Hide Your Secret Files With Our Secret

Have you ever wanted to hide your important , Secret Files .. If yes then what can  be a better option then Hiding the file right inside other file ( this is also known as Steganography )and securing them with password.
Wikipedia describes Steganography as :

Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message, a form of security through obscurity.

 Well enough of those definitions lets start the real stuff:-
You want to :

• Hide a Secret file inside another file 
• Share that secret file with someone else with a password then read on..

Steps to Hide / Protect your Secret File :

• Download Our Secret ( 1.63 MB)
• Install It ;) and then open OurSecret
• To hide a file we need to select a carrier file

Carrier Files are those file which Contains the hidden file plus the file itself . In simple words it carries the hidden file 

•  Select a file (any file ) as carrier file
• Next step click on ADD
• Now we can either add a file or a message . If you want to hide a file select file else select message
• Click on next and select the file you want to hide  or type in the secret message
• Now to protect it with a password type in the password and click on Hide :)

Hear is a great example on how to hide files with our secret (GUIDE)

Steps to Unhide the files

• Open Our Secret 
• In the UNHIDE section Open the carrier file which contains the hidden file or message 
• Enter the password and click on UNHIDE 
• Double click to same the hidden file or to view the Secret Message :)

Hope You Enjoyed reading this article , and be safe always :)

  

Top 10 Technology,Computer Forum

As the title says , Today we will look at the webs top 10 Technology, Computer, Internet related forums. A forum is a place where we can openly discuss things, therefore it provides us a helping hand to our problems, We can read the latest news or latest reviews or it is a place where we can just discuss. So, here are the top 10 technology forums, Where you can find the maximum no of users, topics and post.

1. Anandtech Forum
This forum, with over 284,46 members, 30,897,923 Post and  2,122,658 Threads, is the largest Tech Forum, It  is definitely one of those forums , which you wont regret signing up. So head over to Anandtech forum and sign up now.

2. Whirlpool Forum
 It is an Australian Internet and technology discussion forum, But still it is opened to users all around the globe, It is one of the best place to look for help. Tough this site is mainly for Broadband and such stuffs, you always get help here in other matters to. With  1,426,764 topics , 27,106,732 post and 397,200 members, This site is a Must for anyone interested in Tech stuffs.

 3. Tech Support Guy
In the Third position we have Tech Support Guy , with over 900,058 topics , 7,544,119 post and 574,689 members, This forum is an ideal place for anyone, searching for a great tech forum. 

 4. Tech Support Forum
With over 507,194 Threads, 2,981,882 Post and 723,500 members the Fourth position goes to Tech Support Forum.

5.Neowin Forums
With over  628,471 Topics, 9,789,416 Post and 256,479 Members Neowin Forums takes the 5th place, In this top ten list.   

 

  

6. BleepingComputer

In the sixth position we have BleepingComputer.com , with over 268,103 threads, 2,007,686 posts and  424,369 members. The Discussion ranging from Operating Systems ,Hardware , Software , Internet and Networking to Security and lots more.

  
 7. Geeks to Go Forums

In the Seventh Position We have Geeks to Go Forums,They have over 242,544 Topics, 1,911,079 Post and 333,681 Members. If you are new Geeks to Go then here is an introduction (learn how it works)

8. TechArena Community

In the 8th position we have TechArena Community With over 150,347 Topics, 762,518 Post and  215,687 Members , TechArenaCommunity truly deserves the 8th Position.  Here is a screenshot of it.

9. TechSpot

The 2nd last position of the top ten goes to TechSpot, With over  145,871 Topics, 940,477 post and 178,326 Members , it is surely one of the best tech Forums out there.

  
10. Cyber Tech Help Support Forums


Last but not the least we have the Cyber Tech Help Support Forums at the 10th position, of our webs top 10 technology and computer related forums. 

 

-: Bonus :-

Thinkdigit , Tough its not in the top ten list, its one of ma personal favorites, I hope you too will like this forum as i do. With 1,123,800 post with only 29,821 Members , I couldn't ignore it ;)

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I hope you guys have enjoyed reading this post as much as i enjoyed writing it, Please do comment on what you feel about the top ten Forums.

Customise Google Search page

Have you ever wanted to have your name instead of Google. Well if you are a hacker then surely you would be able to change it for every one, But lets not talk about every one, Here are services that let you change it for your computer only. Here are some of the screen shots.

