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How To Create Self Destructing / Disposable Email Accounts? 8 Free Tools

Many times it happens when we want to try a product/service of a website and it ask for your sign-up through email. They generally send you verification links and your email address can be used for further contact or sending there promotional emails, advertisements or boring email newsletter.

If the website is not trustworthy or you don’t want to provide them your email address, one way is to create one of more separate email accounts that will handle these type of services. However, creating even one single email account at GMail, Yahoo!, Hotmail, etc. consume time and you need to fill a lot of details.

So, the best alternative is to use Temporary Email Account Providers. There are some great and free services around the internet which lets you to create temporary email accounts that will automatically get deleted after a limited time. You can create these emails by just mentioning email alias. No Password, Sign-Up required. Moreover, you can read/reply/compose emails also, within the given timeframe.

Today, I am sharing 5 best tools that can help you to easily create temporary email accounts. Have a look!

1. Mint Email

Mint Email is popular service in this category. Whenever you visit the website, it’ll automatically generate random email which you can use at that instant as your temporary email account to sign-up any service. All the emails sent to that email address will automatically pop-up at the homepage but you need to stay at the homepage (without refreshing it) till your usage overs.

2. 10 Minute Mail

Similar to Mintemail, 10 Minute Mail will also automatically generate email upon your visit to the website. By default, the email account lasts for 10-minutes and you can track all incoming emails to that email account from the website’s homepage.

However, if your 10-minutes over and the email address disabled, you can activate it for next 10 minutes by simply clicking on provided links.

3. Tempinbox.com

Similar to other temporary email services, TempInbox lets you generate temporary email account that will automatically get destructed after specified time. The best thing about this service is that even if you creates whatever@tempinbox.com (temporary email), you can use whatever@DingBone.com,whatever@FudgeRub.com,whatever@LookUgly.co m and whatever@SmellFear.com domains too. Emails sent to these all domains will end to your same whatever@tempinbox.com

After creating email account, you’ll be able to receive emails for that temporary email account from homepage of the site.

4. MailDrop

Save your inbox from spam. Use MailDrop when you don’t want to give out your real address. No signup required – MailDrop is free for anyone to use when you need a quick, disposable e-mail address.

The website has already protected users from over 570979 email spams by there high-quality service.

5. GuerrillaMail

Running permanently on HTTPS Secure servers, GuerrillaMail lets you to create Disposable TemporaryE-Mail Address for free. You can choose from a total of 9 domains for creating your temporary email accounts. All emails will be arrived at the site’s homepage. Not only this, you can also compose mail from your temporary emails and set up your password too.

So, friends stay away from spam mail, always use disposable mail service on those site you think which are not trustworthy & Keep visiting, thanks :-

How to Remove Old Chrome Updates To Gain Space

Google Chrome receives an update on a regular basis but when it updates it doesn't remove the Old_Chrome.exe files therefore these files build up over time and each old version can take upto 80MB to 100MB of space which is quite a lot of space when you think about it and can be utilized in other ways. Removing these outdated chrome files is safe and easy to do, in fact there are a couple of way to do it

Option A.

1st option is to remove the Old_Chrome.exe files manually.

So, firstly you need to show all hidden files and folders and to do this go to Windows Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > View Tab and then locate 'Show hidden files, folders and drives' and select it then Hit Apply.

Then in the Address Bar at the top of the Explorer Window type in the following and then Hit Enter;

For Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\username here\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application

For Windows Vista/Windows 7: C:\Users\username here\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application

Now I have already removed the Old.Chrome.exe file so you won't see it in my image above, but all you look for is just that 'Old_Chrome.exe' then simply delete it.
Quote :Do not Delete anything other than Old_Chrome.exe

Option B.

Remove the Old_Chrome.exe files with the help of an application called OldChromeRemover

When you run OldChromeRemover Run as Administrator, you do not need to install this small application as it is portable based. You will see as I mentioned before I had already removed my Old_Chrome.exe files so it won't show up here either. But if you have Old_Chrome.exe files it will show you the full path and of how many outdated files that you have. You then type in Y and Hit Enter to Remove them completely and safely.

