Category: PC & Tech
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Firefox 4 leads IE 9 in downloads and usage
Firefox 4 launched last week, has attracted considerable interest in technology enthusiasts. The browser was downloaded 7.1 million times in the first day alone. Its now passed 15 million downloads in 48 hours and is currently nearing 40 million downloads now.
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Samsung 9 Series Laptop Priced At $1,199 At Official Site And $1,149 At Amazon.com. Comes With 11.6 Inch Display And 64GB SSD
The new and highly anticipated, exceptionally thin 11.6 inch version of Samsung’s 9 Series laptop will come with 64GB Solid State Drive (SSD). Samsung has posted its price as $1,199.00 on their official website. While Amazon.com is reporting a price of $1,149.00 with free shipping. While the price and design of the laptop steals our…
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Oracle – Cost and Cards
Last month I have received one question.In the explain plan the COST & CARDS is based on what? In this article we will see what it means and its usage.
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Windows 7 – Specify Number Of Entries in Jump Lists
Windows 7 usually stores a maximum of 10 jump list entries for a program in the taskbar. But most users would love to have more entries
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Windows Vista/7 – Display Useful Data With The Network Icon In The System Tray
Long gone are the days, where you can hover your mouse over network icon to see information like amount of data transferred over the network.
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Bing Goes HTML5
The Microsoft search engine Bing has got its mobile offering, location, apps, a new look. Now it goes HTML5. Bing, Microsofts search corner, although missing from Microsofts own Windows 7 platform owing to its incompatibility with HTML 5, is available on a iPhone handset. The Bing here includes swap-navigation of images, zoom effects, among others.…
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India Seeks To Ban .xxx Domains. Joins Indonesia And The Middle East To Protect The Moral Integrity Of Its citizens
After nearly 5 years of approvals and rejections, the ,xxx domain, excusively for porn has been approved by ICANN (Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers). Shortly after the approval, Indian government expressed its intention to seek a ban of the pornographic domain. This move by Indian government will place it in the league of…
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Yahoo intros Search Direct, takes on Google Instant
Now Yahoo got Search Direct, something like Google Instant for Google. It contains one search box that quickly and automatically suggests results as you type. Not like Google Instant, it will not update the entire results of the page to reflect the outcome of your search, but rather than an enlarged search box like the…
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Cloud-based management system Windows Intune Released
Microsofts Windows Intune, the cloud-based desktop management and maintenance system released. The software and service solution is available in 36 countries, with prices available from $11 per PC per month. Combining the hosted management system console accessed through a browser with a client application deployed to management PCs.
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Google Chrome 11 Beta Released
Google has just released Chrome 11 beta version. This beta will feature HTML5 Speech Input API from HTML5 Speech Incubator Group andGPU accelerated 3D CSS. Continue reading for more information, HTML5 Speech Input API demo and download link for Chrome 11 Beta.
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Firefox doubles IE9 24 hour downloads tally
Firefox 4 doubled downloads of Microsofts latest web browser IE9 for the first 24 hours, but with more twice downloads in its first day. Microsoft not without reason boasted that IE9 was downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours as we reported last week. But less than 24 hours after launch, Firefox 4…
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Review: Toshiba Satellite A660-X5310
For: Backlit Keyboard, bundled 3d Vision kit, excellent sound qualityAgainst: Expensive for its configurationToshiba has announced some new laptops for the Indian market in various price changes. And one such laptop happenned to be a 3d capable entertainment laptop, Satellite A660-X5310. This latest 3d laptop and is powered by Intel Core i5 560M processor. It…
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Windows 7 – Attach Websites To Jump Lists Independent Of The Browser
Jump lists of all browsers show frequently and recently accessed pages. They also allow you to pin specific sites there for quick access.
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Windows 7 – Successfully Filter The System Tray Icons
The system tray of Windows 7 keeps users up-to-date with messages. However, you may want to determine which icons and notifications appear there.
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Quick Review: ASUS EAH6950 Direct CU II Graphics Card
For: Very good cooling, Silent, DisplayPortAgainst: Bulky design, No HDMIAsus is know to launch some good custom cooled graphics card and Asus Direct CU graphics card is the latest offspring of Asus Radeon lineup. This GPU is based on the Radeon HD 6950 with a mammoth custom heat sink.
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Two New Sony VAIO Laptops On The Way. A Hybrid PC Laptop And Chrome OS Laptop
It seems like Google Chrome OS is not going down after all. Sony Insider has reported that Sony has preparing two major VAIO models, a Hybrid PC and another with Chrome OS.
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Google patches Flash vulnerability in Chrome, leaves other browsers hanging
Remember what we told about the Flash vulnerability, the massive security threat that Adobe identified in its Flash Player, Acrobat Reader Software? Well, shockingly enough, it hasnt yet taken the internet and ground productivity to a halt, but Google is been proactive and patched the flaw by itself. The fix is applied to its own…
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Google and China Clashes again, over Gmail access
With a growing sense of disquiet, how China was busying itself with locking out VPN access within its borders and seemingly preventing people from using their Gmail accounts. Google has now given a public voice to those concerns, nothing that there is no issue on our side. We have checked extensively. This is a government…