Unblock msn messenger : Unblock MSN Proxy site on how to unblock MSN

1. Go to Unblock MSN messenger proxy site .
2. Now, fill in your Windows Live ID and password and hit “Sign In”.
3. Thats it. Now, you can bypass unblock MSN messenger at school with this Unblock MSN Messenger proxy site.

Bypass Firewall Now : Bypass Firewall proxy on how to bypass school firewall

1. Go to Bypass Firewall site .
2. Simply enter the site address you want to visit in text box adjacent to “Browse” and hit Browse.
3. Now, you will be to bypass firewall at your school and thus access unblock desired websites.

12 Tips to Make your PC Healthy

1. Get a reliable Internet Connection with good speed

2. Install an Internet Security Suite which consists of Antivirus, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Spam, Firewall, Pop-up-Blocker and Privacy Control. Be sure to try the software before you buy, because some software may slowdown your PC.

3. Remove the Temporary Files, Folders, Internet Cache, Cookies once you finish surfing. For this you can enable the automatic cleanup option available in the browser settings.

4. Install the Windows updates, whenever prompted by your computer, because updates provide some advanced features, and security patches to protect the computer from vulnerabilities. If you haven’t enabled the automatic windows updates, enable it now!

5. Remove unnecessary/unused softwares that have been installed in your computer, because too much of unused software can also affect the system performance.

6. Always scan the external devices (USB Drive, CD’s, DVD’s, external hard disc) with your antivirus software before you access the folders/files.

7. When you download free wares, be sure that you download it from genuine sites like download.com as this download site tests spyware or virus free, after which they accept the download link from developers.

8. Take regular secure back-up of your data

9. Have a RAM, which suits your computer hard disc and also learn how to restore you computer.

10. Disable unnecessary services that are running in your computer.

11. Know to differentiate unsolicited spam/hoax emails and genuine emails

12. Be sure to check for SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encrypted certificate when you visit banking related websites. i.e. check if the site starts with https:// before you provide personal confidential financial information . This will prevent loss of information and unnecessary adware’s getting installed in your computer.

Google Chrome 2.0.176.0 --Download

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Homepage: http://www.google.com

Download: chrome_installer.exe

Info:

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.
One box for everything Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.
Thumbnails of your top sites Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.
Shortcuts for your apps Get desktop shortcuts to launch your favorite web applications.View the Releae Notes for Google Chrome 2.0.176.0.

ArtSee 1.97d --Download

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Homepage: http://www.xworks.ca
Download: artsee.zip

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ArtSee is a small graphics viewer. It displays the image files in a folder tree. ArtSee is free for personal non-commercial use. All donations appreciated.Features:
Slideshow (slideshow, timer)
Sort (forward/reverse/random, name/created/modified/accessed)
Layer (normal, fullscreen, wallpaper, stay on top, blend, opacity)
Loop (loop, pause, exit, shuffle)
Navigate (next/previous w/gears, first, last, current)
Scroll (mouse, arrow keys w/gears, autoscroll)
Folder (browse, current, refresh, subfolders, hidden folders, peek)
Find (find/filter/exclude, find next, bookmark, goto mark, goto)
Formats (bmp, emf, gif, ico, jpg, png, tif)
Favorites (send shortcut, send to desktop, view favorites/desktop/target, recycle invalid, folder)
Wrap (resize window to wrap around each image)
Crop (remove borders and unused background)
Squeeze (scale down to fit window/desktop)
Shrink (scale down to fit one side)
Stretch (scale up to window/desktop)
Zoom (in, out, 100%, 1% gear, zoom lock, zoom step)
Rotate (rotate, rotate lock, aspect filter)
Layout (centered, corners, roaming)
Collage (fixed-size roaming images)
Transitions (select effects, overlap/wipe)
Window (caption, status, taskbar/tray, decor, center/roam, draggable, 5 presets, show/hide)
Fullscreen (caption, cursor, centered/roaming image)
Wallpaper (center, tile, stretch, clear, restore)
Shell (view, explore, open with, copy file, move/rename, save as, copy image, copy view, paste, recycle, delete, confirm)
Shell++ (archive, view with, explore with, Blackbox)
Settings (save, save now, bookmark on exit)
Drag and Drop (folders/files/shortcuts), Shift appends
Menu pins (keep menus open while adjusting options)
F1 menu at corner/cursor
Command line options
Tray icon controls and mouse wheel support
Can be run as a screensaver
Can be run as a wallpaper changer
Needs no installation
Saves settings file in program folder

Ultimate guide to Twitter tools and resources for journalists

Get an Account
Twitter Home : It’s easy to set up an account and customize your page. Make sure you link back to your blog in your "about me" options.
Twitter Clients
Twhirl : By far the best Twitter client I have ever used. Looks slick and can dual post to Pownce. SWEET!
TwitBin : Put a Twitter client in your Firefox sidebar
TwitBox : former favorite Twitter desktop client. It even has experimental hashtags tracking (free).
Twitterlicious : First desktop client I used. Turned my Twitter universe upside down (also free).
Twitterific : Mac client. Mac’s also have dashboard Twitter widgets.
Twitter Flashlite : Mobile client
Tweetr : Mac/PC Client allows users to upload and share files and photos

Find Twitterers!
TwitDir : Find everything from most-followed users, to top posters to top 100 followers - I wonder who that is?
Twubble : Find popular twitterers that your friends are following
Twitterwhere? : Nice new app that let’s you find twitterers within 50 miles of you.
Twitterlocal : Annother web app to find local twitterers.
Twitslikeme : Find other Twitterers with your similar interests
Twitterwho ?: Find Twitterers by email address
TwitterAdder : Type in your account and randomly add 20 follows
TwitterSearch : Type in the term your looking for and find out who is tweeting about it!
TwitterMap : Find users in your area who are tweeting
TwitterVision : Worldwide tracking of Tweets in real time. You can even make this your desktop wallpaper background !

