Ubuntu 11.04 – A Review

The open source OS just got a whole lot better.


Ubuntu has just released ‘Natty Narwhal’, the latest Linux operating system that is available for a free download from it’s website. The OS, featuring the Unity desktop, is sleek, fast and very easy on the eye.

Interface


With a simplistic interface that is very easy to navigate through, Ubuntu 11.04 is a fun experience. It boasts a launcher on the left of the screen, that plays host to your quick-access icons. This is, of course, customizable.

A dash is also a new feature in Ubuntu 11.04. On the top left of the screen, there is a Ubuntu logo which when clicked opens up shortcuts to your favourite programs. Additionally, you can work in four workspaces.

Applications, Web and Ubuntu Software Centre

Ubuntu offers many in-built applications like the Mozilla Firefox 4 web browser, Adobe Flash, Liferea feed reader for your RSS feeds (integrates seamlessly with Google Reader), the LibreOffice package that is a useful substitute for users of Microsoft Office, instant messengers like Pidgin, the Banshee audio player and many more. The popular Google Chrome web browser can be downloaded too.


If you feel the need to download new applications, the Ubuntu Software Centre has them all. Simply head over to the Software Centre, discover thousands of new applications and download them instantly.

The advantage, as is with all Linux-based operating systems, is that Ubuntu is completely virus-free. Updates are released every six months and can be downloaded for free from the Ubuntu website.

Ubuntu has also introduced Ubuntu One. Create an account in Ubuntu One and sync all your files across your operating systems. They would be present on the cloud, and can be accessed from anywhere.

How To Download Ubuntu

Ubuntu can be downloaded from the website directly, or via torrents. It can be directly downloaded on to a USB drive or a CD-ROM and can be installed from there.

To make installation easier, try the Wubi Ubuntu installer for Windows. Ubuntu can be installed directly from your Windows OS using Wubi.

Verdict

The new Ubuntu is much better than previous editions of the Linux-based operating system. Unity makes navigation a great experience, and the presence of applications completes the operating system, just like Windows or the Mac OS. You can always switch to the GNOME desktop, if Unity doesn’t work for you. Overall, Ubuntu 11.04 is quick, simple, free and fun to use.

[For more information, visit the Ubuntu website.]

Short Simplified Tips #2

More Useful Links

Boomerang for GMail – Boomerang is an add-on to the Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox web browsers that allows you to schedule the sending of your emails. You can select from the options given, or can provide your own specified time. [More Add-Ons]

Read It Later – Creates a reading list for you to read web pages later. You can also save web pages and read offline. It is available for most web browsers, and mobile operating systems.

TBUZZ – Is a bookmarklet that allows you to instantly share web pages on Twitter, and also check if the web page you are sharing is already being talked about on the microblogging platform. [More Bookmarklets]

[More Short Simplified Tips]

Epic Web Browser

An India-themed web browser from the folks at Mozilla.


Mozilla have come out with a web browser that has been designed keeping India in mind. The India-themed web browser has a similar interface to the popular Firefox web browser.


It also adds extra features, like the ability to write in Indian languages, view live cricket scores and open a summary of news headlines from various Indian news sources. The themes and wallpapers it offers are India-special.

The browser also provides social networking services like Facebook, Twitter and Orkut on it’s sidebar that makes it easier to directly access these popular websites.

Epic browser is available for a free download from it’s website. [Download Epic Browser]

Remix Twitter Web With MonkeyFly

MonkeyFly – Twitter add-on.


Do you prefer to use Twitter’s web service instead of desktop clients or another online clients? Then you should install the MonkeyFly add-on for Mozilla Firefox.


The extension is also available on Google Chrome. MonkeyFly adds a whole new dimension to Twitter web, by allowing you to add sub-pages on the homepage (of mentions, direct messages etc), shorten URLs through the J.mp service, save tweets as drafts and do much more on the homepage itself.

If you are using Twitter web, you should give MonkeyFly a try.

Related Reading: More Tips on Twitter

Google Buzz Simplified

Simple tips to make the most out of Google Buzz.


Google Buzz is Google’s social microblogging and information sharing service, that comes embedded in Google Mail.

What you basically do on Buzz is share your status, photos or useful links with people who follow you. Google Buzz is like an expanded form of Twitter. 

