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If your computer starts up really slowly and takes a long time before you can use your installed applications, there is a good chance that unnecessary programs and files are being opened or initialized at the system startup. Finding out what these applications are and enabling/disabling them can be done by entering Run in the [...]
Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard when it comes to image modification and working with graphics. Graphic designers mostly start out with learning Photoshop and a huge number of them stick to it throughout their careers. Although the absolute beginner might Photoshop a bit intimidating, the tools are quite easy to grasp. The best part [...]
While working on the internet using our internet browsers, there often come times when we need to note down the information we see. The physical way to do this is to have a pen and notebook handy to write down what we see. But in case of a lot of material we usually copy the [...]
Not too long ago the only browser war existed between the Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer. Even that cannot be really called a war since the choice heavily relied on the operating system: Windows users used Internet Explorer and Mac users used Netscape Navigator. Today however the browser choices are many and almost all of [...]
Social networking can keep us jumping from one popular site to the next, sharing information and media as we go along. With the increasing number of websites people use to communicate with each other, keeping track of the sites individually might become difficult. Say you have an account on Delicious, Friendfeed and Twitter; you have [...]
Being a blogger it becomes really important to know when a website goes down because whenever a site disappears just like that there is nothing much you can do really. But at least you can keep tabs on whether or not a site is online. With the following five services, you will easily be able [...]
Imagine being able to build your very own database of the content your find online. You are able to search for any keyword from this library and within seconds the relevant results will be shown up. How easy would that make life? No more browsing for information online, saving everything interesting on your PC. The [...]
File hosting sites provide a great facility to internet users. By uploading files which are simply too large to email, you can share them with your recipient. Conceptually this form of sharing is excellent. However the practical application is where the trouble begins. Today’s file hosting sites have a number of nuisances associated with them: [...]
In life one cannot think of anything more important than good health. It is every individual’s duty to keep a check on their health. But one can find difficult the task of monitoring all those medicine dosages and intakes, keeping a schedule of the doctor’s appointments, and doing so for all the members of your [...]
Say you are a website owner. You know that getting traffic to your site is your number one priority. In order to ensure that, you need to know what changes you make positively and negatively affect different forms of traffic your website is receiving. Therefore it becomes important to know not only the amount of [...]
When you computer messes up and you call the tech support guy, what happens? You are completely stumped when he/she asks you about your RAM’s bus speed or your video card’s model number. Right-clicking “My Computer” and accessing its properties only shows you the most basic system information. What if you are checking a system [...]
If your computer stays on the entire day then turning off your monitor when you’re not at your desk can save you a noticeable amount on the electricity bill. But you don’t want to push that button each time you’re leaving or coming back to your system. With the latest monitors, those buttons are getting [...]
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