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Monthly Archives: April, 2013

How to Password Protect a Document in Google Drive

Password protect google document

Arun SK

With Google Docs merged to Google Drive, a lot of us have cultivated the habit of storing any and every document into Google Drive. After all, its safe, secure and maintained by Google in the cloud.

And like a lot of people I also have a spreadsheet having some of the little sensitive info which I need to access now and then. Something like a bank account number, login ids, social security number etc which I can look-up using the Google Drive app on my phone.

There is a small problem here. Although Google Drive can only be accessed after logging into Google, we are almost always logged into Google in our phones and PCs. That means if somebody gets access to your PC or phone momentarily, he/she can actually take a peek at these… not too good!!!
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What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes! – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes! – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it – Cullen Hightower

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it – Cullen Hightower

Adobe updates

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Can we grow a stronger-than-steel ‘wonder material’ to save the world?

By Amar Toor

blue green algae

It’s stiffer than Kevlar, thinner than paper, and in a few years, it may be mass-produced using only sunlight and water.

Scientists in the US this week announced a new, and potentially groundbreaking method for producing nanocellulose — a so-called “wonder material” derived from tree fiber that could be used to create ultra-thin displays, lightweight body armor, and a wide range of other products.

Their key ingredient? Algae.
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