Shalini A.

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Free VPN Traffic Account giveaway - TAP VPN for Android Featuring Servers From 35+ Countries

Shalini A. posted an article on - Feb 9, 2012, 12:14 am
We have reviewed lots of free and paid VPN services on this blog and have always provided our readers with exclusive free accounts to try things out, so here we are once again with another VPN service review and free account giveaway. With support for over 35+ country servers very few VPN ser...
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Court orders Lenovo to refund 'Microsoft Tax' aka bundled Windows license the buyer didn't want

Shalini A. posted an article on - Feb 8, 2012, 12:48 pm
In an landmark judgement after four years of legal battle, a European court has asked computer retailer Lenovo to pay €1920 for making French laptop buyer pay for "Microsoft Windows" software bundled with their laptop which he did not wanted. Popularly known as "Microsoft Tax" users around the glo...
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Download Leaked Windows 8 Consumer Preview Theme Pack

Shalini A. posted an article on - Feb 7, 2012, 1:13 am
Microsoft is soon expected to unveil the Consumer Preview build of Windows 8 publicly this month, various leaked image of Windows 8 Consumer Preview build 8220 are already floating all around the internet, One of the theme packs of Windows 8 Beta has now been posted publicly for download consisting ...
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Max Payne 3 - Official Website Launched, Coming May 2012 - A must watch trailer for all game lovers

Shalini A. posted an article on - Feb 5, 2012, 8:48 pm
Rockstar games has unveiled the official website for their much awaited game title Max Payne 3. Scheduled to be released in May, 2012 the game sequel has got huge fan-following waiting eagerly for the release, and looking at the trailers and weapons demo videos as posted after the jump it seems they...
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Fixing Microsoft ActiveSync Compatibility Issue On Windows 7

Shalini A. posted an article on - Feb 4, 2012, 8:24 pm
If you still got hold of an older Windows Mobile phone and the only option to manage it from your PC is "Microsoft ActiveSync", and if you tried using it on the newer Windows 7 desktop OS only to find that unfortunately the application is no-longer compatible and is being blocked with incompatibilit...
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File hosters fall, multihosters gain ground

Shalini A. posted an article on - Feb 3, 2012, 12:37 am
After Megaupload’s shutting down and the buzz created, many other top file-hosters like Filesonic, Fileserve and Filejungle etc. have ceased file sharing fearing the same fate, even if they are located outside USA. Right now, 90% of the most important file hosters have terminate...
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Transfer all data from your current Apple iPhone to a new iPhone

Shalini A. posted an article on - Feb 2, 2012, 12:54 am
Finally, got a new iPhone ! Here is an simple how-to guide on migrating all your data (contacts, SMS, emails, accounts, pictures, music and movies etc.) to the new Apple device. read more
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Megaupload taken down, Little hope for users having no-copyrighted files to get there data back...

Shalini A. posted an article on - Jan 31, 2012, 9:32 pm
One of the most popular online file-hosting/content-locker service Megaupload.com had their servers searched and employees arrested in New Zealand, on January 19 on copyright infringement accounts. To users bad-luck, millions of user-accounts also got locked with this seizure without any possible wa...
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Facebook Launches New Timeline Apps

Shalini A. posted an article on - Jan 25, 2012, 9:29 pm
Facebook is getting better and better. During Facebook's live press event last January 18, the social media mogul announced its new 60 Open Graph app partners. The new set of partners, ranging from food to fitness and from travel to lifestyle, will be working closely with Facebook in approving new a...
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Microsoft Reveals Plan for its New Windows 8 File System

Shalini A. posted an article on - Jan 20, 2012, 7:29 am
Finally Microsoft breaks the silence. A few officials from the world's leading software company has shared little details about Photogon - a new file system that, according to previous rumors, will be integrated into the forthcoming Windows 8 OS. A previous blog from Microsoft last Monday entitled "...
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Wikipedia and Others Shuts Down for a Day to Protest Against SOPA

Shalini A. posted an article on - Jan 18, 2012, 9:13 am
Lance Ulanoff, the editor in chief of Mashable, probably said it best when he said that implementing the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) would be like returning to the Dark Ages - back when the World Wide Web hasn't been launched yet and everything for most of us was, well, boring. A few days ago, Wik...
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[RARE] - Free Lifetime Usenet Access With 1Mbit Speed Limit

