Wikipedia.org is the largest community-edited online encyclopedia. Kiwix lets you download Wikipedia to your computer and use it as an offline encyclopedia. Imagine yourself browsing Wikipedia articles directly on your computer without the need of Internet. It has open new possibilities for people residing in places with no or slow Internet connection, like India, Malaysia, etc. People who are often on travel can also experience Wikipedia without worrying about the
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Domain Name Service converts the domain names (of websites) to their IP addresses so that you can access the website. Generally, your ISP maintains DNS servers but if you want better speed, security, or parental controls (and more such features); you must change to public or open DNS servers. Is it available free? Yes, of course. The job of DNS Server or DNS Resolver is simple – it converts the
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Mozilla has planned for its own marketplace of web apps for long time, and now it is the new reality. Firefox Marketplace is now open for public. Anyone having a suitable Firefox Browser or Firefox OS (Mozilla’s mobile operating system based on open web standards) can access the Firefox Marketplace, and download and use web apps. Firefox Marketplace is a market of web apps; displaying free and premium apps for
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Google Chrome is the biggest rival of Mozilla Firefox, and both always fight for the name of the most-used web browser. Though Chrome is popular, but still, it is insecure browser and you must use some secure alternative of Chrome if you are serious about your privacy and security. Chrome is the Google’s version of Chromium, an open source and free web browser. You like and use Google Chrome, but
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YouTube is the favorite place to watch online videos and because of its large subscribers, it’s one of the top ten Internet property. But it’s getting full of ads now a days, and in-video ads are the worst of all which totally disrupts the user’s experience. You can get rid of these ads to improve your experience of watching videos on YouTube. Let’s see how to remove or block Ads
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Android is all about fun and productivity, but if used properly, can even serve as a tutor. On the occasion of International Students Day (yesterday, November 17th), here are some Educational Android apps for you. Let’s have a look at 10 Android apps to learn English. Android has abundant apps for nearly all purposes. There are also many apps to learn and improve English. English is such that you can
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Windows 8 is rolling in the market and you want to try it out? There can be nothing better than a virtual machine for testing a software product. Here’s how to free download Windows 8 and install it in a virtual machine for evaluation purpose, or if you like you can use it for regular purpose. Downloading and installing Windows 8 in a virtual machine is no big task and
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Do you dream of accessing Free Internet? May be your dream will come true! Open Wireless Movement is a people’s movement led by Electronic Front Frontier and many other public organizations. It encourage and support Free Internet by the use of Open Wi-Fi networks. Open Wi-Fi networks will be open/accessible for everyone, and one (without the network’s password) can access the Internet by connecting to the open Wi-Fi network, and
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Virtual Machines can be used to install an operating system inside another operating system. This tutorial teaches you to setup a virtual machine using VirtualBox. Using virtual machines, you can enjoy running two different operating systems side-by-side at the same time. You can access both the OSs and do different tasks in them. For example, you can run a Linux OS inside your Windows or may be FreeBSD or DOS
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You can get a free evaluation copy of Windows 8 to give it a try. Microsoft has released a 90-day evaluation version of Windows 8 final release, which anyone can download, install, and try for 90 days without any limitations. After the period of 90 days, the operating system will expire and you won’t be able to use it then after. The company has released the evaluation version for developers
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