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The only browser that my college’s shared computer provides in the Windows environment is Internet Explorer. Don’t ask me why, but you can imagine the level of difficulty I have to face while working on it. Being a guest user one cannot install a

Previously we have seen how to create and run the portable version of Dropbox from a USB drive, but due to som

Note taking isn’t new to any one of us. We know how it serves as a quick reminder to things and helps us stay on top of our tasks. Indeed, the practice keeps our information out of our head, yet, ensuring that we don’t miss any of that. Now, ther

Few months back we reviewed the Portable Apps Suite , a neat application that could download and run portable applications on any computer from your pen drive. The tool is very useful for people who usually have to work on a shared computer and ar

A simple file and a thoughtful image can help you beautify your flash drive and make others give it a second look when you plug and play. Open a new Notepad (btw, if you hate the default Windows Notepad, here some useful Notepad alternatives) file an

I am a die-hard fan of LastPass . In fact, it’s the one online service that makes it easier for me to access all the others. It encrypts and syncs all my personal login credentials, notes and other important details to its server and makes it ea

Portable applications have their own advantages and I always prefer them over installers when it comes to applications for Windows. We have already seen how to make any Windows application portable using Cameyo but it has some limitations. I store

In the past we have seen how we can securely encrypt the data on our hard disk using TrueCrypt. Without doubt, the program is one of the best when it comes to protection of data on the local drive but there’s no provision to hide data in a portable

Photography is a wonderful art but it isn’t easy to master. To take a perfect snap there are many things one needs to consider, like backgrounds, lighting, tilt, focus and God knows what else. If you suck at it don’t worry you can always enhance

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.

If any random person asks me a question as to what’s the one thing that, if I think about, can give me goosebumps anytime then I am sure my answer will be, “ the fear of getting hacked.

Few weeks ago I accidently broke my laptop’s charging pin. When I went to the service center I was told that it would take a couple of days to get it fixed.

Image capture tools aren’t the exclusive purview of bloggers and web workers. If you casually flit about on the web, you could use one to capture a screen quickly and post it somewhere like a microblogging site or a social network like Facebook. Yo

Every other day we come across interesting software that could make our computing experience better. But, we are held back by the very fact that installing lots of software can make your computer bloated.