Download OldChromeRemover

How to make GIF image from YouTube Video

Making a GIF usually requires some knowledge of Photoshop or going through the hassle of using some web app that ends up putting an ugly watermark on your GIF.

However there is an awesome tool that allows you to quickly make a GIF from nearly any YouTube video. The reason I say nearly, is because music videos and other similar copyrighted videos won’t work.

The way to do is just to put ‘gif’ right at the beginning of the URL. Usually a YouTube URL looks like ‘youtube.com/watch?v=_6ZN_fRaULs′, you simply put gif at the beginning to get this ‘gifyoutube.com/watch?v=_6ZN_fRaULs′.

You can then choose which part of the video you want to make a GIF of and for how long. It’s a neat little tool that makes it much easier to create and share your own GIFs.

gifyoutube.com

How To Check If A Game Can Run On Your PC or Laptop?

Its really frustrating when we download a new Game to play on PC but it don’t work due to PC’s low system requirement. So, if you also want to test your PC / Laptop requirement against any PC Game and you don’t know your system’s specifications even, Can You Run It? By System Requirement Lab is gonna help you.

Can You Run It ? is a free service for people who want to test their PC against any game’s requiement but don’t know their system’s specification or don’t want to waste time in choosing and filling out Motherboard, Graphic Card, Processor, RAM, etc.This service uses Java test and automatically get your system’s specification for testing. All you need to do is just visit Can You Run It? from your Java enabled web browser and type concerned Game’s name at the search-box provided there. Can You Run It ? is holding database of thousands of Games. The site gets frequently updated with new games which are coming to the market. You can also check the recently added and most searched games against your PC specification from the right sidebar. However, the website don’t only test your PC itself. It provides Desktop App (browser plugins) for Chrome, FireFox and Internet Explorer that will help you to instantly check your PC without visiting the website. You can also review any game’s system requirements manually. These options appears in a pop-up window on clicking “Can You Run It >>” button below the search-box.

Upon clicking begin-detection, the website will automatically start gathering your PC specification using Java feature of your browser. If your browser is not having Java installed, yellow bar will appear below your browser’s address bar notifying this and providing link to download java.

If prompt, you need to approve the publisher to check your PC requirement. Hence Can You Run It? service provides free, fast, safest and easy solution to test your PC against any Game. So, Can You Run It ? stand out of these and many other similar services available online due to its feature of Automatic Testing and Desktop Applications.

Free Temporary Email Services to Avoid Inbox Spam

Everywhere you go online, it seems that somebody is asking for your email address whether there’s a valid reason for it or not. This can range from newsgroups, mailing lists or discussion boards, to shopping or voucher sites or simply to download a piece of freeware. Everybody wants it because they know how valuable it can be. The problem is, every time you give out your email address, you run the risk of being bombarded with spam, even if you think you have opted out. You might be able to unsubscribe from some of these messages, but sometimes it can take weeks to get off the mailing list, or more often than not the option just doesn’t work at all.

But thankfully there’s a solution by using disposable or temporary email addresses.The general idea is for the temporary email address to be created and remain active long enough for you to receive a reply from whoever the address was given to. Then you don’t have to use it again.Its Just like Use and throw.

Here We going to discuss about some of the best temporary email services.

1. MyTrashMail

Emails removed after anywhere between 2 hours and 3 days. The smaller the email, the longer it stays on the system
Your own choice of login name
Able to send anonymous email
Offers more secure inbox by password protecting the email address
Email Forwarding to your real address available

2. Mailinator

Emails removed after 5 days

Holds only 10 emails at once in the inbox (no attachments allowed)

Own choice of login name up to 25 characters

Random name suggestions

Available RSS and Atom feeds

All emails are stripped of attachments (files/images), max size 120K

Can be used in POP email client like Outlook, Windows Live Mail etc.

