Have you been itching to finally move your computing to the cloud (i.e mostly online) after Google officially announced Chrome OS recently? Then fasten your seat-belts because I’ve got something you’d love to give a shot before you can lay your hands on a netbook with Chrome OS. Called Jolicloud, this is an operating system [...]
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When you find a webpage that contains interesting stuff, you may want to share it with your friends. Though there are many services that can help you do that, most of them merely share the original webpage. If you want to point out certain things on the page with annotation, it isn’t usually straight-forward. This [...]
Cl1P.net is a nice web app which lets you copy and paste data between two computers easily and quickly. By using this app you can transfer both plain text and rich text. Transferring data is a three step process. Enter a URL that starts with http://cl1p.net. For example http://cl1p.net/abcd Paste the text in the box [...]
We have talked about parental controls in Windows and web filter in Windows 7 that let you restrict access to inappropriate content on the web. However, if you are on a Windows version which doesn’t have parental controls, and using Chrome as the default browser then you could use an extension called BlockIt to block [...]
Few days ago, we discussed how you can connect your PC to TV. As the trend of watching online videos on TV is rising, developers are making great efforts to make the experience better. In this context, a company known as HillCrest Labs has designed a browser called Kylo that’s created for users who prefer [...]
If you are tired of toggling between the mouse and keyboard, and wish to use the keyboard more often to perform routine tasks, then it’s time you get yourself acquainted with keyboard shortcuts for different apps. Using keyboard shortcuts could significantly save time in the long run and hence make you more productive. And if [...]
With significance improvement in data transfer technology, high speed broadband in double digit Mbps (even triple) for home consumers have become a reality. However, a flawless internet connection which always gives the speed it promised is uncommon. To check if your ISP is providing you the broadband speed it promised you can take the help [...]
Even if you are on a broadband connection with unlimited bandwidth, the speed can reduce drastically if you do things like downloading torrents and playing online games simultaneously. Now, you may not want the downloads to take half of the speed but it doesn’t work that way. Consequently, there is less bandwidth available for other [...]
