What is SOPA?

Lately, SOPA issue has stormed the cyber world, and many people discuss about it either online or offline. Do you know what is SOPA and what its effect toward global internet users? SOPA is “STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT." I will try to explain the term with the simplest words. Before that let’s see the SOPA definition taken from the legitimate sources.

SOURCE: H.R. 3261, STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT; House Judiciary Committee; October 26, 2011

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as H.R. 3261, is a bill that was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on October 26, 2011, by House Judiciary Committee Chair Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) and a bipartisan group of 12 initial co-sponsors. The bill expands the ability of U.S. law enforcement and copyright holders to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods. Now before the House Judiciary Committee, it builds on the similar PRO-IP Act of 2008 and the corresponding Senate bill, the PROTECT IP Act. (SOURCE)

SOURCE: Lifehacker.com

SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act puts power in the hands of the entertainment industry to censor sites that allegedly "engage in, enable or facilitate" copyright infringement. This language vague enough to encompass sites you use every day, like Twitter and Facebook, making SOPA a serious problem.

STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT

To simplify it, SOPA tries to declare war against piracy online. SOPA doesn’t really care whether you’re piracy supporters or against piracy. It allows companies to block DOMAIN names of web sites that encourage copyright infringement.

For example, if Zetta Tips website has been suspected for copyright violence, this domain could be blocked. Thus, you cannot visit this site by typing http://www.zettatips.com in your web browser address bar.

Although you cannot access it via the domain name, you can access Zetta Tips by knowing its numeric IP address, which is 216.239.36.21. Paste this IP address on the address bar of your web browser, and you still can browse through the Zetta Tips website happily.

There is a simplest technique to know the numeric IP address of the certain website. Open your command prompt (WINDOWS only) and type “ping zettatips.com”. Refer the screenshot below:

You can change the “zettatips.com” with any websites. You need to remove “http://www”. What if SOPA successfully implemented? The answer is easy, it will give trouble to the websites such as GOOGLE, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, YOUTUBE, TUMBLR and many more, because it can censor any web sites capable of providing its users with the means of promoting pirated content or allowing the process. In conclusion, you will have a hard time to feel the freedom by using the internet. 

Mobile Blogging Apps

Mobile blogging is no doubt, very popular nowadays, hence it  gives us a an opportunity to write  a blog post anywhere and anytime. Special thanks to the emergence of mobile Operating systems such as Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile. These mobile Operating Systems, provide a path for the apps developers to create an app for the respective users. The real question is, how to blog using our mobile?

To answer that question, let’s have a look what kind of blogging app that can be downloaded in the app stores.

 

WINDOWS MARKETPLACE

You can download three blogging apps for free.

(For quick access click the picture)

 

ANDROID MARKET

There are four useful blogging apps in android market.

(For quick access click the picture)

 

APP STORE (iOS)

A lot of blogging app for iOS, all you need to do is, browse it on your phone or using your iTunes. All the apps that I listed below is for recommendation only.

I can offer to you another great alternative way for u to blog. By using EVERNOTE. You can simply install the app in your phone, and start typing it (blog) when a great idea pop out in your mind. The condition is, you must have the EVERNOTE application installed in your computer, in order to keep your notes synchronize . Finally, you can copy paste what you’ve type in EVERNOTE to your blog editor. That was easy, but you must do too many cumbersome steps.

Disclaimer: I don’t own the pictures above, it have been taken from the respective websites. The rating and the date of the apps (on the pictures) are valid during this blog post is published by the writer.

 

FIFA 11 Arsenal New Season 11/12 BPL Kits

This is Arsenal New Kits for the latest season. Follow the instruction below to Install it to your FIFA 11 game. You can also download Manchester United Kits here. Below is the screenshot of the Arsenal Kits. Download, install and Enjoy!!!!!

How to install:

1. Download the latest Creation Master 11 here.
2. Install the tool (Creation Master 11).
3. Launch it, press “open – FIFA 11”.
4. Press “Patch”, then “Load”, “Open” and choose "Arsenal London Kits Pack.cmp."
5. Choose “Select all” and “Import”.
6. Now you’re done!!!!!

FIFA 11 Manchester United New Season 11/12 BPL Kits

You can’t wait for FIFA 12 to be released soon? Now you can taste a bit of it by updating new Manchester United Kits to your FIFA 11. Let’s have a look at the screenshot below:

How to install:

1. Download the latest Creation Master 11 here.
2. Install the tool (Creation Master 11).
3. Launch it, press “open – FIFA 11”.
4. Press “Patch”, then “Load”, “Open” and choose "Manchester United Kits 11-12  CMP."
5. Choose “Select all” and “Import”.
6. Now you’re done!!!!!

Download FIFA 11 Creation Master 11.2 By Rinaldo

This is the latest version of Creation Master for FIFA 11. This tool will assist you to manipulate the FIFA 11 database. For examples to edit player attributes, change kits numbers and to transfer players to new clubs. This great tool created by Rinaldo. You can download the tool below.