Widget Maker to add a mailbox to your web page

3. Discard.email

Use on Desktops, Tablets & Smartphones
Receiving Text & HTML e-mails with file attachments
Writing, forwarding and replying of e-mails
Print & Save (EML-Files) e-mails
E-mails are stored 30 days
Different domains available
Some domains allow a password protection
Use your own domain - privat & anonymous
Inbox as RSS and ATOM feed possible
Direct inbox access by bookmark possible
Manage your own spam list
Fast e-mail reception & powerful hardware

4. Fake Mail Generator

Better than others, simple user interface.
User or random generated address with 4 domains to choose from
Temporary address deleted 24 hours after last check for email
Messages permanently deleted after 24 hours
Can keep email address active by checking for mail once a day
Sister site to the Fake Name Generator which creates a complete fake identity

5. Ten Minute Mail

Generates random mail address for you
Expires after 10 minutes
Can click to extend for a further 10 minutes
Can reply to emails
40+ languages

6. Mytempemail

Address expires in 30 minutes
Can extend another 30 minutes
Able to generate random or custom email address
Can reply to received emails from temporary address
Forward emails to your real address for 1 hour up to 4 weeks

7. YOPmail

Random or user generated temporary email address
Messages kept for 8 days
Firefox, IE extensions and Opera widget available
Setup alias for your inbox
Can send emails to other YopMail addresses
Optimized page for mobile devices available

Well guys you can use one of these services,and avoid Inbox spam. Please use caution with temporary email services as most aren’t secure enough to send private information and should be used for more simple messages, such as getting a free giveaway key from a company

How To Detect On But Invisible (Offline) To Chat Friends On Facebook?

Facebook being the best social networking website is on the one side a place to engage and chat with friends, professionals and relatives while on the other side, it is great place to do business too. It offers various features that can’t be found on any other social networks yet. One of the great feature is to go invisible to Facebook chat. The feature lets you hide yourself from being online for other Facebook friends and groups. So, as your Facebook friends will not found you offline so they will not come for chat to disturb you when you are doing some important task on Facebook.

However many a times, when we have a several need to chat to a friend and find him offline at the obvious time, we just want to confirm if the buddy is actually offline or just went invisible to chat with the same Facebook chat feature, so that if he is currently on, we can chat with him.

Though there is not any feature provided by Facebook for that can do this trick, here I am sharing you three workarounds that will help you to know which of your Facebook friends are invisible to chat.

Trick #1

Not very powerful but the simplest trick to find any invisible friend is that to keep eye on activity happening from his/her Facebook account. Ping him by sending message. If the message shows seen by read receipt with date/timestamp, the person is online. Might he is posting status on his timeline, Facebook groups, might he is comments on anyone’s photo/status, might he likes a photo tagged to him. These signals can help you to figure out if the buddy is invisible to chat or totally not available on Facebook. Moreoever, if he is the only owner of a Facebook page and if the page shows any updates, you can be pretty sure that the Facebook guy is on but offline to chat.

Trick #2

Using Facebook Game App
You need a game application for this, like Texas Hold€m Poker application. If s/he accessed it even once, it can show who is playing and who are online but not playing. Invite them and see for yourself.

Trick #3

The Best Way

There are some apps available on Facebook that will let you to figure out the exact number of your Facebook friends who are available on Facebook (offline as well as online). All you need to do is just authorize those apps for your Facebook account. Below are some of those apps:

These all Facebook Chat Invisible Status Detectors will show you list of all of your Facebook friends that are available on Facebook. You need to cross-check the listed Facebook friends with those friends which Facebook chatbox is showing your online to figure out who are invisible to chat for you.

How to Remove / Block / Bypass Online Survey Pop-Ups?

Internet is the most powerful place for every brand to advertise and promote there business. While many brands uses standard ways of advertisements (such as banner ads, text links, etc.) to promote their product/service, others use non-friendly, annoying cheap ways which force people to get engaged for their brand and promote their products.

Out of these annoying methods of advertisements, Online Survey Pop-Ups are one of the most used method. While surfing many websites or looking for your favorite software, games, songs, movies, etc. you might have encountered these annoying pop-ups that instantly appears over a webpage and don’t let you to view its content or do anything without completing the tasks mentioned in those surveys. These surveys are very annoying and sometimes, after completing your precious time and completing the surveys, you still don’t get access to the blocked content. So, if you don’t want to get stuck because of these survey pop-ups, these steps will guide you to permanently block these annoying pop-ups.

Step 1:

Visit XJZ Survey Remover.

Step 2:

Click on your Chrome’s menu button available at top-right corner and from “Bookmark” menu, click on “Show bookmark bar”.