Tracking Memes
Summize : The most powerful twitter conversation tracker I’ve seen. Search for terms by user, language, attitude, tag, to and from user
Twist : Compare terms and get graphs showing how much that term was tweeted
Quotably : Type in any username and follow conversations in a threaded format
Tweet Scan : Find out who’s saying what, search for replies, words, whatever by user
Tweetmeme : Find out "what’s hot" on Twitter (Think Techmeme in Twitterland). Updates in real-time and looks spiffy!
Twitter Troll : Find popular terms used on Twitter in real time
#hashtags : Real-time tracking of tagged tweets organized though hashtags (example: #twittertools)
Twitigg : Twitter, Digg style
Politweets : Tracking tweets that reference presidential candidates (via OJB )

Twitter Metrics and tracking
TweetStats : Track your tweets per hour and month and your Tweet timeline
Twitter Quotient : Find out if you’re a Twitter hero or zero
TweetVolume : Compare the popularity of terms used in Tweets.
Tweetburner : URL shortener that tracks what happens with the links you post

Post Multimedia, Photos, Files
TwitPic : Post photos to your tweets - also integrated in latest version of Twhirl
Twiddeo : Post videos to your tweets
Mobypicture : Post photos to your Twitter and Flickr account from your mobile phone

Polling
PollDaddy Twitter tool : Probably the best polling Twitter integration. Would love to see this become a part of Twhirl with Google Docs capabilities.
Twittpoll : Opinion channel for Twitterers
Twitter Census : Surveys for Twitterers -1) Post a question 2) Get replies 3) See results

Join a Community
ReporTwitters : Twitter network for reporters to connect, share ideas and research stories.
Twittown : Unofficial Twitter community - get news and more
Michigan Twitter Network : All the Tweeters in Michigan :)

RSS and Tweet syndication
TwitterFeed : I’ve used this one several times and works like a charm. Must have an OpenID . Check out my screencast on how to set up your own auto-update twitter using twitterfeed .
LoudTwitter : Ship your tweets to your blog

Twitterers to Follow
Shawn Smith on Twitter : That’s me! What’s wrong with a little self promotion?
Mich Sineath : Blogger and think tanker at AEJMC and his blog . I really like the way he uses Twitter to ask questions and interact with people.
Ryan Sholin : Innovative thinker and web worker for GateHouse Media. Also the co-creator of Wired Journalists .
Jack Lail : Smart guy doing some really cool things for Knox News.
Steve Buttry : Score some thoughts on training journalists for the new media revolution from Steve
Digi Dave : If you don’t know Dave, you better ask somebody. He’s got the moves for your social media habits
Popurls : Always something interesting, often cool items before they go bigg on Digg
Ann Marie Cox : Washington Bureau editor of Time online. Formerly of Wonkette. Has funny insights. (via BuzzMachine )
Breaking News On : Great Twitter feed of latest top news items.

Embedding Twitter Feeds - Twitter Badges
Editing Flash Badges
Twitter’s Official Badges
More Editable Flash Badges
Korelab badge : Customizable image badge
Twitter Status badge

Fun Stuff
Twitsig : Make your Tweets into an image that can be embedded in forums or wherever HTML is allowed
TwittyTunes : Browser Add On that allows you to easily share what you’re listening to - integrates with Foxytunes Firefox add on

More Resources!!!
Twitter Fan Wiki : Get the lowdown on everything Twitter, including clients, mobile apps, email apps, Greasemonkey scripts and other web services! Many resources there found here
Franticindustries : More Twitter mashup listings than you can Tweet at. Many resources here found there
ReTweetMe : Get reminder messages via Twitter
Twitterholic : Top 100 users and their friends!
Twitter Etiquette guide and explainer : Just what it says - More in-depth explanation
Twitter News Radar : Aggregation of everything Twitter in the world!

8 Awesome Firefox Plugins for Twitter

1. Twitbin
The latest plugin in this bunch is very new, and we’ve covered it here on Mashable. Twitbin can be used to send and receive messages from Twitter, it’s a sidebar (which, unfortunately, means it’s occupying the space where most users like to keep their bookmarks) and it looks quite nice.
twitbin.com

2. Tweetbar
Tweetbar works with both Firefox and Flock,and just like Twitbin, it’s a sidebar-based plugin which you can use to send and receive messages from Twitter. It opens with a keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + T, or Cmd + Shift + T for Mac users (which is not that good, because it collides with one of Firefox’s newer functions: open recently closed tab). You can also find it in View - Sidebar - Tweetbar.
mikedemers.net/projects/tweetbar

3. TwitterNotifier
As the name suggests, TwitterNotifier notifies you with updates from your Twitter friends. Instead of being located in the sidebar, it’s activated with a small icon in the right bottom corner of Firefox. Of course, you can also send Tweets with it. Also, when your friends write new tweets, a small balloon box appears in the right-bottom corner in a browser window. If you click it, your friend’s Twitter page will open in a new tab.
www.naan.net/trac/wiki/TwitterNotifier

4. TwittyTunes
If you think that the world should know exactly which song are you listening to at any given time, then TwittyTunes is the plugin for you. It works with the FoxyTunes Firefox extension (but it’s not obligatory; it just won’t post music info without it), and it allows you to automatically post your currently playing songs to Twitter. Furthermore, you can also let everyone know what website you’re currently viewing, and what videos you’re watching (be careful there, you might not want people to know you’re currently viewing Me So Asian 3).
www.foxytunes.com/twittytunes/

5. Ludicrous
For those who don’t like sidebar-based plugins, Ludicrous might be the ideal solution. It allows you to post updates to Twitter directly from your Firefox search bar. Once again, standard safety measures apply: don’t forget to change your Firefox search bar to a search engine, otherwise you might accidentally post your search query to Twitter.
lud.icro.us/post-twitter-updates-from-firefox/

6. Another Firefox search bar plugin
We’re not sure that this plugin even has a name, but it works quite similar to Ludicrous. Just click the link and it will be added to your search bar, from which you can now send Tweets.
6brand.com/twitter-plugin-for-firefox-quicksearch

7. Twitterbar
If you like Ludicrous, but you constantly find yourself accidentally sending your search queries to Twitter, you might want to try out Twitterbar. It is basically the same thing, with an important difference: you post tweets from your address bar, not the search bar. Simply type in the address bar, and then click on the small grey icon on the right, which will tell you how many characters you have left as well as let you post the tweet.
spatialviews.com/twitterbar

8. Power Twitter by 30 Boxes
The plugin for power users comes from 30 boxes, and it’s named accordingly: Power Twitter. Instead of adding functionality to Firefox, it adds features to your actual Twitter page; it embeds Flickr and YouTube, shows you the true addresses of tinyurls, maps links to web page titles. Additionally, it maps user information from 30 boxes, so you can get the latest updates and additional info for those Twitter friends who use 30 boxes.

