While the Internet has become an integral part of our lives, information theft and crime is also on the rise. We expect access to information or services to be quick, simple and convenient. But at the same time, the safety and security of our personal data is severely compromised. Is there an effective way to counter the work of hackers and spammers who are working […]
How fast can you type on your smartphone or mobile device? Besides depending on personal skill, the text input predictive capability plays an important role in enabling fast typing in a constraint keyboard size on mini devices. As part of the effort to improve the great typing experience on mobile device, Swype has unveiled a new virtual keyboard typing technology that is claimed to speed […]
Need a desktop calendar to alert you on your wedding anniversary or to remember to buy your girl friend’s favorite LV leather bag? Running on the similar standard iCalendar format used by Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Apple iCal, etc, Rainlendar is another feature rich calendar application which can run on windows (Windows 2000/XP/Vista), Mac OS X and Linux operating system. Like other desktop calendars, Rainlendar […]
Microsoft had officially released its Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or SP1 for quite some time. Surprisingly Microsoft now announces its Windows Vista Ultimate Service Pack 1 (SP1) online test-drive. This online-test drive allows users to try the operating system without having to install it on users’ computer. Users just need to log on to test drive site using their web browser and they will […]
Google Suggest is a useful default feature which can predict what users type in the search box and offer relevant suggestions in real time. For instance, if you type “home” in the search box, Google Suggest will immediately offer you a list of suggestions started with home, e.g. “homebase”, “home office”, “home for sale”, “home insurance”, “home goods” ,etc. You could just click on the […]
There are various web analytics tools available to study the characteristics as well as the performance of websites. The analysis result can assist users to improve their websites in terms of traffic, layout, content, commercial aspects, features, etc. Web analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Woopra, Feedburner, Website Grader, etc are some of the popular and widely used tools by web designers, bloggers and internet […]
In life many people tend to pay more for getting double indemnity from insurance company as there are too many uncertainties and unpredictable circumstances. If you are keeping the same philosophy in handling your data, then you can do with double protection in safeguarding your valuable data via DoubleSafety.
One of the main causes to the slow and unstable computer performance is due to disk fragmentation. To improve the efficacy of the hard drive and optimize the system’s performance, users need to carry out defragmentation of their hard drive periodically. If users are not comfortable with Windows’built in defragmentation program, we have introduced a tiny defragmentation tool, mst Defrag, in our earlier post. Alternatively, […]
The famous American multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing consumer electronics and software products, Apple has announced its new iTunes 8 media player software, which incorporates the new breakthrough Genius feature, allowing users to automatically create playlists from songs in their own music library that go great together with only one click.
Symantec Corporation has officially released its Norton Internet Security 2009. This new security has seen substantial improvements done based on users’ feedback and comments on its predecessors. In line with Symantec’s mission to make the security application “Faster & Lighter”, users can observe that the new interface as well as the entire installation process have been streamlined and simplified. It just takes a few minutes […]
Windows Live Messenger enthusiasts whose passion in messaging has shaped their life can get this free add-in, MSNShell, to enhance the services and functions of their Windows Live Messenger. MSNShell is tailored to users’ needs by providing many extra services such as back up for your winks, emoticons, the ability to open several sessions simultaneously, encrypt chat, screen shot, personalized sign message, display of recent […]
Mozilla developer centre released its Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 today. Codenamed as Shiretoko Alpha 2, developers or testers who would like to give it a try can download it. This Alpha 2 release it built on the pre-release version of the Gecko 1.9.1 platform and it introduces a few interesting new features such as:
Tip and Trick