you will get a mighty 25 GB space instead of 10 GB.

Some of you might say that Yahoo! have already offered unlimited storage for their email. Are you aware that Yahoo! not only they reserve the right to delete MISUSED accounts but also limit their attachment size at 10MB (Gmail now allow 20MB).

We all love Google, don't we?

We all love taking photos but sometimes I feel boredom after putting some in the picture frames, photo T-shirts, photo albums, etc. I am looking for creative way to keep some memorable photos in more unique photo display items.

I just found a website named Vision Bedding, where I could make a photo blanket. That's creative, isn't it? You will see that there are many types of layout that you can choose from for your Photo Blanket. You can do a single photo or you can do up to 16 different photos on your blanket. If you want more photos in your bed than your Photo Blanket, you can order Photo Pillows or Photo Bedding, which includes an entire bed set.

The good thing about them is that you don't have to worry about the color fading of your Photo Blanket. They use high quality photo bedspreads or duvets that is machine washable and dryable. As they use high technology, this will not make your blanket feels different any bit at all.

This is one of the coolest ideas I have seen in years! Check out the website today for your blankets or to keep these products in mind for your next gift.

Many new bloggers are now enjoying the green indicators of Google PR. Obviously, Google updates many new sites yesterday. I've got PR 3!!!!



So that Bridge to Nova is no longer a newbie in the world wide web anymore. We are grown-up now. You may have read that many pro bloggers are talking about you shouldn't care PR. But I'll tell you that you really really should. At least, it is a pride and my bragging right. Trust me, all those probloggers would blog and brag about their PR if they've got +1 or +2 increases. Cashquests have got a great article why you should care about PR. Have a nice weekend all.
Excuse me, I'm going to open champagne now.

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I really love the Windows Remote Desktop Connection. No matter what critics are saying, Microsoft usually deliver the best in the software business.

When I remote to the server, sometimes I want to leave for a while and I want that computer to be locked. I've tried Windows+L, but it's not working anymore.

So I googled about it. Now I've got the solution. It is quite easy to do that. Simply create shortcut as follow.

• Right click on the Desktop
• Choose New -->> Shortcuts
• And then in the dialog box type the following

rundll32 user32.dll,LockWorkStation

After that give the shortcut whatever name you like. Next time, when you want to lock your computer, simply double click on that shortcut and it's all set!!!

Reference : mydigitallife.info

I'm quite satisfied with my making of Top 10 reasons to stay away from MAC. I don't hate Apple, but I just want to save my blog readers' from wasting their money on useless machine.

Let's watch this video, this is true experience from MAC user that MAC fans wouldn't want to admit.



You'll be like this guy in no time if you buy a MAC. You should buy a MAC only if you are an idiot, then I guess you need an idiot-proof operating system, it's MAC.

Apple is giving reasons what they think is imperative for making the change from a PC to a MAC can be found on their website and their famous "I'm a PC, I'm a MAC" ads. After I've seen most of the Apple ads and have read their long lists of conviction, I don't see any apparent reasons why Windows users should switch to MAC. Let's start the list!

1. It just works.

Huh? What do you mean it just works? Many MAC ads will tell you that all people that own MAC are really satisfied with their computer and MAC never crash. This all turns out to be a pack of lies. It does crash a lot.

Normally, Windows crash because of third party faulty hardware, for MAC, it's simply because their OS is suck. Just wonder why Apple Sweden website is running Solaris, not MAC OSX. Maybe they know their OS is not reliable.

For those who doubt whether MAC really crashes or not, watch this youtube video. It's a proof that MAC crashes a lot.

2. You can even run Windows.

Apple just invented BootCamp and then came out and say "Come all Windows users, buy our expensive hardware; you can still use your Vista". If you can indeed run Vista like on your normal PC, I wouldn't complain. But you know what, all the function keys will drive you crazy.

**F5 changes the volume instead of refreshing.
**F4 lowers the volume instead of dropping a combo box.
And if all that weren’t bad enough, THERE’S NO RIGHT CLICK BUTTON!!! So besides being pretty, there is no point using the hardware for Windows.

