19 March 2014

4 Cheap Ways To Obtain A Legal Copy Of Windows 7



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It seems like Microsoft is hitting the nail with Windows only every other version. So it’s understandable that, if you’re upgrading from Windows XP or looking for a new computer, you want to go for Windows 7 rather than Windows 8. Thing is, Microsoft doesn’t directly sell Windows 7 anymore. Here’s what you can do so you’re running a legal copy of Windows 7. Is Your Hardware Compatible With Windows 7? Before you make the final decision to upgrade, it’s important to ensure that your hardware will be compatible with the new operating system. To check, all you have to...


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New Phishing Scam Uses Scarily Accurate Google Login Page



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You get a link to a Google Doc. You click it, then sign in to your Google account. Seems safe enough, right? Wrong, apparently. A sophisticated phishing setup is teaching the world yet another lesson about online security. What is phishing, and how do scammers use it? Basically, phishing means getting users to voluntarily type their username and password, often by using a false login page. Such pages are usually easy to spot for net-savvy users, but this recent example of phishing is noteworthy for how realistic the login page looked. It could have fooled just about anyone, and had...


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Place Google Maps in the Background of your Contact Form



This is a demo of contact form that embeds a Google Map in the background. It isn’t using a static screenshot image of Google Maps in the background but the map is an interactive one — you can zoom in and out, drag the Pegman to turn on street view or even toggle between the Satellite view and the Maps view.


Contact Form with Google Maps


There are basically two layers on the page – one is the map and the other is the form – and we are using the z-index property of CSS to define the stack order. The form has a higher z-index than Google Maps and thus the latter appears in the background. Let’s look at the actual code now.


The HTML — There are two DIV elements – the map will render inside the element with ID #googlemaps while everything that you add inside #contactform will show up in your form. You can even embed a Google Form here.



<div id="googlemaps"></div>
<div id="contactform">
<!-- You can even embed a Google Form here -->
</div>

The CSS — The #googlemaps element occupies the entire height and width of the page while the #contactform has a fixed width. You can also change the opacity level of #contactform to make your forms slightly transparent.



#googlemaps {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
position:absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
z-index: 0; /* Set z-index to 0 as it will be on a layer below the contact form */
}

#contactform {
position: relative;
z-index: 1; /* The z-index should be higher than Google Maps */
width: 300px;
margin: 60px auto 0;
padding: 10px;
background: black;
height: auto;
opacity: .45; /* Set the opacity for a slightly transparent Google Form */
color: white;
}

The JavaScript — Find the latitude and longitude of your place and replace the co-ordinates in line #7. You can then copy-paste the modified JavaScript code in the footer of your HTML page.



<!-- Include the Google Maps API library - required for embedding maps -->
<script src="http://ift.tt/MhUkIj;

<script type="text/javascript">

// The latitude and longitude of your business / place
var position = [27.1959739, 78.02423269999997];

function showGoogleMaps() {

var latLng = new google.maps.LatLng(position[0], position[1]);

var mapOptions = {
zoom: 16, // initialize zoom level - the max value is 21
streetViewControl: false, // hide the yellow Street View pegman
scaleControl: true, // allow users to zoom the Google Map
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
center: latLng
};

map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('googlemaps'),
mapOptions);

// Show the default red marker at the location
marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: latLng,
map: map,
draggable: false,
animation: google.maps.Animation.DROP
});
}

google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', showGoogleMaps);
</script>

You may refer to the HTML source of this contact form for a complete example.




This story, Place Google Maps in the Background of your Contact Form, was originally published at Digital Inspiration on 19/03/2014 under Embed, Google Maps, Internet

Email Apps For Android: 3 Excellent Options To Try In 2014



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There’s always someone on the Web who’s claiming that email is dead, but your busy inbox tells you otherwise, and these days you often manage it from your mobile device. Android’s native email client does its job well, but with many other excellent (and free!) options available, you may yet find a better way to keep tabs on your email. We have already covered five popular email apps for Android, and we were particularly impressed with K-9 Mail. In this post, we’ll take a look at three options that we haven’t explored yet. CloudMagic A couple of years ago, Dave...


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PureVPN: Fast, Affordable, Privacy-Conscious VPN Service



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I know what you did last summer. No, really. I do. When you were uploading your vacation snaps in Starbucks, I sat and captured every packet. Every byte. I even know the password you insist on reusing everywhere. Here’s a tip, buddy; “hunter2″ is not a strong password. I know lots about you; so does your ISP. We like to keep track of you. We both had a chortle at the pics of you in a mankini at the company Christmas fancy-dress party. And we both know what sites you go on when you open up private browsing mode. Er,...


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Win Toolkit: Customize And Create Unattended Windows 8/8.1 Installation



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Installing recent versions of Windows, including Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, isn’t as time consuming and difficult as it was the case with previous Windows versions but once Windows is installed and running, installing all necessary hardware drivers, installing Service Packs, recent updates, installing your favourite programs and personalizing Windows to your liking […]

Microsoft Releases OneNote 2013 As Free Download for Mac And Windows



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Microsoft’s OneNote is the best note-taking app for Windows 8 and there’s some good news. It’s now completely free and Microsoft has also come out with a version for Mac, which means OneNote is now a cross-platform app available on Web, Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and Windows Phone. OneNote 2013 is completely free for users to download and install, but there is a premium version for Office 365 and Office 2013 users with features like SharePoint support, version history, Outlook integration and more. But the core capabilities are intact in the free version, Microsoft says. Plus, everything is synced with...


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Are Your Files Getting Lost in the Cloud? These 4 Cloud Storage Managers Will Help



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How can you keep track of your files when they’re all in different places? With the availability of free cloud storage increasing all the time, and more people using multiple providers, you’ll probably need to answer this question soon. When you have documents and photos all over the Internet, it’s easy to lose track of them. Was that spreadsheet in Dropbox or Google Drive? Is your presentation in OneDrive or SugarSync? Did that picture get uploaded from your phone to Amazon Cloud Drive or Flickr? These four websites promise to help you keep tabs on your cloud accounts. Let’s see...


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