Starting a forum is fun as well as a challenge, especially for a beginner. There are many factors to take care of starting from finding a good niche topic, finding the appropriate forum software, choosing the host and domain name, appointing moderators and bringing in members and traffic and ofcourse monetizing the forum. Check out this excellent article which gives guidelines for starting an online forum successfully.

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Ever wanted to know who your competitors web host? Well, the solution is here…WebHostingSearch a web hosting guide portal provides a tool that helps you find out a domain’s hosting provider. The tool is in it’s beta but still provides usefull information.

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With so many mobile phones around how do you choose the right one which satisfies your requirements ?

Well, it is a tough job if you ask me, most people rely on ratings and site  to make their decision. Well these are good options, but how about trying out a phone before you buy ?

Tryphone.com does exactly that..this web site demonstrates a virtual phone for every possible phone model available in the market. It mimics the user interface of the phone and the user can play with the virtual phone to se how the interface feels like. users can navigate from dfferent screens just as they navigate when they have the phone in hand. Apart from this it also features reviews of different phones and side-by-side comparisons, it’s a good way to educate yourself before making a purchase - which can also be done through this site.

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If you are a regular internet user chances are that you might have been prompted to fill up web forms, passwords fetch or internet email’s, forums, shopping sites and so on. When you type in for the first time,  IE displays the user a message box prompting you whether to save the password so that it can auto fill the next time you visit the site.

Well, this is good in one way, when you are browsing the web a lot and you are not sharing your PC with anyone else. If you are, then your passwords are at serious risk of being stolen by hackers.

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Watching deleted youtube videos is now possible, thanks to a service called Delutube. It’s now possible to watch deleted videos as long as the same is maintained by YouTube on their server.

To watch a deleted video all tou have to do is provide the video id and Delutube will fetch the video for you.

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This is an interesting trick for users who want to make their names (First/Last) invisible in Orkut. This is also an alternate to the ALT+0173 trick which many users have found to be not working anymore.

Okay, so lets get started witht the steps.

1) Login to your Orkut profile.
2) Click Edit Profile option.
3) Go to the General Tab ; in the first name & last name field just copy paste the the following box in these fields.

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Do you want to hear a song from a torrent file without downloading the file? Well here is a solution :-

WeStream is a new java applet that allows you to listen to music you’re streaming using BitTorrent, streamed from .torrent files. The applet is developed by BitLet, has a great interface, and is compatible with all Java-enabled browsers.

Currently it supports OGG and MP3 encoded audio files, but plans are on to add support for different file types. Westream works in a way that’s extremely similar to the first BitLet applet: you just have to point your browser to http://www.bitlet.org/music, paste a torrent url in the text box, and click Play.

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An interested article on how to solve the mysterious rubik’s cube for beginner’s by Eric . If you follow his step-by-step guidelines you will be able to solve the the cube reliably.

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