TWITTER TOOLBOX: 60+ Twitter Tools

Apps, Widgets and Plugins - Windows
Triqqr - Submit tweets directly to Twitter and view user profiles.
Pwytter - Cross platform Python Twitter client with Asian character support.
Teletwitter - Experimental open source client.
TwitBox - View and submit tweets, see replies and direct messages, delete your own tweets, and multiple account support.
Twitterlicious - Update Twitter status, easily check replies and direct messages.
Twitteroo - Client with rurl URL shortening, clickable links and tweets, customization, and both public and friend timelines.
Chirrup - Twitter client with extensive Japanese language support.
TwittIt - Extremely compact and simple app for submitting tweets.
MadTwitter - A reincarnation of Twitterrific, except on Windows.
Twitter CLI - Post tweets via the command line.
What’s Up? - Gadget that allows you to see latest tweets from your friends.
Twadget - Simple gadget that lets you view and submit tweets right from Vista’s Sidebar.
KipFolio Widget - Simple Twitter widget for KipFolio.
Twitter-Sync for Yahoo - Syncs Twitter status with Yahoo Messenger status.
TwitterYM - Simple Yahoo Messenger status updater.
Twessenger - Updates Live Messenger status to reflect latest tweet.
Twit4Live - Set status message as latest tweet, send tweets from within Live Messenger, and send tweets to contacts.

Apps, Widgets and Plugins - Mac
TwitterrificTwitterrific reviews - A compact client that publishes tweets, shows unread tweets, has easy access to profile pages, shows either public or friend timeline, and more.
TwitterPost - Basic client that submits tweets, shows your current iTunes track in your feed, and more.
Twitgit - Read your friend’s tweets and submit your own, right in Dashboard.TweetAhead - Schedule tweets to be posted ahead of time with a simple Dashboard widget.
Twitterlex - Dashboard widget that shows your friend’s latest tweets as well as allows you to submit tweets.
Twidget - Update your Twitter status within Dashboard.
TikiTwit - Match your iChat status to your last tweet.

Apps, Widgets and Plugins - Linux
BLT - Perl script that lets you see what your friends are doing right from the Terminal.
Twitter for Vim - Publish tweets right within Vim.
ZenTwitter - A GUI frontend for Twitter using zenity and curl.
Twitux - Twitter client for the GNOME desktop.
gTwitter - GTK+ based app inspired by Twitterrific.
Twitter.el - Publish tweets while in Emacs.
Twitbar - Post tweets from the GNOME deskbar.
Twit.el - Another utility that allows publishing of tweets within Emacs.

Cross-platform Apps, Widgets and Plugins
Tweetr - Submit tweets, upload files, urltea built in, delete messages.
Spaz - Cross-platform client built with AIR.
Tweeter - Java based client with customizable UI.
Twinja - AIR based client which allows you to follow users on the fly.

Search
Twitterverse - Search through archived public timelines and tweets.
Twittersearch - Search Twitter and tweets by word.
Terraminds - Search for specific users or tweets.
TwitDir - Allows user to search for users by name, location, or username.

Browser Plugins
TwitBinTwitbin reviews - Send and view tweets right within FirefoxFirefox reviews.
TwittyTunes - A FoxyTunesFoxyTunes reviews addon that posts what you’re currently listening to Twitter.
Shareaholic - Share links and webpages via Twitter right within Firefox.
Search Plugin - Tweet right from the Firefox search box.
Tweetbar - Put Twitter on your Firefox sidebar.
Twippera - Twitter widget for OperaOpera reviews that can send and view tweets.
TwitterFoxTwitterfox reviews - Compact Firefox extension that can publish and view tweets.

Mobile
iTweet - A mobile Twitter site designed for the iPhone.
iTwit - Mobile version of Twitter made for the iPhone.
Tweeter - Twitter on your mobile phone while avoiding text message charges.
Jargong - Browse Flickr, do some social networking, but most importantly, check and publish tweets.
WildSets - Extensve Twitter app for mobile phones.
TwitterBerry - Twitter built for various BlackBerry devices. Update and view timelines with ease.
jTwitter - View timelines, enter updates, and more, all on your mobile phone.
TreoTwit - Easily check and update your Twitter right from your Treo.

Random/Other
Twittervision - See where in the world people are submitting tweets from, real time.
TwitThis - Allow visitors to your site to easily share a page or post via Twitter.
MoniTwitter - Receive important updates about your site via Twitter.
TwitterNotes - Share private or public notes via Twitter.
RSS2Twitter - Share any RSS feed on Twitter, and have new RSS items automatically be tweeted.
TwitterBuzz - Find out what is being most linked to on Twitter.
Twitterholic - Shows the top users and accounts on Twitter.

