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Quickly want to share with you that Mozilla’s latest web browser Firefox 3.5 has been downloaded over 5.5 million times throughout the world and the counting is still going on. You can get the exact download stats of firefox 3.5 at downloadstats.mozilla.com/.

If you have not tried firefox 3.5 yet , then give it a try here.

Your wait for Firefox 3.5 is finally over. After four beta versions and three release candidates of firefox, mozilla has made the latest version of firefox live and available for download now. Users can download the latest version of firefox for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux in more than 70 languages from www.getfirefox.com.

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We have already talked about how to check the imei validity and what this IMEI number actually is? So if you are new here and don’t have any idea about imei number then you should have a look at this How to check the validity of imei number of a Cellphone first.

IMEI number is very important from mobiles security point of view, so if you’re having a cellphone then you should know the valid imei number assigned to that cellphone. Knowledge of this imei number of your cellphone would help you in case your cellphone is lost or stolen.

So check out these few simple methods to find out a valid imei number of your cellphone:

1:  Open the battery cover on the back of your mobile phone and remove the battery. Now you can see the imei number printed on a white sticker as shown in the image. It would be 15 to 17 digit number. If you didn’t found the imei number there for your mobile phone then try the next method.

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Google has now added an SMS option for the password recovery of your google accounts thereby making lost password recovery an easy task. Right now this password recovery option via SMS has been made available in U.S only.

This is what google is saying about this new password recovery option:

It’s a busy world out there, and even the best of us forget our passwords from time to time. But we don’t want this to get in the way when you need to access your account. We also want to make sure that only you can access your account. Since most people use cell phones these days, we decided text messaging would be an easy, convenient addition to our password recovery options.

image credit: googlesystem.blogspot.com

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Mozilla is going to unveil its latest and fastest version of firefox this tuesday on 30th june. Firefox 3.5 is much more improved as compared to its previous versions. Firefox 3.5 has got a  faster Javascript rendering and a private browsing mode that allows you to surf the web without saving your personal data.

Though private browsing feature is not present in earlier firefox versions but you may still surf the web privately in older versions with Stealther, a great firefox add-on. Get more about stealther here at Five Great Add-ons for Firefox

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If you are on facebook then by now you would be aware of the facebook vanity URLs, in case you haven’t grabbed your personalized facebook profile URL yet, just check this out: How to get the desired facebook profile URL. Now coming to the point that we want to share with you i.e How to get rid of the facebook annoying quizzes.

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After HP’s Touchscreen PC, HP has now unveiled its web connected Touchscreen Printer [HP Photosmart Premium] thats using HP’s new printer technology called touchsmart web. This printer has got a web-connected touch LCD display that has been mounted on the front of the printer and this LCD display will allow you to navigate through a list of HP applications for printing maps, Snapfish photos, or coupons.

Image Credit: blogs.usatoday.com
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Every single time you start your computer few programs loads automatically called autostart/startup programs. Though windows startup programs are quite useful but still some users might want to get rid of it to decrease the boot time.

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WOT basically stands for Web Of Trust, its a free internet security Add-on for your browser. With this add-on you can get the idea of the reputation of the website before visiting that site and this is how it makes web surfing secure in your browser. WOT is having a large community on internet in which the user rates websites and share their experiences about websites.

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Whenever you are printing any webpage, you might want to remove some unwanted elements from it for efficient printing and which will save a lot of printer ink. So for removing all the extra stuff from the webpage which you don’t want to print there is a simple online service called PrintFriendly.

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If you have lots of hidden files scattered everywhere in folders and drives of your computer, then finding and managing those hidden files becomes much more problematic, but you can get rid of this problem by downloading a very simple tool called Hidden File Scanner.

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Microsoft is now giving you one more reason, in fact a very noble one, to download the Internet Explorer 8. Noble so because it will help America fight hunger. Actually Microsoft and Feeding America has initiated a campaign called “Browser for the better” that will donate the financial equivalent of eight meals to Feeding America’s network of 206 local food banks for every completed download of Internet Explorer 8 from the browser for the better site.

So if you are willing to download Internet Explorer 8 you should download it from the browser for the better site. This campaign will end on Aug. 8, 2009.

[Ref: feedingamerica.org]