Remove Duplicate Files From your Computer

Having duplicate files in your computer not only eats up hard disc space but also affects the computer’s speed. It is not as easy to locate these duplicate files, they may have different names or may be located in different folders across the hard drive.

Easy Duplicate Finder scans your hard disk for duplicate files and lists the file names, location of file on hard disk, the file size and the space being consumed by the duplicate files.

It also allows you to search for specific file types: Images (jpg, bmp, gif, png) or Documents (docx, txt, pdf, pptx).

Find the Top Movies Filmed in your area.

Ever wondered which popular movies were shot in your neighborhood? This map by BoxOfficeQuant shows the location where the top 2000 movies in the past 100 years have been shot.

The data was taken from IMDB and the top movies from 1910-2010 were selected according to most user votes.

In total, the MAP shows 2001 top movies, and 9736 locations.

Credit: BoxOfficeQuant

The Best Resources Online For News Pictures

A collection of some of the best resources online for “News In Pictures”. These include popular news photo website, blogs and online magazines.

Boston Big Picture - Provides some of the most breathtaking images that give a well grounded view of the cultural, religious and other news events taking place all over the world. The images are pulled off from AP, AFP, Getty Images, Reuters and other popular wires.

Wall Street Journal - The photo blog of The Wall Street Journal includes a collection of 10-15 photos narrating the stories making news world-wide. These include some of the most stunning images from AFP, Reuters, Getty Images, AP and other popular networks.

Time Photo Essays - Each photo essay comprises a number of interesting images that give a comprehensive overview of the topic involved. The photo essays are related to news events from the current issue of the Time Magazine.

MSNBC: The week in pictures – Selects from the best work of photojournalists during the week and forms a collection of images narrating the story behind the week’s events. It also maintains an archive of the photos collected from Dec 2005.

BBC: In Pictures – The In Pictures page highlights the daily events from around the world using high-resolution images sourced from Getty Images, AP, AFP, Reuters and independent photographers. It also includes slideshows, photo galleries and allows users to submit photos based on the week’s topic.

 

The New York Times - The photos and multimedia page of the New York Times features an extensive collection of news photos, slideshows and audio/visual content to cover important news stories. It often covers very unique subjects where stunning photographs are paired with audio to give the viewer a detailed depiction of the subject covered.

The photo blog of The New York Times presents the finest and most interesting visual and multimedia reporting. It also highlights some of the best work of other newspapers, magazines and news and picture agencies.

 

Reuters - Popular wired news agency Reuters uses slide shows for covering news events and activities of major world importance.

Check out a slide show of the award winning photos by Reuters photojournalists.

 

Life Magazine – It has one of the largest and most amazing collection of professional photography on the Web. A set of high-resolution photos on it’s news page tell the story behind the day’s events.

Life.com adds over 3000 photos daily to its collections and has a big gallery of the best news photos collected overtime.

Yahoo Photos - This is part of the Yahoo News website and has a very vast collection of photos sourced from the major news photo agencies. The photos are categorized as most viewed, most emailed, top stories, business, entertainment, sports, technology, politics, science, health, world, US news, odd photos and travel slideshows.

The Telegraph - The news in pictures page of The Telegraph has a selection of photographs from Britain and around the world. It covers a variety of topics from politics and current events to celebrity and royalty. A set of photos under each title provide an overview of the related story.

News.com.au – This is part of the News Digital Media's network. Provides amazing pictures and galleries of entertainment, technology, travel, business, money and latest news topics from around the globe.

Map of Disasters And Accidents In Real-time

While a disaster of magnitude proportion remains the headline of a news bulletin for several day, there are other sad events that are often not reported. This is world map of emergencies and tragedies updated in real-time.

The information on various kinds of events such as epidemic hazards, forest fires, floods, extreme weather, vehicle accidents and volcanic eruptions are illustrated on the map.

Clicking on each icon reveals important data including the country, place, coordinates, exact time and other information relating to the event. Additionally, each icon is colored according to how critical the event is to human life, nature and property.

Determine An Unknown File Format

If you received a file from someone with an unknown file extension that you don't know how to open it. Don't get stuck. Here are a couple of things you can do to determine the format of a file.

Unknown File Type Identification:

Online TrID File Identifier can determine a file type from its binary signatures. Simply select the file to analyze and in a moment the identification results will be displayed. A GUI version is also available for download in case there is a need to analyze large files.

OpenWith is a small desktop tool that gives detailed information about any file extension and provides links to free programs that can open and create the file. Simply right click on an unknown file and select "How do I open this?". The tool will identify the file extension and suggest the program supporting the file.

Change The Appearance Of Facebook With Minimalist Extension

The extension allows you to highly customize the Facebook interface, where you can change the appearance, apply custom CSS, hide almost fifty interface elements from your Facebook page and even write your own custom presets.

One of the interesting feature that this extensions enables is that you can simply hover over a picture to view it in it’s default size. If the picture is large, the size will be automatically adjusted to fit a portion of the screen.

Work on minor details of the interface and transfer the new setting to another chrome browser simply by using the Import/Export options.

