Technology Tips by Dharmesh

What is the difference between http and https

2011-06-25T13:52:00.000+05:30

What is the difference between http and https

Don't know how many of you are aware of this difference, but it is worth sending to those that may not.

The main difference between http:/// and https:// is it's all about keeping you secure. HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.

The S (big surprise) stands for "Secure". If you visit a Website or webpage, and look at the address in the web browser, it will likely begin with the following: http://.

This means that the website is talking to your browser using the regular 'unsecure' language. In other words, it is possible for someone to "eavesdrop" on your computer's conversation with the Website. If you fill out a form on the website, someone might see the information you send to that site.

This is why you never ever enter your credit card number in an Http website ! But, if the web address begins with https://, that basically means your computer is talking to the website in a Secure code that no one can eavesdrop on.

If a website ever asks you to enter your credit card Information, you should automatically look to see if the web address begins with https://.

If it doesn't, you should NEVER enter sensitive information such as a credit card number.

Share this information with your family and friends (you may save someone a lot of grief).

Must try http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic

2010-04-22T11:08:00.000+05:30

It’s not easy for everybody to write in regional languages, specifically when we going for the training and workshop, it’s found troublesome for the participants to write in their languages and hence they use to write like “mera bharat mahan” rather using Hindi fonts and type in Hindi.

Now Google offers free utility in which you can write like “mera bharat mahan” and the feature transliterate(NOT TRANSLATE) it to the Hindi fonts.

The beauty is you can copy paste it in Word, PowerPoint or other software and easily.

Google Transliteration IME is an input method editor which allows users to enter text in one of the supported languages using a roman keyboard. Users can type a word the way it sounds using Latin characters and Google Transliteration IME will convert the word to its native script. Note that this is not the same as translation -- it is the sound of the words that is converted from one alphabet to the other, not their meaning. Converted content will always be in Unicode.

Google Transliteration IME is currently available for 19 different languages -Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Farsi (Persian), Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Serbian, Tamil, Telugu, Tigrinya and Urdu.

Must try at.

http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic

Choose the language you would like to type in.

Please note:- it takes few seconds to convert the English words in to the language of the choice (depending on the speed of internet), but it will work.

Online Data backup. Store your important data and documents as a backup and be tension free.

2010-03-16T19:12:00.001+05:30

Sometimes during presentation, training, workshop our files, may be on pen drive, CD or other optical media fails to load and thus it may creates a trouble for us. We can store such important presentation, documents online and can use it as a back up whenever require, any time anywhere. These are few popular online sites providing options.

SkyDrive - Windows Live

Free storage on Windows Live. With SkyDrive, it's easy to store and share your files and photos with almost anyone. Online Storage | Share Files with Shared Folders | Windows Live. Free 25 GB online storage means you can Store, access, and share your files online with friends or co-workers, from anywhere.

skydrive.live.com/

windowslive.com/online/skydrive -

4shared.com - free file sharing and storage

Online file sharing and storage - 10 GB free web space. Instead of having lots of different usernames and passwords for lots of different sites.

www.4shared.com/

A free, online file, photo & calendar sharing site on the web; Selective sharing, secure for only those you want to share with; No software to install.

www.keepandshare.com/htm/free_file_sharing.php

Dropbox - Home - Online backup, file sync and sharing made easy.

Dropbox is the easiest way to store, sync, and, share files online. There's no complicated interface to learn. Dropbox works seamlessly with your operating ...

https://www.dropbox.com/

Virus Probs..Here are the some ways to solve…..

2008-12-26T11:11:00.000+05:30

Happy Christmas to you!

To protect your computer from virus and other malwares, you need to have 3 things loaded on your computer.

1
Antivirus software
(Professional version, might cost you around at 1500 Rs, BUT we can get this, completely free, AVG, can be the best option, you can get this at

http://free.avg.com/

(Please download from the authentic site)

1. Download
2. Install
3. Register yourself as a free user on the same site

2
Firewall
Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6.2808

Site :- http://filehippo.com/download_sygate_personal_firewall/

Sygate Personal Firewall delivers unobtrusive, highly configurable, enforceable rule-based security policy by constantly operating in the background of your PC. Policies regarding applications, trusted IP addresses, ports, protocols and scheduling can be customized to support and secure any network configurations or requirements. Designed with high performance in mind, it delivers top-notch security without sacrificing your computing power.

Whether you're working, banking, gaming or chatting, it protects your computer by actively looking for hostile intruders and Trojan horse applications. If an intrusion attempt occurs, it detects it in real-time and blocks it by default. You are immediately notified and, with your approval, your Internet connection is adjusted to prohibit further attacks. Likewise, if an unauthorized application on your system attempts to access the Internet, Sygate Personal Firewall blocks it by default, advises you of the situation and waits for your approval before proceeding further.

3. Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.1.41 Beta
This will help you to secure your saved passwords, credit card numbers and other secure information.

Site :- http://filehippo.com/download_spybot_search_destroy/

Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new kind of threat that common anti-virus applications do not yet cover. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you didn't intentionally install, if your browser crashes, or if you browser start page has changed without your knowing, you most probably have spyware.

But even if you don't see anything, you may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging that is silently tracking your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile of you that will be sold to advertisement companies. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm in trying to see if something snooped into your computer, too :)

OFF-LINE web experience

2008-10-05T10:46:00.000+05:30

I would like to share important Software (with link) that really helps during our training/presentation sessions. We need to show some of websites during such discussion, eg, educationinindia.org, intel.com/education, or some others. It’s really good if we have internet with the good speed.

BUT what if we don’t have internet ATALL and we want to use this websites as we are using it often, with same internet experience. For this OFF-LINE web experience, we need to Create A MIRROR image of this website with help of this software name:- HTTRACKER
HTTrack is a free (GPL, libre/free software) and easy-to-use offline browser utility.
It allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory(on computer’s Hard Disk), building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site's relative link-structure. Simply open a page of the "mirrored" website in your browser, and you can browse the site from link to link, as if you were viewing it online. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads. HTTrack is fully configurable, and has an integrated help system.

WinHTTrack is the Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP release of HTTrack, and WebHTTrack the Linux/Unix/BSD release.
Website:- http://www.httrack.com/
Installation Link:- http://www.httrack.com/page/2/en/index.html
So, have a off-line websites for hassle free presentation/training.
Please revert back for any clarification.
Dharmesh Acharya

Programming in PowerPoint 2003

2008-10-05T10:33:00.000+05:30

Let’s do something creative with our own Office 2003. For instance let’s check out Programming in PowerPoint 2003. Say for example, what if You could write on PowerPoint Slide shows and Let your PowerPoint check your answer.

Use of this facility in Education:-
For…
Evaluation, a teacher can use it for the mass evaluation.
Teacher can use wide range of ready made formats for Filling the blanks, multiple choice Questions, True or false link questions.
In our PBL, TE’s/Teachers can prepare Evaluation Tools/Teacher support Material/ Student support Material with the help of this feature.
Classroom Games.
Online survey.
Interactive presentation.

To begin with, Lets create one Fill in the Blanks as a part of Evaluation Tools

Step 1
Go to
View-> Toolbars-> Customised->Toolbars-> (Click on Box) Control Toolbox
Step 2

Select 2 Tool bars from this Box. 1. Textbox 2. Command Button

You can write some fill in the blanks statement (here the sun is _________ .)

Step 3

Double-Click on Button
This screen will appear
Write the given code (For fill in the blanks)

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
If TextBox1.Text = "star" Then
MsgBox ("true")
Else
MsgBox ("incorrect")
End If
End Sub
Please note = “Star” is your answer.

Then Click on Red colour button ready for the Fun.
F5/run Slide show and type your answer in textbox
and click on Button for right answer.

So use tool for effective presentation.

Few more tricks of Office, I’ll get back soon.

Tip/Trick # 1

2008-05-29T11:01:00.001+05:30

Today’s Talk:-
Google, the best and most popular web search engine but it also provides vide range of product. Today I’ gona discuss about Google. Pack.

Link:-

1. pack.google.com
2. http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer_new.html?hl=en&gl=us&ciNum=11
(Both are same, the above one will redirect toward the 2nd one)

What is dis for:-

Google. Pack. (Package) is bundled software, selected by Google, to increase the work proficiency of a computer. It includes Free software.

Google Pack is:
Software specifically selected by Google
Always free - no trial versions or spyware
Ready to use in just a few clicks

Let’s few the each software

The First portion of selection is Software, you are always in need of. It includes smart update, so do not worry about spy, virus anymore

Below to it, U'll find Already installed software in your computer The customise selection allows you to select specific software, in case you have one.

Google. Earth. :-The best way to learn SS.

Google. Desktop:- Oppps, dis is really cool. Kind of Gadgets in Vista. Your desktop will get additional power weapons.

StartOffice:- The best way to get rid of MS Office piracy, any institute can install this software and could use it, Free of cost. Looking at comparative point of view, both, MS office and StarOffice, shares almost same kind of features, well bit less in comparison to the Ms.

* This information was gathered from Internet. The author is not responsible for any damage occurred during using above information. This is for the knowledge shake ONLY. For any query. Mail. dbacharya2882@yahoo.co.in.