Apptizr recommends iPhone apps based on your interests

With more than 100K applications on the Apple App store, it’s hard for iPhone or iPod Touch users to find the best applications that match their interests. Thanks to Apptizr which is going to launch a simple web service that is able to recommend the best iPhone applications based on the user’s interest.

Apptizr is still in its Aplha version, and we’ve been invited to have a preview for the Alpha version of the Apptizr. To use Apptizr to locate the best iPhone applications for you, you must have an account with it. Once you’ve signed into your account, it first prompts you to fill up your interests and the application categories that you’re interested in such as games, utilities, music, social networking, communications etc.

http://www.apptizr.com

Tutorial -Top 10 Firefox shortcut keys for keyboard

You’ve gotten your Firefox 3 download and tweaked it to speed up surfing speeds. After all, every second of time counts in our busy world today, right? Now we’ll teach you how to make use of those handy keyboard shortcuts to access the most commonly used functions with the click of a couple of buttons.
Click on for a list of the top 10 Firefox shortcuts we’ve gathered for you.

Top 10 Firefox shortcuts for keyboard


10. Ctrl-J - Open up the download window. All downloads that are loaded in Firefox are automatically logged into the download window, accessible via Tools->Downloads. Its a mighty hassle to always bring your mouse up to the menu bar just to check on the progress of your download though, so just press Ctrl-J to quickly toggle the download window.

9. Alt-D OR F6 - Quickly access the address bar to enter the URL of your favourite website.

8. Ctrl-T - Open up a new tab within the current window.

7. Ctrl-F - Open up the find dialog box to search through the text on the current page.

6. Ctrl-Tab - Alternate between the currently open tabs in the open window.

5. Ctrl-+(plus key) and Ctrl–(minus key) or Ctrl+Mouse Wheel Up and Ctrl+Mouse Wheel Down - Increase/Decrease the text display size on the current webpage(Perfect for reading that cunning fine text at the bottom of the screen!)

4. Ctrl-Up key and Ctrl-Down Key - Toggle between the list of search engines in the top right corner of the screen(Useful if you like to use different search providers)

3. Ctrl-K - Go to the search engine bar in the top right corner of the screen (Great when combined with shortcut number 4!)

2. Middle Mouse Button on an open tab - Close the selected tab immediately

1. Middle Mouse Button on a highlighted link - Open selected link in a new tab

How to Test Your Antivirus Software

So you just bought your favourite antivirus program, installed it in your new computer and sit back and wonder if it is really effective. Of course it would be too dangerous to ask you to visit malicious site just to test your Antivirus software. What theysaY has found for you is Eicar Standard AntiVirus Test file.

The Eicar Standard AntiVirus Test File is a combined effort by antivirus vendors throughout the world and EICAR organisation to come up with one standard by which customers can verify their antivirus installations.

To test your installation, you would copy the following string value into a notepad and save it as any file name.

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

eicar test virus

If your antivirus auto-protect is on, it will report finding a virus. Please do not be alarmed. It is very important to know that THIS IS NOT A VIRUS! If your antivirus does detect a virus found, it means that it is still effective. However, it is imperative to continue to update your antivirus to the latest defintion to continue to stay protected against new threats.