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Windows 7 Service Pack 1

15 Jan, 2010 by
News, Windows 7

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There’re reports floating around the net about Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and according to rumors, a preliminary version of SP1 will be in June 2010 and will be accessible only to testers, whereas the final version is expected by September 2010. I personally know of many people who have not upgraded to Windows 7 and waiting for SP1 to come out before upgrading to the new operating system. So, what’s likely to be in SP1? According to ZDNet, top of the list will be all the patches and bug fixes that have been delivered to customers already. If you’re keeping up with patches than you already have these. On top of these patches and bug fixes will be tweaks and fixes based on feedback and telemetry received by Microsoft. "Don’t expect anything ground-breaking here, it’ll mostly be under the hood tweaks." SP1 will also bring with it support for new technologies. USB 3.0 is likely to be at the top of what is, admittedly, a short list. Likewise, enhancements to the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi stacks will be slipstreamed in, allowing Windows 7 to retain its mantle as the most easily configured version ever. Even...
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10 Most Essential Windows Explorer Add-ons

14 Jan, 2010 by
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Windows Explorer seems to be absolutely fine for normal users, but power users will find something missing in it. Here are 10 most essential windows explorer add-ons that will help you to use windows explorer like a pro.

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1. QT Tab Bar

QT Tab Bar

QT Tab Bar is a tiny app that adds the tab feature in your Windows Explorer. This will help you to open multiple folders under single window. This is one of the most useful app that will definitely save your valuable time. Once installed, right-click on the Explorer toolbar and select the QT Tab Bar toolbars. This will enable tabs and other features in your Windows Explorer. This app works on Windows XP/Vista and requires .Net Framework 2.0 or later.

2. Folder Size

Folder Size

In windows explorer, it is not possible to view the size of a particular folder. Folder Size is an useful application that will help you to view the size of any folder, right inside the...
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Google Wakes Up – Https by Default for all Gmail Users

13 Jan, 2010 by
News, Tech
gmail-security There is certain amount of laxity when it comes to completeness or readiness of a product or a service. I am talking about Google, the big daddy of Internet. Be it Feedburner or Google wave or even Orkut, Google seems to be lethargic in fixing the bugs. Same with Gmail as well. All these are high quality products, mind you - leaders in their area of use, but still far from being perfect. Especially Gmail, possibly the most popular free email solution on the web currently, has had lots of complaints with respect to security. Let us get it straight, no product is fool-proof, no email solution is hack-proof, but I simply fail to understand why it took so much time for Google to enable https by default to all Gmail users? It's been more than 20 months since we wrote a post tipping our readers to Always Use HTTPS to make Gmail more secure. A month later Mike Perry demoed a utility called Gmail Hacking tool which showed how easy it is to break Gmail's security.

Must Read: Ultimate Guide to Secure Your GMail Account

Better late than never. Google is now...
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10 Ways to Watch Australian Open Online for Free!

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Online Tv

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Update: Click here to Watch Australian Open 2011 Live Online for free The first grand slam tournament of the season – the 2010 Australian Open Tennis Championship is about to begin. The tournament starts on January 18, 2010 and will last for 14 days till January 31, 2010. Online streaming sites such as UStream, Justin.tv and the official Australian Open website will be broadcasting the event LIVE. You can watch the top tennis players in the World including 15 times grand slam champion Roger Federer & his nemesis Rafael Nadal, as they all compete for one of the biggest prized crown of the year. Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams are the defending champions for this year's first grand slam tennis tournament. If you have to work late and cannot get to a TV, you can catch all the Australian Open tennis action online. So bookmark now before you miss the thrilling games and have to wait for the Sportscenter highlights.