Here are a set of tips and tools that will help you do more on Google Buzz:

1. Send a Buzz to a user’s Gmail Inbox

You can send a message to a user through Buzz by specifying the @ symbol, followed by the person’s email address, which will post the update on your Buzz feed and send the message to the user’s email.

2. Connect your Social websites


If you want to connect various social websites like your blog, Twitter profile or Picasa to your Buzz stream, then simply select the Connected Sites option at the top of your Buzz stream, and add/remove websites accordingly. [Refer above screenshot]

3. A Firefox Add-on for Google Buzz


If you are a user of the Mozilla Firefox web browser, then you can instantly share what you surf with your followers on Google Buzz, by installing the Buzz It Firefox add-on in your browser. Buzz It also auto-shortens URLs with Bit.ly.

4. Google Chrome Extension for Google Buzz

The Google Buzz extension for Google Chrome, Google Buzz Pad, is a useful add-on that allows you to view your Buzz account and also share links with your followers from Google Reader.

5. Block unknown followers

Google Buzz offers you the option to block unknown followers, who might be posting inappropriate or unwanted comments on your posts.

Simply go to the list of your followers, and select Block corresponding to the specific follower to block him/her.

6. Privacy – Disable followers/following list from Google profile


A new option to disable the public viewing of who you are following and being followed by, has been introduced in Google Buzz. You can now disable the viewing of both of these lists from third parties visiting your Google profile.

To do that, click on the lists to open them. You will find a checkbox as shown above at the bottom of the lists. De-select the checkbox to ensure these lists cannot be viewed.

7. Update Buzz via email

To update Google Buzz via email, all you require is a Buzz-enabled GMail account. Simply send your update to buzz@gmail.com, to post your update to your Buzz followers via email.

8. Find more people on Buzz


To find more people to follow on Google Buzz, select the Find People option at the top of your Buzz feed, and you can find recommended followers, or search for users via their names or email addresses.

9. Select Public/Private while posting


You can choose to share on Buzz with a select people, or with anybody else on the world wide web.

When writing a post, find the Public/Private drop-down and select the desired one. [Screenshot above]

10. Remove posts from your Buzz feed


To hide a post on your Buzz feed that you may not be interested in, select the Mute Post option from the top-right drop-down menu on the particular post. [Screenshot above]

11. Disable Buzz/Hide Buzz


You can disable Google Buzz entirely from your GMail by heading to the bottom of your GMail page, where you will find a Turn Off Buzz option.

To hide the Buzz label from Gmail, simply head to Settings –> Labels and edit as required.

12. Update Twitter and Buzz together

In case you want to post the same update on both Twitter, the popular microblogging platform, and Google Buzz, read this Internet Simplified post to know how.

13. Create a Google Buzz widget


You can create a Google Buzz widget for your website, by heading to Buzz Counter. Simply specify your Google profile name and obtain the code for the widget.

Paste it on your blog/website, and a widget (see screenshot above) will appear with your Buzz updates.

Related Reading: Compendium of Tips on GMail

Post Longer Tweets With Twitzer

Twitzer – A Firefox add-on that helps you exceed the 140-character tweet limit on Twitter.


Ever wanted to tweet more text, but were restricted by the 140-character limit in Twitter? Well, install Twitzer, a Firefox add-on, to get over that problem.

Twitzer allows you to type longer text, which it then converts into a special URL, restricting your tweet to a total of 140 characters, for your followers on Twitter to read.

All you would require to do is to right-click and select the option to ‘Twitzer’ the text, which would create a URL. Twitzer even expands short URLs for you.

Install Twitzer for Firefox [Size: 22 KB]

Related Reading: Everything About Twitter

Download Facebook Videos With A Firefox Add-On

Facebook Video – a simple tool to help you convert and download Facebook videos.


Users of the Mozilla Firefox web browser can install a simple add-on, Facebook Video, that offers options to convert, embed or download Facebook videos.

The add-on was famous as a Greasemonkey script, but is now a full-featured independent extension.


The add-on offers options at the bottom of any video that you would come across in Facebook. Internet Simplified had written an earlier post on how to download Facebook videos.

Related Reading: 5 Firefox Add-Ons That Enhance Facebook

Get Google Wave Notifications in Firefox

Try an experimental Google Wave add-on in Firefox.

If you are into Google's new platform for communication in real-time, Google Wave, then you can try this experimental add-on for your Mozilla Firefox web browser that gives updates on incoming waves.

