Example: Try http://tiny.pl/htk which is a tiny URL for http://www.google.com

Untiny currently supports 241 URL Shortening services.

Note:You can use this feature with any of Untiny domains, which are:

• http://untiny.me
• http://untiny.com
• http://untiny.net
• http://untiny.ws
• http://untiny.info
• http://untiny.alzaid.ws

Download a free Internet Explorer add-on that offers online safety tips for you and your family. This calendar sends you a reminder at the beginning of each month to help you take action on important online safety issues.

Using the calendar, you will learn how to:

• Protect yourself from identity theft
• Talk about cyberbullying with kids
• Shop online more safely
• Protect your information when you are traveling

Download this calendar for Internet Explorer 8.

Brought to you by Microsoft®. This application is developed and owned by LOOKBOTHWAYS LLC.

Local Shared Objects (LSO), commonly called flash cookies, are collections of cookie-like data stored as a file on a user’s computer. LSOs are used by all versions of Adobe Flash Player and Version 6 and above of Macromedia’s now-obsolete Flash MX Player.

Source and full description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Shared_Object

I have put together a list of software for dealing with Flash cookies.

Flash Cookie or Local Shared Object (LSO) Viewers & Cleaners
(A lot of online games use Flash so be sure you know what
you’re removing)

Flash cookie descriptions

• Local Shared Objects — “Flash Cookies”
• What are local shared objects?
• What are Flash Cookies?

Flash cookie cleaners/viewers

• BleachBit
• CCleaner Slim (No Toolbar)
• Flash Cookie Cleaner.com
• Flash Cookies Cleaner by HotCleaner (Click & Clean)
• Flash Cookie Killer
• FlashCookiesView
• Flush Flash
• IE Privacy Keeper
• MAXA Cookie Manager (free & paid)

• Better Privacy add-on for Firefox
• Privacy + add-on for Firefox

• Mac OS X, Flush.app

Adobes’ detailed instructions on dealing with Flash Cookies.

As Google Reader is all about reading, we thought we should give our users a chance to maximize their screen space whenever possible… thus fullscreen mode was born. You can toggle the fullscreen mode through the ‘f’ key. Additionally, you can use ‘shift + u’ to show and hide the navigation panel so you can easily change what you’re reading without leaving fullscreen mode.

Full article at the Google Reader Blog: Fullscreen and more!

Start Menu Cleaner is a freeware utility, which cleans the start menu by removing un-needed empty shortcuts and folders.

Most applications add folders and shortcuts to the start menu. The problem is, when you remove a program, sometimes its folders and shortcuts remain in the start menu.

After a while, this can make the start menu messy and cluttered up. Start Menu Cleaner scans all shortcuts in your start menu and removes empty folders and shortcuts which points to files that no longer exist. The result is a smaller, cleaner and more efficient start menu.

Download: Start Menu Cleaner.

* I tried it on my Windows 7 and it worked well. This utility requires MSVBVM50.DLL, so you may have to download it from the link given in its home page, in case your version of Windows does not have it, and place it in your Windows folder.

Microsoft has already suggested a  fix or workaround for the shortcut security issue and this tool is another layer of protection to block this exploit from running on your computer.

• Detects the Windows Shortcut Exploit

• Blocks exploit from running

• Works with your existing anti-virus

• Read the full article at ZDNet – Unlock thumbnail previews for Firefox 3.6 on Windows 7
• Read the forum topic at The Windows Club Forum – Unlock thumbnail previews for Firefox 3.6 on Windows 7

By default, Firefox shows a single thumbnail when you hover the mouse pointer over its icon in the Windows 7 taskbar with Aero enabled. Here’s what it looks like:

The problem is, this particular Firefox window actually contains four open tabs, and it could contain dozens. It sort of defeats the purpose of the Aero preview feature if you have to open a window before you can scan which browser tabs you have open. IE8 does it right, showing all open tabs in thumbnail previews when you point to its icon. So how do you add the same feature to Firefox 3.6? Simple:

Open Firefox 3.6 (or later) and type about:config in the Location Bar. You’ll have to click to get past this warning dialog box and open the Preferences page. Use the Filter box (or just scroll down) to find browser.taskbar.previews.enable in the list of preferences. Note that by default it’s set to false. Double-click to toggle the setting to true. The value in the Status column changes to user set and the entire entry turns bold to indicate it’s been changed. It should look like this:

And now aim the mouse pointer at the taskbar again:

Every tab (even if those tabs are in separate windows) is now visible from the taskbar previews. You can change the focus to any tab temporarily by pointing at it, and you can close any tab from its thumbnail preview using the X in the upper right corner.

Simplify specific Google searches with an easy to use web page. Specific searches include:

• Music
• Movies
• Stocks
• Video
• Definitions
• Phonebook (US)
• Google Adsense
• Smart calculator
• Search by number
• Search within one site
• Search the full text of books
• Search in multiple sites at once
• Search for sites that relate to:
• Look who’s linking to your site
• Filter search for filetype
• Specific image search
• Search in latest news US
• Search in language/country
• Search scholarly papers

gSeek is a simplified set of forms that links directly to the Google search engine, making it easier to search for your desired content across multiple Google databases.

gSeek Features

-Simplified search for 19 different types of queries on a single page.
-Fast loading, no cumbersome extra scripting, fast loading HTML, nominal advertising via Google AdSense.
-Private (we do NOT store any queries, they are sent right to Google without us seeing them).
-Great name, gSeek.com is a 5-Letter .com Domain that is relevant, and easy to remember!
-No Spyware / Malware / Popups or anything else bad for your computer!

gSeek is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google in any way.

1. Drag this link to your web browser bookmarks bar: Scan for Privacy
2. Go to your Facebook privacy settings and then click that bookmark once you are on Facebook.
3. You will see a series of privacy scans that inspect your privacy settings and warn you about settings that might be unexpectedly public.
4. Follow us on Facebook to hear about the latest updates.

Having trouble? Check our help page for tips and video walkthroughs.

Note: You may need to click the link in the results and manually adjust your settings. Using Firefox the automated fix would not work.