Well you can create your own from these sites:

• Shiny Search : Its the best so far, with customisation option to change the style and text.
• GoogleMyWay: Another Service which allows you to change the "Google" text into sumthing else.
• Ugoogle : Its same as above but has lot of stylish fonts.

You can then set them as your homepage. ;)
These have there own advantages and disadvantages tough. The disadvantage being that you will not get your custom searchengine when you hit www.google.com Therefore I suggest you to use these:

• If You are a Firefox user then, I suggest you to use a greasemonkey script . Greasemonkey can be found here and the script here.
• The other option is to sign into your google account, Then go to www.google.com and click on the bottom conner of the screen " Add a background image" and then you can either use the images listed or upload your own my homepage basically looks like this:

 

The best mp3 search engine in the web.

Today we will look at a service, well most of you may already be using this service ,but I am sure someone may find this article useful.A search engine to be precise, which will allow us to download free mp3 from the internet. BeeMp3 as the name of the search engine goes, is the best music search engine I have used till now.
Here is what it says about its service:

BeeMP3 is a music search engine for locating an mp3-audio files over the Internet.
We don't host any files - our crawler searches through the Net and indexes all the brand new and popular songs for Your comfortable and fast search.
Today we have 800 000 mp3 files in our search database and approximately 10 000 files are added daily.

We can search for All or a Song  or an Album or an Artist. Its homepage also features top 30 mp3dowloads. Downloading a file is simple as searching for it and entering a validation code( to check whether you are a human or not ;) ) and clicking on dowload. Visit this site now to check all its features and do drop a comment here on what you think about this site.

Keep Your self out from a Website -KeepMeOut

Today we will look at a service which will allow us to keep us away from a site which we visit often or keep us away from a site with whom we are addicted to. 


Well to start lets go to . www.keepmeout.com  . On the home page you will see :-

•  Are you addicted to a website?
•  Enter the address of the website you visit too often.
•  Bookmark the KeepMeOut alias and use the bookmark to navigate to the website instead.
•  Reclaim your life!

Now On the site address type the address of the site which you visit too often and set the time and click on submit. And Your alias for the site which you have requested will be created. Now bookmark the alias and whenever you want to visit the site open it through this bookmark.And when you Try to visit the site more than once the time is specified you will be shown an message :- 

 

See the lyrics while playing the music.

Today,I am going to tell you about a plugin for windows media player and Winamp

that will enable you to see the lyrics of the song which you are playing.

Wouldnt it be nice, If we can see the lyrics while listening to the music without opening the

browser and googling for the music.Well today we will look at a plugin called LyricsPlugin

which will enable you to do just that.

The Lyrics Plugin work's with Windows Media Player and Winamp.

Here is a screen shot of what it looked like in my computer.

Here's what the LyricsPlugin site says :

"Lyrics Plugin is a piece of software tailored for music fans.

To put it simply - it is an add-on to view lyrics in WinAmp or Windows Media Player.

No more searching for lyrics.

Just start listening to your favourite songs and lyrics will be displayed automatically.

Oh, and if lyrics is not found, you can add it yourself :)"

So what are you wating for head over to Lyrics Plugin and dowload the plugin.
After installing just open media player,open any song. Right click on view and plug-ins and select Lyrics plugin.Oh yeah,Don't forget to drop a comment on this service here.

How to download videos from youtube without using any service or software.

Today, we will see how we can download videos from youtube without using any service i.e softwares or any website. All we will need to download a video is a browser ;) . With out beating around the bush let me start directly with the process to download the video. I have tried this trick with google chrome.I have used : Google Chrome as an Browser. Youtube as a site to download videos.

NOTE: In onder to avoid confusion later, perform this step .When in google chrome press ctrl+shift+del - to clear your

browsing data or press the wrench sign in the topright conner of google chrome and select Clear Browsing Data.

Firstly, We need to open youtube , and play the video you want to download. Now y

ou just watch your video after it's complete.minimize your browser [note : DON'T CLOSE YOUR BROWSER].

Then go to-

If you are using :

Google Chrome : C:\Documents and Settings\techgeektricks\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache

Firefox : C:\Documents and Settings\techgeektricks\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\default.udq\Cache

Internet Explorer: C:\Documents and Settings\techgeektricks\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

Where C is the drive which contains windows. i.e the system -operating system
and techgeektricks is the name of the user.

After reaching the directory mentioned above.Right click and make sure that the view of the files is in tiles. Now look for a file size larger than 3 mb .( Because I Don't think any video will be less than 3 mb ).