How To Attribute Creative Commons Images From Flickr

Adding images is one of the best ways to enhance and attract attention to your work. Content writers usually look for images that are either free or are under a Creative Commons license.

Flickr’s Page on creative commons is one of the best places to be, when searching for images available under a creative commons license. You can use these images on your work, provided that your intended use is in accordance with the license type.

Some Creative Commons images are licensed as “Attribution-Non Commercial” and can be used only if you are not making profit from the context of the image. Example: A website or blog displaying ads.

How to search Creative Commons Images on Flickr?

Flickr has the images categorized according to the Creative Commons license type. You can search Flickr Creative Commons directly or use sites like CompFight, LiteFlickr, FlickrCC and FlickrStorm, which are in good alternatives to Flickr’s search interface.

There is no particular style for attribution. You can use the style or phrase that suits your needs.

A good attribution under the Creative Commons guidelines requires that you:

1. Cite the author's name, screen name, user identification and link that name to the person's profile page, if such a page exists.
2. Cite the work's title or name and link the name or title directly to the original work.
3. Cite the specific CC license the work is under and that links to the license on the CC website.

A example attribution style:

or

You can use ImageCodr, an online tool that fulfills the attribution guidelines.

Manually Linked

Photo by Hamed Saber under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

Using ImageCodr

by Hamed Saber

How To Find and Download Creative Commons Images From Flickr

Finding images on the web is easy but if we want to use them on our blog, we definitely need to make sure that we do not infringe on the copyrights in order to remain safe. Creative Commons is the best source when we are looking for images to use on our website or blog.

Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license. You can browse or search through their content using Flickr’s dedicated page for images under a creative commons license. The images are categorized according to license type and it makes it fairly simple to search for the right image under the desired license.

Search Flickr: Creative Commons directly or use sites like CompFight, LiteFlickr, FlickrCC and FlickrStorm, which are in some ways good alternatives to Flickr’s search interface.

Images from Flickr creative commons can be searched directly but lets walk through the steps for searching and downloading the images using LiteFlickr, a free Flickr search tool.

1. Open LiteFlickr and click the advance button next to the search bar.
   
2. Type in the search term and tick the license type under which you desire to search the photos.
   
3. From the search results select the image you want, click ‘more info’ and click the image on the newly opened window to go directly to the owners page on Flickr where the image is hosted.
   
4. On the Top left of the image click actions and choose view all sizes.
   
5. Choose the size of the image you want and click ‘download’ right above it.
   

13 Advance Alternatives to Google Image Search Engine

Sometimes, for finding the desired images we need to rely on a different source. We need the search features that Google, Yahoo or Bing does not have. At least Yet.

Here are a couple of search engines that have a unique way of searching for images:

Pixolu - Pixolu helps you find images by their similarity to each other. Enter some keywords and Pixolu will search the image index of flickr and yahoo. Initially 200 images will be displayed. Select a few images that are similar to your desired results and Drag them to the upper right corner of the interface. Pixolu will refine the results and retrieve images similar to your selection.



Forisearch – Use your native language to search images from foreign language websites. Forisearch uses the image index of Google, Yahoo and Bing for its search results. It also uses YouTube for foreign language video results.



Ginipic - Ginipic takes image search to a whole new level. Now you can search image search engines, photo sharing websites or your own local picture collections simultaneously right from you desktop.



Everystockphoto - A search engine for free photos that come from many sources and are license-specific. View a photo's license by clicking on the license icon, below and left of photos. Membership is free and allows users to rate, tag, collect and comment on the photos.



Imagery - Imagery, probably has one of the best search interface. Enter a search term and it will open up the results in a new tab with 60 images loaded at a time. The tabbed interface lets you easily switch between your previous and new search results. Simply Click an image to load it in full size at the bottom of the page. You can change the preferences to select image format, Sort images by size, color and also choose the Safe Search option.



Xcavator.net - A stock photo search portal for the creative community. It lets you browse visually through millions of stock images, vector illustrations and flash files from the leading providers all in one place. Get more relevant search results, faster than at other sites. Give it a try.



FreeFoto – FreeFoto has the largest collection of free photographs on the Internet. There are over 130000 images with 181 sections organized into 3623 categories. Use these images for online and offline use under the usage guidelines.



Nachofoto: Find the most recent and relevant images with nachofoto. It is a Semantic Time-based Vertical Image Search Engine that delivers Fresh and Relevant image results for High Volume and Trending queries.



Incogna - Incogna process the shape in every image and uses this to build a large scale searchable visual index. Incogna's image search technology lets you explore visual data in a whole new way.



Facesaerch - Is an image search engine for faces. It uses the Google API for results.



Multicolr Search Lab - Select up to 10 colors and it will show the most interesting images containing those colors. Multicolr Search Lab extracted the colors from 10 million of the most interesting Creative Commons images on Flickr.



Visual Search Lab – Combine tags with visual search for never-before-seen combination of images from a database of nearly 3 million stock photos from Alamy.



PicFog - Using twitter and the connecting image upload services, PicFog shows pictures from twitter as they're posted, in real time.

Should I Post This Image On My Website?

