You might have already used some of the advanced search techniques to get more refined, custom results on Google. By combining your search keys with few more search functions like inurl, filetype, site:url, related:url, language:lang_name, etc., you'll surely get the most relevant pages, contents out of Google.

Here I'm going to share another 'trick' you may want to explore when looking for something "awesome" on the internet. Those who live by the idea that software should be given for free (and not sold) may find this trick useful.

Google Search TrickBy entering 94FBR before software's name right on Google Search box, you'll get a list of webpages that host serials, keys or illegal copies of software specified. Put simply, you can instantly obtain serials or keys for a specific software using the "94FBR" trick. Just type 94FBR + name of software (e.g. 94FBR Xxxx XXX).

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Clearly this is not anymore a wholesome trick and you're not supposed to do it. Thought of it as a "nice" share to demonstrate just as how easy it is for some unscrupulous individuals to obtain serials and keys of particular software for free using Google.

But what's with 94FBR? What is it?

According to Yahoo, "94FBR was part of a Microsoft Office 2000 product key that was released on the internet that bypassed Microsofts activation system. Because it is a relatively uncommon term, when you add it to your search queries, it will generally return results of pages listing illegal serial numbers". That's how '94FBR trick' works and why it works!

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Again, you may want to try it to see it for yourself but please support the developers -- get legal copy of software straight from vendor's site or other trusted site.

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One notable feature of Opera that is missing in Chrome and Firefox is that you can let the browser to read out loud texts found in webpages for you. The process is simple: just highlight the texts you want Opera to speak for you, right-click, then hit "Speak". You should immediately hear Opera talking about the webpage you're browsing -- be it about news articles, emails, tweets or Facebook updates. Safari Browser also comes with this builtin text-to-speech (TTS) function, making it easier to catch up news and updates.

If you're looking for similar webpage reader or read-out-loud function for your Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and even Internet Explorer, you might want to check out these voice plugins/text to speech browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox and IE.

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SpeakIt - Let Google Chrome, Firefox Reads Out Loud Webpages For You


SpeakIt reads out loud selected text in a webpage using native Google TTS (Text-to-Speech) engine. This Text-to-Text plugin for Chrome can auto-detect language used in a webpage and in fact it supports languages supported by Google except Bulgarian, Japanese and Arabic. This TTS extension of Chrome is still in early Alfa so you may encounter bugs. For downloads and information on how to use, visit SpeakIt for Chrome website.

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Similar webpage reader browser extension is also available for Mozilla Firefox. Speak-It for Firefox reads pages or selected text using Microsoft TTS engine. For more information, click here.

IESpeaker - A Text-to-Speech, Webpage Reader for IE


IESpeaker is a free webpage reader for Internet Explorer that speaks selected texts on a website for you. If installed, you should see extra menu with title "Speak" in your Internet Explorer and a Speaker Button on the toolbar. Just open the IE browser, open any website with any content, select text, and right click on it or click on speaker button on the toolbar. A small window will then pop up speaking everything you've selected. Download IESpeaker here.

These Text-to-Speech (TTS) browser extension for Firefox, Chrome and IE can be useful if you want to read something on the web but can't be present in front of the computer. With SpeakIt or IESpeaker, you can cook a meal or clean a room while your browser is reading web or news articles for you.

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Unless you're using the latest version of Google Chrome, you're not probably enjoying the nice speed boost of turning on hardware acceleration. Hardware acceleration, in its simplest term, is a technique used to improve both the speed and quality of playback of flash/media files embedded on web pages. Hardware acceleration makes your web browsing whole lot faster by utilizing Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) of your computer instead of CPU -- that definitely is the advantage of hardware acceleration.

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This short tutorial will walk you through to 5 easy steps to speed up your Google Chrome browser by enabling Hardware Acceleration and Pre-Rendering of webpages. If you used to frequent a lot to graphic-intensive websites (e.g. YouTube) at slow shared internet connection, this post is for you.


Follow this step-by-step guide on how to speed up your Chrome browser by enabling hardware acceleration and pre-rendering:

Step 1 On the address bar, type "about:flags" (without quotes) and hit enter.

Step 2 Scroll down and click on enable link under GPU Accelerated Compositing

Step 3 Just below that, also click on enable link under GPU Accelerated Canvas 2D.

Note: If you're using Chrome 11, 'GPU Accelerated Compositing' is activated by default. For Mac users, you can only enable GPU Accelerated Compositing; GPU Accelerated Canvas 2D is not yet available.

Step 4 Scroll down a little, and click on enable Web Page Prerendering.

Step 5 Finally, hit the Restart button at the bottom of the page.

You're done!

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Once again, we have seen how embarrassing the internet can be when Weiner Twitpic scandal exploded on the internet this past few days. Nude Twitpic photos of US Senator Anthony Weiner have been feasted around the internet lately, stirring a lot of controversy and causing a lot career and family dishonor.

The case of Weiner lately is a simple demonstration that the web can be both useful and destructive in any way. A video of you on YouTube or a picture of you on Facebook can anytime bring both fame and infamy. Well, the internet is not really bad. It only becomes bad when someone tries to attack or discredit you over the internet by means of exposing your personal data, be they about your photos, videos or contact information.

