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Internet Anonymity Test: Find Out What Information Your Web Browser Transmits To Websites

Umar — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:01:19 +0000

Your web browser transmits various types of information to other websites online. By using this information together, a site can create “browser fingerprints” that are unique, identifiable, and a violation of your privacy. To test which information your web browser transmits, you can use a web service called Internet Anonymity Test.

Internet Anonymity Test is a free to use website that helps you find out what information your browser shares with websites online. All you have to do is visit the service’s homepage and the data is collected based on the web browser you are using. The topmost tier of information includes IP address, DNS server, local IP, time zone, language, and accepted character sets. You will also find a list of tracking methods that work on your browser.

Finally a list of browser features shows what your browser is capable of. This includes support for JavaScript, Flash, Silverlight, Java, etc.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Helps determine information your browser transmits.
Lists tracking methods supported by your browser.
List browser features.
Similar sites: YouHaveDownloaded, Open Port Check Tool and ShieldsUP.

Check out Internet Anonymity Test @ www.stayinvisible.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

YouHaveDownloaded: Find If You Or Anyone You Know Use Torrents

Hammad — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:08:23 +0000

Do you want to keep a check on what you download? Or what your roommate downloads on your laptop/computer. Well, if you do want to check they use torrents or not, check You Have Downloaded out.

You Have Downloaded is a website that keeps an eye on all the torrents being downloaded in the world and let people see what other people are downloading from torrents. The website also offers people the ability to see what torrents have been downloaded by their IP address. It shows everything, including the file name, its size and the date on which it was downloaded.

A search feature is provided for people to search by IP address to find out if torrents have been downloaded by a particular IP address, or by filename to see the information about the files.

Features

Ability to detect if torrents have been downloaded from your computer or given IP address
The service is unable to work for people who have dynamic IPs
Check statistics on how much torrents are downloaded by given number of people – and total file size
Massive database of almost 52 million users, 110k torrents and over 1 million files.

Check out You Have Downloaded @ www.youhavedownloaded.com

WebSecurityMonitor: Protect Your Website From Malicious Attacks

Dave LeClair — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:01:15 +0000

If you own your own website, the chances are great that you are aware of the dangers malware and hackers present. If they choose to attack your website it can not only have a negative impact on the site, it can also pose serious problems for your visitors. If you use your website to make a living, and it goes down because of an attack, it can ruin your life and take away your livelihood.

Fortunately, there is a free service called Web Security Monitor that helps protect your website from all kinds of attacks.

Their service will spot all kinds of malicious content. If you have any viruses hidden in links it will find and stop them. If there is a corrupt file hidden somewhere they will find it. It can even alert of you of any attempts to hack the site as they are happening; so you can attempt to stop it before it becomes a problem.

In the unfortunate event that something does happen and your site goes down, they will watch and keep track of the downtime. They will even check to see if your site is blacklisted on any of the major lists. This way you can take the steps necessary to rectify the situation.

Features:

Checks website for any kind of malware or viruses.
Checks website’s blacklist status.
Informs site owner of any outdated software that could cause vulnerabilities.
Tracks downtime.
Real time monitoring and alerts if anything goes wrong.
Similar tool: HackerTarget,

Find Web Security Monitor @ www.websecuritymonitor.com

Full Page Test: A Web App To Check Loading Time Of A Website

MOin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:01:08 +0000

Webmasters aim to keep the loading time of their websites as low as possible. But to ensure quick loading times, one needs an external testing tool and not simply ask people to observe how quick a site loads. Here to offer you that testing tool is a web service called Full Page Test.

Full Page Test is a web service that lets you measure the loading time of your website. The site does not require you to sign up for any accounts before using it. All you have to do is enter your site URL, choose a testing location, and specify whether or not you want the speed results to be made public. The speed test then commences and loads up elements of your website. The overall results include a final grade, number of requests, loading time, and total page size.

Your site speed as a percentage of other sites and individual loading times for your site’s elements are also shown.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you measure your site’s speed.
Does not require any registration.
Shows up total site size, page loading time, and page elements loading times.
Similar tools: HTTPArchive, PingBrigade, WebWait and Cloudflare.
Also read related article: 10 Free Online Tools To Test Your Website Loading Speeds.

Check out Full Page Test @ fpt.pingdom.com (via PingDom) (by MOin from Thumb Press)

Gomo: Mobile Website Tester & Resource Finder

Hammad — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:01:26 +0000

Not every website on the Internet is mobile compatible. One of them could be yours, and having a mobile compatible site gives you an edge over the millions who don’t have a compatible one. Not only that, but statistics show that 50% of mobile searches lead to purchases, especially if you have a business related website!

GoMo is a simple website, an initiative by Google, that allows users to see the importance of mobile websites, and provides them with resources to convert their website into a mobile compatible one.

You can also “test your site” (mobile version) during which you are asked a few questions. Once done, you are given a rating which shows how mobile friendly your website is.

Features

A free service provided by Google.
Encourages more users to get their websites mobile friendly.
Testing website option shows how mobile friendly the website is.
Provide resources to make your website mobile compatible.
Similar tools: Mobitest, HTTPArchive, Alertfox, WebsiteSpeedTest, GTMetrix, and Slowcop.

