Computers & Internet

Pornographic Pictures On Facebook News Feed

November 15, 2011 By Don Caprio 8 Comments

I've been seeing some really unusual and disturbing pictures on my facebook news feed over the last 24 hours. Lots of pornographic pictures and really violent images have been showing on my news feed and it's rather embarrassing viewing facebook and the person next to you thinks you're viewing a porn site. I saw the fist one earlier this morning and thought it would end there. Ever since, I've been seeing these pornographic pictures all day and it's spreading even faster. It's not just nude photos, I've seen pictures that are nothing but gross blasphemy that ridicules lots of peoples' beliefs.You automatically get these stuffs shown on your news feed the moment any of your friends views and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Facebook, Internet Security, Tech News Tagged With: facebook, pictures, pornography, social media, social networking

How To Run Android Apps On Windows PC

November 11, 2011 By Don Caprio 9 Comments

If you love Android apps so much to the point you feel like running them on your personal computer, then Bluestacks app player is what you're probably looking for. The possibility of running Android applications has always been an exciting but the first method I found might look a bit hard especially if you're not a techie. With Bluestacks, running your favourite Android applications on Windows OS is easy as running the apps on your Android smartphone though some of the fun of running touch screen apps is lost while using a mouse and keyboard combo. Apps like Pulse still feels definitely useful considering the odds.With Android itself being a semi-open platform for developers to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Android, Windows Tagged With: Android, mobile, pc tips and tricks

India Web Proxy Settings On MTN & How To Get Free Servers

November 7, 2011 By Don Caprio 19 Comments

India Web Proxy is another tunneling software that's proven to be one of the best so far. It's just a light, portable java application that works with the aid of a php server script. I guess you should know all this if you've been using IWP on MTN for free internet browsing but if you're new to this software, I suggest you read the complete breakdown on how it works and how to host your own server. It's actually an open source software originally meant to bypass web filters and censorship. India Web Proxy Settings On MTN IWP still works on MTN but I've only confirmed the new settings on Windows XP, there's no harm trying on Vista and Windows 7 though. You should have at least 1 naira … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Windows Tagged With: anonymizer, Free Browsing Tricks, hide ip, MTN, tunneling software

How To Secure Your (Facebook, Yahoo, Gmail) Passwords From Getting Hacked

October 28, 2011 By Don Caprio 3 Comments

You've heard cases of hacked facebook accounts, right? Anyone can be a victim due to ignorance but that is not an excuse for leaving your login unsecured. Although there may still be flaws even when proper security measures are taken, you're still guaranteed a certain degree of security when you take those basic precautions. The internet is a big place full of good guys and lots of crazies, we all know that, but some believe the only way to have fun is to unlawfully gain access to your account and change your password, making your own account inaccessible to you. Facebook, paypal, liberty reserve, MSN, yahoo and gmail accounts can all be hacked and that's a fact you don't want to overlook. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Internet Security Tagged With: facebook, gmail, hacking, online security, yahoo

Recover Overwritten Files In Windows 7 And Windows Vista

October 21, 2011 By Don Caprio 15 Comments

I was working on my notebook the other day when i made a really silly mistake: I overwrote a file with another having the same name. I was worried, angry and felt really stupid because once you overwrite a file, you can never find it in the recycle bin. I didn't know what to do and I ran a google search. Some said my case was hopeless, some said I needed to purchase some expensive data recovery software but I finally got a solution that looked rather too easy at first. I ignored it thinking it wouldn't work but it did! I recovered the file I accidentally replaced.Unknown to many, Windows 7 and Windows Vista both have a common in-built feature called Volume Shadow Copy which creates something … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Windows Tagged With: overwritten files, pc tips and tricks, windos 7, windows vista, windows xp

Progress / Loading / Status Bar For Firefox 4, 5, 6 & 7

October 19, 2011 By Don Caprio 1 Comment

Mozilla Firefox remains my favorite web browser, followed by Google Chrome while I don't even use Internet Explorer at all. Firefox went through quite lots of upgrades in the last couple of years, jumping from version 3 down to 7 but I started disliking the design right from version 4 due to some reasons: the progress bar disappeared and the design looked like an imitation of Opera and Google Chrome. I decided not to upgrade and stuck with Firefox 3.6.10 until recently when I had to install an addon which refused to install on Firefox 3. It was the Google+Facebook add-on I wrote a post on a few weeks back that made me upgrade to Fireox 7.0.1 and the design looked a lot different from Firefox … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Google Chrome / Firefox Tagged With: FIREFOX, pc tips and tricks, progress bar, Tips and Tricks

How To Access Blocked Sites Via Proxy

October 16, 2011 By Don Caprio 9 Comments

Your boss at work might have restricted you from visiting certain sites like facebook, youtube, twitter and so on just thinking they are distractions. It might even be your school has a very fast WLAN but the network administrator makes it impossible to watch music videos on youtube or hang out with your peeps on facebook. Crazy, huh? Are you even aware some governments restrict their citizens from visiting certain sites? ( I've heard about China, Saudi Arabia and there's word around that you can't access some sites in Malaysia too). There are even some websites that block visitors from certain countries from accessing their contents but whatever the case may be, there's a way out and after … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hide My IP Tagged With: anonymizer, blocked sites, hide my ip, proxy, tunneling