Firefox 3.5 has become the most popular browser, finally wresting the lead away from industry behemoth Internet Explorer 7, according to analytics site StatCounter. The latest trends show that a huge decline is being seen in IE7 use – as people have started moving over to the latest IE8 – combined with a big rise in Firefox 3.5 that has finally caused a change at the top of the browser leader board. And... 

Why would you want to do this? Well, you can trick your mother into thinking she’s on Windows. Or maybe you want to ease your friend into a Linux conversion. Or maybe just because “why not?” Whatever is the reason, I believe that most people are afraid of Linux because they just don’t want to get out of their comfort “Windows” zone. Linux on the desktop is perfectly capable of doing... 

If you are a Microsoft Zune HD user then this post is going to give you more reasons to feel proud about your portable music/video/mp3 player. And like many others, if you are an Apple iPod fan then this post is going to make you feel jealous. I’ve used them both and though I loved them both for different reasons, you can still safely call me an iPod fan. But don’t be surprised when this... 

With the enhancement in technology, there is no time to wait. As long as the speed of the Computer (Desktop PC or laptop) is concerned, it can be boosted up by performing some small tweaks. In this post I’m going to explain the tweaks to be done in Windows based computers (Win 7 particularly) for enhancing the speed of operation. It’s time to get rid of the unused data – The Disk Clean Up... 

Windows 7 isn’t out the door yet, but Microsoft seem to be making good progress with Windows 8.  It is interesting to note that Windows 7 has only been on general release for a month and yet many people are already eyeing up future iterations of the Windows operating system, including Microsoft itself. As it appears Mayan calamities aside, the next Windows should be here in just about three years! A... 

The Build 14.0.4514.1009 from Microsoft Office 2010 Beta branch that was leaked in the wild 2 weeks back is now officially available for download, well at least for subscribers of MSDN and TechNet. The beta of MS Office 2010 is expected to launch this week,  but subscribers to Microsoft‘s MSDN and TechNet Web sites can get it now. The most significant change in this build is the new installation... 

If you are one of the users like us who just recently upgraded to Win 7 then here is a disturbing news. Windows 7 is still virus vulnerable, warns a security specialist. SophosLabs reported in its security blog that a test Windows 7 system on a clean PC was affected by 80 per cent of viruses. This is despite Microsoft’s claim about Windows 7 being more secure. With User Account Control (UAC) turned... 

Have you been scratching your head on how to speed up the external USB drive that you bought recently? Here is a  little tweak that will increase the performance of your external hard drive(s) by turning write caching on as well as activating advanced performance. In Windows Vista, write caching isn’t enabled by default because removable devices could lose data if removed too quickly. This is great...