3. Macs run Microsoft Office.

Come on! This is the funniest thing of all. I am really wondering about this. I mean Microsoft Office runs on Microsoft Windows. It just ported to MAC doesn't mean we should switch to MAC. I just ask myself why should I switch when it's the exactly same on the mac?

4. Instant video chats.

Yeah! Yeah! Go and tell your grandmas. All PCs users are having great video chat, conference with Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! and so on since a long time ago.

5. Design that turns heads.

I won't deny MAC looks stylish, neat and tidy. The problem is that their focus on design hinders them from creating practical machines. If you have ever used the small round iMac mouse, you may have probably too suffered from aches in arm and hand.

6. No hunting for drivers.

Apple stated that USB and firewire devices will be working at MAC without having to install drivers. Well, that happens to PC since introducing Windows XP five years ago.

7. You can take it with you.

Apple website stated that most popular applications for MAC and PC use the same file formats, making it simple to exchange documents with friends and coworkers or move existing files from a PC to a MAC.

That is not true. We don't have to be genius to know that switching to the MAC means we will be sacrificing the diversity of software available for the PC. Sure, you get the essential word-processor and web-browser. But you will get Gtalk with only chatting, who would want Gtalk if you can't make voice chat?

8. 114,000 viruses? Not on a Mac.

Apple says their OS is based on UNIX, so it is more secure. But, in reality, the reason is that they can't make OS from scratch like Windows, so they adopted FreeBSD and put some make-up on it.

Of course, there are many viruses for Windows, but Apple forgot to state that there are many Antivirus choices for Windows users as well. Most PCs users who've got antivirus never really suffer from virus problem too. MAC is not virus free (Bad boys can release viruses) and Antivirus choice is very limited if there's any.

9. More fun with photos.

Apple is saying their so-called great invention program named iPhotos that will revolutionize the way we look at digital photos.

Maybe Mac users are new to digital photos on the computer but Windows users reached that stage of evolution ages ago.

10. Hollywood-style movies.

It seems that Apple thinks that they've revolutionized computing by developing mediocre software for viewing digital photos, editing video, burning CDs and DVDs and listening to music. Well they haven't!

So don't be fooled by Apple ads. You have nothing to gain by switching to a Mac. Apple has proved it on their website already. Who would want a mouse with just one button anyway???

I'm always wondered why Yahoo! can't defeat Google yet? I know that Yahoo! acquire many many companies and tried to be in front of Google in the search war.

But except simple search terms, Yahoo! search results are far far behind Google. Yahoo! results usually look spammy and irrelevant. Anyone with one week experience of both search engines can tell you that Google is a clear winner.

Why? why?
Well, the answer actually lies within Yahoo! itself. After you've built a new website, if you want your site to get indexed by Google, everyone can submit for free. Even though Google have adwords program with sponsored search results, Google clearly states that no one can buy search results.

For Yahoo!, even though there are free search submission available, they also accept paid submission. For Yahoo! free submission, it took ages for your site to come up.
There are two types of paid submission for search results.

For Yahoo! Search submit basic

When you initiate your Search Submit Basic subscription, a nonrefundable annual fee of $49 per URL is charged. This annual fee also includes account setup and a basic quality review of your pages. You can submit a maximum of 5 URLs per domain into the program.*

For Yahoo! Search Submit Pro

Pricing is based on cost per click - customers are charged each time a user clicks on one of the customer's search listings. The specific cost is based on the type and category of content provided for inclusion in the algorithmic search results.

See? Despite having Sponsored search results program like Google, Yahoo! also have paid submission to include in their search results. So Yahoo! search results are clearly biased.

My advice is that you shouldn't rely on Yahoo! as long as they have their biased programs, their search results will be their sponsored less relevant webpage presented to you to increase Yahoo! revenue rather than the best relevant results to your keywords.

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Well, I'm sure most of you might read this since a long time ago. For me, I've also read it a long time ago and just get it again. I want to share with you as this made me laugh anyway.

A call from China... Ring.. ring... !!!!


