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... 

Computers are built to be professional, reliable machines to help people carry out their work more efficiently and quickly. But there are times when computers crash and result in data loss and system hangs. Your computer may hang; display funny error messages, or even worse, no longer work at all. For average computer users, troubleshooting problems can be a challenge. But if you know how to fix... 

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 →

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users could be exposed to malware attacks, Microsoft has warned users on May 18, 2010. The announcement, made on Microsoft’s Security Response Center blog, involves the Canonical Display Driver (cdd.dll) and affects Windows 7 x64, Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 and Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium operating systems. This is not the first time Windows 7 was found... 

Got a jailbroken  iPad, a spare Bluetooth mouse and 10 minutes to spare? Yeah? Then we have a little (big, actually) surprise for you. This is one of those cool hacks that makes you very tempted to jailbreak your Apple  iPad. The iPad is primarily a touchscreen device to be held and navigated with your hands, but there is also a Keyboard  Dock accessory allowing for easier typing. Using the dock... 

As you probably already know, Google Search has undergone somewhat of a face lift over the last week and the whole (well, almost) internet has been buzzing about this news. To say there has been an uproar over the latest update would be a lie, but there are plenty of people (as with any change) that would like to see the old version of Google Search back. If you are one of those people who miss... 

With Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft introduced a new set of file formats: .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx, all not compatible with previous Microsoft Office versions. So if somebody sends you a Word 2007 document and you use Word XP, an error message awaits you. These are kind of situations when you wish if you were using some web based office suite services and not MS Office! Why Office 2007 documents... 

Ever wished if you could make your desktop screen transparent, which blends seamlessly with the background? Well, its not as hard as you may think. To do so, you just take a shot of what’s behind your screen and make it your desktop background. Simple isn’t it? But, of course, it’s more difficult than it looks to get it just right; especially if you don’t have a laptop. It’s all about... 

Thousands of online shoppers unknowingly signed their souls over to a computer-game store after failing to read the terms and conditions on their website. UK game retailer Gamestation tricked 7,500 online customers into selling their souls when they added the “immortal soul clause” to their terms and conditions as an April Fool’s joke. The retailer added the clause not only as a prank, ... 

Many of you are not aware that you can send text messages to a cell phone from your email inbox. Read on, to learn the simple technique of how to send a text message from your email inbox. And it’s free too! In today’s technologically enhanced and short messaging service utilizing environment, more and more people are learning how to send a text message from email. There are many advantages... 

On April 3, the Apple iPad was released in U.S. stores for purchase. The following day, iPhoneDev team, the famous iPhone OS hacking group, demonstrated an early hack for jailbreaking the tablet and sent out the message as a Twitter update. Last week, George Hotz had announced a working solution to jailbreak the iPad. Sounds like a ‘Me first’ competition. Anyhow, it’s the consumers... 

Okay, so you’ve started a blog, you’ve devoted lot of your time in finding a hot topic for your blog, after that you devoted more time developing the content, but at the end you found that you are alone and nobody is reading your content. This leaves you sad and you’ve lost your motivation to such an extent that you’re thinking to quit blogging. Scary, huh! Okay. This is the common and most... 

[Warning! These Mafia Wars game cheat codes can easily make you grow your wealth quickly. You don’t have to use any cheat engine or auto player for increasing your level now. Read on for cheat codes, hints and tips for the popular Mafia Wars game on Facebook. Get extra points, energy packs, the best weapons and more god father points via these cheats and tips that will improve your Mafia Wars game... 

Twitter is a quasi-perfect virtual (online) democratic community: if people find it hard to digest your words and opinion, they can (and they will) vote with their fingers! It takes just a quick click, i.e. choosing the unfollow or block features, and your twitter feed is removed forever from their life causing the end of your twitter story. Ironically, for businesses small and large, the goal of... 

In this world of information and identity theft it is no more a privilege to use a cool cell phone and brag about it too! In past, crooks used to require more physical ways to lay their hands on your hard earned money. But with the advancement of technology and the prevalence of electronic transactions, now it is just a matter of wrong steps (plethora of information being conveyed in private conversations... 

Imagine this scenario: you’ve been doing some serious work on your computer and have a bunch of apps, browsers, spreadsheets, and documents open. You’re done for the day, but closing each app and document individually is going to be a hassle. Here we take a look at an awesome utility that will close all of your running applications at once with one click. Close All Windows in a Single Click Close... 

[Warning! These Cafe World cheat codes can easily make you earn cash and coins quickly. You don’t have to use any cheat engine for increasing your level now. Read on for Cheat codes, hints and tips for the popular Cafe World game on Facebook. Get extra points, experience points, avoid spoiled food, never run out of food, get unlimited stoves and counters, and some waiter cheats and tips that will... 

Wikipedia, for most of us, needs no introduction. We use it perhaps almost as frequently as we use Google for our information needs. All of us might then wonder about the need to download and use a free information resource which is available only a click away online. But what if you fall in a situation where you don’t have access to the Internet and you want to access Wikipedia to reference... 

A rather goofy “trick” has been making the rounds over the last couple days, which was described by Ina Fried on CNET as follows: “By creating a new folder in Windows 7 and renaming it with a certain text string at the end, users are able to have a single place to do everything from changing the look of the mouse pointer to making a new hard drive partition.” Apparently people decided... 

As the clock keeps ticking and the New Year keeps coming closer with the passing of every second, we have decided to publish a round-up post that lists some of the most popular “Tips and Tricks” posts that we wrote in 2009. Take a look at them and use this as an opportunity to go thorough the articles that you might have missed earlier. Tips and Tricks: How to Speed up Your Win 7 Computer 15...