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How to Make Utorrent Faster
Utorrent is pretty much the number 1 bittorrent client (feel free to argue below), being standalone and under 300KB, yet sophisticated and…well in other words, if all software were like uTorrent the world would be a much happier place, unfortu...
Windows Live Messenger Not Remembering Your Email?
Windows Live Messenger keeps getting fancier, the latest version has visual customization incorporated at every possible location in your messenger window almost as if it’s target audience is for pre-teens, personally I prefer the previous vers...
How to Schedule a Computer Shutdown
Do you need to shutdown your computer at a specific time? You might need to do this for a number of reasons, an ideal situation maybe you are downloading a file overnight and you sleep 12 hours a day (because, maybe you are unemployed) but you are p...
How to Open RAR Files
RAR files have become increasingly common in terms of compressed files that it has almost become second nature, specially in illegal online file sharing networks and also several webmasters today share any personal downloadable files on their websit...
How to Permanently Delete a File
Windows provides a nifty feature to easily and quickly delete any files, but is it, really? A while back I posted on how you can recover your deleted files, a few days back I gave you a list of 10 applications that lets you recover deleted files, w...
Modes of Data Transmission
Talking about data transmission can get confusing sometimes, we talk of types, modes, ways, these terms maybe synonymous to each other however they do have very distinct differences and cover different aspects of data transfer, I recently covered ...
How to Open WPS Files
A WPS file is a document file type similar to the well known DOC type however with less formatting that DOC offers. WPS files aren’t really as common as the other standard document file types (doc, txt, rtf) however used in popular document app...
How to Manage Your Downloads Better On Firefox
Firefox has proven to be one of the best web browsers undoubtedly staying in par in terms of features and performance and also appreciating in market share continually. However, the default download manager of Firefox, while introducing the pause fea...
How to Copy Your Files Faster
Do you copy files often? With the performance of computers increasing by the day, and having spoilt us with most functions computer related performed ‘instantly’ copying files can be a real hassle as they aren’t really instant as we...
Have a Gmail Account? Turn it into a Hard Drive
Gmail is arguably the best mail service, with its simplicity and speed of execution of its features. The other striking factor is the massive 7GB+ storage space (and counting) which only a few would ever really utilize completely (I am currently usin...
How to Take Care of Duplicate Bookmarks
Are you a bookmark junkie? Do you haphazardly bookmark pages for ‘later use’. Whether you actually would refer it later or never look at it again. Nevertheless, at some point of realization you might find your bookmarks completely clutter...
How to Split Animated GIFs into Frames
GIF images are the image files you see that usually animate. They are created using several static frames (just like any other motion picture) and used in websites for banners and other web based representation as they are very lightweight. Sometimes...
How to Add a Poll to Your Website
As I stated in the ‘Introducing Polls‘ post, polls are a great way to get to know what’s popular, what’s best and is the ’safest’ way to conclude something on a very heated topic. It’s also a great way to get...
Looking to Keep Things Mutual on Twitter?
You can’t talk about Twitter enough, Twitter is a classic example of viral marketing, based on how Twitter became popular and how stories can spread on Twitter. The growth of Twitter and ‘tweeting’ or ‘twittering’ has al...
Still Outdated With Your Word Processor?
It’s been a while since Microsoft rolled out the docx format which handles documents in the new releases of Microsoft Office, this format has been the default format for all Office documents since Microsoft Office 2007 was released, however the...
Have Your Files Disappeared From Your Hard Drive?
You might have noticed files on your hard drive mysteriously ‘disappearing’, as in you can’t find your files but the disk space that the file requires is still unavailable, if this is the case go ahead and breathe a sigh of relief a...
How to Record Your Screen Activity
Ever needed to capture your screen in action? You might need this feature for several reasons, the main purpose would probably be to create on screen video tutorials for explanation, or you might just want this feature as it’s ‘cool’...
Need to Pick a Color On Your Screen?
If you are into any form of creating or editing with your computer that involves color you might probably need to know the exact hex value of that really cool shade you noticed on a website or in a random application, whether you want it to be a pa...
How to Find Out Your Computer’s IP
Your IP is a unique set of numbers that identifies your computer on the Internet or any network, you might need to know what your IP is for different reasons. Maybe to forward a port to an application to establish uninterrupted connectivity, or if yo...
How to Download Videos on Youtube
This is a question many are seeking the answer for that has had several solutions already available in the form of web based scripts, browser addons and standalone applications. To clear the doubt once and for all (and hoping that this should appear ...
Need to Rename Several Files at Once?
Renaming files is no big deal really, with today’s easy to use operating systems all you need to do is right click the file, click rename, rename the file, and you’re done, but just like everything else doing something over and over can b...
Simple Ways to Deal with Vista Start Up Failure
A lot of Vista users face the problem of booting up the OS. A number of Vista users have reported the problems they face with using it with regards to the extremely slow pace at which it boots. Users also say that their PC often hangs up at start up ...
Advantages Of Using A Linux Platform For Web Hosting
There are a lot of micro and medium finance businesses that have their own websites. They put in a lot of effort to make sure that the web host they choose is the best and they get the best deal at a very cheap price. It is indeed a very good idea to...
Fed up of Duplicate Files Lurking in Your Computer
If you download a lot of files, you might have noticed more than a couple of the same file in different parts of your hard disk. This could be music, images, video, software or anything for that matter. It doesn’t necessarily mean you are not o...
Want to Know Your Connection’s Real Speed?
With Google and several other services looking to take virtually all your computer usage online, your internet connection speed is going to be one of the most important factors to consider, in recent times, with the introduction of several new commun...
Top 5 Rules to Keep Your Computer Free From Viruses
Virus- A word that arouses bad memories for a lot of computer users. Formatted drives, stolen passwords, brand new computer behaving like a Pentium-2 with 16 MB RAM- sounds familiar? I know. You are not alone. Almost every computer has fallen prey to...
Create Cleaner URL’s On Your Wordpress Blog
Who cares if the URL is a million characters long right? Wrong. Venture Capitalists would fund $2 Million dollars for a service that would shorten URL’s and make it cleaner to present. Still, while it’s really no big deal, it’ alway...
Take Your Bookmarks (and passwords) Wherever You Go
Google’s long term goal of taking all your computer tasks online is currently in progress. Of course, the successful completion of this would make things a lot more convenient, location, hard disks, backups, etc. would no longer matter. You&#...
Accidentally Permanently Deleted a File?
Well, depending on your deleting habits you might have experienced this at some point. As for ‘habits’, I have a habit of ’shift’ deleting anything I don’t need, when you delete a file holding the shift key, it skips the...
Top 10 Signs, You Have Viruses or Spyware
Viruses and Spyware are pretty much the worst hassles to deal with when it comes to computers. A small price, for revolutionizing every aspect of our lives, businesses and day to day tasks making things a lot more efficient and productive. However, t...