(NOTE: Once you edit FIFA 11 using this tool, your current career mode will not be compatible with the new one.)

Get Google+ account for free

Google+ is a phenomenon on the internet these days since it was launched by Google. But only certain people who get an invite can join and have their own Google+ account since it is in a beta mode. Google+ is an awesome social-networking site. Take a look at the pictures below:

This is what Google+ call circle or to be precise- your friends list. You can follow people and put them in a one circle, or into multiple circles. Other than that, you can rename and add the circle as you wish.

This is a an example of Google+ profile. You can add photos, videos and using a live webcam with your friends. Moreover, you can share (stream) your status, photos, videos, and links to your friends who have added you in their circle. Apart from that, there is also a news feed from people you’re following. You can participate with their post by leaving a comment, share their stream, or simply click the +1 button.  No wonder Google+ has a potential to challenge, perhaps beat the Facebook. For your information, now Google+ has 10 million users.

I think that’s all I want to spread the news and share my experienced using Google+. I will release more update soon, after I have become a pro Google+ user. Don’t forget to subscribe to my feed or newsletter to receive more info about Google+.

Get Google+ Account invitation…

This is what I want to share. Do you want to try out Google+ account before it will be released to the public? Yes, you can I will send you an invite, but before that:

1. You must like this post, (Click the Facebook like button below the post)
2. Click the  Google +1 button
3. Share this post to your friends (Facebook/Twitter/Digg/Stumbleupon….etc) by using AddThis share button.
4. Finally leave your Gmail email at the comment box below.

I will send you the invite as soon as possible. But make sure you follow the steps above. Otherwise you don’t get the invite. Thank you.

Change to previous Facebook chat

Do you dislike the new Facebook chat? You cannot direct access to your friends or people in your social network. Perhaps, you must search their name in order to see the green dot beside their profile name. This problem makes our life harder. Now you can solve the problem by installing a script in your Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser. Below are the quick steps to revert to the previous Facebook chat:

How to get the previous Facebook Chat for Google Chrome Users:

1.   First you need to go to  the userscript.org and click install.

 

 

 

 

 

2. Then new window will pop out. After that you approve it by clicking install button.

3.  Refresh Facebook tab on your browser, now your Facebook chat will revert back to original.

 

How to get the previous Facebook Chat for Mozilla Firefox Users:

1.  You need to install Greasemonkey Add-on before you can install the Facebook chat script. Click here to download it. Then click Add to Firefox.

2.  New popup will come out for confirmation about the Greasemonkey installation. Swiftly, hit the  Install button.

3.  Now, go to the userscript.org to install the script. (Refer to the first step for Google Chrome users, if you feel uncertain about it.)

4.  To enjoy your previous Facebook chat, refresh you Facebook page.

 

For your information, the script has been created by Enzyme. Don’t forget to say thanks to him. If you want to receive more updates, don’t forget to subscribe to my feed or my newsletter.

Blogger gadgets to appear on homepage or single post

Your Blogger blog is very slow to load? Usually the problem caused by excessive gadgets installed at your blog homepage. If you love your gadgets so much and don’t want to eliminate some of them, you can arrange it properly, either to show up on the homepage or on a single post.
Here are the quick steps:

Blogger gadget on a homepage

1.  You need to go to Design, click Edit HTML on your blogger dashboard, and tick Expand Widget template. Before you proceed further, backup your template first by “Download Full Template." This step is highly recommended.

2.  Search your gadget’s name by pressing ctrl + f on your keyboard on your browser.  Then add these two codes in between your gadget codes.

<b:widget id='HTML1' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'> <b:includable id='main'> <b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:blog.homepageUrl'> <!-- only display title if it's non-empty --> <b:if cond='data:title != ""'> <h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2> </b:if> <div class='widget-content'> <data:content/> </div> </b:if>

3.  The codes are highlighted with blue. To test whether it is working or not, save your template and view your blog. Navigate to your homepage, then to single blog post to see the difference.

Blogger gadget on a single post

1.  Go to Design, click Edit HTML on your blogger dashboard and tick Expand Widget template. Before you proceed further, backup your template first by “Download Full Template”. 

2.  Search your gadget’s name by pressing ctrl + f on your keyboard on your browser. Then add these two codes in between your gadget codes.

<b:widget id='HTML2' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'> <b:includable id='main'> <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'> <!-- only display title if it's non-empty --> <b:if cond='data:title != ""'> <h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2> </b:if> <div class='widget-content'> <data:content/> </div> </b:if>

3.  Save your template and view your blog. Navigate to your homepage, then to single blog post to see the result.

In conclusion, if you want to revert back to your original template just restore the template that you have downloaded or simply remove the codes that you have added before. This trick definitely works for any gadget, including ads!!! If you want to interchange your ads, then this tutorial will help you.