Best Friends

Best Friends

Contrary to popular belief, cats and dogs can get along! Even if they never become the best of friends, they can usually learn to tolerate each other living in the same household. It is important to remember, however, that dogs have the potential to seriously injure, or even kill, a cat.

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Best Friendship Day Quotes

Best Friendship Day Quotes

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)   

"Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you."
Elbert Hubard

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
Charles Caleb Colton  

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."
Anais Nin

"My friends are my estate."
Emily Dickinson  

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
Walter Winchell  

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."
Unknown

"A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself."
Unknown

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend."
Albert Camus

"A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more."
Unknown 

"Everyone is a friend, until they prove otherwise."
Unknown 

"Every person is a new door to a different world." from movie "Six Degrees of Seperation"  "It takes a long time to grow an old friend."
John Leonard

"I get by with a little help from my friends."
John Lennon

"Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success."
Oscar Wilde

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.-- Abraham Lincoln 

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
Ralph Waldo Emerson 

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival."
C. S. Lewis  

"Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life."
Unknown 

"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships."
Abraham Lincoln 

Friendship is like a perennial river which flows forever. It may change it's path but will never ever dry up.
Pinaki Prasad Mohanty  

“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."
Bernard Meltzer.

Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.
Cindy Lew 

Who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure.
Jewish Saying 

"A faithful friend is the medicine of life."
Apocrypha 

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile  and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.
Anonymous

"Friendship needs no words..."
Dag Hammarskjold.

"Friends are the sunshine of life."
John Hay (1871)  

"The best mirror is an old friend."
George Herbert

Friends are needed both for joy and for sorrow.
Samuel Paterson

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.
John Evelyn 

Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. 
Swedish proverb 

A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.
Anonymous 

Count your age with friends but not with years
Anonymous

Plant a seed of friendship; reap a bouquet of happiness.
Lois L. Kaufman

"I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship."
Pietro Aretino (1537)

"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit."
Aristotle (4th century B.C.)  

"Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe unto him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up."
The Bible: Ecclesiastes 4:9-10.  

"A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself."
James Boswell (1763)  

"Friendship is Love without his wings!"
Lord Byron (1806)  

"Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it."
Cicero (44 B.C.)

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost"
Charles Caleb Colton (1825)  

"Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another."
Eustace Budgell (1711) 

"Every man passes his life in the search after friendship."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need."
Epicurus (3rd century B.C.)

"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."
Euripides (408 B.C.)  

"A good friend is my nearest relation."
Thomas Fuller (1732)

"My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private."
Solomon Ibn Gabirol  

"Your friend is your needs answered."
Kahil Gibran  

"Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit."
Kahil Gibran.  

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures."
Kahil Gibran  

"A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother."
Homer (9th century B.C.)

"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a  vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over."
Samuel Johnson

"However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship."
La Rochefoucauld (1665)  

"A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care to acquire."
La Rochefoucauld (1665)  

"You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people, than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you."
Bernard Meltzer

"Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love."
Charles Peguy

"There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom."
William Penn  

"No man is useless while he has a friend."
Robert Louis Stevenson

"A friend is a present you give yourself."
Robert Louis Stevenson

An honest answer is the sign of true friendship.
Proverbs 24:26 

"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends whom we choose."
Tehyi Hsieh

"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have  somebody to divide it with."
Mark Twain  

"A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."
Len Wein  

"You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality."
Woodrow Wilson  

It is not what you give your friend, but what you are willing to give him that determines the quality of friendship.
Mary Dixon Thayer 

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
Leo Buscaglia 

Advice from your friends in like the weather, some of it is good, some of it is bad.
Anonymous 

It's the ones you can call up at 4:00 a.m. that really matter.
Marlene Dietrich

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
Samuel Paterson   

Good friends are good for your health.
Irwin Sarason 

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
Henry David Thoreau 

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.
George Washington 

I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street.
Virginia Woolf   

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
Sydney Smith

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!
Doug Larson

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business. --
Mahatma Gandhi

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton 

Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Czech. Proverb 

Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority overothers, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own.
Thomas Wilson 

"Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil."
Baltasar Gracian (1647)

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Windows Mango vs Android : Which is the best os for your Smartphone

 Windows Mango vs Android : Which is the best os for your Smartphone

A lot of times I come across people who think a phone is a smartphone only if it is powered by Android. Any one having a WP (windows phone) has supposedly wasted his hard earned money. So is this the case? Before we come to any conclusions let us first understand what an OS on a phone means.