10 Ways to Watch Australian Open 2010 Live Stream online

1. Watch Australian open 2010 tennis live online for free on atdhe.net - one of the best sites for live sporting action 2. Watch Australian...
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Turn Your iPhone Into a Security (Spy) Camera

12 Jan, 2010 by
iPhone, News
Everyday there are so many new iPhone apps being added into the app-store and I normally don't like to talk about them as such. Last time we discussed about iPhone apps, we saw 15 cool Augmented Reality apps for iPhone. Today, I will introduce to another cool application which converts your iPhone into a security (or a spy) cam for real! iPhone 3GS comes with 3.2 megapixel camera, so Crowded App has come out with an interesting (yet controversial) idea of using the iPhone 3GS camera as a security device.

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With this app, you can set your iPhone to take pictures at a pre-defined set of interval in minutes, or just about every time the mic on the iPhone detects any sound. You can also set the app to run the two modes in question simultaneously to take pictures every minute and/or whenever it picks up some sound, all these for just 99 cents!! To make the application power saving, and in order not to drain the iPhone’s battery, a feature has been implemented which allows the iPhone to sleep after a certain period of time and remain spying. Features of Security Cam app for...
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10 Ways to Watch American Idol Season 9 Online for FREE!

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Online Tv

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Update: Watch American Idol 10 Online Here comes the mother of all reality shows, possibly the best amongst all and definitely one of my favorites - American Idol Season 9!! For those who don't know, American Idol is a reality competition to find new solo musical talent, created by Simon Fuller for FOX network in 2002, and has since become one of the most popular shows on American television. It is currently the #1 TV show in the Nielsen Ratings and is one of only three that have been #1 for five consecutive seasons. The series employs a panel of judges who critique the contestants' performances: Grammy award-winning record producer and music manager Randy Jackson and award-winning music executive and music manager Simon Cowell have been judges for the entire series. Grammy award-winning pop singer and Emmy award-winning choreographer Paula Abdul was a judge for the show's first eight seasons. For Season 9 of American Idol, Ellen DeGeneres was confirmed to be Abdul's replacement. The buzz is this will be Simon Cowell's last season as the judge for AI 9 and he will move on to "The...
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Identify and Find Drivers for Unknown Devices in Windows

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Tech, Windows 7
Device driver installation and maintenance has always been an headache for many Windows users all the while, be it in Windows 95 or Windows Vista. Especially while migrating from Vista or XP to Windows 7, one might have come across various problems pertaining to device identification and driver maintenance. It has been a common complaint that Windows fails to identify the device installed or connected to the computer, and Windows cannot or unable to find proper or correct driver for the device. In Device Manager, the device will be listed as unknown device with yellow question mark. Check the image below for instance.

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In the case of any unidentified, unknown or no-driver installed devices, user can manually download from Internet or use driver CD to install the driver. However, user has to identify and know what’s the unknown device prior to installing correct driver. Here are some ways to find unknown device drivers in Windows.

Ways to Identify and Find drivers for unknown devices

1. Manually Identify an Unknown Device

This is possibly the toughest way to identify the device. First, we need to find out the device instance ID which is made up of Vendor ID and...
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Install Microsoft IIS Server on Windows 7 [How To]

11 Jan, 2010 by
Windows 7
Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Server) is the Windows counterpart of  Linux Apache server. It is the second most popular HTTP server in the world after Apache. IIS provides the following services: FTP (File transfer protocol), SMTP for email and HTTP for web server. In this article we will explain you how to install IIS on Windows 7. Note: The IIS server is not available with Windows 7 Home edition. So, you must have Windows 7 Professional edition or Ultimate edition for installing IIS web server.

How to Install Microsoft IIS Server on Windows 7

  1. Insert your Windows 7 installation disk into optical drive and goto Start> Control Panel > Programs.
  2. From the dialog box that opens, click on Turn Windows features on or off.

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  3. Another dialog box will open that will contain a list of many Windows features which are not yet installed on your computer.
  4. Now, you have to check the box for ‘Internet Information Services (IIS)‘ leaving all the default installation settings intact.
  5. Once IIS server is installed on your computer, you can view your homepage by typing "http://localhost" in the address bar of your web browser. The default root path, where...
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