101 Must See Twitter Resources

Apps, Tools, How-To, Plugins, Extensions and more


10 Ways Twitter Can Boost Your Social News Profile
17 Marketing Related Uses for Twitter (and counting)
17 Uses for Twitter Vid
17 Ways You Can Use Twitter: A Guide for Beginners, Marketers and Busines Owners
5 Ways To Have Fun with Twitter When You’re Bored
7 Enterprise Uses for Twitter
9 Benefits of Twitter for Bloggers
TwitDir - Twitter directory
Allure of Twitter
brabblr - mashup for microservices
Business advice from Twitter-heads
Can Twitter save lives?
Can we use Twitter for educational activities?
Chirp - interactive tween screen saver
Convert your tweets to images
Disruptive Twitter Conversations
Eight Ways Twitter is Useful Professionally
Flotzam - configure what you want to watch and the speed in which you see it
Follow a Twitter Conversation!
Follow Me on Twitter
Geekpreneur - 10 cool uses of Twitter
ggFtr - Get Fitter With Twitter
Guide to Twitter for Business
How I Use Twitter to Promote My Blog
How to Write Kickass Twitter Posts
InnerTwitter - enlightenment
Java desktop client for Twitter
Joomla Twitter Extensions
ktwitter - post to Twitter from KDE
LinkBun.ch - multiple links in one tiny link
Make Custom Twitter Groups
MobiFeedLive - what people are saying
Mobile IM Meets Social Networking
Monitwitter - monitor your website
My Twitter Usage Answers
Newbies Guide to Twitter
Now you can graph your twitter usage
Opera Twitter Widget
Part One: From Twits to Tweeple
Pay per tweet
picobuzz - Top Twitter Terms
Several Wildly Successful Twitter…
SLtweets - Metaverse to Real Life Gateway
Social Comic Book - Twitter Comic
Spaz.AIR - your special Twitter Friend
Step by Step - Add Twitter to your blog
StrawPoll for Twitter
Tao of Twitter
TeleTwitter - Twitter client for Windows
The 6th Sense of Twitter
The Beauty, Secrets and Utility of Twitter for Business
The many flavors of Twitter
The Secret to Success on Twitter is the Same as Blogging
The secret to Twitter
The secret to Twitter, Part II
The Twitter Effect
Think Twitter Sucks? You’re Wrong, Here’s Why.
Top 10 things Twitter can do
Top 10 Twitter Twerds
Top 9 Ways to Use Twitter + Poll: Do You Twitter?
Twapper - Twitter Mobile for WAP
Tweetburner - shorten, tweet and track
TweetClouds
Tweet Scan - search tweets
Tweet what you Eat - Twitter Food Diary
Twemes - Twitter memes
Twerp - Command line Twitter Client
Twessenger - Twitter add-in for Windows Live Messenger
Twitbin - Firefox Twitter plugin
Twitigg - Twitter, Digg style
Twitter 201: Part 1 - What Is Twitter & What Uses Does It Have?
Twitter and Education
Twitter as a model of learning
Twitter as Coffee Break
Twitter Atlas
Twitterbot
Twitterbox - Twitter Client for Second Life
Twitter command line tool
Twitter Confessional
Twitter Etiquette
Twitter Fan Wiki
Twitter for Academia
Twitter for Lotus Notes
Twitter for Skype
Twitter Fountain in Second Life
Twitter Geek Humor
Twitter Google Gadget
TwitterGotchi
Twitter Guide Talking in
Twitterholic
Twitter in Academics: This Prof Shows How to Do It
Twitter in Plain English
Twitter in the Classroom
Twitter in the Libraries
Twitterish is the New World Language
Twitter Lingo
TwitterMail - TwitterMail email address
TwitterMosaic
Twitter Ninja
Twitteroo - tweet from your PC
Twitter questions (curiosity is killing me…)
Twitter Quotient Calculator
Twitter Song
Twitter Status Badge
Twitter Tips
Twitter Tools Roundup
TwitterWhere - update Twitter with your current location
Twitter your commuter feed!
Twitty Tunes - post your playing songs to Twitter
Twitxr- Like Twitter Except with Pictures
Twitzer - Twitter long text
Twobile - Twitter client for mobile pocket PCs
Use Skitch to Twitter an Image
Use Twitter to let family know you’re okay in a disaster
Using Twitter in the Classroom
Wall Tweet Journal
Web Strategy: What the Web Strategist should know about Twitter
Why I.m hooked on Twitter
Why Twitter Matters
Witty - Twitter client for Windows Vista and XP powered by WPF
Your guide to micro-blogging and twitter

Get More Twitter Followers

You’re interested in increasing your Twitter followers. You want more people reading your messages. It’s not difficult to build a prominent profile but I think it’s important to start with the right understanding. This is the first thing you need to know: It’s not really about how you tweet, what you say or who you talk to but who you are.

Take a look at this list of Twitter users with the most followers and you’ll see that almost everyone on it is famous or well known for reasons other than Twitter. For example, you’ll notice that the top 10 users are mainly all people who own popular websites/businesses and brands or have established a reputation through their involvement in different activities.


Run your eyes down the list further and you’ll notice the same thing: these Twitter users built their large audience through their already established popularity. They didn’t start from the ground up: it’s likely that they started with a decent amount of followers and will continue accumulate them passively through the strength of their reputation or personal brand.

Darren has written some useful articles about Twitter on his site but he built his following mainly because he has a very popular blog and not because he was inherently entertaining or helpful as a Twitter user. In other words, he grew his large subscriber base because he cleverly integrated his brand/blog with his Twitter profile.

This doesn’t mean that you can’t develop a strong Twitter following if you are not famous for something online or offline. It can be done but in my opinion, building a Twitter following has little to do with how you use Twitter. I don’t believe that in order to get a sizeable audience, you need obsesses about specific tweeting etiquette.

I’ve never written any articles on how to use Twitter because I don’t think there’s an ‘optimal’ or best way to use Twitter, nor am I interested in regulating another person’s lifestream. Even if you’re purely using Twitter as a broadcast tool to increase your online influence, how or what you tweet is not really the thing you should be focusing on.

So let’s talk about what I think will help you to get more Twitter followers.


Maximize Visibility: Treat Your Twitter Profile Like Any Other Website


The first step is to understand that your Twitter profile is like any other website. You should treat it no differently from your own blog or a free opt-in newsletter. This means that if you want to increase your Twitter subscriber base, you just need to do one thing again and again: Drive web traffic to your profile. The more targeted the traffic, the better.

This sounds obvious but many people overlook this fundamental principle and focus instead on less relevant details like Twitter usage times/frequency. I’m sure that causing controversy or learning to tweet a certain way might get some extra exposure to your profile but in my opinion, the benefits are minimal. How, when and what you tweet is not crucial.

When you want to catch as many fish as possible, use a large net and spread it as far as you can. The guideline to remember when building your profile is just one: keep working on sending visitors to your profile. People can only follow you when they know you exist.

With this in mind, you can play around with a myriad number of marketing strategies, just like how you would promote a website. Think in terms of incentives. Why would someone want to follow me on Twitter? How will he or she benefit from it? Assuming that someone doesn’t know who I am, what would motivate him or her to subscribe to my Twitter profile?

