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How To Create Custom RSS Feeds for BitTorrent Clients

Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by UzEE.

I’m sure everyone here knows that BitTorrent is one of the most popular digital content delivery networks out there. The Peer to Peer distribution technology amounts for nearly 30% of the total web traffic and is used by a number of leading corporations, movie studios and media outlets including 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Paramount, Spike TV, MTV, Netgear and D-Link.

Here at Lost in Technology, we have covered torrent related topics in great detail including tips on how to make torrents, open ports, optimize bandwidth utilization and improve speeds. Today, I’m going to share a neat trick which lets you setup custom RSS feeds for your favorite torrent clients which allows you to control your client from anywhere in the world.

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[Sponsor Post] Save Money on Your Technology Needs

Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Kyle Judkins.

The following post is a sponsor post written by MoneySupermarket.  LostInTechnology is committed to bringing you the best content even when it comes it sponsor form.

Nowadays, there is a lot of focus on technology and what it can do for us, and for many of us, technology can really help make our lives easier. Our washing machines speed up cleaning our clothes, the refrigerator keeps our food fresh for longer and you can chat with a friend who’s half way across the world with just the help of your laptop.

Technology has made our lives a lot simpler, but it can also make things that bit more expensive as well at times – we now have Internet bills, TV bills, mobile phone bills and a number of other tech related bills that need paying each and every month.

So how can we make this more affordable?

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How To Manage Your Files Behind a Firewall for Free

Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by Squealing.Rat.

More and more, schools, work environments and libraries are blocking access to seemingly frivolous sites like Gmail, Facebook, or any part of the Google online suite (Google Docs, Picasa Webs…). While this move may seem sensible, it can hinder the performance of many. Why?

Because instead of emailing a file to themselves, or putting photos for a slideshow on Facebook, they have to deal with the tiresome flash drive. Flash drive, USB drive, and thumb drive are all names for that little device that you plug into the computer, put your files on, and then carry around with you, praying that you don’t lose it at the next turn. Using a flash drive is a tedious task that often results in forgetting the thing at home, breaking it or drowning it in that overzealous cup of coffee.

But how can you get out of using a flash drive? Most computers have firewalls that block access to most email and personal sites. While the following tips may be helpful, some may not work depending on how strict the computer’s firewall is.

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How to Delete Undeletable Files and Folders in Windows

Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Aminul Islam Sajib.

I’m pretty sure that most of our readers have found a file that won’t delete and is giving them problems.  I’ve faced that problem.

I’m not sure why files or folders sometimes won’t let you delete them.  It can just happen.  It might be because it is infected with a virus, but this guide isn’t going to cover that scenario.  We are going to tell you how to delete those files that get hung up for whatever reason and just won’t go away.

Today, I’m going to show you how to delete that pesky little file.

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4 Ways to Throw a Web Site Up Cheaply, Easily and Quickly

Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by Squealing.Rat.

Ever wanted to throw a site up quickly, easily and cheaply? Perhaps for a school project, a business meeting or a knowledge base? There are 4 ways, varying from highly customizable, to unbelievably easy.

All of the following are very easy to set up and do not require use of coding. Let me take you through them.

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How To Autoreconnect Dial-up Connections

Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by Aminul Islam Sajib.

Developing countries around the world like Bangladesh, India and others are still dealing with slow Internet connections. While people from developed countries are jumping towards 100 Megabit per second Internet speeds, we still dream of 1 Mb/sec speed. At this moment, I’m surfing the net at a data transfer rate of 10 Kilobytes per second.

One of the problems with dial-up is that you can have frequent disconnections.  There are two options for enabling auto-reconnect for your dial-up connection. We will talk about both.

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How to Make a Favicon

Posted on 15. Jan, 2010 by Prasanth Chandra.

The term Favicon stands for “Favorites Icon”. When you open a web site in a web browser, you will be able to see a small image on the address bar before the web site address, that particular image is called a Favicon.

For most users, Favicons are useful in identifing a particular site in a group of flooded bookmarks. And in the view of a web site or blog owner, a favicon has the potential to let your website stand out in a bookmark list.

This post is going to show you how to quickly create a favicon for your blog or website.

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How To Get Listed on Wikipedia

Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by Guest Post.

For anyone that doesn’t know, Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that covers just about every topic you can think of. Unlike previous encyclopedias that were maintained by paid teams of professional researchers, Wikipedia relies solely on a massive worldwide community of volunteers.

Because of this, creditability and readership used to be an area of concern. But in the past few years, it is estimated that traffic has risen by about 170%, and they’ve been cited as a source for many publications.

An important source of this traffic growth has stemmed from the fact that Google seems to hold Wikipedia in very high esteem and ranks its pages very well for a number of valuable keywords.  If you can get your company listed on just a few Wikipedia pages, it can drive a noticeable amount of traffic to your web site.

However there is more to it than just submitting a link and profile!

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