The spread of viruses is mainly due to the incorrect use of Internet and the misuse of external media like the USB or Pen drives. Windows has an auto-run function enabled by default so whenever a USB drive is plugged in, Windows automatically recognizes it and performs a default action like opening the contents of [...]

Yesterday I was browsing via Firefox when suddenly the power went out and to my horror I found that I lost all my Firefox bookmarks and I did not have any backup.
This is actually a Firefox bug which causes a user to lose all bookmarks if Firefox is not closed properly but thanks to a [...]

Google recently changed its Favicon from a colorful boxed G to a simple blue g. I personally do not like the new Google Favicon and would love to revert to the old one.
While some users don’t care about Google Favicon at all but for those who frequently use Google services like Gmail, Adsense etc and [...]

The worst thing that Microsoft could create in Windows was the Windows registry. Its so delicate that if you do something wrong with the registry, everything is gone.
This means that registry needs to be backed up regularly so that if there is a system crash due to corrupt registry or invalid system state, we can [...]

When I first got my hands-on Apple iPhone, it seemed to be a quite user-friendly smartphone but it was until when I tried the SMS Text feature for the first time that I realized typing on iPhone is not that easy after all.
Especially with all those Urdu/Hindi and other native language slangs, I wondered whether [...]

There is a very cool service called WhatTheFont which lets you detect the font used in a logo or image by just uploading it.
For a test I uploaded the Sizlopedia logo and after a quick scan the service gave a list of almost 20 closely matching font styles. Google OS used the Google logo as [...]

Orkut has released a set of 10 themes for Orkut users which they can apply on their profile to make it look more beautiful and pleasing. However the sad part is that Orkut themes are available for selected users only and the feature has not yet been rolled out to everyone.
Thats where OrkutPlus comes to [...]

One thing I love about Wordpress is the great flexibility it offers in terms of designing custom themes and for this all the credit goes to Wordpress Template Tags.
Recently I ran into a problem where I wanted to monetize the posts in my Gadgets category with TTZmedia ads while keeping the normal Google Adsense ads [...]

PC theft is a very common activity all around the world. Laptop PCs are the biggest victims in this case as they are portable and do not stick to one place like Deskop PCs. Cybernet recently shared an application called LocatePC that will help users easily. track or recover a stolen PC.
LocatePC sends you a [...]

Ubuntu is relatively a good Linux distribution when it comes to enhanced security however it must be kept in mind that no security solution is 100% unhackable and ever-lasting. You are already familiar with Firewall in Windows now its time to help you install and configure a Firewall in Ubuntu Linux in order to make [...]