In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create background slideshows in Ubuntu with CreBS easily and quickly. CreBS lets you target folders and directories with photos to automatically create desktop slideshows. Once installed, it requires little configurations. You can also use it to create slideshows of your custom photos or images.
Looking for a free and powerful web content filtering system that will protect you against unsafe and unwanted contents online? Then you might want to check out DynDNS Internet Guide. It lets you take control of your Internet experience by blocking unsafe and malicious websites based on pre-defined categories.
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In the past we showed you how to browse faster in Firefox with CoolPreviews extension for Firefox. We told you that CoolPreview allows you to preview websites online without leaving your current page or tab. Read our previous blog Browse with CoolPreviews.
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This tutorial will show you how to use OpenDNS to protect your computers online easily and for free. OpenDNS is a globally-distributed Domain Name System (DNS), web content filtering system, and typo-correction infrastructure that allows you to browse the web securely, reliably and with ease.
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Not very long ago, we showed you how to install and configure DansGuardian Web Content Filtering system in Ubuntu. Today I am going to show you how to do the same in Fedora with ease.
If you don’t know what DansGuardian is, it is a web content filtering system for Linux that allows you to filter websites with inappropriate contents.
Posted in How-To Tips, Linux, Security Tags: dansguardian, Dialog box, Firefox, Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Ubuntu, Web browser, Website View CommentsThis tutorial will show you how to browse securely online with Google Chrome and McAfee SiteAdvisor extension. SiteAdvisor warns you when you’re about to visit a site with malicious content and low ratings. It is based on McAfee SiteAdvisor that gives you safety information on millions on websites online. If the site you want to visit has harmful contents, SiteAdvisor will automatically redirect you and tells you why the site might not be safe.
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How would you like to know what’s behind a web link before clicking it? If we all knew what was on the other side of a link before we click on it, viruses, spyware and other harmful programs might never have had the chance to infect our computers.
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This is not the typical tutorial you’ll find online or on this site, but a brief help whenever you need it.
Most web browsers will allow you to translate websites created in foreign languages to be translated into your native language with the help of plug-ins or add-ons.
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Those of you who don’t know what Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is, it is Microsoft default Web Server. Web servers are programs that respond to requests made by web browsers. For example, when you type www.liberiangeek.net, you’re making a request to the web server hosting web pages for liberiangeek.net. When the request is received, the web server will return to you the results of your requests.
Posted in How-To Tips, Web, Windows Tags: Internet Information Services, Microsoft, Server, Web server, Website, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP View CommentsThis tutorial will show you how to use OpenDNS to protect your computers online easily and for free. OpenDNS is a globally-distributed Domain Name System (DNS), web content filtering system, and typo-correction infrastructure that allows you to browse the web securely, reliably and with ease.
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Looking to enhance your Opera web browser and speed up your browsing experience? With Speed Dial in Opera, you can bookmark your favorite websites on the homepage and quickly access them with just few clicks.
Opera web browser is the most innovative browser online today. Most of the cool features you see in your current web browser most likely started on Opera. Speed Dial was one of the add-ons that distinguished Opera from the rest not very long ago. Now almost all browsers have Speed Dial add-on.
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Yesterday we showed you how to use Speed Dial in Google Chrome to speed up web browsing. Today we’ll show you how to use the same Speed Dial extension in Firefox to help enhance your web browsing by allowing you to quickly access your most used websites.
Speed Dial is a Firefox extension which allows you to organize your most used websites onto the homepage for quick access. It also allows you to virtually browse your favorite websites without typing a single web address.
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