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Did you know the simplest way to save those YouTube videos to your Hard Disk? Then here it is… Read on to find out.

Select the URL of the video in the address bar and add the word “kiss” (without quotes) before youtube. For example if your URL is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24IR80zJeaE   then change it to http://www.kissyoutube.com/watch?v=24IR80zJeaE and press Enter key on the keyboard. Another page will load which allows you to download the video. This executes a Java applet called kissyoutube so you need JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 1.4.2_xx or higher. You can download the latest version of JRE from here.

Don’t you think this is the simplest way to download your favorite YouTube Video..? Give your comments…!

Earlier we have seen how to delete an existing Gmail account permanently. What if you want to get rid of your unwanted Yahoo or Hotmail account..? Then read on even they provide very simple interface to delete an existing unwanted account permanently.

Deleting Yahoo id permanently.

Click on the link Delete Yahoo! Account and login with the id that you would like to delete. You will be asked to provide following information.

Fill the form and click on Terminate this Account. Your account will be removed in approximately 90 days.

Deleting Hotmail/Windows Live id

Click on Delete Hotmail or Windows Live Account and sign in with the id that you would like to remove. You will land in the following page.

Click on Close Account and you are done. Once you have closed your account, you can reactivate it within 120 days by signing in normally. After 120 days your account will be removed permanently.

Now a day it’s quite common for having Windows and Linux installed on the same machine.

Every time when you boot your PC, the Linux boot loader GRUB (Grand Unified Boot-loader) comes up with the available operating systems that you can boot with.

Now what if you want to completely remove Linux form your system and continue using only Windows..? Simply removing the Linux partition will not solve the problem. Since the GRUB will be installed in the MBR (Master Boot Record) by default, you can not directly boot in to windows.

If you have ever faced this situation or if you want to remove Linux from your system completely then here is how you can do it. Firstly grab your bootable Windows XP CD and boot from it. When it asks for whether you want to go in to Recovery mode, press ‘R’ to enter in to Recovery mode. Enter administrator password and login to the system with Recovery mode. Now enter the following command at the DOS prompt and hit Enter.

C:\fixmbr

Assuming that ‘C:\’ is your Command Prompt. A warning message pops up stating that you are altering the MBR and this may harm the system permanently. Press ‘Y’ to accept.  Now type Exit to quit form the recovery mode.

Now onwards you can directly boot into Windows without the intervention of GRUB.

Did you ever wonder why on earth MS word ignores all spelling mistakes if they are in upper case? Didn’t you ever search for a way to make MS Word verify words in upper case also? Then it’s time to do just that…!

If you use MS Word 2003 then Go to Tools>Options>Spelling and Grammar tab. Uncheck the “Ignore words in uppercase” checkbox and click on OK.

If you use Word 2007, click on Office button at the left top and choose “Word Options”. Select Proofing on the left pan, uncheck the “Ignore words in uppercase” checkbox and click on OK. Following image shows how you can do it in Word 2007.

Now onwards MS word will catch that silly spell mistake even if you are typing in UPPERCASE…!

Do you think you should get rid of that orkut account which is flooded with javascript scraps or unwanted invitations? Or do you want to say a final good bye to orkut…? Then here we go…!

Orkut comes with a very simple way to get rid of that unwanted account. Open the link Delete Orkut Account. Sign-in with your account to be deleted. You will land it to the following page.

Select the checkbox “Yes, I want to permanently remove orkut from my Google account.”, enter your password and click on Remove Orkut. That’s it… Now if you want to sign-in to orkut account again, you will ahve to request your friend to send you an invitation…!

Google Street View is an amazing feature of Google Earth and Google Maps. It enables us to view 360° panoramic street-level view of selected cities. Since its launch it has covered most of the cities in the US and now Italy and France.

To view the 360° images of a country say for example France, enter France in the search bar at the top and select the Street View button at the top of the map. All areas covered by the Street View will be highlighted with images of camera. Select the part you want and the streets covered will be highlighted with blue color. Click on the spot you want and a bubble appears with a message. Click on Zoom In. Another bubble with the 360° Viewable image opens up on the map.