To be on Google Wave, you need to have a Google invite. We still have a few invites to give away. All you need to do is comment on our post or our Facebook Fan Page, to get an invite.

Save Web Pages in a Firefox Scrap Book

Instantly save complete or specific parts of web pages with ScrapBook.

If you are using the Mozilla Firefox web browser, then you should consider saving important web pages and data in a way that is different from and better than clicking on File and then heading to Save Page As - installing the ScrapBook add-on.

ScrapBook is a brilliant way to save content of web pages or even complete web sites, organize them like bookmarks and search through your collection.

Install ScrapBook in Firefox.

5 Firefox Add-Ons That Enhance Facebook

Simple add-ons that can help you do more in Facebook, than what you actually could.


If you use the Mozilla Firefox web browser, then you can do a lot more in Facebook than you actually are doing. Get these add-ons to have more fun in Facebook.

1. Archive Facebook

With the Archive Facebook Firefox add-on, you can archive the contents of your Facebook account to your hard drive. Save photos, activity streams, notes, messages and everything else permanently. Download the Archive Facebook add-on.

2. Facebook Dislike Button

Get that much-wanted Dislike button (there’s a huge community in Facebook that has petitioned for such a button) in Facebook with this experimental Firefox add-on. The plugin adds the Dislike button next to Facebook’s Like button. Download the Facebook Dislike Button add-on.

3. Boost for Facebook

Boost for Facebook allows you to customize your Facebook homepage by offering options to add themes, personalize the look, download videos and do much more. Download the Boost for Facebook add-on.

4. FacePAD

FacePAD allows you to instantly download all the photos in your friends’ Facebook photo galleries with a single right-click. Read our full post on other ways to download Facebook albums.

5. Facebook ChatBar+

Facebook ChatBar+ is an add-on that offers a host of emoticons you can add while chatting with your Facebook friends in Chat. Click and insert an emoticon from the selection provided. Download Facebook ChatBar+ add-on.

Related Reading: 10 Must-Have Firefox Add-Ons

10 Must-Have Firefox Add-Ons

Simple Firefox add-ons that improve productivity. By a mile.

 
1. Video DownloadHelper

A simple tool that allows you to instantly download videos from YouTube, Metacafe and many other video sites. You can also use it to download those seemingly un-downloadable Facebook videos. Learn that here.

2. PDF Download

Save any webpage as a PDF document instantly with the PDF Download add-on. You can also email the web page as a PDF document and even convert files.

3. Wisestamp

The Wisestamp signature add-on inserts a customized signature into your email messages automatically. Define your signature (personal or business) and allow Wisestamp to do the rest.

4. Shareaholic

Share a web page instantly on several social media sources like Facebook or Twitter with the Shareaholic Firefox add-on.

5. SkipScreen

Skip pages that contain those irritating ads on websites like RapidShare, by installing the SkipScreen Firefox add-on.

6. FoxTab

Manage your Firefox tabs in 3D with this brilliant add-on called FoxTab. Choose your favourite 3D layout and switch between tabs easily.

7. Ubiquity

Bring more functionality into Firefox by installing Ubiquity, an add-on from Mozilla labs. Ubiquity will change the way you send or read email, tweet, use Flickr and surf the web.

8. Xmarks

Xmarks is the best Firefox bookmarking add-on around. Synchronize bookmarks and passwords and back them up easily with Xmarks.

9. FacePAD

FacePAD is a simple add-on that helps you download Facebook photo albums of your friends with a single click. Read more.

10. FastestFox

Speed up repetitive tasks, improve Firefox speed and search across various websites like Google, Twitter and Wikipedia with a single-click.

Related Reading: 7 Must-Dos before you start using Firefox

A Guide To Keyword Bookmarks

For users of Mozilla Firefox – increase productivity with these simple bookmarks.


If you are a user of Firefox, then you should consider optimizing use of certain regular websites by trying keyword bookmarks.

Keyword bookmarks are basically keyword-driven substitutes for URLs with only a mention of the search term required.

For example, to search for the meaning of a word, try the Dictionary keyword bookmark explained below.


Save this website address - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/%s – as a bookmark and provide “dict” as the keyword. 


Next time you need to search for a definition, simply type dict in your address bar, followed by the word to directly land on the Dictionary page of the word.