After finding the file copy it and paste it in another folder say 'My Documents' now rename that file with an extension of .flv let's say tgt.flv Now open this file with your favorite media player.I personally would suggest you to use VLC Media Player.

NOTE : Some times the file that you have copied is not the video you want to download. Then you have to do is trail and error method.I.E. You need to search for another file which is larger than 3 mb or has an size of an videoand then you need to copy it into another folder and change it's extension to flv as mentioned above and try to play it.

Good LUCK

If you are facing any problems or if you have any doubt or just know some another method then you might want to drop a comment down here.

Visualize your history & personalize your search.

Personalize your search. Visualize your history with WebMynd a plug-in for Firefox.

According to WebMynd.

It makes Google better by personalizing it with the information sources that you most value. You can embed different search tools, search your WebMynd browsing history and your most frequently visited sites.It saves and records the pages you see online so you can find what you have seen before faster.

WebMynd is quite an interesting plug-in  for Firefox.

 

Personalized Search

WebMynd presents personalized, configurable search results on the right-hand side of the Google results page unless you have configured it not to show.

                                                            More info Here.

You can also view your web history .

After opening the WebMynd playback by clicking on the WebMynd icon in Firefox, you can view your web history either as a film reel or in a grid. You can select these modes by clicking the links in the top left of the playback mode.

                                                                      More Info Here.

Over to you

Do you use services like WebMynd ? if so do drop us a line.

Send Secure Notes. Simply! with Whisper Bot

Today we will look at another service to send and retrieve  Secure notes in the web.

I had also reviewed Privnote here , Send notes that will self destruct after being read. The only difference being that Whisper Bot, the notes will not get self destruct after being read.

What is Whisper bot

The Whisper Bot is a free , simple, and secure service to provide a modern day passing of the notes between you and your friends and keep away prying eyes.

Stop using e-mail for your confidential messages!

How the Whisper Bot works...

If you are interested in how  Whisper Bot works the check this image and the description below it.

1. You go to WhisperBot.com and Send a note
2. The note, along with everything else, is encrypted with a high level of encryption and stored in the database
3. An e-mail gets sent off to alert the recipient of your note
4. The recipient clicks on the URL and retrieves their note
5. And the recipient and world are in their happy place

Links

Whisper Bot site.

 Whisper Bot  Secure site

To send a note .

About Whisper Bot .

Over to You

Do you use service like Whisper Bot If so please drops us a line or have you got to say anything about Whisper Bot drop us a comment below .thanks

 

 

SiteLauncher-Hotkey Based Navigation to Your Most-Needed Sites

Today, we will look at a firefox add-on to "Streamline Your Browsing With Hotkey Based Navigation to Your Most-Needed Sites" -the tag line of the site Launcher add-on. 

I will start off by giving you a daily  example of opening[not making ] a site: 

Open Firefox,clicking on Address bar and typing your favorite site www.techgeektricks.blogspot.com until  you type "tech" many  links will appear on the drop down menu   and you, after scrolling down, find www.techgeektricks.blogspot.com and click on it to open it ,Or you browse through your long list bookmarks and find www.techgeektricks.blogspot.com and open it...

OR I will show you how to open any site by just pressing three buttons on your keyboard .

Press Ctrl+Space+m and Gmail start loading or Press Ctrl+Space+t and TechGeekTricks Starts up,Wouldn't that be interesting.

So go ahead to Donesmart and download The Site launcher add-on.

Lets see what Donesmart Says about Site Launcher Add - on

SiteLauncher is an add-on for Firefox that gives you a super-quick way to to open your favorite websites using only your keyboard. One special hotkey brings up the Launcher (shown above), followed by a unique key to launch a site.

SiteLauncher is especially useful as a super-fast method for opening websites you use often throughout the day, for example, many people would probably want to add Google, Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter to SiteLauncher - what sites to include is entirely up to you.

Compared to the alternatives (standard bookmarks, the address bar, etc) the Launcher is the fastest, and most convenient way to navigate to your frequently needed sites (at least, that's what we think). SiteLauncher also minimizes clutter, because the Launcher only appears when you press the hotkey.

Feature highlights

    Because each site key is displayed in the Launcher, you don't have to memorize a bunch of key combinations to have shortcuts to loads of sites, only one hotkey.

    Default hotkey is customizable, in case you need it for something else.

    Add as many sites to SiteLauncher as you want. Just about any character key can be associated with a site, you're not limited to just a-z, 0-9.

