DuckDuckGo.com search engine – reduce privacy concerns

If you have concerns about your privacy when using http://www.google.com, you can use http://www.duckduckgo.com or even https://www.duckduckgo.com. The main difference here is that duckduckgo.com does not track you while you search using their site.

Free Online Storage – Cloud Storage Service Providers

Visit this link http://www.cloudsider.com/en/free-online-storage-reviews.html to evaluate the right free on line storage space service provider for yourself. With many people now having many devices that are capable of accessing the internet and their need to access common data across them all, the only way to ensure that is using an on line storage space service.

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How to remove Swiftfox in Ubuntu 12.04

If you have installed Swiftfox, an alternative browser to Firefox, in Ubuntu 12.04, you can remove it using the following command in a terminal:

$ sudo apt-get install aptitude <enter> $ sudo aptitude purge swiftfox-prescott <enter>

If you try to remove it with apt-get or dpkg, you will not find the package. However, aptitude finds . . . → Read More: How to remove Swiftfox in Ubuntu 12.04

RIPS – Free source code security analyzer for PHP

If you are a PHP programmer and want to scan your source code to identify any security threats, you can use the RIPS PHP source code analyzer. It is available at this link http://rips-scanner.sourceforge.net

How to securely browse GMail in your browser

Most of us use http://gmail.google.com to read or send email. This is not secure, in the sense that the transmission of data between you and the GMail web site is in plain text.

If you want added security, where your data is transmitted to and from the GMail web site you should use:

https://gmail.google.com

Convert webm format video to mp4

At times, video files are encoded in a webm format. The webm format was introduced sometime in 2010 enabling support to embed it within HTML 5 files.

If you want to convert video from the webm format to mp4, you can use ffmpeg as follows: $ ffmpeg -i video.webm video.mp4

Change font globally in all WordPress posts (Atahualpa Theme)

To change the default font for the body of your post in WordPress globally for the Atahualpa theme, do the following:

On your WordPress dashboard, click on Appearance -> Atahualpa Theme Options and select Overall Style & Config. -> Body, Text & Links. Look for the text box in the Body Style section on the . . . → Read More: Change font globally in all WordPress posts (Atahualpa Theme)

Open Microsoft Outlook winmail.dat file in Linux

Microsoft Outlook, at times, uses a TNEF format that sends email as a winmail.dat file attachment. This format can be opened by email clients such as Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird and Claws mail on Windows and Linux.

However, if you use the Evolution email client on Linux, you can still open the attachment indirectly, but . . . → Read More: Open Microsoft Outlook winmail.dat file in Linux

Statistics – Counterize II Plugin

Ever wanted to view full statistics for your WordPress based web site? You can use the Counterize II plugin. It is free. It generates the statistics as illustrated below for your web site. The power of the plugin is in it’s simplicity and ability to provide you complex statistics in a simple form. It does . . . → Read More: Statistics – Counterize II Plugin

Uninstall OpenJDK from Fedora 15

Only reason you may want to remove this is to install the Sun Microsystems Java Runtime or Development kit. To remove OpenJDK use the following command: # yum remove openjdk* <enter>

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