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Myfav.es : Free, Customizable start page

Users generally use their browser's default start page, which shows thumbnails of most visited websites or Speed dial page in case of opera or any similiar add-on. Some others use Search engine such as Google or even blank page as Start page.

Myfav.es is a fine looking start page that lists your most favourite websites links with big icons. Its free, customizable and elegant. Setup is also pretty easy. It's not necessary to create an account though it's recommended. Just log in, select your favourites sites from the list which covers most of the popular websites and just set it your homepage. Done!

Windows 8 Customer Preview available to Download(Update : Direct and Torrent Links included)

The Waiting is finally over as Microsoft has now officially released the consumer preview.

Microsoft launched the Beta at theMobile World Congress event in Barcelona. This is the biggest annual trade show for companies displaying and showing off their latest mobile computing wares, which include tablets.

The download has gone live just some time ago, but please remember this is just a beta, so shouldn’t be considered finished and stable for everyday use.

8 Free Peer-To-Peer File sharing Services

Though there are many free file sharing services on the web which allows you to send files to others, but the process requires uploading the files first and often registering with the file sharing service.

Browser based Peer to Peer (P2P) free file transfer services are good alternatives, as they are browser based thus requires no installation of some program. Secondly, no file size limit. You can send large size files with no limit. And not to forget as its P2P therefore no uploading, just transferring of files.

Norton DNS : Protect your system from unsafe Websites

The Domain Name System is an essential component of the functionality of the Internet. DNS translates domain names into IP addresses. Most Internet users are using their Internet Service Provider’s DNS server. Though it's convenient to use the ISP's DNS, its not the safest.

Alternatively you can use Public DNS. Popular ones are Open DNS and Google DNS. Another good alternative is Norton DNS which act as a first layer of defense against unsafe, fraudulent, phishing and infected Web sites. Norton DNS is free for home users.

GetHopper : Easily save files & content Online

GetHopper.com is an online service that lets you save content such as texts, images and links by copying and pasting it (using Ctrl + V), or just by dragging it into the webpage.

Hopper is a paste bin for anything.

Every saved content has its own link which can be used later to access the file or content by any device having an internet connection. Users can upload and access the files and information without registering, which turns it into a great tool for capturing content on the fly.

AlternativeTo : Find Alternatives for your Programs

I often find myself in situations where i need an specific program but i'm not ready to pay for it. So i google for free alternatives. Alternativeto.net offers an interesting approach for finding alternative program or service that is like something you know. Just search the application that you want to find the alternatives for, and alternativeto.net will give you suitable alternatives. It offers alternative programs for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, Online services and iPhone.

Disposable emails also known as temporary emails or anonymous emails are email addresses which are generated on fly. Using a disposable mail service is a great way to stay protected from spam.
If you want to sign up for a site for instance which requires an email address to send a validation email and you don't want to give your real email address you can make use of the temporary email services in order to avoid spam.This type of service is meant to be used by people occasionally when they simply need an email address right now. One that they know they won’t need later.

Convert Torrent Into Direct Download

Torrents, a great way to get what you want over Internet(best place for pirated content). Almost every thing right from movies, songs, softwares to e-books is available on torrents. BitTorrent is one of the most common protocols for transferring large files, and it has been estimated that it accounted for roughly 43% to 70% of all Internet traffic (depending on geographical location) as of February 2009.
The only drawback of the protocol is its very much dependent on the seeders, that is the users or servers from which the complete files are distributed.

BitLet offers an interesting alternative to downloading torrents directly to a local computer service. It basically works like this. The user adds a torrent file to the system. Bitlet then uses its server to make it available for download as direct http to the user of its service

Website Speed : GTmetrix

Website loading speed is becoming increasingly important not just for better user experience but also as SEO tool. Google has announced that they are using page speed in their ranking algorithm. As developers and marketers look to optimize their sites, page speed should be among the top optimizations to consider.
Two of the major speed analysis tools are Google's Page Speed and Yahoo's YSlow.

At GTmetrix you can evaluate your website speed and its performance. The benefit of GTmetrix is that you can analyze your page using both services(Page Speed & YSlow), giving you different perspectives on how to optimize your code.

Is Your Password Strong Enough?

How strong is your password? How long you think it would take to hack your password? Time is gone when the passwords used to take weeks or even years to crack, based on the processing power of a modern desktop PC, passwords now are crackable in days or even hours. That’s a big security issue considering that many computer users are still selecting weak passwords as their account passwords.

Creating strong passwords for all your online accounts is not a thing you should do. It is a thing you must do. Services that test a password strength can help users in evaluating their passwords. Will it take days, years or even longer to crack a selected password? That’s what How Secure Is My Password will tell you.

Send Email to Donate : Givebackmail

Have you ever wondered just how many emails are sent every day? Estimated in 2010, there was approximately 294 billion emails sent per day. This means that more than 2.8 million emails are sent every second and about 90 trillion emails are sent per year.

How often do you send emails? Many times a day?
We all do that. Now imagine if you can make world a better place by just sending emails.

By using Givebackmail.com you can help those in need without spending a penny. Every time you sends an email using Givebackmail.com, a donation is made to your favorite charity.

All you need to do is register a free account, and start sending emails. On top of that you don't even need to change your email address, you can use your current email address to signup.

Windows 8 like Homepage for Your Browser

Now you can get Windows 8 METRO Interface like homepage for your browser. This works with any Operating system and any Browser flawlessly.

Unique E-mail ID for everyone

Bored with same email id domain that's everybody is having? Now there's way to standout from the crowd.

Most of the people use Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo mail. So when you signup for an Email address you get abc@gmail.com or abc@yahoo.com.
Let me ask you, How personalized is your email ID actually? Is it the same @gmail or @yahoo .

Well there's a way to show your personality, interests and profession through your Email ID.

Send Mail from any e-mail Id to anyone

Don't you ever have wanted to say something bad to someone or make fool of your friends and colleagues.
Imagine how would your friends react if they get a mail from God@heaven.com or even from their own e-mail id saying "You have 7 days left of your life".

That's impossible, if i haven't sent an email to myself how can i get an email from my own address.

Well that's possible, its called e-mail spoofing.
E-mail spoofing is email activity in which the sender address and other parts of the e-mail header are altered to appear as though the email originated from a different source.
You can read about it here.