Find out if a contact in yahoo messenger is “pretending” to be offline
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Yahoo messenger allows one to set their online status, and appear offline to everyone (be invisible) or to a selected few contacts.If a person decides to keep his status invisible, his id will appear offline in others contacts lists.
To know if a contact is really offline or just hiding , one can use various softwares that can be installed or those which are available as online tools. I prefer the second kind.These online tools work on a vulnerability in the Yahoo! messenger protocol, and hence could stop working either temporarily or pemenantly if yahoo “patches up” it’s server. But that shouldn’t deter you from exploring a handful of these that work just perfect. At the time of writing this article, the following online tools are working as they should!
Record audio directly from the sound card play back output
At times we would want to record internet streaming music and other content without losing quality.The services which allow us to listen to music online generally dont allow us to download the music, they only allow us to listen.Some services charge to download the music but listening online is free. If we want to record we should do it directly from the sound card when it is playing.
Keep your computer software updated with file hippo
File hippo is a website that keeps a log of the latest versions of most of the software. Keeping your software updated offers many advantages such as lesser security loopholes, faster and more stable software and more features may be incorporated in newer versions.It is recommended to keep your software up to date and this task becomes daunting if we have a lot of softwares installed.
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Predicting the failure of a hard disk drive and knowing its health status
Predicting exactly when a hard disk drive will fail can be near impossible,but when a hard drive’s life is reaching it’s end, a lot of hints can be obtained. This article will help you better understand the health status of your hard drive and know when to call in for a replacement.
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