Archive for March, 2009
The Only 5 Freeware You’ll Need To Make Your Windows Computer Faster
You bought that computer only last year. But, Windows runs too slow that anyone else using it mistakes it for being on an age-old machine. All because you loaded it with too much junk that didn’t get completely removed even when you uninstalled the associated software.
It’s time you set things right and make your Windows computer faster. Trust me: These five programs are all that you’ll need to make Windows run faster on your computer. Nothing else. Take my word for it: use the following programs and then come back and tell me how your Windows computer runs faster.
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Six Things You’re Yet To Back Up and How To Back Them Up
You’ve backed up all files in your harddisk, thanks to Mozy, DropBox, SugarSync, or Carbonite. But there are some things that you’re yet to backup. What are they, you ask? Let’s check them out one by one:
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Six iTunes Fixes (for Windows)
iTunes, with all its niggles and annoyances, has emerged as an indispensable media player for all iPod and iPhone owners. Although iTunes slightly redefined the way we download and listen to podcasts on the internet and changed a few other things, there are still many things iTunes doesn’t do.
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Three Facebook Photo Uploaders
More and more people are using Facebook to share their photos and videos. The web-based Facebook photo uploader is kind of bulky and sometimes it crashes your browser. You should try out the following three Facebook photo uploader software if you frequently upload photos to Facebook.
McAfee’s Stinger – Conficker Removal Tool
We posted about the Conficker worm recently and also gave you instructions on how to go about removing the Conficker Worm using apps like Microsoft’s Malicious Software Removal Tool and Symantec’s Conficker removal tools.
Now, Techie Buzz has brought into light another Conficker removal tool released by renowned anti-virus and security company McAfee. They’ve released a Conficker removal tool by the name Stinger which scans and removes 11 trojans and their variants, including Conficker.
Five Lesser Used Gmail Features
You <3 Gmail, don’t you? Gmail is the best thing ever since sliced bread. With plenty of features and lots of addons, Gmail has become a power house that can not just manage your email, but can also be used for a lot of other tasks.
This piece will tell you about 5 lesser known things about Gmail. Some of you might have known them already, but I think a large number of Gmail power users still don’t realize that Gmail can do the following things:
How to remove the Conficker worm?
Conficker – It’s lurking in millions of PCs around the world. It’s incredibly sophisticated and resilient, with built-in p2p and digital code-signing technology. It revels in killing security software. On April 1, the Conficker worm will activate. Giz explains.
Conficker (aka Downadup), that began towards the end of last year as just another worm with no big intentions, has grown by leaps and bounds that security experts find it almost impossible to destroy it now. It disables antivirus updates and Windows updates as well.
Download gAlwaysIdle to make your GTalk Status Always Idle
Back when Gmail Chat hadn’t introduced the Invisible mode, there was no way you could remain invisible from your Gtalk friends when logged in. I was using a program called gAlwaysIdle then, and when I’m just busy I just use it to change my status to ‘Idle’ on Google Talk.
The Invisible mode doesn’t work when you’re using both Google Talk and Gmail chat simultaneously. That’s when gAlwaysIdle could home handy.
Six Windows Lifesaver Utilities That Save You From PC Blunders
Believe it or not: Our digital life is actually messed up. Every now and then we face several problems with our computers: data loss, hardware failures, malware attacks and what not?
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Listed below are six different nightmarish situations and six different programs that can solve them. Don’t overlook them. They’ll save you tons of time and frustration when there’s something wrong.
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Six Latest Firefox Addons You Should Check Out
We all love Firefox for the sheer number of extensions that can be added to it. There are plenty of brilliant yet unpopular extensions that have been written about before.
This time around, let’s peep in and check out some recently developed addons for Firefox – most of them are experimental versions that require you to sign up to the Firefox addons site to download and use them (If you don’t want to create an account there, use any of these credentials to login to the site). If some addons are incompatible with your Firefox version, follow these steps to make them compatible.