Try these other bookmarks of popular websites and set keywords of your choice for them:

Search Bing - http://www.bing.com/search?q=%s 

Do a Google search - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

Update your status on Twitter - http://twitter.com/?status=%s

Search for a Facebook friend - http://facebook.com/s.php?&q=%s

IP Address Lookup - http://www.iptools.com/dnstools.php?tool=whois&user_data=%s

Translate Spanish text to English - http://translate.google.com/translate_t#es|en|%s

Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

There are plenty of useful keyword bookmarks available here. Simply drag them to your bookmarks bar and provide a suitable keyword for each.

Related Reading: 8 Amazingly Useful Bookmarklets

Access Everything that is Blocked at Work

Some tips and tricks to pass the ‘Access Denied’ barrier at school, college or work.

There are various techniques you can use to access your personal web-based email, Facebook, Orkut, Twitter or instant chat clients at work. Read our guide.

Google Talk 


- To access Google Talk at work, one thing you could do is (shown below) add the following Google Talk gadget client URL - http://talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/client - to your Firefox bookmarks and select the option to load it in the sidebar.


- Try an online instant messaging service like IMO, Ebuddy, KoolIM1, KoolIM2 or Meebo to access Google Talk when provided with net access. Chances are these websites may have not been blocked in your office.

- You can access Google Talk in iGoogle. On your left sidebar in the iGoogle page, the Chat section is your Google Talk. iGoogle is basically a Google startpage you can use as a portal.

- Try the KoolIM extension in Firefox. Type this URL - http://www.koolim.com/koolimsidebar.xpi – in your address bar. An option to install the add-on will pop up. Install it. Please note that this extension doesn’t work the latest version of Firefox.

- Yoono Firefox add-on is another tool you can install on the web browser to instantly access Google Talk.

- Google Desktop has a gadget for Google Talk. Try installing Google Desktop and access Google Talk within it.

GMail


- To access GMail when you dont have access, simply try the mobile version http://m.gmail.com.

- Use https –> https://gmail.com, https://mail.google.com

- iGoogle has a specific GMail gadget from which you can access GMail.

- Register on Netvibes reader to access GMail as a gadget. You can check new email from Netvibes.

- There is a paid service available to use GMail. It’s called GMail From Work. If you are willing to pay money to access GMail at work, you could try this out.

- Again, like Google Talk, there is also an add-on gadget for GMail in Google Desktop.

- Access it from a mobile web simulator, like Opera.

Yahoo Messenger


- Try online IM services like Meebo or IMO. Refer the similar point above in ways to access Google Talk.

- Yoono Firefox Add-on allows access to Yahoo Messenger.

- Try Yahoo’s online messenger service to use it if it’s unblocked.

Facebook


- There are various stand-alone Facebook applications that are available, which you can probably download at work if allowed. These are independent, desktop apps that one can use to access it – like the Facebook AIR app. Download it now.

- You can access Facebook through Firefox add-on Yoono.

- To access Facebook chat, you can try web-based messengers like IMO.

- Try Facebook Mobile in your web browser to access Facebook at work.

- Facebook’s new Lite version might still be unblocked at work or school, considering that it’s newly released.

- Access it from a mobile simulator, like Opera.

Orkut


- Try Orkut India’s website to access the social network – http://orkut.co.in. Chances are this one’s not blocked by your admin folks.

- Like Facebook Mobile, you can access Orkut on your office PC at Orkut Mobile.

- There is another trick to get to Orkut. Try http://images.orkut.com. Now this one actually leads you to your Orkut homepage, provided you are logged in to your Google account.

- Access it from a mobile simulator, like Opera.

Twitter


- Users of Mozilla Firefox web browser can try various Twitter add-ons. (TwitterBar, Echofon, Yoono)

- Internet Explorer 8 users can try the Cloudberry Twitter Plugin. This one also works with Firefox.

- You can tweet from your office email address. Simply, head to TwitterMail and obtain an email you can send your tweets to and start using it right away.

- You can tweet from Gmail by using the Twitter gadget. Head to Google Labs features in GMail, enable the ‘Add Gadgets’ feature and simply add this URL - http://twittergadget.appspot.com/gadget-gmail.xml – to find the Twitter gadget added to your GMail account. For Twitter from GMail, you would have to obviously have access to GMail first.
 
