Filter Tweets Real time based on Geographic Location with ChirpCity

In Twitter, you can catch up with local trends search where you can find what people talk about in particular location, but it doesn’t show all the locations and its specific only to certain locations and also you can find using the hashtag of your location. Here is a nice third party tool that can show real time tweets based on the any geographic location you choose.

ChripCity is an web app that displays local tweets in real time based on the geographic location which you set. It has almost all the countries, states and cities listed on their database. All you need to do is, just pick up the one which you’re looking out for and then get the real time tweets from people based on your geographic location.

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How to Enable or Disable SmartScreen Filter in Internet Explorer 9

September 20th, 2010. Filed under:IE. Tags: Security, smartscreen
By this time most of us must have downloaded the latest beta release of Internet Explorer 9 which was made public by Microsoft last week. So if you are using Internet Explorer and you want a better online experience with enhanced security while browsing the web pages then you might want to enable a filter called Microsoft SmartScreen.

For those who don’t know what is smartscreen, it is a feature in Internet Explorer that helps detect phishing websites, and can also help protect you from installing malicious software or malware. So whenever you encounter a suspicious site a warning will be displayed on the browser window to notify the user about the sites nature and whether user trusts the site owner/publisher to continue further on the URL provided.

Here are few simple steps to Enable the Smart Screen Filter:

Open Internet ExplorerGo to  Tools>Internet Options

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Filter MAC addresses

As a final security precaution, consider limiting access to network adapters with specific MAC addresses. To use MAC-address filtering, you'll need to enable the feature in your router's configuration routine. Look for a filtering button or a menu option. Then enter the MAC addresses you recorded in step 1 for your Wi-Fi adapters. Apply the changes and exit the router's configuration utility.

For an extra layer of security, enable MAC-address filtering.

Most 802.11g routers come configured to work with both 802.11g and 802.11b clients. If you've purchased 802.11g devices for all your wireless systems, choose an 802.11g-only mode to boost performance.

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