Let me start with a quick question today. What feature do you think a mobile user would always look for in a smartphone, tablets, laptops or netbooks? Yes! It’s long battery life. These users are very particular about the battery life as everything will fail to work without the juice to power them. Windows provides [...]
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Losing a laptop isn’t as uncommon as you might think. It’s an unsafe world out there and you need to ensure that you do everything possible to keep your gadgets (and the data within them) safe, and set up measures to track and recover them when calamity strikes. There are many paid and free services [...]
Windows 7 is a powerful operating system with almost all the necessary features one needs for everyday computing. However, not all of these features are available at our fingertips. Most of the settings are scattered across the operating system and often one has to undergo many steps to access them if he is not acquainted [...]
If you travel often with your laptop, it’s important that you have an anti-theft or tracking software in place in case your laptop goes missing. We covered a number of such tools, including both software and devices like Bluetooth alarm, in our popular laptop security software post. One of the tools mentioned was Prey, a [...]
Turning off a desktop monitor is simple – just push the button. But not if it’s a laptop. Yes, Windows does turn it off if you keep it idle for some time, but that’s not we are talking about here. We want to turn it off quickly, in one click. How do we get that [...]
What do you fear the most when you travel with your laptop? Let me guess – it’s the fear of having your laptop stolen and your personal data compromised. Right? Stories of laptops getting stolen at airports, restaurants, even from homes is nothing new. Hence you should have certain security measures in place to prevent [...]
Most of the Windows laptops running the premium or Ultimate versions of Windows 7 adopt the basic color scheme when running on battery, in order to save power. Like, my Dell Latitude laptop goes into the power saver mode when I put it on battery power, and I get the following message popping up on [...]
Even though laptops come with touchpad which is supposed to replace an external mouse, a majority of laptop users seem to prefer the good old mouse over the built-in touchpad. One of the main reasons, in my opinion, is the frequent typing errors usually encountered by beginner laptop users. You might have experienced it yourself. [...]
It’s no secret that as the usage of a laptop increases, its battery life diminishes. While there has been some development in the type of batteries, battery life is something which users continue to complain about. Obviously, the type of operating system has a lot to do with the battery performance. The newer operating systems, [...]
There could be various reasons for connecting your PC or Laptop to that old TV or the new HDTV you got recently. You might want to enjoy High Definition YouTube videos on the large screen…or skim through your collection of pictures may be…or watch a powerpoint presentation on the large screen…there could be so many [...]
This is a really simple tip which could fix your slow laptop provided the reason behind its slowness is the one I mention below. Most of the laptops go to the power saver mode by default when they are on battery. Some of them, like my Dell Latitude, have advanced options like changing the graphics, [...]
