Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

5 Free Benchmarking Software For Windows

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

Who doesn’t want a speedy computer? We all do. And most of us have had spent our times and energies in optimizing our computers so as to increase its speed. Now how do we know whether our efforts have made an impact or not, were they fruitful or not?

Well, the solution is simple- Download a free benchmark testing software which will judge your performance in an objective unbiased manner and whenever you make any changes to your computer, you will be able to see how much it has affected your computer’s performance.

Here’s a quick review of some great free benchmarking software products to help you:

1. SuperPi

This is how it works- SuperPi is able to calculate the value of pi up to 32 million digits after the decimal point and that is what it makes the processor of your computer do. It now tracks how quickly this calculation is terminated by the processor.
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5 Free But Interesting & Useful Firefox Apps

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Firefox AppsMozilla gives a good platform to a number of applications which depend some or the other of its aspects in terms of its native technology. I am listing here some useful applications which you can download free of cost from the net and bring them to your advantage:

1. Boxee

This customizable application organizes your media i.e music, videos and pictures and makes it convenient for you to navigate through them through media remote controls. What’s interesting is that if you have an iPhone of iPod, you can actually turn it into a remote control for your Boxee set-up, just by easy installation of an app. Boxee is certainly a new way to enjoy entertainment!
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How To Embed HTML 5 Video To Your Website – 5 Essential Tools

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

flash playerEvery website developer wishes that all the content of his website which may often include videos, should be accessible to anyone who visits the site.

No doubt, flash videos have gained tremendous popularity, but there are still a lot of users accessing the Internet from different cell phones and low powered devices which have either no or minimum flash support. Hence, integrating HTML5 videos in your website could be a great idea if you wish to cater to all your visitors impartially.

As a website owner and developer you should know that there are some great tools available for free, that will let your videos run via HTML5 or flash in case the former is not supported by visitor’s browser:
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The Next Apple iPhone Uncovered – Expected Features

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

apple iphoneThe iPhone was Apple’s top-selling product last quarter, which took $5.45 billion in sales, or 40 % of revenue. Apple Inc may plan to uncover the successor of its highly appreciated product iPhone this June. Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs will be addressing the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference to be held in June and the news much likely will be revealed then.

According to Willian Kreher(St Louis-based analyst at Edward Jones & Co), the company will introduce the new hardware i.e the latest iPhone. WWDC is known for the product introduction and this time it will be the new iphone. Steve will kick off the meeting on June 7 which will be till 7 days.
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What is Cloud Computing? – Why Should You Care About It? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Cloud ComputingAlthough IMHO Cloud Computing is a little over hyped but it is working for a lot of people. There was a time when only big businesses owned the best of the computers but with hardware costs coming down everybody started having there own machines.

Impact of Low Cost Hardware on Business

In a typical business scenario whenever you need more computing you would probably ask an IT guy to install more systems in to the server room. There are chances that your resources are not utilized properly.

Only at some peak hours your requirement for resources will spike and else it will not be wrong to say that your resources will be wasted.
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Google Search Appliance (GSA) – An Ultimate Tool to Search Your Intranet

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

How many times have we wished that we could have something like Google in our own firm? Google Search Appliance is a great device that could help enterprises to dig through billions of files, documents and various kinds of data present on your company’s fileservers and intranet. Google Search appliance can also index and store information on databases like SQL Server, Oracle etc.
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Best Free and Paid Android Health Apps to Help You Stay Fit

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Summer is around the corner and its time to get out of your houses and get your body back in shape. We know that our iPhone owning buddies have a lot of applications to help them keep a track of their exercise regime. But, if you are a proud owner of an Android phone, the good news is you also have the option of downloading some cool android health and fitness applications on to your phone.

Here are some applications that we would recommend:
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Download Ubuntu 10.04 And Experience These Most Amazing Features

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

With the release of new version Ubuntu has simply set new standards. It will not be wrong if we say that Ubuntu 10.04 is the best version of Ubuntu till date. The first important thing that you notice about this version of Ubuntu is that it comes with a Long Term Support. Without any costs associated, the Desktop version will get a support for three years and the Server version will be supported for five years.

Since, Ubuntu comes up with a new release every 6 months and is supported for only 18 months; people do not consider it viable for a long term use. But with a release like this which comes with a promise of a support for 3 years, it gives people a chance to consider it against other operating systems like MacOS X and Windows.
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Flash will be Supported by Android 2.2 Says Google

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Andy Rubin from Google in an Interview with the New York Times disclosed that the new version of Android mobile OS is going to support Flash.
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How To Choose The Right Apple iPad For You

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

apple ipadApple iPad is a wonderful small yet powerful device with many features and a stylish look. The options available with iPad are so much that one could get easily confused on which iPad will be the most appropriate for him. Here is a little guide on how to make an appropriate choice for the iPad which you will carry!

Instructions

1. Amount of Storage

The first parameter to decide upon is the amount of storage space which you will need. What are your usage plans for iPad? Do you want to use it as a digital picture frame and keep a lot of pics of friends and family? Or do you want to keep a lot of games and apps? Or are you a writer and want lots of your articles stuff? All these depend on the type of work you do and thus according to it, you can decide the space.
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