Just like your computer a phone also requires a platform to run. An ecosystem is required on which you can install any application or play your favorite games like Angry birds. What windows(xp,vista, 7 or 8) is to a laptop or pc, Android or Windows(mango is the latest version) are to a smartphone. These are the basic software on which any additional software can run. So the question is why has two different OS when they basically do the same thing?

Well for one having a choice is always good. Just because some prefer chrome over Firefox doesn't mean Firefox shouldn't exist. Every one has a different taste and while Android may suite to some not all may find it similarly pretty or useful. Though Windows and Android basically do the same thing they do it in a totally different way. Some users may find tile system on the windows appealing while others may prefer the customization on Android.


Android

Android has been in the market for quite a while now and Google has made has proved that their little monster is not only here to stay but to dominate. One can find a slew of Android powered phones in the market from various manufacturers like Samsung, Sony, LG, HTC. So what makes Android so special?

Well the number of applications you can find on Google market( the online store where you download your apps from) is one of the major reason for the success of this platform. There are over 400000 apps available on the market( though you probably wouldn't download more than 100-150 of those but still its good to have a choice). One can find apps for anything from getting latest stock updates to monitoring your heart beat(not sure if it gives accurate results).

The problem with Android is fragmentation. Presently there are phones with Gingerbread, Ice cream Sandwich or Froyo available in the market. Every version of the android is named after a dessert. Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) is the latest version available. One can still find phones Gingerbread (Android 2.3, the predecessor to Ice Cream Sandwich on phones). It is all good as long as you get the lastest and greatest version of the software on your phone. But usually the manufacturers drop support after one or two updates and you are left with an older version on your phone that makes it somewhat obsolete.


Windows Phone

Windows is relatively a new comer to the market. The number of devices available with Windows are relatively less as of now but with Nokia joining the bandwagon recently this number is only going to increase in the future. The greatest difference between Android and Windows is the interface. While the Android offers the conventional interface with round icons and widgets, the Metro interface on the Windows uses live tiles as icons.

It is a breeze of fresh air from the conventional system and many may find it appealing. The core idea is to make things simple and provide live feed on the tiles rather than having to open them individually. Social media like facebook and twitter come intergrated out of the box.

Windows has got its own marketplace. Though the number of applications aren't anywhere close to that on Android; Microsoft & Nokia are personally taking care of that. Presently there are around 70000 apps available to choose from and that number is definitely gonna increase in the near future.

Now the big question comes what to choose? Both OSes have their own pros and cons.

Android
Pros

1. Number of applications
2. Customization
3. Internet tethering (sharing) over wifi or usb
4. Removable battery and Sd card support
5. More number of devices available to choose from

Cons

1. Due to a large number of devices available some application may be incompatible on some phones
2. Fragmentation( you can never be sure whether your phone will get the next version of the os or not)
3. Poor battery life


Windows Mango
Pros

1. Facebook and twitter integration
2. More fluid and responsive than Android
3. Multitasking
4. Social gaming on xbox live account
5. Simple user interface

Cons

1. No external sd card support(though windows phones come with 8-16 gb of inbuilt memory)
2. Bluetooth file sharing only with other windows phones
3. No internet tethering (an update to fix this problem promised by Nokia though)
4. File sharing with pc requires Zune

Bottom line being it all depends on your own preference. Both OS have their pros and cons. While there are a lot of sites and a lot of people on the forums over the web who will defend on one OS or another, the truth is both of them are equally good. If you already have an Android tablet or you are looking for an upgrade from your old android phone, Windows mango can provide you with that fresh change. For users who are getting their first smartphone it depends on what you want. Even though windows doesnt support dual core processors, that is because it doesn't need them. It is equally(or probably more) fluid and responsive on a single core as Android on a multicore.

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BEST Free Firewalls

BEST Free Firewalls

Why do I need a firewall ?

I am using a paid / Pro antivirus and it is the best. Do I still need a firewall ?  Yes, because with antivirus alone,

1. Hackers can get through open ports of your computer.

2. Any one can do a port scan and find out security loop holes to get into your computer.

3. Hackers may show themselves as legitimate source accessing your computer in the network activity list.

4. After finding ways to get into your PC, hackers will install malware which are able to send your sensitve like account no.s, passwords, personal email ID etc. You can imagine how they use your credit card details once it reach them.Ya, I know all these. I have Windows Firewall, why should I bother installing a separate firewall ?

