Your Browser Matters

Microsoft launched a new website called yourbrowsermatters.org to give users a detailed look at how secure their browser is. This website automatically detects the visitor’s browser and returns a browser security score on a scale of 4 points.

Internet Explorer 9 – 4 points
Firefox 7.0.1 – 2 points
latest Google chrome – 2.5 points
(more…)

Continue ReadingYour Browser Matters

Comodo Backup

Comodo Backup is free online backup, sync and storage solution for Windows and it is one of the best alternative to dropbox.

Free Plan: 5 GB free online storage space

Main Features:

Smart Profiles
Easy to use interface
Versatile scheduling
Incrementals & differentials
supports Network drive, external drive, FTP, DVD/CD, ISO, zip, online storage
Command line & scripting

(more…)

Continue ReadingComodo Backup

OpenLayers – Free Maps for the Web

OpenLayers is completely free, Open Source and a pure JavaScript library for displaying map data in most modern web browsers, with no server-side dependencies. OpenLayers implements a JavaScript API for building rich web-based geographic applications, similar to the Google Maps and MSN Virtual Earth APIs. It released under the 2-clause BSD License  (also known as the FreeBSD).
(more…)

Continue ReadingOpenLayers – Free Maps for the Web

Microsoft translator and Indic Language Input Tool

Microsoft translator or bing translator is a free translation service for online automatic translation of text and web pages from microsoft.

Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool helps you enter Indian language text easily into any application. It is available in two versions,Web Version and Desktop version. Web version allows you to type Indian language text on any page on the World Wide Web and the desktop version allows you to type Indian language text in any application in Microsoft Windows.The primary input mechanism is transliteration. and it also provides a visual keyboard to assist with editing words that do not transliterate properly.

Supported Indic Languages:
Tamil,hindi,bengali,gujarati,kannada,malayalam,marathi,oriya,telugu.
(more…)

Continue ReadingMicrosoft translator and Indic Language Input Tool

Spideroak – a dropbox alternative

SpiderOak is free online backup, sync, sharing and storage solution for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora & openSUSE) and it is the best alternative to dropbox.Use SpiderOaky to backup, synchronize, and share data across all of your computers, external drives and network volumes.

Free Plan: 2GB space

Refer a friend and you get an additional 1GB more free space (up to 50GB max for the free )

Main Features:
(more…)

Continue ReadingSpideroak – a dropbox alternative

Bitdefender safego – Anti-scam protection for twitter and facebook

Bitdefender Safego scans for and detects fake profiles set up to flood your Twitter and facebook account with spam, malware and private data exposure and it filters the malicious links to phishing or malware pages. It also keeps your online friends safe.
(more…)

Continue ReadingBitdefender safego – Anti-scam protection for twitter and facebook

Top 3 firefox Download management add-ons

DownThemAll

DownThemAll is a Mozilla Firefox extension that adds advanced download capabilities to firefox browser.

Main features :

Increase the download speed up to 400%.
Pause and resume support.
Access DownThemAll from the context menu,tools menu and right-clicking on any webpage.
It downloads the files of a page with a single click.
Advanced auto-renaming options.
Advanced filtering options.
(more…)

Continue ReadingTop 3 firefox Download management add-ons