    Because you press the hotkey first, no matter what key you assign to each site, you can be sure you will not cause conflict with any of Firefox's built-in shortcuts

 Highly customizable appearance - change colors, text size, spacing, column size, etc   

Optional visual effects - transparency, rounded corners, and gradients

You can have your site shortcuts automatically arranged or manually arranged in the order you want them to appear inside the Launcher

Set Launcher to open sites in current or new tab

Optionally, set Launcher to appear on startup instead of your homepage

                                                                                          Source:- Site launcher  Site

Default Hotkey

Hotkey	Default	Description
Launcher	Ctrl+Space (or Ctrl+Alt for Mac users)	Press the Launcher hotkey to bring forward the Launcher. Then, simply press the key indicated in the Launcher for the site you wish to launch.
(Alternative) Direct-to-site	Shift+Alt (or Shift+Ctrl for Mac users)	An alternative hotkey which doesn't show the Launcher. It's included for people who would prefer to use their memory instead of the Launcher, you can safely ignore it otherwise. Because this hotkey doesn't provide visual feedback to indicate when it's active, you have to keep it pressed down while pressing the key for the site you want.

 

Requirements

Supports all versions of Firefox 2 and 3 to date.

Known to work on the following Operating Systems:

• Windows (tested on XP and Vista)
• Linux based (tested on Debian Etch)
• OSX X (tested on Tiger and Leopard)

Links

You can View the Site Launcher site Here.

You can View the Help Page Here.

         Note:- The site was reviewed by me on January 08 - 2009 at 10:00 pm India.

Over to You

Do you use add-ons like Sitelauncher? Or do you want to share us your experience of using different services/tools like Sitelauncher please drops us a comment.

~ thanks.

© Achute Sharma  ,Tech Geek Tricks

Store your files online with Livedrive

Ever wanted to store file online with Unlimited storage space . Then try live drive(no not windows live drive)

 

About Livedrive 

Livedrive is creating technology that will revolutionize the way people store and access their files, photos, music, videos and other digital content.

Our vision is simple: don't store files on your PC; store them on your Livedrive instead. Livedrive is your personal storage space on the Internet. Its unlimited, it's secure and it's there forever.

Store it on Livedrive, access it anywhere
Works on your PC just like a normal hard drive or USB drive
See the same files on all your PCs
See all your files on your mobile, PDA or other devices
Access everything from the web
Share anything with just one click
No need to backup - everything on your Livedrive is stored securely

                                                                                                                                read more @about

Features

• Unlimited storage space                                                               
• See the same files on all your PCs, the Web and your mobile.
• Works like a normal hard drive
• Send files to anyone

         Send large documents, presentations and ZIP files to contacts and clients. Forget the hassle of emailing attachments

• Livedrive is optimised for Apple iPhones
• Work online - Office compatible
• Works even when your PC is disconnected
• Works with your favourite sites

                                                                                 More features can be found here

Send secure Email the simplest way

Have you ever wanted to send secure e-mail but dint know how to do so or use encryption keys.

Then say bye bye to the older methods of sending encrypted e-mail.Welcome Send.™. It doesn't require the use of  encryption keys and other software's just a web browser will do.

Here is what they say about there service.

It's not that there aren't other secure methods to send an email… It's just that they're too hard to use.

We think everyone should be able to send a secure email…and we all have better things to do than spend an afternoon installing and configuring an encryption solution.

Before Send.™, the process of sending a secure email was complex as illustrated by the chart on the right: 

But why subject yourself (and your recipients) to such an arduous process? And what happens if your recipients want you to use a different solution or the solution you used isn't compatible with their system?
Send.™ is Different…
We don't require you to maintain encryption keys.
Though we think the public/private key method works, we also think it was created for geek's and technicians.

Send.™ is compatible with all email solutions including web mail.
Anyone with a browser and an Internet connection can use Send.™ and, unlike other available solutions, Send.™ requires no software downloads or additional system configuration.

The service is easy to use.
We created Send.™ because the previous process for sending secure messages was too difficult. Our studies suggest that people will not send encrypted messages if the process is even marginally more difficult than normal. Simply put…security is important, but cannot impede productivity.

Send.™ is the only free and easy way to send a secure message.

You can read more here @about

 

If you are a new to all these then There must be certain questions floating in your head?

What is wrong with regular email?

