Did u know???

1. When you get an e-mail message from eBay orfrom your bank, claiming that you have anaccount problem or a question from a buyer, it’sprobably a ‘phishing scam’ intended to trick you into typing your password. In this case, never click on the link given in the message. If in doubt, go into your browser and type ‘www.ebay.com’ (orwhatever) manually.

2. You can hide all windows, revealing only what’son the computer desktop, with just onekeystroke: hit the Windows key and ‘D’ simultaneously in Windows, or press F11 on your Mac (on recent Mac laptops, Command+F3;Command is the key with the clover leaf logo). Thisworks great whenever you want to check or delete something you’ve just downloaded to the desktop,for example. Press the keystroke again to return to what you were doing

3. You can tap the Space bar to scroll down on aweb page one screen. To scroll back up, press the Shift key along with the Space bar.

4. When you’re searching for something on the Web using, say, Google, put quotes around phrases that must be searched together. For example, if you put quotes around ‘electric curtains,’ Google won’t waste your time finding one set of web pages containing the word ‘electric’ and another set containing the word ‘curtains.’

5. The number of megapixels does not determine acamera’s picture quality; what is far more important to consider is the sensor size.

6. You can use Google to do math for you. Just type the equation, like 23*7+15/3=, and hit Enter. Google is also a units-of-measurement and currency converter. Type ‘teaspoons in 1.3 gallons,’ for example, or ‘euros in 17 dollars’ and hit the Search button to see the answer.

7. YouTube is the fastest growing website that keeps videos about everything in the world that anyone can download easily. Currently, it has 30million videos and another 35 thousand are addeddaily. If you enter ‘Grammy’ to the search box, you will get 24,700 videos as search results. You can easily find videos about Michael Jackson, Beatles,and just about anyone.