This flowchart will help you decide whether or not you can use a specific image on a blog or website. The flowchart also suggests ways to find the original source of the image and to properly give credit to the photographer.

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This flowchart is a collective effort of Pia Bijkerk, Erin Loechner and Yvette van Boven

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How To Use An ISO Image File

Many times when you download a game or a software you will get it as an ISO image, which is just an image of the actual CD drive. If you’ve just downloaded an ISO image, here is how you can use it.

There are two methods to run an ISO Image.

1. Write it on a CD or DVD.
   
2. Mount ISO files as a virtual CD/DVD drive.

Method 1:Write ISO files on a CD or DVD

In windows XP / Vista:

1. Download and install Infra Recorder.
   
2. Insert a blank DVD / CD (Depending upon the size of the file).
   
3. Open Infra Recorder and click: 'Write Image'.
   
   
   
4. Select the ISO/image file you want to use, then click 'Open'.
   
5. In the dialog box, click 'OK'.
   

In Windows 7:

1. Insert a blank DVD / CD (Depending upon the size of the file).
   
2. Right-click on the ISO file and choose 'Burn disc image'.

Method 2: Mount ISO files as a virtual CD/DVD drive

In windows XP / Vista / 7:

1. Download and install Daemon Tools Lite.
   
2. Run the setup and select ‘free version’.
   
3. From the Choose component window uncheck all options except ‘Start Menu Shortcut’.
   
4. Uncheck ‘Send Anonymous Usage Statistics’ and click finish.
   
5. Now click the Add file icon and select the file to ISO file to mount.
   
6. Click Mount or Double-Click the file to Mount.

How To Find A Lost Email Address

If you once had an email address of a person and are unable to find it or still have one, but doubt that he/she might be using a different one now, here are a couple of places you can search to get the email address you desperately need.

Inbox/Sent Messages:

If you remember receiving an email from the person or you emailed them even once before, chances are that you still have their email address.

• Use the search feature and include in the search options, all possible locations listed i.e. sent messages, inbox, and trash folder.
• Try remembering what the latest conversation was about and search for possible words you may have used in the conversation.

IM Clients:

Popular IM Clients like MSN Messenger, Skype, Yahoo Messenger or Google Talk have been used by almost everyone to communicate with friends and relatives. Skype has become the most widely used client in business correspondence. If you have the person added to you IM Client, his profile may contain the email address you need.

Google It:

Simply typing the person’s name in Google search engine or even yahoo or Bing may do the job for you.

• The search may return thousand of results. Try to narrow down the results by adding any other information you may know about the person (Company Name, Job Title, Closest Friends etc.)
• Use search Operators and advance options for precise results or to search deep into files. i.e PDF, xls, doc files etc.

Google Groups:

People discuss all sorts of topics here; from politics to entertainment, sports to science and technology. There is a great chance that the person you might be looking for would have commented in a forum of interest or might even have his/her own forum here.

• Enter the name of the person in the search bar to find the email id or any comment that he/she may have left in a forum.

Search White Pages and Email Address Directories:

Search social networks, public records and email address directories using dedicated search engines that provide comprehensive results from many sources. Some of the popular ones include 123people, emailfinder, addresses and pipl.

Leave some information online:

People often type their names in search engines to see the different places it appear on the web..

• Create a webpage entitled “searching for” and enter any information you may have regarding the person. Also leave your email ID where you should be provided the information.

If a family member, a friend or the person himself that you are looking for, reads the information you entered; he/she will provide you with the email address.

How To Save Important Emails From Gmail And Access It Offline

The latest browsers: Chrome 12, Firefox 4 and Internet Explorer 9 no longer support Google gears. Gears was required for browsers to enable the offline feature of Gmail, where all the necessary emails could be downloaded for viewing anytime without the internet.

However, there are alternate free tools to download selective emails for easy offline access. MailStore Home is one such tool. It maintains an archive of all your emails for easy and immediate retrieval.

Lets walk through the steps to download selective or even archive the complete mail box to view offline using MailStore.

1. Create a new label in Gmail.

a. Select dropdown menu under labels on the left pane and click ‘Create new label’.

b. Give it a name: ‘Important Emails’ or any other name that you desire. (Choose a name other than “Important”, it’s a reserved system label).

2. Tick all the important emails you wish to save and click the labels tab on the above or below the email list.

3. From the Labels dropdown menu select the label you created for important emails and apply. The emails will now be available under the new label.

4. Go to Settings –> Forwarding and POP/IMAP –> Select ‘Enable POP’. Make sure you choose ‘keep Gmail’s Copy in the Inbox’ for messages accessed with POP if you want to maintain a copy in Gmail as well.

5. Download and install MailStore Home, a free email archiving utility for private users.

6. Once installed, go to Archive Email and Select Google Mail. Now enter your Email ID (include @gmail.com) and Password.

7. From the ‘ Archive Google Mail’ window, Untick ‘Also Archive Unread Messages’ and click the browse button next to the folders options. If you wish to download and archive your complete inbox, skip this.

8. Click Add to include folders/Subfolders and select the newly created label and proceed. MailStore will download the emails specified and will archive it for viewing offline.