Shalini A. posted an article on - Jan 17, 2012, 4:16 am
Using BitTorrent, eMule and Gnutella for download all the free stuff ?, there exist another technology known mostly to geeks as "Usenet". Daily terabytes of new content is added to these servers ready for sharing, and with sharing you will get all sorts of legal and illegal music, movies, software'...
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Free RealVPN Account Supporting US, UK, Germany, France and Netherland PPTP Servers

Shalini A. posted an article on - Jan 17, 2012, 12:30 am
PPTP VPN's are popular because of their out-of-the-box native support on most desktop and mobile platforms. And here is your chance to grab one absolutely free as RealVPN is offering 100000 free PPTP protocol based VPN accounts under their limited quantity (100000) BETA registration phase. Packed ...
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Tobii Gaze Interface for Windows 8 Revolutionizes Laptop Interaction

Shalini A. posted an article on - Jan 16, 2012, 2:11 am
There are already developments focusing on controlling computers via voice. If controlling your computer using your eyes seems something possible only in distant future, think again after you watch this technology right now. Tobii Gaze Technology demonstrated in the video below shows how their "Gaze...
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[Video] Jailbroken iPhone 4S Running iOS 5.0.1 Demoed On Video

Shalini A. posted an article on - Jan 16, 2012, 12:08 am
After giving users Corona - The untethered jailbreak for A4 CPU based Apple device running iOS 5.0.1, pod2g has achieved another milestone by jailbreaking the newer A5 CPU based devices like iPhone 4S and iPad2. For now a video is posted demoing working iPhone 4S jailbreak running iOS 5.0.1, there i...
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Creative Use Of Facebook Timeline To Spread Anti-drug Message

Shalini A. posted an article on - Jan 14, 2012, 8:47 pm
The new Facebook Timeline feature permits a lot of creative potential thanks to the new covers images, here is an brilliant use of the feature to spread the anti-drug message.
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FindTheBest - Internet Comparisons Made Easy

Shalini A. posted an article on - Jan 14, 2012, 7:50 pm
Finding content on the Internet continues to become more and more difficult due to the seemingly endless amounts of searchable pages, FindTheBest is creating an alternative by providing an unbiased, data driven source of customized comparisons. FindTheBest, founded by DoubleClick’s Kevin O’Con...
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The Pirate Bay Decides To Stop Offering Torrent Downloads

Shalini A. posted an article on - Jan 13, 2012, 9:33 pm
World's leading torrent download website ThePirateBay has decided to do away with torrent downloads in upcoming days. In a month's time The Pirate Bay will no longer offer downloads of .torrent files. "Shocked" - don't be, they are just going to move forward to a better alternative offering download...
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WaterFox - The 64 Bit Optimized Build Of Firefox

Shalini A. posted an article on - Jan 13, 2012, 1:05 am
While there is no x64 Bit build of "Google Chrome", in my quest to look for a performance oriented 64bit native web-browser I found variations of "Mozilla Firefox" specifically optimized and compiled for 64 Bit Windows OS. Both WaterFox and PaleMoon forks features an x64 optimized firefox version fo...
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Dragon Go! For Android : Virtual Voice Assistant From Nuance - The Developers Of Siri

Shalini A. posted an article on - Jan 12, 2012, 10:34 pm
While Google is paving it's way to offer a competitive virtual voice assistant to Apple's "Siri", the current Siri Alternative solution's on Android platform are not very exciting. Thankfully, under some new exciting development "Nuance Communications" - the team behind technology powering Siri, hav...
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[Funny Image] - Internet Explorer 9 is afraid of Firefox...

Shalini A. posted an article on - Nov 2, 2011, 2:46 am
It seems Internet Explorer 9 does not likes it's competitor Firefox. Click Image To Enlarge read more
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PicFull - New Free Web App For Easy And Fast Real-time Image Filters

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2011, 9:40 am
Want to spice up any of your digital photos? Enter Picfull.com, a freshly launched website where you can filter and change your photos with different filters in real-time, completely online. There are basically just two steps to transform your images, so the process is being kept as simple as need b...
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Upgrading MAC OS X To Latest MAC OS X 10.7 Lion For Free

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2011, 8:00 am
Apple recently released their new major update to Mac OS X desktop operating system as "Mac OS X v 10.7 Lion", thankfully if you are on a older Mac OS X and qualify for the free "OS X Lion Up to Date Program" here is how to grab the upgrade to Mac OS X Lion free of cost from "The Mac App Store" wort...
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Microsoft's Vision Of Our Technology Future, Awesome Video Presentation !

