According to the latest reports, the New York Police Department has concluded that one of the most wanted gadgets by thieves in the city is the iPhone. This is not surprising, as the iPhone is an enticing device with all kinds of features and utilities. Surveys have reported that around 70% of the stolen smartphones… Read More »
On April 24, Big Google unleashed a nuke in the form of an update they named Penguin. Although it has been a month since the update was unleashed, the effect is still felt as everyone tries to understand what exactly went on. The truth is, this update was the biggest I’ve ever seen from Google,… Read More »
Lately, Google has been doing some pretty massive changes that may seem unprecedented in its history. At least I have never observed them on such a scale. I’m sure many of you who own websites or blogs would agree that Google is extremely unpredictable and volatile, these days. In the last 6 months, we have… Read More »
How to Automatically Summarize an Office 2007 Document Sometimes when writing reports, you may need to summarize it, especially if it is a long one. But that may be quite difficult to accomplish if there are a lot of different types of information contained within it. If you are using Word 2007, there is a… Read More »
Mozilla’s Firefox has been arguably the best web browser for the last couple of years and has outperformed other popular browsers like Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Safari consistently. What makes Firefox better is its simple architecture, well thought out functionality and its speed. But even Firefox can be made faster by tweaking its settings a… Read More »
I’m sure you would have heard about SOPA by now, but if not, it stands for Stop Online Piracy Act, and is a recent bill tabled in the US House of Representatives on October 26th, 2011. Although SOPA at the surface seems to be for a good cause, in that its objective is to fight… Read More »
In many cases today, the need to sync and connect a mobile device that has information like calendar, contacts, etc to a PC has become a necessity, and you can actually do it quite easily if you know how. Let’s take a quick look at this feature now.
Android operating system for mobile phones has made phones better and more comfortable to use, but a very large part of that is down to the apps. If you visit the Android market, you can grasp how many varieties of applications are available. You too, can create an application if you know how to do… Read More »
Windows 8 is the upcoming version of Microsoft Windows and is a wonderful operating system designed to be used on a wide variety of platforms like tablet PCs, netbooks, laptops, business desktops and servers. Microsoft has changed its traditional Windows user interface completely, and now it is best suited for the touchscreen interface. However, it… Read More »
User Account Control (UAC) is a utility incorporated within Windows which improves security by allowing running an application only when approved by the administrator. This prevents any unwanted applications running in the background and harming the system. It was first implemented in Windows Vista, and its improved form is being used in Windows 7 now.