Monthly Archives: July 2010
How to download protected books from Scribd?
Scribd as we all know is like youtube for books. Unlike YouTube, Scribd allows you to download documents. But there are times when you come across some documents that are protected by the author. Meaning – you cannot download them.
But I’ve found a simple trick by which you can download any protected document on Scribd in a pdf format. As I said, it is a simple trick which exploits the ‘Print Document’ facility available on Scribd. Here’s how we do it.
Step 1: You need a simple piece of software that acts as a PDF printer. A PDF printer is not really a hardware printer but indeed a software one. When you print the document using this printer, the printer prints the document into a pdf file which can be stored on your computer. CutePDF Writer is one such software which does your job. You can download it from here. Download and Install it. Some alternates are : PrimoPDF, PDF Creator, doPDF.
Step 2: Now the job is very simple. You open a document on scribd. If you see the document is protected then right click on the document and select “Print Document”. It asks for the page range. Click Print again and Print dialog will open. Select the new PDF printer you just installed. Click Print.
The whole document will now be printed into a pdf file. When it is done it prompts you to give a name to the pdf file. And you’re done.
You’ve successfully downloaded a Protected scribd document.
Comment your queries.
PS1: If a document is protected by author of the document then it is for some genuine purpose.
PS2: “If you can see it on your screen, it can be yours.”
How to install Firefox 4 beta1 in Ubuntu
Once upon a time, there was something called Microsoft Internet Explorer…
Then came Mozilla Firefox… IE is now almost forgotten.
But then came Google Chrome. But is firefox going to be forgotten? No way! There’s more to come.
Chrome is already in version 5 and its growing lightning quick. They’re already working on version 6 and it will be out soon. Mozilla outbroke the browser market once ruled by IE. But then with the introduction of Google Chrome, it faced some serious competition and is now struggling hard to top the list. Now Mozilla is coming up with version 4. Firefox 4 is now in beta version and you can try the beta version here.
Firefox 4 has slimmed down and acquired chrome-like look by shifting tabs to the title bar. It also embodies a better Add-on and extension manager. Significant improvements seen in handling Javascripts. Supports HTML5 and many more.
Here’s how you can Install Firefox4 on Ubuntu 10.04.
Step 1 : Go to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/beta/ and download the Firefox 4 tar ball. The package will be downloaded to your Downloads Folder.
Step 2: Type the following in Terminal
sudarshan@mycomputer:~/Downloads$ bzip2 -d firefox-4.0b1.tar.bz2
sudarshan@mycomputer:~/Downloads$ tar xvf firefox-4.0b1.tar
firefox/
firefox/mozilla-xremote-client
firefox/platform.ini
firefox/README.txt
firefox/libsoftokn3.chk
firefox/libnssckbi.so
...
sudarshan@mycomputer:~/Downloads$ sudo mv firefox /opt/
sudarshan@mycomputer:~/Downloads$ ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox ~/bin/firefox4
sudarshan@mycomputer:~/Downloads$ firefox4