You can navigate the panoramic view with either the arrow keys or mouse. You can move ahead or backwards on the road, turn left or right. You can zoom in to any point by double clicking on that point. Click on Full Screen for a better view. Lines are displayed on the street to indicate the direction followed by that street.

A yellow stick-man appears on the map at the point where you clicked for the 360° view. You can hold and drag the stick-man to any location to get the 360° view of that point.

Don’t you think this is amazing? You have to see it to believe it…! Now is the time to  take a free walk along the streets of your favorite city with Google Maps…! Enjoy…!

With your mail account flooded with so many mails everyday, don’t you think it is time to get organized? Do you know there is a way to automatically sort all your incoming mails automatically? Seems interesting…?

Well almost all web based mail services offer this facility. Few such as yahoo.com allow you to automatically sort mail to different folders. Where as Gmail has no folders but you can create different labels and all mails that match a criteria will be marked with corresponding label.

Sorting mails automatically in Gmail:

Create a new label by clicking on the Edit Labels on the left side pan. Click on Settings on the top right corner, choose Filters. Click on Create new filer. Now you can filter the mails based on various criteria such as From Address, Subject, has Attachment etc. Click on the Next Step button, and choose the label that you just created. You can also apply some other actions on the incoming mails such as forwarding to particular email automatically or deleting it. Once you have selected necessary options, click on Create Filter button. Do not forget to select the check box next to the button Create Filter.

Sorting Mails automatically in Yahoo

Select Options>Mail Options from top right corner and Choose Filter. Click on the Add button to add a new filter. Enter a name for the filter and select the criteria. Select the appropriate folder to which the mails should be filtered. Click on Add Filter. Yahoo requires you to upgrade to Yahoo! Mil Plus if you want to create more that 15 filters.

Sorting Mails automatically in Hotmail/Windows Live

Select Sorting Mails automatically in Yahoo from the Options on the top right bar. Click on New Filter, Select the appropriate criteria and click on Save.
Out of the above three web based mail service, I felt Hotmail has the simplest way of organizing mails.

Any text editor or word processor allows you to select the text horizontally i.e. line by line as follows.

But have you ever tried to select text vertically instead of selecting the whole line? In fact it is possible in MS Word…! Place the cursor at the position form which you want to select. Just hold Ctrl + Shift and press F8. The cursor changes its color to gray. Now use arrow keys to select the columns as required.

Copy the text with Ctrl + C and paste it wherever you want. Voila…! You will get only the selected part.

Windows is famous for the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) since ages. Even though over different versions it has reduced the occurrences of blue screens it still persists in one or the other way. The moment anybody sees the BSOD, how would they feel..? Oh man not AGAIN…right…! The notorious BSOD pops up on a windows machine whenever something has terribly gone wrong.

How about horrifying your friend with a fake BSOD..? Don’t you think that would be a REAL fun…? Then download this BlueScreen Screen Saver (64 KB) and install it on your friend’s PC. More funny part here is that this screensaver is being provided by Microsoft itself….! Click here to read more about the screensaver.

It’s time for you download that screensaver and play a prank..!

Ever wanted to delete an existing Gmail account but had no idea of how to do it? Then here is a way to do it. Google provides a simple way to delete your existing Gmail account. Just point your browser to the following link Delete Account. You will be asked to Sign-in to your account. Sign-in with the account that you want to delete. You will land in following page.

Select the checkbox and enter another e-mail address which you would like to use for obtaining other Google services.  Enter your password and click on “Remove Gmail”. Within two working days your mail box with Gmail will be deleted and all the contents will be permanently erased. Please note that after removal it is impossible to re-activate or recover the mails form the Gmail account.

If you had an unused Gmail account or if you are attacked heavily by spammers and wanted to get rid of the Gmail account then it is high time for you. Go ahead and get rid of it for ever.