- To tweet from Microsoft Outlook, you can get the Twitter Outlook Plugin.

- You can tweet from this website to make it look like your actually working on a spreadsheet, but actually tweeting.

- Use Google Desktop’s Twitter gadget. 

Other Blocked Websites

- Access the website through a proxy server. Proxies basically allow you indirect access to a network with your identity made unknown. Check out this list of proxies. All you have to do is type the URL of the website you want to access to use proxies.

- Web2Mail is a great service that sends you web pages by email. Learn more here.

- Type the IP address (computer-understandable) of the website instead of URL. An example of an IP address is 74.125.79.85 (Orkut’s IP address). To obtain the IP address of a blocked website you are trying to access, visit here or here. Type in the URL and the service will fetch you the IP address.


- Search the website in Google. And find Google’s cached version of the website. Click it to access a stored version of the website (usually the span of a few days). See image above.

- You can always read a website’s content by accessing it’s RSS feed address. Learn more in our post on Google Reader.

- Try the Firefox add-on for proxy management – FoxyProxy.

- Add https (Secure HTTP) ahead of the URL instead of http and see if the website can be accessed. 

- A really cool way of accessing almost any website online (including above mentioned ones like Facebook, Orkut or GMail) is to use a mobile simulator. Opera’s famous mobile web browser can be used to access any website. You can also try the DotMobi mobile emulator. Just head to these links and start using any website, from a mobile phone view of course.

Related Reading: How To Bypass Compulsory Website Registration

Update Your Firefox Plugins

Mozilla Plugin Check.


If you are a user of the Mozilla Firefox web browser, you can now check Mozilla’s new Plugin Check page for updates of all installed plugins in the web browser.


A plugin is basically a program that acts with the web application to run videos or animations. It is important to always have the latest updates of these plugins.

If you do not use Firefox, it is highly recommended by this blog that you switch to this fast and secure web browser.

How To Download Facebook Videos

Download Facebook videos that appear to be only viewable or shareable.


Social network Facebook offers videos that are exclusive to the network. The only options you get on those videos are to view them and share them with your Facebook friends.

These are different from Facebook users who post YouTube links which you can download. Read the later paragraphs of this Internet TV guide to know more on that.


To download Facebook videos, all you need is the Video DownloadHelper add-on in your Mozilla Firefox web browser.


When you want to download a video, just start playing it. The DownloadHelper will automatically detect the video that is being played and will offer an option to download the same, with the link provided from the add-on as shown in the image above (the clicked button with red-blue images is the Video DownloadHelper). Click the link of the video to download it.

Not a user of Firefox? Well, it is a must-use web browser that can make your internet life easier. Download it now.

Related Reading: 7 Must-Dos before you start using Firefox (and even while you are using it)

Google explains Web Browsers

What Browser?

 
Google has come up with a simple website to increase awareness about web browsers. Now we all know what a web browser is, right? Well, not as much.

Basically, it comes down to this – on start up, find something called ‘Internet Explorer’, open it and browse the web. The problem is not entirely with Internet Explorer. But with a certain mindset to use whatever browser is provided on the system without feeling the need to explore another one.

The truth is there are other excellent web browsers available online and for no cost at all. It’s high time people started using other browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Simply because they make life (on the internet) easier.

Head to the website and get details about the web browser you are using currently, and also find ways to improve it’s performance.

Related Reading: 10+ Alternatives to Internet Explorer

[Via Google Blog]

7 Must-Dos You Can Probably Stop Doing Now

Seven internet suggestions to try something new. And possibly, better.

1. Downloading Music

Of course, downloading music is very important for those hard-core music lovers. But a permanent internet connection can save you tons of space on your computer with this simple solution – Listen to Music Online.

There are many websites available today that provide great services in music streaming. Listen to every song you’ve ever wanted to on the internet. And for free. [Read: Listen to Music Online For Free]

2. Using Internet Explorer 6

Internet Explorer 6 is a totally inept browser in the modern Internet age, although most offices and companies function compulsively on it. With features that are getting more stagnant by the day (or have gotten already) and hardly any room for user-contribution or involvement.

Why not give new browsers a try? Browsers like Mozilla Firefox come with tons of add-ons that make them truly special and more importantly, customizable as per your needs and interests. IE addicts should also move on to at least Internet Explorer 8.  [Read: 10+ Alternatives to Internet Explorer]

3. Visiting a search engine’s website to search

Most of today’s best browsers don’t require you to type in a ‘google.com’ or a ‘bing.com’ to search for what you require. Try browsers that come with search engines embedded as part of the browser’s navigation toolbar.