Caller: Hello, can I speak to Annie Wan?

Operator: Yes, you can speak to me.

Caller: No, I want to speak to Annie Wan!

Operator: Yes I understand you want to speak to anyone. You can speak to me. Who is this?

Caller: I am Sam Wan. And I need to talk to Annie Wan! It's urgent.

Operator: I know you are someone and you want to talk to anyone! But what's this urgent matter about?

Caller: Well...just tell my sister Annie Wan that our brother Noe Wan was involved in an accident. Noe Wan got injured and now Noe Wan is being sent to the hospital.
Right now, Avery Wan is on his way to the hospital.

Operator: Look, if no one was injured and no one was sent to the hospital, then the accident isn't an urgent matter! You may find this hilarious but I don't have time for this!

Caller: You are so rude! Who are you?

Operator: I'm Saw Ree.

Caller: Yes ! You should be sorry. Now give me your name!

Operator: That's what I said. I'm Saw Ree .

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If you are my regular readers, you might know that I am a big fan of domain names. I have posted about important of having key domain names. business.com sold for $7.5 million. If domain name is not that important, who would have paid $7.5 million in the first place, isn't it?

But after I've checked it out all the high paid domains, they are not really the home of any corporations or businesses at home. For example, business.com. If you checked that website, you may find it surprise that it just contains lists of sponsored links. Not sure they have made enough money to cover the cost of domain or not.

Hey from digg, I have found out Top 30 Most Wasted domain. Yes, they really are wasted. First I thought most people in the world won't hesitate to kill someone to get 3 letters domain names. But after I have seen that lists, I feel that domain names are not that important after all.

Some of the domains in the list that made me surprise are

• Hot.com
  A single page with nothing on it except a lame colored logo. The sky is the limit for a domain like this.


• Toy.com
  PageRank: 0
  Alexa: Over 3 million
  An amazing 3 letter domain! Yet just another parked page.


• Pay.com
  Parked


• Men.com
  PageRank:3
  Alexa: Over 250,000
  Acquired for 1.3 million dollar and seems fully developed. However, a domain like this carries so much power that it is ridiculous it is not more popular.


• My.com
  A 2 letter domain! Seems like an unsuccessful hosting company. This is the only 2 letter domain in this list, and man this is wasted.

It is quite obvious that most of those domain owners are waiting for their dream day, when a big company would throw a big cash at them to take over those names. I believe that day would hardly come as most of the internet users go to Google for whatever the thing they want. Not like 1990s, when no search engines are available, users have to type in the domain names to get what they want. I mean if you're looking for toys, you'd better type toys in the Google than randomly going to toy.com, toy.net or whatsoever.

So when you are starting new businesses or blogs, don't pay high price for domain names, you'd better save your efforts for the better contents and businesses.

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I'm a big fan of MS Paint for its simplicity. And Paint is available in all Windows after all. But I didn't realize that Paint can create ico files too.

Whenever I tried to save a file in paint, I drop down file types available and I've never seen .ico, so I thought I can't save it. But you know, if you give file name with .ico, Paint create icon files for you.



You can use those icon files for your folders or even for favico. It's cool!!

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After I have read Cow's freak email, that's freak me out too. Do you really know that Abraham Lincoln, American president in 1846 and John F. Kennedy, another American president in 1946 have got a lot in common. Okay, here's the email:

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln ’s secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy’s Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named ‘Ford.’
Kennedy was shot in a car called ‘ Lincoln’ made by ‘Ford.’

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here’s the kicker…

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marilyn Monroe.

That's really WOW!!! Isn't it? Some people claim they have already learned about this in high school and some said this is very old news. But for me this is really WOW again and again.

Someone worked very hard to say this all coincidence are not really surprising.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

It's hardly surprising that two men who (as noted above) both achieved their first political successes at the national level a hundred years apart would also ascend to the Presidency a hundred years apart. This "coincidence" is even less surprising when we consider that presidential elections are held only once every four years. Lincoln couldn't possibly have been elected President in 1857 or 1858 or 1859 or 1861 or 1862 or 1863, because no presidential elections were held in those years. Likewise, Kennedy couldn't possibly have been elected President in the non-election years of 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, or 1963. So, even though both men were politically active at the national level during eight-year spans when they might have been elected President, circumstances dictated that the only years during those spans when they both could have been elected were exactly one hundred years apart.