Here are just some examples of traffic-driving strategies (there are many more):

1.Create a tool/application and promote your profile alongside it.
2.Buy a banner ad to target tech-savvy audiences, link it to your profile.
3.Use Twitter as a tool for tech/customer support.
4.Organize a contest through your Twitter profile
5.Include links to your profile in email/forum signatures.
6.Evangelize Twitter on your blog/other blogs and include a link to your profile.
7.Connect your blog and other social media profiles to your Twitter page.
8.Learn to pitch Twitter influencers with articles relevant to their interest
9.Explicitly ask another user to recommend your profile or exchange recommendations.

Apart from these strategies, there’s also another sure-fire way to increase your Twitter followers and this simply involves the act of following other users. Lets look at this in detail.


Mass Following Twitter Users: The Favorite Methodology of ‘Spammers’
Twitter is similar to many other social networks in numerous aspects, particularly when it comes to friending behaviors. Like Myspace, its possible to befriend a massive amount of users, some of whom will add you back as a friend. Continually adding Twitter users as friends allows you to increase the amount of followers you have.

This is a strategy that has worked remarkably well for early adopters when the Twitter was still a relatively new phenomenon. For example, I know a marketer who followed over ten thousand users and got thousands of followers in return. He then cut down the amount of people he followed and changed his username to make the account look legitimate.

Nowadays, the Twitter community has grown more aware of these ’spammers’ and many tools like the Twitter Blacklist and Twerpscan have been developed to help Twitter users weed out people who try to follow many users in order to build an large audience. Still, a portion of Twitter users (perhaps the new ones) tend to add anyone who befriends them.

Take for instance, Osen Komura. A fake profile set up by another Twitter user in February 2008 as a social experiment. The Osen account followed 41,798 Twitter users in one month and 7,847 users added him as a friend, a 17%+ follow-back rate.

Outlook Recovery Toolbox 1.2.19.57

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Download go to this page

Info:

Outlook Recovery ToolBox is an application for restoring destroyed or damaged data files of Microsoft Outlook mail client included into the Microsoft Office package.

Outlook stores its data in PST or OST files; these files contain messages, contacts, tasks, notes, appointments, and journals. Outlook Recovery ToolBox reads the damaged PST or OST file, identifies and restores information in the file.

Outlook Recovery ToolBox saves the recovered information in a new PST file or in several files, each one being maximum 1 Gb large.

The folder structure of new PST files is similar to the original data structure of the damaged files. Messages and other objects are recovered with attachments, if they have any.

Outlook Recovery ToolBox is a simple, clear and easy to use wizard. PST files created by Outlook Recovery ToolBox can be easily transported and added to Outlook. An important feature of the program is that it does not re-index, modify or delete initial data files.

The recovering Outlook emails, contacts, notes, appointment and tasks is just coping all objects into new PST files (or .eml, .vcf and .txt files). The tool can recover Outlook emails and save it as .eml files.

The software can read and convert Offline Storage files (.ost files) of Microsoft Exchange to .pst files of Microsoft Outlook (convert .ost to .pst files, convert ost to pst). Outlook Recovery ToolBox is the ost to pst converter (convert .ost to .pst, convert ost to pst) and the ost recovery tool too.

In one session, the program restores information from one PST file only. To recover information from several files you should follow all the wizard's instructions again for each file.

On the second page of the Microsoft Outlook mail recovery software offered a list of all recovered objects. Microsoft Outlook recovery tool fix pst files without updating and modifing the source pst files.

Here are some key features of "Outlook Recovery ToolBox":

· PST fix tool reads data from PST files of all formats including Outlook 97.
· Outlook Recovery ToolBox reads data from OST files created by Exchange 5.0, Exchange 5.5, Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003 (convert .ost to .pst, convert ost to pst).
· Outlook Recovery ToolBox can recover ost files with a size up to 4Gb.
· Outlook Recovery ToolBox restores data from files protected with a password.
· The Ost recovery tool can recover ost files protected with a password.
· Outlook Recovery ToolBox works with files larger than 2Gb; maximum size of original files is 4Gb.
· Microsoft Outlook recovery tool compatible with Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003.
· Microsoft Outlook recovery tool can fix pst files under Windows 98.
· Outlook Recovery ToolBox can recover outlook emails under Windows Me.
· Outlook Recovery ToolBox can recover outlook emails under Windows 2000.
· Outlook folder recovery tool have not limitation ona quantity of recovered folders or files.
· Outlook Recovery ToolBox is the ost to pst converter of Microsoft Exchange files (convert ost pst).

Linux command line documentation

I would like to recommend some great sourcea of information for all my readers who like to use CLI applications on their lightweight Linux installations. As I have pointed out earlier, if you try to use Linux on a very old computer, you have to use some of your own brain power to compensate for the lack of a fast CPU and lots of RAM. Using the command line is one way to achieve this.

The Linux Documentation Project is the central site for all kinds of Linux documentation. In the tldp you'll find Guides, HOW-TO documents, and FAQs. Some of the files might be a bit outdated but even the older files provide the reader with plenty of useful information.

Gareth Anderson has written an useful summary of command line GNU/Linux applications. It is organized thematically, so that you can easily find the most useful tools for e.g. controlling processes and services, manipulating text files or working with the file system.

Michael Stutz's The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use is another good source of information with similar topics. It is a bit old (written in 2001), but the CLI tools don't change as fast as KDE and GNOME applications!

Machtelt Garrels has written a Bash Guide for Beginners. Bash is the default command shell of the most popular Linux distributions. This guide helps the newbie to write her first scripts.

After reading the Bash Guide for Beginners, you should continue with Mendel Cooper's Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide. It will probably teach you more than you'll ever need to know unless you plan a career as a Linux system administrator.

If you are willing to pay some money for books, you should seriously consider buying at least one or two books about the Linux command line. One good introduction to the command linux is Sander van Vugt's Beginning the Linux Command Line. In this book, you'll learn about command line basics, piping and redirection, using man to get help, administering the file system, partitions and logical volumes, working with text files, managing the users, groups and permissions and a lot more. This is probably the best book available now for any command line newbie.