Step 3:-

Now, from the website, click and hold the link says XJZ Survey Remover. Drag the link to your bookmark toolbar and drop the link there.

Step 4:

Your bookmark is now saved. Its better to name this bookmark, if it hasn’t got one. So right click on your just-created bookmark and from the context menu, click Edit.

Step #5: Through the pop-up window, name this bookmark. Once done, just press “OK”.

Usage :-

On the webpage where surveys are appearing, click on this bookmark to run XJZ Survey Remover. It will automatically scan the webpage and remove the survey for you.

The bookmarklet also provide you option to manually remove the elements from the entire web-page which are blocking your access to the content. If you want to use XJZ Bookmarklet Remove on any other web-browser, you can either drag the bookmark or manually paste the bookmarklet code provided at the website to your manually created bookmark’s address field.

You can also install XJZ Survey Remover Add-on for Chrome browser which will automatically remove surveys from the webpage.

What is Cloud Computing?

If you're unsure about what Cloud Computing is, you are probably among the 95% of people that are already using cloud services, like online banking and social networks, but don't realize it.

What is Cloud Computing technology?

Cloud computing is a technology that puts your entire computing infrastructure both hardware and software, applications, etc online. It uses Internet and remote central servers to maintain data and applications. Gmail, Yahoo mail, Facebook, Hotmail etc are all the most basic and widely used examples of cloud computing. One does not need his own PC or laptop to check some stored mail/data/photos in the mailbox but any computer with an internet connection since the data is stored with the mail service provider on a remote cloud.

How is computing from the Cloud different from computing from my PC's hard drive?
Unlike traditional computing where data is stored on your PC's local hard drive, the data in the cloud is stored on many physical and/or virtual servers that are hosted by a third-party service provider. An example of a cloud computing file storage provider is Dropbox. Dropbox files can be accessed from any device via the Internet.

How is that done?

To understand how does cloud computing work, imagine that the cloud consists of layers — mostly the back-end layers and the front-end or user-end layers. The front-end layers are the ones you see and interact with. When you access your email on Gmail for example, you are using software running on the front-end of a cloud. The same is true when you access your Facebook account. The back-end consists of the hardware and the software architecture that fuels the interface you see on the front end.

Because the computers are set up to work together, the applications can take advantage of all that computing power as if they were running on one particular machine. Cloud computing also allows for a lot of flexibility. Depending on the demand, you can increase how much of the cloud resources you use without the need for assigning specific hardware for the job, or just reduce the amount of resources assigned to you when they are not necessary

THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES

INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS)

Basically, in this type of cloud service, an IT services company provides a virtual machine service to its customers. Virtual machines, servers, storage, network and computing infrastructure are under its responsibility. Kezber’s hosted disaster recovery solution, Online Recovery, is an example of an Infrastructure as a Service cloud service.

PLATFORM AS A SERVICE (PAAS)

This kind of cloud computing is mostly used by clients to delegate computer calculations to the cloud. Web servers, databases and development tools are some examples of what you can do with Platform as a Service cloud service.

SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS)

This is the type of cloud service that consumers are most familiar with. In this scenario, companies host services in their IT infrastructure and make it available to their clients through the Internet, often via a web browser. Email services, online games and social networks are some examples of possible uses of Software as a Service cloud computing service

Examples of cloud services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Amazon EC2 - Amazon.com provides a variety of different cloud computing services

Dashlane - Online password service to syncronize and manage passwords between all devices.

Google App Engine - A service that provides users the ability to create scalable web services that use Google's resources.

Google Calendar - A way to organize your schedule, synchronize, and share events with your friends.

Google Docs - A fantastic free solution from Google that allows you to open Microsoft Office documents as well as share them with other users with Internet access.

Online backup - There are dozens of online backup services to store your important information offsite in the cloud. For example, Copy, Dropbox ,Google Drive etc are good examples of cloud storage and online storage backup solutions that store information in the cloud.

Windows Azure - A cloud computing solution by Microsoft that allows companies to develop and run services from their cloud.

