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Check which website tracks your online usage

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 06:05 AM PDT

One of the issues while you sign-up with a website is we do not really read through the disclaimers or terms of services in great detail. Mostly we sign-up to websites thanks to their relevance and reputation. Some of these websites do something called as tracking out activity and sharing this info with advertisers for targeted advertising. I had written about how websites or services track your usage and determine your unique identity. I guess this can also be done not just for tracking visits but also for focused advertising.

This can be helpful in some places but it would be wise not to share too many personal and financial details on websites which track your usage and also share it with advertisers.

So now you are using these web services and have no time to read through the scores of Terms and Conditions you have causally agreed to. To deal with this predicament we have a Firefox add-on which easily tracks any website which is tracking your information and sharing it.

About Privacy Choice

Privacy Choice can be installed on your Firefox Browser and when you are on a website you want to check details on their tracking and sharing of info you can go ahead and click on their small Privacy Icon next to the address bar.
This pulls up a page with details of services which are tracking. Most blogs will be tracking usage which can then be later used for targeted advertising.
It also has a service for webmasters to see if their websites are being tracked in anyway they might not know about so their website is more secure from a privacy angle.

Do try out Privacy Choice on Firefox and let me know of any similar tools or services which can be used and shared on DW. Do drop in your comments.

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How to add Checkbox in Microsoft Excel

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 02:45 AM PDT

Microsoft Excel is equipped with so many great features that we don't know about. You can easily add check boxes, options buttons, toggle buttons and many things which we don't even know. Check boxes can be used to indicate an opposite and clear-cut choice. You can check more than one check box at a time in a data sheet to show the options.

In order to add check boxes in your data sheets, follow the simple steps below.

1. Launch Microsoft Excel 2007. First of all, we have to add the Developer tab appear in Excel 2007. If it's not enabled, click on the Office button.

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2. Then, go to Excel Options.

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3. In the Popular tab, check Show Developer tab in Ribbon checkbox and click OK.

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4. Now, it's time to add the check boxes. Go to the Developer tab, click on Insert and under Form Controls, you will see a checkbox icon.

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5. Once you click the check box icon, you will see a plus sign pointer. Click where you want to add the checkbox.

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6. Now, right click on the control and go to Format Control

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7. Under Value, select the initial state of the check box. Whether you want to be checked, unchecked or mixed.

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8. In Cell Link, select the cell in which you want to show the status of checkbox and click Ok.

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9. Note one thing, when the checkbox is selected, the linked cell shows a TRUE value. On the other hand, if it's cleared, it will show a FALSE value.