Windows Update Broke My Machine (svchost.exe -- application error), and How to Fix It

If you turn on automatic updating for you machine, every Tuesday-ish, Microsoft will send you patches, and they'll quietly install. Amazingly, these patches (at least for me) never break anything. Until now, that is. After a recent update, my machine would spit out the following message every time I would boot.

svchost.exe -- application error the instruction at "0x745f2780" reference memory at "0x00000000". the memory could not be 'read'

Looking into the event log yielded the following:

Faulting application svchost.exe, version 5.1.2600.2180, faulting module msi.dll, version 3.1.4000.2435, fault address 0x00012780.

The problem wasn't so much this error message, but the fact then when the dialog with the error was closed, the machine became unusable (no new executables would start). If I left the dialog open, I could use my machine "normally", but it would hang on shutdown.

Something with Windows Update broke something with the Windows Installer. Reinstalling Windows Installer 3.1 didn't solve the problem, but the follow spelunked from Google saved my bacon:

Perform these steps leaving the svchost crash dialog open.

1. Click Start->Run, type "services.msc" (without quotation marks) in the open box and click OK.
2. Double click the service "Automatic Updates".
3. Click on the Log On tab, please ensure the option "Local System account" is selected and the option "Allow service to interact with desktop" is unchecked.

4. Check if this service has been enabled on the listed Hardware Profile. If not, please click the Enable button to enable it.
5. Click on the tab "General "; make sure the "Startup Type" is "Automatic". Then please click the button "Start" under "Service Status" to start the service.
6. Repeat the above steps with the other service: Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)

Step 4: Re-register Windows Update components and Clear the corrupted Windows Update temp folder
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1. Click on Start and then click Run,
2. In the open field type "REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL" (without quotation marks) and press Enter.
3. When you receive the "DllRegisterServer in WUAPI.DLL succeeded" message, click OK.
4. Please repeat these steps for each of the following commands:

REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL
REGSVR32 WUAUENG1.DLL
REGSVR32 ATL.DLL
REGSVR32 WUCLTUI.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL
REGSVR32 WUWEB.DLL

After the above steps are finished. Sicne temporary folder of Windows Update may be corrupted. We can refer to the following steps to rename this folder that

1. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following command in the opened window.

net stop WuAuServ

(note, you might need to reboot before the net stop command will work)

2. Click Start, Run, type: %windir% and press Enter.
3. In the opened folder, rename the folder SoftwareDistribution to SDold.
4. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following command in the opened window.

net start WuAuServ

UPDATE: This post has received a ton of comments. One, in particular, suggests an easier fix for this problem:

1.Go 2 the start menu
2.Right click "my computer"
3.Click "properties" then the "automatic updates"
tab
4.Choose "turn off automatic updates"
5.Reboot your computer
6.Go back to start menu and in all programs go to "windows update" you have to be connected to the internet.
7.Manually update windows.
8.Turn your automatic updates back on.

I have also had a number of people comment that the problem reappears after some time. The recommended fix, if the problem reappears, is to turn off automatic updates, and just manually go to Windows Update periodically and update your machine.

FinalBurner 2.11.0.156: Simplifying the maximum time to burn data, audio and video

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FinalBurner 2.11.0.156 is a small and free alternative to expensive and heavy programs recording disks. It quickly and easily you can do audio, video discs, to 'bake' ISO image. The program works with all popular formats - CD R / RW, DVD + R / RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD DL, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray etc

Programs to burn CDs and DVDs are usually free to work well unless there is a version behind Pro FinalBurner 2.11.0.156 is the case of an application in principle so effective, requiring no previous settings.

While recording data to CD and DVD, CD audio, DVD video discs and ISO images BLU-RAY, the truth is that neither FinalBurner 2.11.0.156 is so simple to use and does not see too many benefits to this program that hides its section of preferences.

In any case, FinalBurner 2.11.0.156 supports the following disc formats: CD R / RW, DVD + R / RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD DL and BLU-RAY. Among its capabilities are creating audio CDs from MP3, WAV, Ogg and WMA, as well as ripe tracks to WAV or MP3.

Remover Device 0.9.3391.11257 Beta: Manage your devices with total security system

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Remover Device 0.9.3391.11257 Beta is a program that can replace the manager of the system in Windows. The program offers many opportunities that are not in the system. Remover Device displays all currently installed or the device once installed, allows you to remove unwanted entries after hardware, will allow you to modify / manipulate equipment, drivers and services on the system and has many other useful features.

Program for advanced users. Use this program at your own risk. Remove a hardware conflict is not easy, as there is to disable and remove drivers, services and registry keys associated.

Remover Device 0.9.3391.11257 Beta is a complete hardware devices which can remove the system or manage their properties. To do so, first searched in the tree view or the traditional listing Remover Device 0.9.3391.11257 Beta offers to that effect.

For each device, Remover Device 0.9.3391.11257 Beta provides a wealth of operations, ranging from the backup drivers to editing the registry keys related, through consultation and property search online.

Navigate between functions is not so easy but is well organized Remover Device. Few programs offer a very detailed control of the hardware components and services for Windows.

Fresh View 7.70: Organize your images, audio and video files made easy

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Fresh View 7.70 is a compact organizer for organizing and reviewing the many multimedia files (images, audio and video). Gives you the ability to watch movies, listen to music and view graphics (including in a slide show). Program able to convert between different formats to print, even makes HTML albums.

When a user builds up a large amount of music files, photos, videos and other files is simple with just a chaotic bunch of folders where it is impossible to find anything.

Fresh View 7.70 is a lightweight application that will help us to resolve these situations. This simple and intuitive program will show a folder browser that can navigate between our different directories, it allows us to move files from one another, copied to the clipboard, making presentations to select images to get a preview without having to use any program and so on.

Safe Internet Surfing with AVG LinkScanner

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There are millions of poisoned web pages out there.How to browse safely there?AVG has now made available its Scanner as a standalone application for the Windows operating system compatible with the Internet Explorer and Firefox web browser.It integrates with your web browser and verifies search results and website links to let you know if they are safe to visit or not.


AVG LinkScanner has a two-fold approach to your safety online ;Search-Shield scans search results and places a safety rating next to each link, so you know where it’s safe to click.Active Surf-Shield scans the page behind any link you click on or any web address you type into your browser. If the page is poisoned, it stops you from opening it.


