Tech News/Tips/Tricks

1. Google : Larry Page & Sergey Brin 2. Facebook : Mark Zuckerberg 3. Yahoo : David Filo & Jerry Yang 4. Twitter : Jack Dorsey & Dick Costolo 5. Internet : Tim Berners Lee 6. Linkdin : Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue & Koonstantin Guericke 7. Email : Shiva Ayyadurai 8. Gtalk : Richard Wah kan 9. Whats up : Laurel Kirtz 10. Hotmail : Sabeer Bhatia 11. Orkut : Buyukkokten 12. Wikipedia : Jimmy Wales 13. Youtube :

1) Alt + F    File menu options in current program. 2) Alt + E   Edit options in current program  3) F1    Universal Help in almost ever Windows program. 4) Ctrl + A   Select all text. 5) Ctrl + X    Cut selected item. 6) Shift + Del    Cut selected item. 7) Ctrl + C    Copy selected item. 8) Ctrl + Ins    Copy selected item 9) Ctrl + V   Paste 10) Shift + Ins      Paste 11) Home    Goes to beginning of current line. 12) Ctrl + Home    Goes to beginning of document. 13) End    Goes to end of current line. 14) Ctrl + End     Goes to end of document. 15) Shift + Home     Highlights from current position to beginning of line. 16) Shift + End     Highlights from current position to end of line. 17) Ctrl + Left arrow      Moves on...

Some common full forms are: * CD - Compact Disk. * DVD - Digital Video Disk. * AM - Ante Meredian. * PM - Post Meredian. * AD - AnnoDomini. * BC - Before Christ . * FM - Frequency Modulation. * GPRS - General Packet Radio Service. * USB - Universal Serial Bus. * www - World Wide Web. * Http - Hypertext Transfer Protocol. * HTML - Hypertext Mark Language. * LAN - Local Area Network. * SIM - Subsciber Identity Module . * GSM - Global System for Mobile. * WLAN - Wireless Local Network. * SQL - Structured Query Language. * XSS/CSS - Cross Site Scripting * LFI - Link Fragmentation and Interleaving

Skype is the largest and popular voice communication service mostly used in the world. Skype allow users to make free voice calls and also free video calls. Skype was introduced to the world in 2003 and it has remained the biggest application that is used to make video calls. Some of the reasons to use Skype are highlighted below : 1. Messaging Services / videos : you could make instant text messages or video calls/chat to any network all over the world using Skype. Skype offers free video services and instant text messages just like a local phone services. 2. Face to Face Communication : Skype allows facial communication i.e, you see the friends or families you are talking to face-to-face and not like the usual way when you send emails or ordinary voice call 3. Chat : Skype is also used to chat either as individual or as a group. you could chat or communicate with any body in the world or at long distance just like Facebook. 4. Secure Communication : Sky...

A ndroid is the world’s most popular mobile platform, which currently powers  millions of smart phones and tablet computers in the world. Google Play is the digital application distribution platform for Android, which is developed and maintained by Google. There are more than 600,000 apps and games are available on Google Play. Google play was formerly knows as Android Market. In this post, I want to introduce to you some great, free Android Apps on Google Play, apart from Skype, Facebook, Angry Birds, Opera Mini web browser or Talking Tom which are already very popular and you might have used. 1. WhatsApp Messenger: An alternative to SMS, WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messenger which uses your 3G or WiFi to send and receive messages, pictures, audio notes, and video messages. For the first year it is free, then it costs you $0.99 per year. 2. MX Player: MX Player is a popular media player to watch movies on Android devices. If you want to pl...

T he biggest advantage of installing Windows using USB flash drive is speed : It installs Windows just about 15 minutes approximately. Moreover, traditional optical disks (DVDs) get damaged upon use and time, so there is no surety whether it will successfully install Windows on your PC or not. USB flash drive gives you great ease and guarantee! To install Windows 7 or 8 from USB flash drive, you will require: 1) A USB flash drive with 4 GB or more storage capacity. 2) Windows 7 or Windows 8 installation files. Follow these simple steps to install Windows from a USB drive: 1. Insert the USB flash drive to your computer. Copy any important data from flash drive to your PC. 2. Open Command Prompt with administrator rights- for which either you may type cmd in Start menu search box and hit Ctrl+ Shift+ Enter or Go to Start menu > All programs > Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator. 3. Type ‘DISKPART ‘ and hit...

H ere is a list of most recommended and all-time essential software downloads for your Windows PC. Especially when you are having a fresh Windows computer, you will find this guide helpful and it will serve as a check-list to install programs. Be assured that all the links and download locations are of official publishers and are safe to download. Antivirus Avast Free Antivirus : The most popular antivirus for any Windows version. AVG Antivirus : A good alternative to Avast. Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware : Will save you from malwares which your antivirus could not. System Tools and Utilities CCleaner : Automatically clean up all history and temporary files and get a fresh feel on your Windows PC. Advanced System-Care : Check your Windows computer for problems/errors and fix them automatically. WinRAR : Compress and decompress files, this program supports all types of formats. Orion File Recovery Software : Recover and undelete lost files from ...

M icrosoft has already optimized Windows 7 for speed and great performance. In fact, they’ve made Windows 7 for speed. Still, you can use some tricks to further speed up Windows 7 and get best out of it. 1. Turn off Unwanted Windows 7 Features Open “Programs and Features” from Control Panel. Click “Turn Windows features on or off ” from the left pane. Unselect all the Features that you don’t use in Windows 7 and restart the computer for the changes to take effect. There can be many feature in windows 7 that we often don’t use. Disabling these unused features in Windows 7 certainly helps in speeding up. 2. Disable the Unneeded Visual Effects Right click on “Computer” and select “Properties”. Click “Advanced System Settings” from the left pane to open”System Properties”. Select the “Advanced” tab. Then under “Performance”, click “Settings”. Choose “Custom” Options From it. Now unselect all the options and select only the last three or four options which seem useful...

