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How To Use Google Safely?

Who is your best buddy online? Certainly, it is Google. But, There is a private-us that we want to hide from Google, right? How about those searches that you do and don’t want anybody to know about them? And what about all that sensitive information stored in your Gmail and other Google accounts?

Yes may be all that information is of no use to Google but still a determined hacker can easily get his hands on all that information and he can use that for his purposes.

Google has and will have records of everything that you do online but if we do those things with proper care and take some precautions, then you can keep Google as your best friend and still hide yourself from Google. Well, here is a guide reflecting all the security measures necessary to help you hide yourself from Google:

Key:

Defcon 2; security measures under this heading are good for average person and provides a good defense against general attacks.

Defcon 1; security measures under this heading are advanced and good against determined hackers; moreover these techniques may also use third-party tools.

You can have a good look at both options and decide what suits you and what will suit your grand-ma computer.

Google Knows What You Searched last Summer! Hide Your-Private-Self

If you bother to see ‘Google Web History Page’ – you will be shocked to see all the records of your searches while you were logged in to your Google account and these are stored from years by default. No wonder if you find some entries which you don’t want to share with anybody.

Defcon 2

Yes, one can easily hide your searches through web after logging out of your Google Account. But, safe bet is to unsubscribe ‘Google Web History’ service from your Google account settings, and permanently hiding your searches from Google.

Now there is none search records associated to your ID in Google database but Google will still store history associated to your IP. Although this won’t be of any use to Google but a determined person may use it and work his way to you. So, remove your custom or entire history from Google Account settings and moreover you can also put this feature on pause for any search you don’t want to leave tracks of.

Defcon 1

A determined person can use Google server Logs associated to your IP to reach you. To counter that you can use web anonymously by using Anonymizer, Tor or Phzilla Firefox extension. What this will do is – use proxies to prevent any searches to direct back at your Computer by straying in various place and cities.

Google Has Eyes Everywhere; How to Hide Yourself?

Since Google use cookies to save your logs and status associating different services moreover, some cookies are also stored in your hard disk. Hence, Google can use those logs and info from your hard disk too. Moreover services owned by Google like double-click, an ad service, also help Google to keep track of visitors as they browse different websites.

So, by all that information Google can easily figure which site you have visited and at what time you visited. Of course, you can hide all that from Google too.

Defcon 2

By setting up your browser you can block all third-party cookies storage. And if some site or you want a site to store cookies you can easily add it to exception. Hence, removing previously stored cookies also makes sense – previously stored cookies won’t delete themselves just by blocking new ones.

Double click service! You can’t avoid cookie stored by this service unless you installing opt-out cookie. Care is to be taken when you install opt-out cookie, whenever you delete all cookies stored, opt-out cookie will also get deleted. A ‘How-to Install’ for opt-out cookie is provided by Google.

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Best Way is to use the ‘Incognito mode’ or ‘start private browsing’ feature, depending on your browser. Almost all popular browsers have private browsing feature. When you end the session, Incognito feature will erase all the history and cache. This is an effective method not only to hide yourself from Google moreover from any other person who uses that computer, only if you remember to click that mode.

Defcon 1

Safest bet is to completely block the ads and scripts. Ad blocking Add-ons are available for almost all browsers like AdBlock or Adsweep. This may turn some sites unusable but that can be countered by allowing that junk on specific sites.

What about script that get load by some ads hence providing path to third parties for peeking in your system? Well you can easily turn the Java and other scripts from security settings in your browser or ‘No Script’ a Fire Fox add-on can be used.

Don’t Trust Your Sensitive Information On Any System

Since Google has all of your data and tracks of every thing that you do, it’s no wonder Hackers are after Google. Not possible? Yes it is, even though Google has best geeks and techies working for them but still in December 2009 some intruders were able to get in Google’s inner network.

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Heart Monitoring Devices for Exercisers

Exercise is a best way to keep oneself healthy and safe from many diseases. There is no specific age of doing exercise and everybody should do it. Now days there are many devices invented by scientists to keep the track of the body while exercising.Many doctors believe that one should monitor his heart rate while doing exercise. It is very important to keep one safe from any kind of heart disease.