How to access blocked sites at college, school

Many times when we are in our school, college or at the office trying to open some social networking sites Facebook, Google+, Twitter or some downloading sites like Torrent, in free time, but unfortunately that websites are blocked by the administration,

To access / open blocked sites at college, office, school, I'm going to show you the some different easiest method, by using below method you can easily assess blocked sites.

Top methods to open / access blocked sites

1) How to Open blocked sites using their IP address instead of Website URL

Generally, administrators block the websites using their Website URL (Domain name), means they create the Black list of those websites which they want to block on their server, whenever any person trying to open any website on that server, first server checks the domain name in the blacklist file if the name is not found in that file then the website will open and if the website domain name was found in the blacklist file than the website will not open .

For the solution of this problem you have to use the IP address of the site instead of website URL, Follow the below steps to find a websites IP address.I've already written a post about it, you can see it here

How to find IP ?

1. Go to Start > Type CMD and press Enter.
2. Now write Ping followed by website URL whose IP you want to find.

3. It will take less then a second and come up with the results as shown below.

Simply enter that IP address in your web browser and enjoy the access of blocked websites.

2) How to Access / Open Blocked sites using URL shorten service

As I said in above method administrator is creating one Black list of websites and put that file on server, you can use the access that blocked website using the IP address of blocked website but many times Command Prompt is also blocked in school, college, offices. So the URL shortens services helps you to open blocked websites on your PC. Follow the below procedure to create URL Shorten of the blocked website. First of all open any one website URL shorten service from below list

http://goo.gl

https://bitly.com

Open any one website from the above link and put the blocked website name on URL shorten box

Click on Shorten URL

After that you will get a short URL of your entered website

For example short URL of facebook.com is: http://goo.gl/uLkIJj

Now simply copy the Short URL and Paste It in your web browser

Now you can easily open blocked sites in your office, college or at school

3) How to Access / Open blocked sites using Proxy server in a web browser

You can also access the blocked website using a proxy server in your web browser, proxy surfing is a simple method which uses to access blocked sites, though it’s proxy server, you have made some few changes in your web browser settings and add the desired website name in it. Follow the below procedure.

Open Google Chrome browser

Click on Settings > Advance settings >

Now select ‘Show advance settings ’

Select ‘Change proxy setting’

Go to connection tab and select LAN settings

Now checkmark on ‘Use Proxy Server for your LAN’

After that, enter the website name (Which you want to access) in the address fieldEnter port number is: 80

Click on OK button

Now type the website name in the web browser address bar And enjoy the accessibility of the blocked website in Google Chrome browser

4)How to Access, Open Blocked sites using Proxy sites

There are lots of proxy sites available on the internet which allows you to access the blocked website on your PC without installing any software and without changing the setting of your web browser etc.

Proxy site trick for open / access blocked sites are very and popular, it is very simple and easy method to access blocked websites in your school, colleges or at the office. I am listing some popular proxy site which allows you to access blocked websites easily.

Hidemyass.com
Anonymouse.org
Anonymizer.com
Ultrareach.net
Theproxybay.com

There are lots of other proxy websites are available in internet you can simply Google it and you ll get more proxy sites.

Well guys there are few more way to access blocked website like Using TOR, Using VPN, by using Firefox extensions like ProxMate, Chrome extensions like Zenmate . We will discuss it in next Post.

How To Record Skype Video Calls

We all know Skype is most popular tool for text chat and video chat.And it is available in Windows,Mac and some mobile platforms like IOS,Android and on windows phone.

So whats my question here,Question is that what you do if you want to record any important conversion on Skype like chat with client,important lecture etc.?

I know you you have no answer to my question.!Because Skype doesn't have any feature to record any video call.

But don't worry friends i have a simple solution for you.I have a freeware tool,With the use of it you are able to record video conversation on Skype.

How To Record Skype Video Calls:-

The tool which is used to record Skype call is Free Video Call Recorder. You can download this tool by Click here.

What To Do To Record Skype call:

This tool work in three modes:
1)Picture in Picture(Record Audio And Video Of Both Sides Of Conversation)
2)Only Video Of Other Side(Record The Both Audio And Video Of Other Side)
3)Only Audio(Record Audio Of Both The Sides)

To start recording you have to select the modes of recording and click on start button.Your conversation start recording.

