13 March 2013

Gray Background in Google Image Search



Google Image Search uses a gray background for almost the entire page. The same background color from the header of most Google services is now used for the list of image search results. It's a light shade of gray and it looks a little better than the white background.






Google Launches A New Program That Could Help Website Recover From Attacks [Updates]



Recently, several major websites such as Apple, Microsoft, and Evernote fell victim to hacking, and it’s not just the big guys who can become the victims of an attack. To help these websites through, Google has launched a new program called Help for hacked sites, which is designed to help website owners clean up the mess that occurs following an attack. Just because your website you own is not as big as Twitter or Tumblr does not mean it’s 100% safe, so this can be useful to anyone who owns a website.


Google quotes a survey by StopBadware and Commtouch’s from 2012 which includes more than 600 webmasters who had their sites hacked. This survey found that 26% of site owners who were attacked reported that their site was still compromised, and 2% abandoned their sites completely. Clearly, website owners do not always have the knowledge required to fix their website, and this new guide from Google could be helpful in recovering from a malicious attack. Watch this overview to get a better idea:



Google’s new series of steps consist of dozens of articles and over 80 videos designed to help site owners recover from an attack, and while they do cover everything from the basics up, Google admits that some skill and knowledge are still required to overcome an attack:



“While we attempt to outline the necessary steps in recovery, each task remains fairly difficult for site owners unless they have advanced knowledge of system administrator commands and experience with source code. Just as you focus on making a site that’s good for users and search-engine friendly, keeping your site secure — for you and your visitors — is also paramount.”



Google’s new program also offers helpful tips to prevent an attack in the first place, but as is evident by the attacks on some of the largest sites on the Web, some attacks cannot be avoided, no matter how much security is in place.


Source: Help for hacked sites via TheNextWeb


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Gmail's Old Mobile Sites, No Longer Available



Gmail's mobile interface has a link that used to send you to an old version of the interface, launched in 2008. I was curios to see if the "older version" link at the bottom of the page sends you to the interface that has been replaced this week.



It turns out that the older versions of the Gmail mobile site are no longer available and the "older version" link is now less useful because it sends users to the Gmail site for feature phones and for unsupported browsers.









It's also interesting to notice that the "desktop" link loads the basic HTML version, not the regular desktop interface. If you click "standard" in the basic HTML interface, Gmail sends you back to the mobile version. I've only been able to load the standard interface by using Chrome's "request desktop site" feature.


How To Recover Windows 7/8 Product Key From Unbootable Drive



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In order to install or reinstall Windows operating system you must have your product key in place. The product can typically be found on the back-side of your laptop or on the DVD box. Users who have purchased Windows online can check their inboxes for a welcome email containing Windows product key. Users who no [...]

How to Load Social Widgets Conditionally to Improve your Site’s Performance



Social sharing widgets, like the Tweet button of Twitter or the Like button of Facebook, increase the overall byte size of your web pages. You can load these widgets conditionally on mobile devices and improve your site's performance.



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Download Fotor App For Windows 8



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There is a wealth of free photo editing tools out there for Windows. But most of them offer basic functionality and sport a dull interface. Another downside is that these tools aren’t designed for touchscreen devices. Because of this, using these picture editing applications on touchscreen devices is a tedious job. If you own a [...]

How To Print Email From Windows 8 Mail App



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The native Mail app that ships with Windows 8 is a pretty good one with decent set of features. Though it lacks many features available in popular desktop mail clients, it’s the best mail client app out there for Windows 8. The Mail app supports all popular webmail services including Outlook.com, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail [...]