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2011, 1:32 pm
Here's Microsoft's concept future vision on how people will get their things done at work, home, and on the go in coming 5-10 years. Watch the concept video to get a glimpse of the future of productivity, a must watch futuristic video for every tech lover. read more
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Conan O'Brien Video : Ask Siri Anything…..Yes ANYTHING

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2011, 1:04 am
Conan O'Brien's Take On Siri read more
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[Infographic] iOS 5 Vs iOS 4 Mobile Web-Browsing Speed Test

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 26, 2011, 8:27 am
We have seen how Apple iPhone 4S compares to iPhone 4, here is another speed-test showing how iOS4 compares to the new iOS5 in mobile web-browsing tests. read more
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Happy Diwali & A Prosperous Hindu New Year To All !!

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 26, 2011, 1:28 am
Its festive time in India once again as today we celebrate "The festival of beautiful lights - Diwali", Our heartiest wishes for a Happy Diwali and Prosperous Hindu New Year to all. Want to send e-greetings to your loved ones here are some great sites to get started. read more
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Siri Can Make Calls From A Locked iPhone

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 23, 2011, 9:57 pm
Siri is definitely the most sought-after and talked about feature of Apple's new iPhone 4S smartphone, the virtual voice-assistant can make calls from a locked screen also when a pass-code is required to unlock the device. This is no security-flaw but is by design and can be disabled as demoed next....
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Reliance To Offer 4G Services in India by mid-2012

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 23, 2011, 5:07 am
Mukesh Ambani - once the richest man in the world and the man behind Reliance Industries revealed their company's future plans to roll out 4G data services and low cost tablets by mid-2012 in India, offering blazing fast speeds upto 50 – 100 Mbps (at-least seven times faster than the current 3G sp...
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Siri vs. Android Voice Actions

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2011, 10:26 pm
Siri has graced the iPhone 4S for almost a week now and reports on its witty banter, international limitations and working even when the phone is locked has bounced around the Internet. Some articles have also compared Siri in head to head contests with Android Voice Actions. There is really no com...
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Speaktoit Assistant - A Siri Alternative on Google Android Phones

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2011, 4:05 am
New Apple iPhone 4S features the much talked around "Siri" virtual voice assistant, luckily users having Google Android can benefit for something similar using free android application "Speaktoit Assistant". The user simply needs to ask an question to the assistant and it will perform the requested ...
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[Video] See For Yourself Who Wins The iPhone 4S Vs. Samsung Galaxy S II Drop Test...

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 18, 2011, 4:34 am
Nobody likes to get their expensive smartphones like Apple iPhone 4S or Samsung Galaxy SII get dropped and damaged. But if you want to know which phone fairs good when dropped from same height, here is a "drop-test" video between the two to get a clear winner - also don't miss the part video part wh...
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Sony CMOS Sensor Found in the iPhone 4S

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 17, 2011, 3:22 am
Since the iPhone 4S was officially launched, many were astounded by its mind-boggling features – particularly Siri, the revered “humble assistant” that can listen, understand, and execute tasks including sending text messages, setting up your schedule via the Calendar and Reminders app, checki...
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Free iOnRoad Augmented Driving Application For Android Promises A Third-Eye On The Road

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 15, 2011, 11:03 pm
Augmented Reality is no longer a science fiction or lab-technology, thanks to augmented reality applications like Atol les opticiens, Kinect Magic Mirror or AR Business Cards the technology is increasingly making it's way to the mainstream usage into our daily lives. To get the...
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The All New Powerful Windows 8 Task Manager

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 15, 2011, 9:30 am
Apple has dominated the tech news of late and, as its fairly certain that Apple will continue to sell every iPhone the company can make, as Monty Python would say; Now for Something Completely Different. The Windows 8 development team is planning a major overhaul of the venerable Task Manager. The ...
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[Video ] Checkout How new Apple iPhone 4S compares with iPhone 4 when it comes to speed

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 14, 2011, 11:27 pm
While "Siri" - the Apple iPhone 4S voice-recognition virtual assistant, would be one of the most promising new feature of this new mobile device the iPhone 4S also greatly boosts the hardware specs when compared to the older iPhone 4 models. While application launching is a basic task that do...
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BlueStacks - A Free Utility To Run Android Applications On Windows PC