Check out GoMo @ www.howtogomo.com/en/#homepagej (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

Grockit: Prepare For Standardized Tests & Exams Through Group Preparation

MOin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:01:32 +0000

Students who prepare for standardized tests in tuitions or groups usually perform than better than ones who study for such tests independently. Appreciating this fact, a new web service was created that helps students prepare standardized tests by interactions with others students. This web service is called Grockit.

Supported tests include ACT, AP, GMAT, GRE, CAT, LSAT, and SAT. In addition to providing your teaching tools that help you independently prepare for these tests, the site facilitates and encourages user interaction. If you are unable to understand a problem, you can post it up as a comment and have others help you out. Through performance trackers you can analyze your improvement and through a feature called ‘score prediction’ you can get a predicted test score.

The site is essentially a paid service but offers a few days of free trial for you to check it out.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Helps you prepare for standardized tests.
Supports ACT, AP, GMAT, GRE, CAT, LSAT, and SAT.
Offers wonderful tools for independent study.
Facilitates and supports group interaction.
Also read related articles: Top 10 Most Downloaded Student Tools [Movers & Shakers] and 8 Best Websites for Law Students.

Check out Grockit @ www.grockit.com (via LifeHacker) (by MOin from Thumb Press)

DoIHaveADeadPixel: Check Monitor For Defective Pixels

Hammad — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:01:23 +0000

Are you looking for a simple solution to check if your monitor is working properly and has no defective pixels? If yes, you should give Do I Have a Dead Pixel? a try.

Do I Have a Dead Pixel? is a simple and easy to use online utility which checks your monitor for defective pixels in a few simple clicks. To get started, just select the background color to test against and find out if there is any dead pixel in your monitor. Before proceeding with the test, make sure that there are no dust particles or smudges on your monitor so that it’s easier for inspection. After selecting the background color, just press F11 and it will show you if there is any defective pixel in a form of a small dot.

Features

Free and easy to use.
Test your monitor for defective or dead pixels.
Inspect your monitor without installing any software.
Similar services: Display Calibrator, ScreenPerfect, ScreenFix and Calibrize (Windows).

Check out Do I Have A Dead Pixel? @ www.doihaveadeadpixel.com (by Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

Spur: Critical Analysis Of A Webpage’s Visual Design

TehseenBaweja — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:01:11 +0000

If you are a web or graphic designer and you really want to put your design through lots of tests, Spur is the tool to use. It is a free web service that allows you to critique a design by displaying it in various modes. You can view it in grey scale, in high contrast, with a blurred effect, a mirrored effect, with the intersection tool, rotate it at 90 degrees or at a 50% zoom. At any time, you can click the original button to view the original size and display.

Hovering your mouse over each of the display options allow you to reveal tips on how to analyze and critque a design using that particular option. You can share the design with any particular display mode enabled via a unique URL.

Features:

Displays a web page or image multiple modes.
Includes grey scale, contrast, blur and mirror effects.
No registration required.

Visit Spur @ http://www.spurapp.com [Via RRW]

TestYourVocab: Check How Many Words You Know

azim — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:01:36 +0000

Most people use less than 2,000 words in their daily language, village people use around 500-600. If you are not sure how many words you use or know in total, now you can estimate the size of your own vocabulary thanks to a service Test Your Vocab. It uses a statistical modeling to predict a vocabulary size of a person based on the provided input.

To try it out, go to their website and check all the words you know from a word list on the page. It has a total of 2 pages with words – the 1st page consists of commonly used words, while the 2nd page contains more complex and rarely used words. After you are done checking familiar words, click to see an estimated size of your vocabulary.

Since this vocabulary test is taken by lots of other people, you can see the average vocabulary sizes sorted by age groups and compare your results accordingly.

Features:

Estimates the size of your vocabulary based on the words you know from their word lists.
Takes 5-10 minutes to take.
See vocabulary sizes sorted by age groups.
Free, no registration.

Check out TestYourVocab @ www.testyourvocab.com

Mobitest: Check Load Time Of The Website For Mobile Devices

abhijeet — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 03:01:38 +0000

There are a number of tools that can check the performance of your site on the web, meaning how fast it loads, what the elements are that take time to load and so on. Mobitest is a similar service except that it focuses on mobile devices as the testing platform. So if you want to see how fast your site loads on an iPhone or iPad or Motorola Xoom or some other Android device, enter your site URL, hit “Run Performance Test” and get going. It’ll show the seconds your site takes to load and show how it fares when compared to other sites.

Most of the tests are run from Canada, Ottawa. The device/OS choices are iPhone 4.3, iPad, iPad 2, Motorola Xoom, Android 2.2 and 2.3. You can have it run the tests up to 3 times before it shows the performance report.

Features

Check the performance of your website on mobile devices.
Main mobile operating systems available.
Run tests up to 3 times before getting the report.
Similar tools: HTTPArchive, Alertfox, WebsiteSpeedTest, GTMetrix, and Slowcop.

Check out Mobitest @ www.blaze.io/mobile (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)