How to remove or skip ads in Youtube videos?

Since the arrival of Youtube partner program, the volume of advertisements in Youtube videos has marginally increased.This has been bugging a lot of avid Youtube fans.One of the most important differences between traditional media like Television and Youtube is certainly the volume of ads.The recent surge of ads is certainly becoming a big "turn-off" for Youtubers.This article is meant for those users who want to get rid of ads in Youtube.Hopefully after performing this hack, your Youtube experience will be enhanced.

In order to perform this hack to remove ads in Yotube videos, you need to have Mozilla Firefox installed.You will also need to install an addon called 'Greasemonkey'.You can install Greasemonkey from here.
Once you have installed Greasemonkey (You will need to restart Firefox to complete the installation), its time to install a Javascript which will block ads in Youtube.The Javascript i'm talking about is called Youtube-All Ads Remover.It is a handy tool for all who are troubled by the video ads.This script will remove ads and provide a user experience which Youtube was once known for.

Install Youtube-All Ads Remover from here .Make sure that 'Greasemonkey' is enabled in Firefox.If not, the script will not work.

Once you have installed this script, head over to Youtube and freely browse your favorite Youtube videos and ofcourse without 'ads'.Hope you found this article useful.Feel free to post in your queries as comments.

Magic Password Generator:Create Custom Passwords For Each Website

There are sure a lot of sites you browse everyday which demands a registered account in order to fully utilize the site features.There comes a new account a new password.Inorder to secure your accounts smartly you try to create a password hard to crack and in this process repeating with a bunch of websites you end up having a pile of passwords hard to remember.So what is the solution.Custom passwords for each site and a tool that remembers these passwords for you and protects those passwords from outside access by locking it with a master password.Sounds good.Read on.

Magic password generator is an addon to firefox that helps you do what i mentioned just above.The real use of this great tool shows off when you quite a number of passwords to remember.With this you only have to remember the master password and oh la la the addon does the rest of the job for you.Youtube,Gmail,Yahoo,Metacafe,Digg,Technorati,Reddit,Dailymotion and how many other sites do you access everyday and how many new ones do you join.I know the number goes on increasing as the time you spend on the internet increases.This tool manages your current accounts and assists you in creating and managing new accounts.Worth installing but on the dark side it is capable of managing only one email id which will be the master id.

You can install the addon from here.

How To Download Torrents With In Firefox?

Ever thought what would it be like to get all the features of a classy torrent client embedded to your favourite browser.Well that is what you get with Foxtorrent and Firefox.Foxtorrent is an torrent client addon for firefox which actually gives the browser a flexible hand which could make it a popular name in the torrent streets.


Itworks on windows,mac and ubuntu linux and is completely hassle free.Download happens in the background.It consumes only about 8mb of RAM and does not eat up the entire bandwidth.So you can still browse Youtube and the torrent will still be downloaded at a consistent rate.It has automatic support for NATs and uPNPs.Therefore portforwarding maynot be necessary.

Few minus points also comes with the package.A thirdparty networking client software 'Redswoosh' is installed with the addons(No it's not a virus,just don't get surprised when Firwall ask for permitting Redswoosh.Just allow the connection and that's it).Also the details are not displayed well while downloading like the download and upload speed.Apart from these an addons of great use.A must install.

You can install Foxtorrent addon from here.

Last.fm-Download or Record Music And Songs From Last.fm

There are many ways to get this done and i will mention each of them one by one.

1.Download Helper-I have mentioned about this handy peace of addon many times in BW and i still think its a must have to all firefox users.It can rip off any streaming content on the internet as simple as a click.The addon is Download Helper.You need to have firefox to install it.
>>>>Install Download helper addon.
>>>>Go to last.fm.
>>>>Play the song of your choice.
>>>>The Download helper's sign of detecting streaming content '3 ballons' will start rotating just to the right of the address bar.
>>>>Click on it and you will find the streaming files.
>>>>Click again on the required file and your download will start.

You can download Download helper plugin from here.

2.Orbit Downloader-One of the best download-assistants released till date.Fast and flexible.Many features inbuilt.Read my detailed article on downloading streaming content using Orbit Downloader.

3.Audacity-Sounds familiar?And you thought it could record only your voice.It can be used to record any sound on your computer.And you can use this feature for recording songs from Last.fm too.Read this to learn how to do that.