So therefore heart beat rate should be measured while doing exercise.  In order to measure the intensity heart monitor devices are used to monitor heart beating rate during exercising.

These devices are used by many old people who want to measure that how much of their energy is being expanded during workout. It is very important to monitor you heart rate during exercise. Therefore every age group exerciser should buy exercise heart monitoring device for his or her betterment.

Types of Devices

There are many kinds of exercise heart monitoring devices available in market. One can also purchase it online. There is also wirless heart monitoring devices available in market. These devices are very famous among young runners. These devices are mostly used to monitor heart beat rate during running or jogging. Most of the athletes use heart monitoring devices to keep themselves fit.

There are different types and modules of exercise heart monitoring devices which are used for monitoring purposes. The variety of these devices ranges from simple devices to complex devices.  It depends on your needs. One must fully understand his or her need before purchasing any heart monitoring device.

Simple Device for Beginners

A beginner exerciser is suggested to buy a simple heart monitoring device for exercise purpose. These beginners’ devices are used to measure data under certain range.  This device is very easy to operate and handle. These simple devices are also very in expensive and one can easily buy it.

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Motorola Vs. Apple: Battle is On!

As soon as new technology is introduced in the smart phones, sales war starts among the competitive companies. Now is the time for online sellout for Motorola’s Droid X. Although the companies do not reveal their actual sales data, the Droid X seems to be sold out in advance on internet sales and soon it will be short.

Droid’s Sale

According to research, the Verizon version of Google’s smart phone is doing great sale and in short supply at Verizon stores. Soon it is will be the same with retailers. So everyone wants change, other than Apple’s I-phone, whose sale is now reduced due to its reception difficulty. Verizon also promoted the Droid a lot, which is offered by other carriers too. Droid has not very quick sale now and it is unfamiliar to many but it is said to the potential to catch the sales of Apple’s iPhone.

Droid’s Advantage

The droid promoters say that apple is only at the top for its sales not for its usability. According to them Droid is more user friendly than Apple in many applications. In Droid the users are being able to create their own applications without having to submit them to Apple. It has multiple carriers, including AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile.

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5 Best iPhone Cardio Apps

iPhone is changing the world with its applications. The creators of this phone were genius, they just not created an iPhone they have change the style of living. It is the best gadget that you can use in your daily life. There are so many apps for this phone that you can use them in your daily life.

Cardio:

Exercise is most important for our body. We should do it every morning. It keeps us fit. Apple is having cool apps for Cardio. So, all you Cardio Lover’s Just go and buy an iPhone for yourself, because iPhone is having the greatest collection of Cardio apps for you.

5 Best iPhone Cardio Apps:

1. iHeartRate

It is a very simple iPhone application which will allow you to keep track of your heart rate. This app will also help you to know the amount of calories that you burn everyday through exercise. You can easily track your heart rate. What you have to do is that just tap your pulse on your iPhone until your heart rate is registered on your phone screen. Once your heart rate is registered, then you can also keep the track the amount of calorie you are burning. Through real time chronograph you can track your workout as well and can find how much energy you have burnt.

2. iTreadmill

This is a very good application for runners and walkers. It measures the pace and distance. The iTreadmill uses the motion detector of your iPhone and turn the device into a pedometer that counts the number of your steps that you take. This application is outstandingly accurate and you can use it anywhere indoor or out door. With this app you can track your past sessions, and can see whether you have made any progress on daily basis or not.

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List of Heart Rate Monitor Apps for iPhone

How To Carry Your Mobile Causing Least Radiation Harm?

By now, we all are aware of the fact that mobile phones generate electromagnetic radiation, which can prove to be harmful.

However, thinking of living your life without your cell may seem impossible for many. What do you do then? In this article I will discuss how the mobile phone causes harm to humans and some tips to help you decrease the effects caused by mobile phone.

How Does It Happen?

When the mobile phone is being used, it transfers the radio waves to the base station. These radio waves will also be absorbed by people, more or less. These radio waves are basically mobile phone radiations.

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