And to stop just click on pause button and save the conversation to any folder in your computer.And this conversation is in Mp 4 Format.

Enjoy Video recording On Skype.

10 Speed Hacks That'll Make Google Chrome Blazing Fast

If browsing speed is important to you—and it should be—you'll probably be interested to know that there are ten simple flag modifications you can make in Google Chrome in order to achieve the fastest browsing speed possible.

Step 1: Access Chrome's "Secret" Settings

Chrome allows you to use unofficial browser features called "flags" while they are being tested or are generally unstable. These features are strictly experimental and may break or disappear at any time. In other words, take advantage of them while you can.

To access these secret settings, simply enter chrome://flags into your address bar, Hit the Enter key, and you will be brought to the flags page and shown a short warning.

It's okay. These features can all be disabled later if you notice any glitches.

Step 2: To Make Things Simple, Open "Find…"

These flags aren't very organized, so to save you from scrolling up and down all day, hit Cmd+F (Mac) or Ctrl+F (Windows), or click the three-line overflow menu button in the upper-right and select "Find…".

Step 3: Pick & Choose Your Chrome Speed Hacks

Now, below are ten different settings you can mess with in Google Chrome, but you don't need to enable all of them. Pick and choose the ones you want, and find the combination that works best with your workflow. Some things may not apply to your particular browsing game.

Speed Tip #1: Set "Maximum Tiles" to 512

The first feature we're going to change is the number of "maximum tiles for interest area." Basically, this feature will increase the RAM that Chrome is allowed to use, and should take any little glitch out of your browsing experience.

In the search bar that you just opened in Step 2, type Maximum Tiles and hit Enter. Once you're brought to the Maximum Tiles row, click the drop-down menu and change Default to 512.

Speed Tip #2: Change the Number of Raster Threads to 4

Tired of slow loading image? This modification will change the rendering speed of images in Chrome. Search for Number of Raster, and change the number of raster threads to 4.

Speed Tip #3: Enable SPDY/4

This modification will speed up page loading by making web transactions quicker. Search for Enable SPDY, then click the little blue Enable link in the Enable SPDY row; its color should change from light grey to white and the blue link should now say "Disable."

Speed Tip #4: Enable Offline Cache Mode

For moments where internet connectivity is briefly interrupted, you can allow Chrome to load cached versions of webpages. Search for Enable Chrome and click the Enable link in the Offline Cache Mode row.

Speed Tip #5: Enable Experimental Canvas Features

This modification allows Chrome to utilize opaque canvases to increase loading times and boost performance. Search for Enable Experimental Canvas and click Enable in the Experimental Canvas row.

Speed Tip #6: Enable Experimental Websocket Implementation

This feature provides a different way to deal with web traffic communication. Search for Experimental Websocket and click Enable.

Speed Tip #7: Enable Touch Events

Chrome isn't so hot on touchscreens. If you're using an iPad, Microsoft Surface, or some other touchscreen computer, this will dramatically improve Chrome's performance. Search for Touch Events and selectEnable.

Speed Tip #8: Enable Accelerated Overflow Scroll

This will provide a better scrolling experience on particularly long pages. It works by compiling content into a single layer when it would otherwise be presented to you as in an overflow. Search for Accelerated Overflow and change to Enable.

Speed Tip #9: Enable Fast Tab/Window Close

If you can't close a window or tab fast enough, try enabling the Fast Tab flag. This will get content out of your face faster than ever by running Chrome's JavsaScript handler independent of the graphical user interface (GUI). Search for Enable Fast Tab and select Enable.

Speed Tip #10: Enable Checking for Conflicts with 3rd Parties

This only works on Windows, but it's pretty useful. There's nothing worse than a browser crashing in the middle of something important, so this option will run a background check to warn you if software is discovered that may crash the browser. Search Conflicts with 3rd Parties and Enable it.

Step 4: Relaunch Chrome

In order for these changes to take place, you'll need to relaunch Chrome. At the bottom of the chrome://flags page, you will notice a "Relaunch Now" button—click it, and enjoy your speedy browsing upon opening Chrome.

In Next Post we will go through some Speed hacks for Mozilla Firefox........Till then Stay continue...