Make your firefox browser work faster by not allowing scripts to run Or Try NoScript.

Javascripts can really be the much needed angels and at the same time be the uninvited demons when it comes to security in firefox.Javascripts make you vulnerable to script attacks which can cost you your passwords,card numbers or even a system crash.The best way to prevent this is to disable javascripts by choosing Tools>Options>Content>Uncheck 'Enable Javascript'.

But this will certainly cost you some extremely necessary features.So the only option you have got is to allow javascripts to run from trusted sites only.The firefox extension No script is for this purpose.It allows execution of javascripts from trusted sources only and thereby help you make your firefox browser much much safer than before.The domains chosen as trusted depends entirely upon your choice.

You can install this handy tool from here.

Customize facebook with custom skins,album viewers, hidden access features and more

If you are a facebook junkie running firefox then there is a good news for you.You can customize your facebook homepage with a dozen modifications and create a totally unique page using firefox extension Boost.Boost already has a tremendous user base of 80k+ and the fan following is only increasing.

Some of the notable features are:


* Boost Toolbar with pop-up notifications
* You can update your status right from toolbar
* Friend sidebar with status updates
* View hidden albums and photos
* Auto-refresh homepage
* Rollover any picture for full size view
* Hide all applications and related info
* Hide all advertisements
* Poke-o-matic poke option
* Redesign link layout
* Ability to load all album images in one page
* Fresh skins
* Skins for school banners
* Rollover all profile pic thumbnails
* Download Full albums in one click
* Auto-Login with saved password
* One-click pokes
* 3 Supercharged Album options
* Skinned banners
* 12-hour turnaround support

It is an extension worth downloading for all those die-hard firefox fans.
You can download Boost for Facebook 6.1.3 from here

Play file of any format on your Media player with windows essential codec pack

Stop installing every other media player you see for playing different file types and make your favourite media player a standalone all in one media box with windows essential codec pack.This is a freeware and a 8mb download worth it.It handles Audio CDs, DVDs, (S)VCDs and XCDs on the fly, and it adds support for 3GP, AAC, AC3, APE, AVI, DivX, 3ivx, DAT, h.264, x264, AVC, Nero Digital, DTS, FLV, FLAC, HD-MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, M4A, MPC, MP3, MP4, MO3, MOD, MKV/MKA, MTM, OFR, TTA, OGG/OGM, S3M, Vorbis, VOB, WavPack, ATRAC3, XviD, XM, WV, and UMX.

You can download windows essential codec pack from here.

How to accelerate video streaming on Youtube?

Have you ever felt bored waiting for a Youtube video to stream.The best technique you used till today would be 'hit the pause button and get a coffee'.Now there's a better way if you use firefox.A new greasemonkey script Coralized Youtube makes Youtube videos stream faster.This user script uses Coral Content Distribution Network to accelerate video performance on YouTube.Install this script from here.

Alternative:For those who don't use firefox there's a solution for you people too.Download SpeedBit Video Accelerator for YouTube which also does the same job.It is basically a Web Accelerator which makes your videos stream faster and play smoother reducing buffering problems.You can download SpeedBit Video Accelerator for YouTube from here.

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Copyright your work 'the Web2.0 way' with numly.

Flexibility is Web2.0 is all about.The Web2.0 people[bloggers,digital artists and anyone creating content online]try day and night to make their content more reachable.When we are too much concentrated in making the content mobile,we miss to protect our content.The result is plagiarism.No one can be blamed for this.Copyrighting your every content when your are creating so much is difficult.I was having the same difficulties.When i stumbled upon this firefox extention 'Numly copyright' i felt i found a much awaited solution and considered it important to share with other bloggers too.
Numly copyright is a firefox extension that registers documents and blogs for Numly copyright. Numly Numbers are unique identifiers of electronic media and recognized worldwide by electronic publishing companies and electronic content providers.It's a simple and quick to generate and serve as branded identifier for individuals or companies authoring or distributing electronic content and media.

The amateur account is free and the professional account will cost $4.95 USD / month.
There is one more advantage of using this service.It allows you to track your content
no matter where you post your content.Numly numbers serve as an electronic timestamp of submission. They also allow you to track who is viewing your content and when it is accessed, monitor ratings, and can be used as permalinks.

Download the 'Generate Numly Copyright' firefox plugin
Download the plugin for Wordpress blogs