After the installation of AVG.LinkScanner, it will show green flag and red flag indicators with each links. Red indicator flag brings something dangerous or harmful, other hand, Green flag brings good for you. The user can select to go back or continue to the website in question.In every search results it will confirm you and show you the scanned reports on basis of your clicks on icons.


LinkScanner also offers two "slow down" warnings. The first is yellow with one exclamation point in it, while the second is orange and has two exclamation points. A link at the bottom of the pop-up takes you to the AVG product comparison page.

PowerPoint to Flash Freeware :iSpring Free 4.1

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iSpring Free is a freeware PowerPoint to Flash converter that keeps original appearance of your PowerPoint presentations regardless of their complexity. After conversion to Flash your PPT presentations turns very compact, easy to distribute and share on web and compatible with all browsers and OSs. Flash presentations can be viewed on computers without PowerPoint installed.



The program is actually a Microsoft PowerPoint add-on, which means that if you want to download and install it, you need to have MS PowerPoint already installed on your computer. You need to register the program in order to be able to use it, and it is free of charge.



With iSpring Free everyone can get attractive and high quality Flash movies from PowerPoint presentations just in one click. iSpring Free generates .HTML code that allows placing Flash movie into a web site or a blog. You can publish Flash movie to a folder on your local computer or right to SlideBoom online portal where you can share your ideas worldwide.The unique features of iSpring Free are creation of solid Flash file with all external resources embedded, processing of large presentations, high conversion speed and accuracy



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Easily distributable in Flash format which is welcome everywhere and optimized for web
Highly compatible regardless of viewers' platforms and browsers
Accessible to the worldwide audience at free SlideBoom online portal
Rapid as streaming Flash starts playback as soon as the first slide is loaded
Secure as .swf files are hardly changeable

Spyware Cease v3.4

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Detect and Effectively Terminate Spyware :

It is the outstanding Windows anti - spyware program that can be used to effectively protect your PC against various threat attacks, including Spyware, Adware, Keyloggers, Trojans, Worms, Hijackers, Rootkits, Password Stealers, Tracking Threats, Rogue Antispyware and other Malware attacks!

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WinCare Tech Memory Booster Gold v6.1.1.0236

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It is accommodated to deal with problems of memory management.

It is a feature-rich yet easy-to-use program.

Whether you want to improve your PC's performance or cleanse fragmentations collected in your system, it must be the tool of choice.

Memory is a precious resource for computer, when it becomes low, the computer will slow down severely or crash often. It is a useful utility to monitor and manage system memory.

And it decreases load time and improves application performance.

Encrypt Web Pro v2.0

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Encrypt HTML source code, protect html source code and web page with just few clicks!
It is a software tool to protect your web pages. It encrypts your email addresses, script code, links, text, graphics or all HTML source code to make them unreadable but work normally in web browsers. Thus others can't extract your email addresses, steal your script code and steal unique web design etc.

Additionally, Encrypt Web Pro also have many other protect features for you to use, such as "Disable right mouse click", "Disable text select", "Disable page printing", "Disable off-line use", "Disable links display in status bar", "Disable printscreen", "Kill frame", "Disable drag and drop", "Location lock", "Referrer lock" etc.

To encrypt files with this tool, what you need to do is just clicking a few buttons.

Encrypt Web Pro Features

Encrypt and protect html pages, web pages and whole web site in minutes.

Encrypt email addresses, script code, links, text, graphics or all HTML source code.

Encrypted web pages work normally on web browsers, but their encrypted source code can't be read and reused.

Five encrypt modes for select to meet all your encryption needs.

Many html protect features for select such as "Disable right mouse click", "Disable text select",
"Disable page printing", "Disable off-line use", "Disable links display in status bar", "Disable print screen", "Kill frame", "Disable drag and drop", "Location lock", "Referrer lock" etc.
Meta protect features such as "Disable page caching", "Make page expire immediately", "Disable image toolbar", "Disable smart tags" etc.

Encrypted web pages are independent of OS, web servers and web browsers.

Can encrypt almost all languages chaset of files in the world.

Easy to use and powerful enough, what you need to do is just clicking a few buttons.

Advanced JPEG Compressor 2009

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It is the world's leading software for compressing digital images in JPEG format. Use Advanced JPEG Compressor for a variety of personal or business purposes: Easily reduce the large file sizes of your graphic files Impressive file size reduction without losses in picture quality! Smaller files take less space and up and download faster. Effectively optimize photos for faster loading from the Web and faster sending by e-mail - avoid exceeding size limits. Compress scanned documents for storage/transferal. Prepare images to meet any special size requirements

Advanced JPEG Compressor easily transforms your digital photos into any size you need. Resize photos to any specified dimension or file size: thumbnails, photos for a web site, auction pictures, ads, web graphics or for job tasks. Convert images to JPEG from other formats Save your time on processing multiple images the same way! Advanced JPEG Compressor allows you to achieve results in just a few clicks of the mouse. Create custom profiles for different batch processing tasks. Digital camera users will benefit most from Advanced JPEG Compressor: advanced noise removing filters, photo correction options, cropping, EXIF options, saving to our photo hosting and more. What's special ? The QUALITY. The original quality of your images is preserved as the most advanced, hi-end algorithms are used by Advanced JPEG Compressor.

Features:

Interactivity - process of compression becomes visual, effectively trading image quality with file size by adjusting compressor's settings. It also offers a preview of resulting image immediately in result image preview window

Multi-document interface allows you to work with many images at same time, enabling you to view and compare different compression parameters applied to either or different images

Advanced JPEG compression engine, specially optimized for higher image quality, considerably reduces file size of images and provides most comprehensive set of options to tune compression level

Compression profiles considerably improve processing of multiple images with similar characteristics. A compression profile contains the most important compression parameters along with resizing information. You can create, save, edit and apply named compression profiles

Photo hosting integration allows you to save photos in the Web. Our photo hosting service allows you to upload and store your photos on our web server. Use this feature to share your photos online - email links, insert photos in forums, use for auctions, etc.