Internet Explorer 8, Google Chrome and Firefox are great browsers that have the best search engines in their navigation bar and allow you to add more of your choice. [Read: 7 Must-Dos Before You Start Using Firefox (and even while you are using it)]

4. Depending on Microsoft Office

Depending on Microsoft Office is important from a Microsoft-dependant company’s perspective, but even Microsoft has taken it’s Office applications online. Moreover, there are excellent other sources that provides you Office applications for no cost at all. It’s worth giving them a try. Access your Office needs from the Internet. Basically, from Anywhere. [Read: 3 Alternatives to Microsoft Office]

5. Using Individual IM Clients

Downloading the specific Instant Messaging application of a particular service (like Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger) is a good idea. But, you may want to try all of your favourite chat accounts at one place.

Multi-protocol IM clients are available in plenty over the internet where you can chat with everyone across all messengers. [Read: 3 Instant Messengers You Must Use]

6. Watching TV on TV

This one may be a little farfetched. Television is best watched on a television set, especially with the kind of great products available in the market today. But on the internet, you can probably watch what you like by trying great free streaming services that host a lot of TV channels from all places around the world.

TVU Player and Sopcast are two excellent live streaming players you can try. These are basically peer-to-peer services, which means you make your resources available to someone else over a network and get resources in return. [Similar to a Client-Server Model]

7. Paying to receive cricket scores, horoscopes, joke-of-the-day etc on your Mobile Phone

Don’t pay for SMS services that provide live cricket scores, horoscopes, word-of-the-day etc on your mobile device. Simply use Google Labs’ SMS Channels to subscribe to as many services you like, for free.

Pre-requisite? A Google account. Who doesn’t have that one? [Read: Subscribe to Free SMS Services of Your Choice]

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Create and Add a Facebook Profile Badge to your Email Signature

New feature allows you to create a personal Facebook widget. Learn to add it to your email signature.

 
Use Facebook a lot? Well, now you can now create a personal widget of your profile and share it across the web. Simply head to the Facebook widgets page (You would have to be logged in to access the page) and click ‘Create a Badge’ on the top-right corner of the page.

You can choose between Vertical, Horizontal and 2-column badges. Facebook also allows you to select what your profile badge should contain from your profile, with a provided list of Items.


Select ‘Save’ and proceed to preview the widget and also add to your blog/website instantly by obtaining the HTML code that is generated for the widget. You can also create a Photo Badge in the same way.

You have to select the number of photos from your Facebook album that you would like to display in the badge. Facebook badges can be posted easily on personal websites, blogs and even your email signature.

If you are a user of Firefox, you can use their Wisestamp Signature Add-On to add the HTML code of the Facebook Profile Badge to your personal/business signature by copying and pasting the code in the Wisestamp signature editing screen.

Your Facebook profile badge then becomes a part of every email you send out. Not a user of Firefox? Well, it’s an award-winning browser with tons of features. Read this post to learn and do more with Firefox.

Related Reading: Add a Random Quote to your GMail Signature

Google Sidewiki - Contribute information to a web page

Comes built-in with Google Toolbar.

Google has come up with an innovative new tool, called Google Sidewiki, that allows users to post anything related to a web page in a special sidebar. You can read other opinions on that webpage, get helpful insights or second opinions and also contribute some of your own opinions.

For example, a webpage on a particular mobile phone can have reviews or purchase information in the sidebar. A news article can have added insight or updates on the particular topic. There are many such possibilities. You can also share any interesting information you observed in Sidewiki on Twitter and Facebook.

Google Sidewiki is a part of Google Toolbar that can be downloaded for Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Download and install it in seconds from here.

Related Reading: 7 Must-Dos Before You Start Using Firefox

Create a Free 'Read Later' Bookmarklet

YourLi.st

YourLi.st is a free service that allows you to create a personalized bookmarklet which is configured to send you posts that you have marked out for reading later. Simply provide your email address and the website will create a bookmarklet for you.

Drag the bookmarklet to you browser's Bookmarks bar and click it to mark posts for reading later, which will be delivered into your email inbox.

For Firefox Users: Read It Later Add-On