Speak message trick This is the trick with notepad you can do. But remember you need Speaker or Headphone for this trick. Let’s start open a notepad file. And write this:- Dim message, sapi message=InputBox("What do you want me to say?","Speak to Me") Set sapi=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice") sapi.Speak message Save this file with name “Speak.vbs” And now open it and write something in it and hit Enter. Shut Down your computer with Notepad Yes you can also shutdown your computer with the help of notepad just follow these steps. Step 1: Open notepad and write the following. @echo off msg * I am tired. shutdown -c “So, Bye Bye” –s Step 2: Save the file as shutdown.bat Step 3: Now open the file shutdown and your computer will shut down on its after showing the message in it.

Do you know how to create HD images in photoshop?If not,then you are on the right place.......... You just need HDR Efex pro and photoshop for this.  Let us begin..... Step 1: First of all,you need to download and Install HDR Efex Pro.HDR Efex pro is photoshop plugin.Once you installed the HDR Efex now come to photoshop. Open the image which you want to make in HD in photoshop. Step 2: This is the original pic on which I will be working on. Step 3: After loading an image, go to Filter>Nik software>HDR Efex pro. Step 4: After clicking on HDR Efex pro,you will see this...... Step 5: Now you can find Preset and Custom on left side.Select Preset>Preset categories>Landscape.In Landscape,choose 21 Gradual Contrasts..... Step 6: Now use the following global settings:- And then click on OK. This is the result which u will get to see. all the images in this post belongs to their respect...

M ost of the sites in this compiled list of useful websites are helpful at least one or more way, with simple web addresses you can easily remember and save your time searching on Google. Click Here to Download This List to Your Computer If the PDF file opens in your browser, click Control+S to save the file to your computer. 1. alertful.com – setup email reminders for important events. 2. aviary.com/myna – online audio editor to record and remix audio clips online. 3. bing.com/images – automatically find perfectly-sized wallpapers for mobiles. 4. bounceapp.com – capture full length screenshots of web pages. 5. boxoh.com – track the status of any shipment on Google Maps – alternative. 6. bubbl.us – create mind-maps, brainstorm ideas in the browser. 7. builtwith.com – find the technology stack of any website. 8. wobzip.org  – unzip your compressed files online. 9. copypastecharacter.com – copy special characters that aren’t on your keyboard. 10...

Made For Speed Windows 8 is a major departure from Microsoft’s past interfaces. This is fact that Windows 8 is faster, more responsive and dramatically smoother. Applications snap open, and flipping between them is so fast. Those who have reviewed and used the operating system seem to enjoy the experience. Here are some Windows 8 tips & tricks I found useful to make it enjoyable. And if you are using Windows 8 on a touch screen device, it will be a fun experience! 1. Overview Your Entire Start Screen By Semantic Zoom If you’re using a touch screen, squeeze the Start screen with two fingers to receive a bird’s eye view of your entire screen contents. This is useful when you have a lots of apps/programs installed and want to see all the apps without scrolling the contents up and down. 2. Use Windows Hot Corners The corners on your screen provides you to different Windows features. Below, is a brief explanation of each of these corners. Bottom Left-hand corner ...

Chrome tips and tricks D o you know that Google Chrome is now the world’s most popular browser? According to WikiMedia statistics, 37% of internet users on computers use Chrome, defeating Internet Explorer at 26% and Firefox at 23%. Chrome was first publicly released for Microsoft Windows OS on December 11, 2008 and became world’s most widely used browser in 4 years. Chrome’s logo which was updated on March 2011. Credits: Google Interestingly, Google’s co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page had hired several Mozilla Firefox developers and built a demonstration of Chrome! Chrome is also released for other platforms like Apple’s iOS, OS X, Linux and Android. Fast, Modern and Secure Comparing with other browsers, Chrome’s interface is  minimalistic , which makes it a truly modern web browser.  Application performance and speed in JavaScript processing is one of its strengths. Chrome also aims to be secure. It periodically retrieves updates ...

What is Java? Java is a programming language and computing platform first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995. It is the underlying technology that powers state-of-the-art programs including utilities, games, and business applications. Java runs on more than 850 million personal computers worldwide, and on billions of devices worldwide, including mobile and TV devices. Why do I need Java? There are lots of applications and websites that won't work unless you have Java installed, and more are created every day. Java is fast, secure, and reliable. From laptops to datacenters, game consoles to scientific supercomputers, cell phones to the Internet, Java is everywhere! Is Java free...

Search engines are the key to finding specific information on the vast expanse of the World Wide Web. Without sophisticated search engines, it would be virtually impossible to locate anything on the Web without knowing a specific URL. But do you know how search engines work? And do you know what makes some search engines more effective than others? When people use the term search engine in relation to the Web, they are usually referring to the actual search forms that searches through databases of HTML documents, initially gathered by a robot. There are basically three types of search engines: Those that are powered by robots (called crawlers; ants or spiders) and those that are powered by human submissions; and those that are a hybrid of the two. Crawler-based search engines are those that use automated software agents (called crawlers) that visit a Web site, read the information on the actual site, read the site's meta tags and also follow the links that the site conne...