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If you're too concerned about your privacy online, you might want to check out Me on the Web of Google. It's a free service of Google that lets you "understand and manage what people see when they search for you on Google". With Me on the Web, you can:
  • Get instant email alerts when someone publishes your personal information online -- say, your email address, home address or contact number
  • Get notified when someone publishes an embarrassing photo of you online, be it on Facebook or Twitter

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Here's how to get instant email alerts when your personal information appears on the web:

Step 1 - Sign in to your Google Dashboard.
Step 2 - In the 'Me on the Web' section, click Set up search alerts for your data.

Step 3 - Select the checkboxes beside the alerts (such as your name or email
address) you'd like to receive.
  • (Optional) Enter additional information (such as a home address) in the text field, then select the checkbox for that alert.
  • (Optional) Click Add another alert to create alerts for additional personal information.

Step 4 - In the 'How often' drop-down box, choose the alert frequency.

Step 5 - In the 'Deliver to' drop-down box, choose which email address your alerts should be sent to.

Step 6 - Click Save alert preferences.

It's that easy! Me on the Web is another cool service of Google ideally recommended for people who're too concerned about their identity online. If you party a lot, it is likely that one of your friends may upload photos of you 'drunk' on Facebook -- which could be a violation in your company! You would want to take advantage of Me on the Web especially that Facebook has turned on facial-recognition technology by default which provides tagging suggestions for pictures without informing its users.

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Want to get instant alert for new and interesting contents in the web? Want to get insightful idea for your niche of business and generate more sales leads? Ever want to try new exciting promos and offers first before others do it? If yes, then, look no further as the web tool you're looking for is just around the corner.

Google Alerts is one of the least-explored yet powerful services of Google. When it was first introduced in early 2008, many people ignored it; a lot of people especially bloggers and online entrepreneurs failed to recognize the potential it brings both for blogging and marketing.

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So, what is Google Alerts?


Google Alerts is a web content monitoring and notification service of Google that automatically notifies you when new content from the web (e.g. blogs, video and/or discussion groups) matches a set of search terms of your interest.

How Google Alerts work?


Google Alerts asks you for a set of keywords of your interest. Google Alerts will then scan the web for relevant contents based on your query or topic of interest. And when one of your keywords matches with the latest articles, press release in the web, Google Alerts will then instantly notify you via email.

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Why use Google Alerts?


This web content detection service of Google comes in handy when you want to:
  • monitor a developing news story in the net
  • know what your business competitor is brewing
  • get instant news for your favorite celebrities
  • get instant notification for local events
  • keep tabs on your favorite sports teams
In my case, it was Google Alerts who made me try new and exciting offers and freebies in the internet such as free (trial) pc to mobile calls worldwide, exclusive access to premium sites, many others.

The exciting part about Google Alert other than being a powerful marketing tool is that you'll get more personalized updates and notifications in the goings-on in the world. Learn more about Google Alerts here.

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Title says it all. Image Search of Google is now being used by "bad guys" to distribute spywares, scarewares, and other malicious software today. The crime is simple: attackers injected malicious codes with their fake and automated websites based on the hottest topics in the internet.

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What must be the disturbing part about this latest attack is that these artificial websites store fresh contents, so Google bots basically love to crawl them and present them to you FIRST. The malicious people behind these attack used most advanced scripts to initiate their attack by fully automating the creation of these websites which can cleverly monitor trending queries in the internet. In short, these websites have good SEO position as they basically collect the freshest and the latest information about the most-talked topics in the internet.

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These websites are potentially unsafe because of the malicious scripts embedded on it. By the time you click on any of the resulting links or thumbnails, you'll be taken to another page that offers fake antivirus system software. And worst, some of these websites perform false virus scan and immediately prompts you to purchase and install antispyware system to disinfect (or restore) your files.

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While Google is still working the best possible they can to remove this Google Image attack, here's what you can do in order to protect yourself from such risky game:

1. Be Careful with "attractive" offers, rewards and freebies

If you click on a resulting thumbnail and you're redirected to a web page with some "attractive" offers and freebies, watch out. Most of these websites host malicious scripts which can steal your information in the background even before you click on some links. If the website is loaded with annoying popups, then, leave!

2. Watch out for "scarewares"

The guys behind this attack on Google make money by offering scarewares. Scarewares are fake antispyware programs that masquerade as "genuine" one. You probably have visited to a website alerting you that your PC got infected and you need to install "XYZ" program in order to avoid complete wipe out with your disk. If you're prompted with such message, go away.

3. Check the credibility of the website

When you click on a resulting image and you're taken to another suspicious page, check the credibility of that site online. Follow this guide on how to check if a website is safe to browse.

4. Make sure you have an updated anti-spyware installed

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A good anti-spyware or AV system software should automatically blocks malicious sites from executing throughout your system. So, make sure both your OS and antivirus system are updated.

5. Curb your clicking habit

No spywares get into your system if you're just little too careful with what you click on the web. Your image search query "Osama bin Laden" may return a lists of cloaking websites that present nothing but irrelevant info. If you've come into this type of website, then, exit!

Browsing the net is not truly safer these days. Even the internet giant Google's Image Search service was hit by such abuse. But as a web user, you can always outsmart those cyber criminals trying to abuse Google Image by following those suggestions I've mentioned above.

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