Graphic Detail Quality Equalizer is a unique feature that gives you significant flexibility in adjusting the compressed image quality. Its 5 bands are intended to tune the compression level applied to the image details with different sizes (ranging from large to small)

Compression-oriented image prefiltering helps to achieve better

compression/optimization results and improve the visual appearance of an image. You can choose one of five filters and change the level and radius (depth) of applying the active filter

Separate compression sliders for Luma(intensity) and Chroma(color) channels allow you to gain better compression results, eliminate color artefacts, and significantly improve the compressed image quality

Hold the defined compression ratio is a unique feature for graphic software that allows you to create images whose file size is limited by the defined compression ratio (like the "bit rate" parameter for audio files), and does not depend on their content

Selective image compression - some areas of the image can be compressed more or less than others. This useful feature allows you to save high quality for the most important parts of the image (faces,etc.), and lower for the rest, achieving excellent compression results

Progressive JPEG images support; images in this format being published on the Web will be incrementally displayed (gradually improving their quality) during loading from the Internet or other communications

Additional options for adjusting precision of compression allow you to get the best result depending on the priority: small file size or high image quality (which means large file size)

Ability to acquire images from TWAIN compliant devices - such as scanners or digital cameras

Image Resizing(Resampling) by using one of three implemented high-quality interpolation methods

Viewing/Editing the invisible text (signature, copyright notice, comments, etc.) embedded in your JPEG file

Possibility to crop unnecessary portions of the image

Easy-to-use and highly customizable user interface

Smart Image Recovery 2.2

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It is an image recovery tool for deleted images restore (jpg, gif, png) from any devices.The software is able to recover graphics even a drive was formatted or you re-write some files.The unique utility algorithm doesn't depend on media type or its file system, it scans the disc to detect the lost images and performs it easily and fast. Built-in presearch allows you to stop the process when you find the lost photo.You don't need to be a professional and use complex disc reading programs - use Smart Image Recovery to recover the loss, it will undertake all the complicated search-restoration job!

The program works both with hard discs and removable media, supports OS Windows NT/XP/Vista as well.

App Store Tops One Billion Downloads

The App Store hits a milestone and a lucky kid is the grand prize winner of Apple’s one billion app countdown contest. Connor Mulcahey, age 13, of, Weston, Conn. will receive a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule storage unit and a MacBook Pro.

Apple today announced that App Store shoppers have downloaded 1 billion applications from its revolutionary App Store. Connor downloaded Bump, created by Bump Technologies, to take Apple’s giveaway.

Bump, is free, and enables users to “bump” their devices to swap contact info.
Today, the App Store has more than 35,000 applications available to consumers in 77 countries, allowing developers to reach tens of millions of iPhone and iPod touch users around the world.

Better Playback and a New UI on your iPod Video 5.5G for Free: Rockbox

My iPod Video 5.5G, which I got as a gift for Christmas a couple of years ago, has been good to me. It does what it was made to do — play music — very well, and it’s still playing videos and that nice game of Pong.

However, there are times when I get bored with the relatively dull iPod UI, when I wish I had more games on it, or when I wish I could use my own equalizer settings to play my music the way I want to play it. The beauty of having a popular device, like the iPod Video 5.5G, is its community of dedicated hackers, working night and day to improve it. There are many alternatives to the original Apple firmware, but amongst the various ones, I believe that Rockbox is the most reputable and trusted, and also the one that appeals to me the most for its simplicity (sorry, iPod Linux).

Capabilities
Rockbox can do a boatload of things with the iPod that the original Apple firmware couldn’t — like using Windows Explorer to import music to your iPod (meaning you don’t have to go through iTunes to upload or download your music), more flexible customizability (you can tweak even the fonts you want to see), and a support for a huge variety of file formats (http://download.rockbox.org/manual/rockbox-h10_5gb/rockbox-buildap1.html). But amongst all these, I found the following to be the deciding factors for me:

1. Themes
There are 14 themes for the iPod Video in the Rockbox Themes Directory. Granted, a good portion of them don’t look too hot, but I think there at least one or two that are pretty eye-catching. It’s just a guess — since there used to be a lot more themes that looked a ton better — but I’m assuming that Rockbox developers removed them due to the lack of Album Art capabilities. Works fine for me. If themes are your major concern, then I’d consider using iPod Wizard to tweak the current iPod theme, and just leave Rockbox alone — but if you’re looking for more than just a theme change, read on.

2. Built-in Gameboy
What? You can play Gameboy on your iPod? Yes. For free. Rockbox can play Gameboy and Gameboy Color files by default (granted, Gameboy Color files might be a bit laggier if I’m not mistaken). All you have to do is a quick Google search for ‘Gameboy Color ROMs’ and a ton of results will pop up. I have two things to warn you about: these sites will be shady, and this is not legal if you didn’t already buy a version of the game. I’ve got a legitimate version of Pokemon Red, so I can play it on my iPod. By the way, always go with Charmander — I know it’s a pain in the ass to play against Brock and Misty, but it’ll pay off.

3. Equalizer
I think the factor that sealed the deal would be the built-in equalizer that Rockbox offers. Unlike the iPod default firmware, which only offers presets (such as ‘Bass Booster’), the Rockbox firmware offers pretty full equalizer that allows you to put more emphasis on different frequencies (I think that’s the word for it). A must-have feature for audiophiles or people that get really into their music (but if you were an audiophile, you’d already be ranting about the shortcomings of the iPod, so I can’t see why you’d have one — haha).

Installation
In the olden days, we had to drag and drop files that we downloaded and unzipped from our desktop to the iPod’s drive directory. Not anymore! With the release of Rockbox Utility, Rockbox is a lot simpler to install (not that it wasn’t simple before), so there’s really no need to write a tutorial (plus I don’t really enjoy writing tutorials that much — sorry folks, there are just too many pictures I have to create, then crop, then upload, and then link to — it’s a heck of a process just for a couple of graphics).

Take the Leap!

If you’re afraid because you haven’t done anything like this before, remember that you can always return to your old firmware via iTunes (the iPod System Restore comes in handy). It can be undone! Just remember — follow instructions to the word, don’t do anything stupid like pull out the iPod USB cord while transferring, and relax. But I’d like to say here that if you do manage to brick your iPod, I hold no responsibility for it.