We find many interesting software/programs on the internet everyday. But how can we be sure if they can be trusted or not? We could run an anti-virus scan, but that is never 100% accurate. Even if the software is safe to run, the software could fill in your windows registry, and end up slowing down your PC, or sometimes conflict with some other program. Then there are those which do not get uninstalled neatly, leaving bits of files and registry entries in your system, reducing your computer's efficiency further. This is too big a risk to take, especially for applications which you probably won't even run twice.So, what if there was a way that would let you try out software without actually having to install them on your PC? In this way, it would keep no trail of its existence after the...
Web services that let you share your favorite links, videos, blogs, and media are a dime a dozen, but not all of those services give you the ability to really share those things along with what you thought of them. Even fewer give your recipients the ability to converse with you about what they thought after reading the article or watching the video you forwarded to them. Glass, on the other hand, is a new Web service that allows you to take snapshots of the interesting things you see and read on the Web and share them with friends in an interactive and conversational way, as opposed to broadcasting the things you find interesting to an impersonal group of people.Glass is new and in private beta, and the developers behind it were kind enough to let us give the service a shot. Even...
There's nothing more annoying than a coworker's noisy, unattended computer, and there's nothing more embarrassing than coming back to your computer to hear your cubicle neighbors complain that noise from your idle system has been disturbing them, whether it's music you left playing, e-mail alerts, or other system sounds. With System Silencer, you can make sure that your computer shuts up when it goes idle, and you can toggle a number of other features to take effect once your system realizes you're gone.System Silencer is a tiny app that runs quietly in the background and only performs action on your computer when it's been idle for a period of time that you specify. The utility can be especially useful for saving battery life on notebook computers, or just making sure that the music...
Video game classes at major colleges and universities aren't particularly new: they can be valuable teaching tools in many cases, depending on the course and the game. Making a single course all about the ins and outs of one particular game however is a little odd, but that's exactly what professors at the University of Florida are doing with EME2040: 21st Century Skills in StarCraft.The course will focus on build techniques and strategies, as well as how the skills that you learn playing the game can be applicable in the real world where you may be forced to manage multiple priorities and activities with limited resources. Sound familiar? Don't rush to enroll just yet though, the course does have a pre-requisite, and is only open to students who have "basic knowledge and...
Rojoice all you μTorrent fans! The bittorrent download manager is now also available for the Linux platform. With the release of the Mac client a while back this means that μTorrent is now available for all three major platforms.For those who haven’t heard of μTorrent, you either don’t use bit torrent at all, or you’ve been missing out on one of the best torrent clients available for Windows. μTorrent is possibly one of the lightest torrent downloading applications available, and even now the windows version is a mere 321kB. In this small package lie some very powerful features. μTorrent has a large list of features which you can find out more about here.The μTorrent client for Linux however is currently only a “server” which...
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab has finally been officially revealed, and has already been hailed by many to be the first true competition for the Apple iPad since the latter’s release earlier this year. The Android 2.2 3G+Wi-Fi tablet will be available in two capacities, 16GB and 32GB, which are thought to be priced at approximately $900 and $1050 respectively, and very speculatively. No news on availability, though The tablet will also feature the Layar augmented reality browser, Swype text input, 720p HD video playback, full Flash 10.1 support, ThinkFree Office, Google Mobile Services such as Maps and Latitude, and video-calling over 3G networks.Other Samsung specific features include such media consumption applications as Readers Hub, Media Hub, and Music Hub.Check out its...
Nvidia introduced its 400M notebook discrete GPUs, the GeForce GTX 480M, a couple of months after releasing its first DX11 GPUs based on the Fermi architecture, the GeForce GTX 480. Now, it has fleshed out the family, and offers seven Fermi-based notebook processors.The new processors are based on the 40nm fabrication process, and will all support CUDA, 3D Vision, PhysX, and Optimus graphics-switching technology. According to Nvidia, the new 400M series offers 40x better performance than the previous generation of GeForce, and are 5 times faster than Intel’s integrated solutions.Check out the specifications below:...
Twitter will be launching two major updates in the coming weeks, and wants you to know they’re about…Update 1: New authorization rules for applicationsStarting August 31st, all Twitter applications now require the use of the OAuth ID to be able to access your Twitter account. Advantages of this move are: Applications are no longer allowed to store your password. If you change your password, the applications will continue to work. Some applications you have been using may require you to reauthorize them or may stop functioning at the time of this change. All applications you have authorized will be listed at http://twitter.com/settings/connections. You can revoke access to any application at any time from the list.Update 2: t.co URL wrappingTwitter has now got...
