It is almost inevitable for most PC owners to encounter problems such as a slow-running computer. When you encounter all imaginable problems, you usually ask yourself, how do I speed up my PC? How do I speed up my computer? This is what I usually hear from any PC owners who are just frustrated with the slow computer performance they are experiencing. It may sound like a daunting task but with these... 

Google announced yesterday, it is adding VoIP calling to Gmail for U.S. users. Desktop calls to any phone in the U.S. and Canada will be free at least until the end of the year, and international calls will be billed at rates as low as two cents a minute. Using a combination of Google voice and video chat, this new phone calling feature from Gmail will let users dial numbers right from its web... 

Chip giant Intel has thrown down $7.7 billion to buy and acquire the  security software giant McAfee! According to MarketWatch, Intel will pay $48 a share in cash to buy the firm, amounting to a shade under $7.7 billion. this works out as a premium of 62% over McAfee’s closing price on Wednesday. If you’ve been wondering why Intel bought McAfee for this hefty price, the reasons could be many.... 

Google is constantly been ‘attacked’ by privacy advocates over their Google Street View feature. Apparently people do not like other people taking pictures of the streets they live on. So Google Japan decided to show the public how Google Street View really works (see video below). They wanted to give people the idea that it is just the cutest thing. And, that they are working late at... 

Sometimes things are better off dead than alive. Google introduced Wave, it’s real time collaboration tool with much fanfare at the Google I/O conference last year but has now announced to stop developing Wave “as a standalone project.” Google Wave was one of Google’s most prominent new services. Now it is one of its most prominent flops. The reason for it is quite obvious – not enough... 

Throughout my online travels I have come across a number of free programs whose goal is to provide a system’s overview. CPU-Z and PC Wizard, created by CPUID, are two of the most popular. However, recently I have come across one which seems even better: Speccy. Speccy is an advanced system information tool designed by the same company responsible for the well known, and well liked, CCleaner (used... 

If Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner is to be believed, Microsoft is getting ready to roll out IE version 9 this September. According to several recent leaks, Microsoft had been targeting August as its beta delivery target for IE 9. This beta is expected to be public (as the test previews have been), and to feature more of the user interface elements. On July 29, Neowin.net reposted... 

There’s no doubt that the Apple iPad (and most newer iPhones and iPod touches) can run Flash. A new open source project called Frash will allow iPad users to experience Flash in the Web browser as Adobe begins demonstrating its own efforts to port Flash 10.1 to the newly released Android 2.2 “Froyo”. How to Play Flash Content on iPad Whether Steve Jobs Likes it or Not Flash on iPad... 

Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you probably know that the iPhone 4 has been out for just over a week, and users are having some signal failure issues with the smartphone. After initially dismissing the reports about the iPhone 4 antenna reception issue, Apple has officially admitted it exists, promising a software fix in a couple of weeks. But it is not as exciting as it sounds, though! The... 

You want to survive in present day conditions; you should cross the barrier between you and your competitor. That is the Mantra of being alive in the competition. Nobody wants to stay even a small step behind their competitor. That’s exactly what Firefox has done in their latest release; 3.6.4. Previously Chrome had the crash protection feature in it and now Firefox has it well. This release of... 

I have been reading queries in various forums regarding this very topic – How to know if my GMail account has been compromised and hacked and what to do to get it back. Thankfully, Gmail has an in-built feature, which helps to determine suspicious login sessions. I am going to provide here 5 steps to determine whether your Gmail has been hacked or you are on the safe side.  Read More →

The quietly released new Firefox addon BuddyFox, unbelievably changes the entire way you can communicate with your friends online. BuddyFox is a recently launched instant messaging add-on for the Mozilla Firefox web browser. It runs from within the Firefox web browser and come handy for users who spend most of the time using it. BuddyFox allows you to connect with your friends, chat online and share... 

I just came across a software — Sculptris – which is unbelievably awesome. The story goes like this; I was working today and a very old dude of mine pings me on Skype. He gives me a link to check in my free time. The website never looked classy though, with a download, forum and a few more hyperlinks. Download! Amazingly the software download was only 3.2 MB. My expectation from the software... 

The three mentioned in the title are the most popular internet browsers around the world, with Firefox topping the list.  Internet Explorer used to come as standard for all PC users, but now with new PCs it comes as an option with a few more ready to choose from.  Safari is Apple’s trademark on the Internet Browsing web.  It is also the Browser used on the iPod and iPhone.  However there are... 

After compiling a comprehensive list of hot announcements that were made yesterday at the Apple WWDC [Worldwide  Developers Conference] 2010 event, here we are again. If you want to relive the most important announcements that happened during Steve Jobs’ keynote at the Apple WWDC 2010, here are top 5 videos that you must not miss:  Read More →

If you want to relive the most important announcements that happened during Steve Jobs‘ keynote at the Apple WWDC [Worldwide  Developers Conference] 2010 event then you have come to the right place. As expected Monday, Apple used its annual developers conference to introduce a new version of the iPhone. And while some of the features may have been known heading into this week’s Worldwide... 

VLC media player is well known for being jack of all trades. It plays almost everything that is meant to be played by a media player and and the best part is — it’s licensed free.  It makes you free from the chains of codec world. Forget about having different codecs installed on your PC. VLC has almost all codecs built-in. It plays even if the media is damaged, missing pieces, broken pieces... 

Most of you here must be aware of various torrent clients. If you are a torrent junkie and if you happen to be a Linux lover then you are going to love this news. uTorrent, one of the leading torrent clients for Windows saw its first public release in September 2005 and soon became the most widely used BitTorrent application. More than 50 million people across the globe use this every month and the... 

If you use a computer (yes even a Mac) you get error messages. Most of the time, they are frustrating but you got to admit that there are times when they look so funny and hilarious that they actually look adorable (in a strange way). We have decided to compile a list of top 10 (11, actually) world’s funniest Windows error messages that would make you laugh and cry at the very same time. So be... 

As suggested by the latest report of Symantec on “Rogue Security Software” Google enjoys high popularity among hackers who p0is0n links in the search results because of its large market share in the search engine industry. “Google’s breadth and speed of indexing also play a role,” says Symantec. Symantec reported that search engine results p0is0ned with links to fake...