It is true that Microsoft made a smart move by adding a firewall to its latest version of Windows. But it is an inbound protection firewall. It will help you only from points 1 & 2. Hackers can still find a way to get into your system. And Windows Firewall does not check outgoing connection. If a malware gets into your PC (not necessarily through net, USB for eg.) it can send data to hackers and Windows Firewall will be a silent spectator. If you use a limited bandwidth plan (say BSNL Home 500C), most of your bandwidth will be eaten by malware and you may get a huge bill for excess usage.You are making me nervous. Ok tell me more.Simple, get a two way firewall from any trusted source. They are mainly classified into two

1. Basic Firewall

2. Firewalls with Strong HIPS Protection (What is HIPS ?

http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/g/hips.htm


1. Basic Firewall


The best possible example for a Basic firewall is Zonealarm free. It is best suited for users with beginner or average experience on computers. Zonealarm free effectively safe guards your PC from inbound and outbound threats. You can add exceptions for programs like utorrent and service like file and printer sharing. Though it is very silent and ask very less user intervention, you can get a pop up alert whenever a program is try to access net from your PC. You can allow or deny this request by a single click. If you do not wish to get pop ups for that program, you can choose to remember the option (which you can modify later if necessary).

Download here
http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/zonealarm-pc-security-free-firewall.htm

Best Free Firewall Software for Download: Personal Firewall by ZoneAlarm


2. Firewalls with Strong HIPS Protection

It is for user who think they are capable of handling settings of a firewall.Though you can make it silent like a basic firewall, Pro users prefer to handle the request and make sure that they are safe. Let us discuss a few extremely efficient Pro active firewalls.


a. Comodo Firewall

Comodo Firewall is considered as the best available firewall at the moment. According to independent reviews, it is more efficient than most paid firewalls. It has Defense + feature which monitors programs and make sure that they are not compromised. It consist of a memory firewall which protects you from buffer overflow attacks and a light sandbox. Users can choose the following settings Firewall Only, and Firewall with Optimum or Maximum Proactive Defense. The later being the best. You can use Clean PC mode which declares all programs in PC as safe (do not choose if you are not sure if your PC is clean or not). Even if you choose Clean PC mode there will be "my protected registry keys" and "my protected COM interfaces" which adds protection to your PC.

Download here

Firewall Antivirus Software Free Download from Comodo
http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/


b. Online Armor Free

If you want an alternative to Comodo, Online Armor free can do it for you. It has a HIPS feature enabled " Program guard " to keep you safe. You can use Run safer feature and set high risk application such as browsers, download managers, messenger clients etc (which are known to be easy entry for malware to your PC) under a limited account. The keylogger detection is one of the fine features which other free firewalls include in their pro version. If you are paranoid user, Online Armor Free can be set to give pop ups for every suspicious action on which you can make a decision.

Download here

Best Firewall Software - Stops Hackers, Malware, Viruses, Keylogger - Includes Online Banking Protection - Online Armor.

http://www.online-armor.com/

We have a few other products which are as good as discussed above. But discussing each one of them will make the thread too lengthy. So I am just listing the names here.

c. Outpost Firewall Free

32 bit
http://dw.com.com/redir?edId=3&siteId=4&oId=3000-18510_475328020&ontId=18510_4&spi=835315d7106afd616004f1f3bd2f1eeb&lop=link&tag=tdw_dltext&ltype=dl_dlnow&pid=11881839&mfgId=88619&merId=88619&pguid=USbU@goOYI0AACzoxqMAAAAg&ctype=dm&cval=NONE&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.cnet.com%2F3001-18510_4-75328020.html%3Fspi%3D835315d7106afd616004f1f3bd2f1eeb%26part%3Ddl-88619


d. PC Tools Firewall Plus
http://www.google.co.in/urlsa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pctools.com%2Ffirewall%2F&ei=ONUmUeSoJ4SErQfU4DwDw&usg=AFQjCNGykYzmtVlzSQLeyRzc517UCZAaAQ&bvm=bv.42768644,d.bmk

e. Private Firewall

f. Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6.2808.
This firewall automatically protects your PC from hackers and other malicious attacks.
http://www.tucows.com/thankyou.html?swid=213160

g. Ashampoo FireWall FREE

https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/dld/0050/Ashampoo-FireWall-FREE/

Hope this post helped you.

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