With very few exceptions, email is both sent and stored in plain-text. This creates the potential of your email being read by a laptop thief, a hacker, or even a nosey IT professional. Sure, not every email you send contains sensitive information - and we don't encourage you to encrypt all of your email - but almost all of us from time to time need to send information that we need to make sure only the intended recipient is able to read… and that's where Send.™ comes in handy.

 

Why should I encrypt my email?

Anytime your email contains sensitive information your message should be encrypted. Some examples are:
Passwords / Social Security numbers
Financial Documents / Tax Returns
Proprietary Information
Designs & Strategic Plans
Wills & Testamentary Documents
Bank Account numbers, etc.
Additionally, local and federal governments are enacting consumer protection laws that require encrypted email communication with clients and customers. Some professional industries are specifically prohibited by law from sending confidential information over unencrypted email (Banks, Physicians, etc.)

 

Who can read the message once it is encrypted?

Once encrypted, only one person can read the message - your intended recipient. Even after the message is received by the intended recipient, the message is still secure. No other user of Send.™ can read the message. If the message is forwarded to another email address (or intercepted in transit) - only the original intended recipient can read it.

 

To send an e-mail click here

To see more Frequently Asked Questions click here

To see there about me page click here

Hide your important images with dos

So you have a image precious image stored up in your computer and want to hide it from others then you might just like our way of hiding files using the dos only.

 

Requirements.

A image file.
A good text editor (notepad will do)
Dos

 

What it does

This trick will convert an image file into an not understandable file See the image for more details

           BEFORE HIDING                                                       AFTER HIDING

How to do it.

If you have read my article of hiding your documents using notepad then,this trick will be easy to follow.In this article I will be showing you,how to hide images in a txt format or any other format and make the image undetectable. Are you ready - Let's begin.

first move your images to c drive.[Create a backup of your image i will not be responsible if it is lost.]
Click on start then on run then type cmd
now type cd\ [press enter]
now take note of your image name and extension lets say techgeektricks.jpj
now under cmd - command prompt
type 

ren techgeektricks.jpj techgeektricksjpj.txt           

[press enter]

Ren command on command prompt is used for renaming the files.Here techgeektricks in the file name
and jpj/txt is it's extension. I have named the out put file as  techgeektricksjpj so that while converting it back to image format it becomes easy.

Now go to the location where your image was located and try to view it.You will notice that the image has changed into a text file.

To get your image back is simple just go to ms dos prompt go to c drive an then type ren techgeektricksjpj.txt techgeektricks.jpj

 

Where to use it?

You can use it to send images to your friends computer hiding it from spying eyes or you can just keep it in your  computer I bet no one will ever find out what is inside those text files unless you tell them it is an image or so.

 

Extra notes.

You can change the .txt extension to .mp3 or any other extension.

If you change the code or fiddle with the code which you get when the image is changed to .txt extension then the image will be  lost forever.So be careful

If you want to send the image hidden as .txt file then you must attach the file itself if you give your friend the code (i.e .txt code) It will not work.

Send notes that will self destruct after being read.

Want to send some confidential information notes to someone but were afraid to do so because of crackers/hackers then try privnote a free service which allows you to send notes e-mail which will self destruct after being read.

"Have you ever wanted to send confidential information within your work environment, to family or friends, but were afraid to do so over the internet, because some malicious hacker could be spying on you?
Privnote is a free web based service that allows you to send top secret notes over the internet. It's fast, easy, and requires no password or user registrationat all.

Just write your note, and you'll get a link. Then you copy and paste that link into an email (or instant message) that you send to the person who you want to read the note. When that person clicks the link for the first time, it will see the note in her browser and the note will automatically self-destruct, which means no one (even that very same person) can read the note again. The link won't work anymore.You can optionally choose to be notified when your note is read by leaving your email and a reference for the note.
"
Read this more at privnote about page.

Go ahead and send your note
type your note here or visit their site.

Create a avatar for yourself-free

Don't want to show your real face photo in forums face book orkut then create a avatar for your self with doppelme.
Doppelme is a Free service to create dynamic avatar. I have tried it and found it interesting.

"
With DoppelMe you can create a cool graphical likeness of yourself, your friends, family or any group of people for use as an avatar in forums, instant messenger, blogs and almost anywhere else on the web.

It's free and there are no Flash, ActiveX controls, downloads or toolbars needed - just your browser and a few mouse clicks. That's it!
"

I took 10 minutes to create this avatar for my self,Here is a screen shot of the desktop when i was creating this avatar.

It is worth a click, go an get yourself a avatar.