TechnoSlab

Google has finally put on a webpage to oppose SOPA and PIPA.

The page is titled End Piracy, Not liberty, it some some nice information on anti SOPA movement, a community link and visitors can also vote NO on SOPA and PIPA directly from the webpage.

Check it out: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/ and sign it if you don't support SOPA.

Edit: Google's homepage now has a link to this webpage.

New blog authors often face referrer spam. The technique of referrer spam if quite simple. Spam sites send bogus requests to target's blog with their referrer which gets stored in target blog's access logs. When new authors check their stats and find that these sites are sending him traffic, s/he clicks on the spam links out of curiosity which results in more spam requests being send tomorrow. Referrer spam is very popular on blogs hosted at blogger because people have less control on their blog.

The best way to deal with this is to simply ignore these requests. If spam sites like domar.ru or tiny.cc show up on your blog stats, just ignore them, don't even think about clicking the links.

If you can't really ignore, you may consider moving your blog from blogspot to a self hosted wordpress blog where you'll more control and you will be easily able to block these sites with a simple .htaccess directive.

Since the day I turned 18, I was worried about whom to vote and whom not to. Like most of the teenages I love spending time on Internet or play games or study which means I don't get time to read newspaper of watch news, I don't like watching news either.
With Netapedia, I can stay on Internet and still know my politics. It's an informative website run and managed by a bunch of students from IIT Bombay who regularly collect and publish relevant information on Indian politicians from affidavits and MPLADS summary for each of the MPs.

Netapedia (click to enlarge)

Things I liked about Netapedia:

1. No thoughts but factual data are only published.
2. Domain of information is limited
3. Pie charts and visual representation of statistical data.
4. Website design is lightweight and simple.
5. An interesting "Did you know ??" fact comes up every time I refresh or load a new page.

I didn't find a RSS feed which I'd have loved to subscribe to.

Link: http://www.netapedia.in

With this website you can download videos from youtube in any browser and on any phone. 

1. Goto videotoolbox.com
2. Register there with your Email.
3. Activate your account.
4. Now login to your account and go to file Manage.
5. Enter a youtube video link, select video quality and file name with extension and then submit the form.
6. Wait for a few seconds and the video will be available for download.

Note: The extension of video is either flv or mp4.

Link: http://videotoolbox.com

You don't have a fancy phone or you not subscribed to a data plan ? Still wish to update your Facebook on the go ?
Not a problem, Facebook India and Fonetwish have together brought Facebook to every single cellphone ranging from Nokia 1100 to the latest iPhone 5.

It doesn't require an Internet connection, a browser or an app but just a cellphone which can make calls. To connect dial *325# and see the magic.  

This is my experience with Fonetwish Facebook on a Nokia E7.

Dial *325#

Authenticate: First enter email, then password.

Your Facebook home

Read friend's updates, like or comment.

Status update

Status update successful.

 ** For unlimited usage, you must pay a subscription fee of Re.1 per day.

It's not very modern but a very handy and economic solution for every on-the-go Facebooker.

Link: http://apps.facebook.com/fonetwish/