You can read the long list of convictions of all the facts are not really surprising at snopes. But I don't agree with those convictions. For me, all these facts are really surprising, amazing coincidences.

I have been trying to run Mac on my PC. I have been reading about Mac good news here and there. Many people suggest that Mac is very superior to Windows, blah, blah, blah. So I thought I should give it a try.

But I don't want to invest that much money for Mac hardware. That's why now I'm into Hackatonish, which kernel has been patched to run Mac on non-Apple hardware. As of now, I have installed Jas MacOSX 10.4.8 in VMware. I have found out that Mac is quite suck though.

No, I'm not talking about performance, I know VMware is slow for every OS. But when I try to download Google Talk, with Mac version, I can't talk, I can only type. What's the point of having Google talk without having ability to talk? After that, I have downloaded attachment from my friend email and then when I tried to download Winrar, there's no GUI support for Mac version. Geez!!

I pray it won't end up like my linux experience.

Stay tuned for my updated Mac experience. I may install it on real pc soon.

If you are my regular reader, you may notice that I didn't post for last three days. I was a bit busy with my personal life. And I haven't got the mood to blog lately. But from now on, I'll try my best not to have that gap again.

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Those who think browser war has already gone, think again! Remember, this June, Apple had to make their safari available for Windows. We all know Safari sucks on Windows. Yeah, that's right! Apple has been forced to make because if they want to get more marketshare, Windows is the only platform that could do.

With Mozilla's firefox community growing and some people got turn on by the speed of Opera, Microsoft have to make their IE7 available without WGA validation too. Of course IE7 is very superior than IE6 based on performance, functionality and security. But with WGA validation (you know most of Windows user are pirated), their reach is quite limited. So now, Microsoft don't attach any bound anymore. Here we go, enjoy the war!

Source : Channel Insider and IEBlog

A great movie can make a long trip go by very easily, whether you are driving or flying. When you are flying, the movie you watch on the small screen at the front of your cabin is often interrupted by announcements from the crew about dinner. Have you ever considered taking a portable DVD player with you? Check out digitalframez portable DVD player.

They have offered you portable 10 inch DVD player for just $239 and they will ship worldwide. This small gadgets support popular divx format. It includes TV tuner also. So that no matter you want to watch your favourite movie or tune in to TV channels, this tiny gadget will take care. What's more? It also includes battery charger which you can plug to cigarette lighter in your car. Anti-shock suspension will give you maximum experience of watching dvd on the go without disturbances. So that if you're planning to drive a long trip with your kids, this portable DVD player is a must have in your car.

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After I have used feedburner for my feeds, I have setup feed redirect in the Settings -->> Site feed as follow.


After two or three days, when I login to my Google Webmaster account, I have got the following warnings in my sitemap error.


When I click to view the warnings in details, I saw this:

Line: 2 Invalid XML: too many tags - Too many tags describing this tag.
Line: 2 Incorrect namespace - Your Sitemap or Sitemap index file doesn't properly declare the namespace.

It made me very frustrated. Feedburner isn't compatible with Google's Blogger services? After talking with my geek friends and emailing to Google, I have got the following solution.

• 1. I have to delete the old sitemap.
• 2. After that, I add new sitemap with ?redirect=false

That's it! Since then, I can see my sitemap with errors or warnings free as below.

Recently online gambling has become really popular again. Maybe, due to all major football leagues are starting to kick in to their dramatic climate. Online gambling have been making waves over the internet since the early 2000. There are thousands of online sites but choosing the best site, the safest site is very important. Therefore I recommend online gambling at bet365.com instead of some random site where you probably will get scammed too.