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 14, 2011, 9:58 am
The application eco-system of Google's mobile operating-system Android is increasing by leaps-and-bound everyday, to take advantage of this ever-increasing application base virtualization on platforms like Windows OS is already getting attention. To get things moving forward on the front, a new soft...
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Smarter Cloud Based Google Translate 2.2 For Android Now Comes With Speech-To-Speech Translation Between 14 Languages

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 14, 2011, 1:57 am
While Apple iPhone 4S featured some clever marketing done for their "virtual assistant" software-bot "Siri" but only time will tell how practical the solution will be for common-users specially when it comes to non-native US-English accents. To counter the iPhone 4S feature (Siri) Google has now rel...
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iPhone 4S Grills Android in Browser and GPU Performance Tests

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 12, 2011, 10:50 pm
While Apple is facing demand-and-supply capacity issues with iOS5 for the time-being. Apple do have another powerful ally in the battle for supremacy in the mobile space, we’re a bit curious how the game has changed and how Android’s line of devices will manage to retain its advantage over the i...
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iOS 5 update rained on by iCloud?

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 12, 2011, 8:01 pm
The Apple iOS 5 update dropped today and Apple was not ready for the demand. As of this writing, there have been no confirmed reports of any successful updates by the tech media or users based on reports and Apple discussion groups. Apple has admitted that the installation problems are on App...
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Windows 8 wants to do more with less

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 10, 2011, 1:20 am
The Windows 8 team is working to do something rare in operating system development, maintain the same system requirements as the prior generation. In this case the Windows 8 group is designing the next version of Windows to operate on the same hardware as Windows 7, which itself was less demanding ...
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Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 9, 2011, 1:45 am

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How to burn .ISO images using Windows 8 built-in "Disc Image Burner"

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 8, 2011, 6:10 am
Whether it's the official Windows 8 download links, officially slip-streamed Windows 7 SP1, or creating bootable rescue disks, .ISO disc image files are very handy to use specially for downloading full CD/DVD images from internet. Users had to depend upon third-party applications in previous version...
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New Features Of Pictarine Web App

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 7, 2011, 5:36 am
Earlier we have reviewed Pictarine - the Paris-based photo webapp available on any browser and iPad, that organizes for you all the photos from your favorite websites such as Facebook, Instagram, Google+, Flickr or Twitter and photos from your computer. They have just announced a new version with gr...
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India launches "Aakash" the $35 priced world's chepeast tablet computer

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 6, 2011, 10:21 am
As blogged earlier the $35 world's cheapest tablet computer by Indian government aimed at students is finally out. The tablet dubbed "Aakash " will be subsidized by Indian government and will be distributed to students for just US$35 - developed by an UK-based company DataWind in collaboration with ...
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Steve Jobs 1955-2011 Rest In Peace

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2011, 9:55 pm
Just days ago Apple announced their new iPhone 4S and today the company's co-founder Steve Jobs died at the age of 56. Apple has officially announced to the world that Steve Jobs died October 5th, 2011 of complications of pancreatic cancer. Mr.Jobs was one of the founders of what ...
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All New Apple iPhone 4S Officially Launched - Details, Price, Pictures And Video

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2011, 6:08 am
While Google Android is eating away the Apple iOS dinner as it's already surpassed the gross usage numbers and new Android mobile-os powered devices are popping-out almost a few weeks, as not-expected Apple has let down it's fans by just releasing a not-so-major successor to company's flagship mobil...
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Amazon's Silk not so smooth

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 2, 2011, 10:02 pm
One of the cornerstones of the new Amazon Fire tablet is its Silk browser. Silk promises a cloud-powered lighting fast browser experience that greatly enhances the web surfing experience and warms you to the Kindle Fire. While the Kindle Fire is only available in the United States at...
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How to solve "LastPass strange encryption characters instead your sites" problem ?

Shalini A. posted an article on - Oct 2, 2011, 6:21 am
Freeware multi-platform and multi-browser password managers like LastPass not only makes your life easier filling passwords but also saves your time filling forms. Recently my LastPass installation developed a strange bug after update to Firefox 8 Beta - instead of real decoded values it sta...
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Microsoft Security Essentials hates Google Chrome

Shalini A. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2011, 4:12 pm
In an development first reported by Ryan Naraine, the free antivirus and anti-malware program Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) has been deleting the popular Google Chrome browser claiming that it was a piece of malware from the Zeus family of trojans. The Chrome help forum logged ove...
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