It can certainly make one proud knowing your country is among the top 3 in the world, but if we’re top 3 in sending spam, we’d rather we weren’t. According to a new report by TrendLabs Researchers, India is responsible for 12.55% of all the spam messages circulated work, ranking behind only the United States of America. Brazil rounds off the list at number three. The top 3 rankings have remained the same for the past couple of months, but, India posted a decline in spam numbers in July, while the United States and Brazil posted an increase. Check out the list of top 10 nations below, and know that China doesn’t feature anywhere on it…In related news, TrendLabs Researchers also published a list of the top 10 phishing targets in the world, where HSBC tops...
A while back we talked about some of the brilliant new feature that were coming with the latest beta version of Chrome. If you were as excited about these features as we were you will be glad to know that Chrome 6 has been released to the stable channel. This effectively means that Google Chrome 6 is now the latest version of Google’s browser. While you can find out more about Google Chrome 6 by checking out previous coverage of the beta release — the features are pretty much the same — here are some of it’s salient features in brief: New more powerful autofill AutoFill now supports profiles, so you can automatically fill forms with different details for work / home etc. A new unified menu While older versions has two menus, Chrome 6 combines...
Apacer AC203 500GB external HDDThe Apacer AC203 external hard drive is sleek and stylish. The body contours are delicately lined with a rubberised strip - adding nice grip, while making it easy on the eye.The Apacer AC203 features an intuitive single click backup button within the PCClone EX Lite software that comes preinstalled on the drive, enabling an easy backup of important data to a user specified folder on the drive. The backup software provides a user-friendly graphical interface that allows you to conveniently configure system backup and personal files.The Apacer AC203 weighs 143g and is just 14mm thick. It is available in three colours namely: Ruby Red, Graphite Black and Snow White.Performance:We subjected the Apacer AC203 external hard drive to various synthetic benchmark...
HP’s purchase of Palm is old news now; what everyone is waiting for next is the next HP product featuring Palm’s webOS, or the next major release of the OS. To those hankering for a look into the future of webOS, we now have a first look at what will come with webOS 2.0, and Palm has released a beta SDK of the same on their site for interested developers.The new features Palm has showcased are juicy indeed. Palm has improved on its paradigm of cards as a task management system. In webOS 2.0, related cards (related applications / tasks) will automatically be stacked together. So if you’re checking out website opened from a link in your email app, both the browser and email app windows will be stacked together. You will have the capability to manage your own stacks.webOS...
Steve Jobs introduced the new iPod touch, iPod nano, and iPod shuffle in yesterday’s Apple press conference, each packed with “incredible new features” that are a result of Apple’s “most advanced technology”. Many of the iPod touch's new features were predicted before, pieced together from very informative leaks... iPod touch Retina display – 960x640 pixels FaceTime video calling (front facing camera) HD video recording (back facing camera) A4 chip 3-axis gyro iOS 4.1 Game Center Thinnest and lightest iPod touch ever 40 hours of...
Apple already had an Apple TV device which was available for $299 at launch, however they have now announced a new Apple TV device which has undergone a fundamental shift in functionality, form factor, and purpose. While the new device will be available at a much lower price of $99, this doesn’t come without its sacrifices.First of all the new device is all black and much smaller, which means it will fit in much better in your setup. It features minimal connectivity options, which just power, ethernet, HDMI, and optical audio connections. The device has the usual polish and appeal of any Apple device.Unfortunately, Apple TV only supports HD videos of up to 720p just as the original version did. Apple claims this is being done to maintain a balance between bandwidth and quality. Of...
RSS feeds, according to us, can be termed as one of the finest information bearers out there. They are one of the neatest little workarounds for having your own customized newspaper, or a cure for the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder of those who want all updates/news on their favourite sites, in an uncluttered manner, without having to check to the relevant sites every 30 seconds. RSS Owl, at first sight, resembles the old IMAP mail clients, which epitomizes the essence of RSS Feeds – it is like you are being mailed the stories as they come, with the readability of a document. And like mails, all news items are marked ‘read’ or ‘unread’. You can assign labels, organize news for later reference, create a copy (PDF/DOC/RTF), and more.One of the pleasant...