Bet365.com offers a lot of instant play games such as BlackJack, European Roulette, FootBall Rules, Gold Rally and even a dedicated online poker section. This site is available in 13 different languages, so language barrier should not be problem too. You can also check out the latest odds for sporting events and place your bets online with a well managed wallet system for your funds.

At Bet365, you are rest assured of a secured online environment. Bet365 is licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission and they has a Thawte SSL Web Server Certificate, which proves that they offer secure communications by encrypting all data to and from their site.

If you enjoy gaming, gambling, betting on sporting events, playing poker, and if you are going to use an online betting service, it is best to use one that has a good reputation and that secures all your personal information. Make sure to take a moment to check them out and see yourself!

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Well, I don't use adsense here. So I don't have to scare of one day getting email about I'm getting banned due to fraudulent click. But for one of my friend, who depends on Google adsense, it's life and death situation.

One day, he accidentally click one of adsense and send email to customer support informing about the accident. (Yeah! he's that honest) After two days of nightmare, he got the following reply from Google.

Thanks for letting us know about the clicks on your ads. We appreciate your honesty and your efforts to keep your account in good standing.

Although publishers are not permitted to click on their own ads for any reason, we do understand that accidental clicks may occur, so we don't require that you contact us every time you click on your ads.

If you were clicking your ads out of interest or to see who was advertising on your site, we suggest the AdSense preview tool as an alternative. This tool will allow you to check the destination of ads on your page without the risk of generating invalid clicks.

Because we closely monitor all account activity using engineering systems and thorough human analysis, chances are we've already detected your clicks on your ads and discounted them. While these clicks still show in your reports, we filter out their associated earnings so that advertisers aren't charged.

Whew!! He can relax now. So I just want you guys you know that if you accidentally click one of your adsense ads, don't panic. It's not the end of the world.

Sony Playstation has always been my favourite console. Since PS1, I have been sticked with them. Most of my favourite games are story-based, action games.

Nowadays, we are in the PS3 era. If you are looking for PS3 games, shopping.com PS3 store have got large collections for almost every game you can imagine.

Let me compare what is different between PS3 and PC. For examples, my favourite Need for Speed Carbon, I have been playing that game in PC for quite a long time. But after I've tried on PS3, it's really a WOW experience. Graphics are what really impressed me. For Call of Duty 3, the story line made me feel much more dramatic than Call of Duty 2 that I've played on my PC.

After all, I've realized that game console is played great part in our gaming experience, not just game itself. I can't wait to see when game console could create real human image or even clone coming out of it.

***This post is a paid review***

Last month I share with you guys about the Firefox shortcuts that I frequently use. But right now, I found out this new, very nice shortcut again. I used to accidentally close tab in Firefox, sometimes in my favourite website or sometimes in totally first time new interesting site. To reopen, I have to dig down in my history list.

I don't have to do that anymore. I can press Ctrl+Shift+T to reopen the tab I have just closed. More interestingly, you can press Ctrl+Shift+T as many times as you want to reopen many closed tabs. It's quite handy for me indeed.

What do we store in our garage? The answer usually is car. Well, if you do a little bit tweak with the help of CarGuyGarage.com, you can have garage storage. You can keep all the tools, equipments, anything handy in your garage, so that hopefully you don't have to go searching around the next time you need a certain tool. They have got many different colors and styles you can choose to make your garage neat and stylish. After you've installed garage storage you want, you can show off your garage to your friends and relatives proudly and brag how stylist and handy your garage storage system is.


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For Windows Vista, this Run As command is available in all versions. If you're not yet running Vista, you can still stick to XP. Yeah, this Run As is not enough to convince you to make a switch obviously.

To enable Run As in Windows XP or Windows 2000, you need to run related service.

For Windows XP,

• Go to Control Panel -->> Administrative Templates
• Double Click Services
• In the right panel, find Secondary Logon and double click.
• For startup type, choose Automatic and click Start.
• After that click OK.

Now secondary logon service is running. So that you can start using Run As command by right click on the program you want to run and choose Run As.

For Windows 2000, you do the same procedure, but look for the service named "RunAs".
That's it! Enjoy your favorite Windows!

Source : Microsoft