Are you fed up with your existing cellphone ? Want to buy a new cellphone with some nice features ? Well, choosing a phone isn’t a very easy job nowadays.As many of the companies e.g. Nokia,Apple,htc and samsung have introduced some phone with almost same features and look.Thats why choosing a phone is becoming little difficult for non – techie users or users with less knowledge about cell phones.

But if you have small knowledge about OS,Hardware and performance of cell phone then choosing a new phone, won’t be difficult for you.Information provided in this post will help you in choosing your new phone.And you will have basic knowledge of things to check before buying a cell phone.

1) Screen size and resolution

Screen size and resolution is the main factor you should be checking before buying a new phone, as the bigger screen with nice resolution is always good to read lengthy messages,emails and browsing websites.It is also good to play HD videos.3.2 Inch of screen size with 360 x 640 pixel is the minimum size & resolution, you should look for.

2) Wi-fi connectivity

Wi-fi Connectivity is very popular nowadays.It is available on most of the resturants,coffee shops and airport for free.If you have a wi-fi enabled phone then you can definitely enjoy free internet access in most of the public places.So it an another important factor you should look for before buying a cell phone.

3) OS

Just like we need an OS to operate a computer, we also do need an OS to operate a cellphone.It is obvious the better OS can help us performing different tasks easily,quickly and efficiently.iOS which comes with iPhone,Sybiom OS comes with most of the nokia phone,While andriod is another very popular OS coming with Samsung,htc and some other phones.Windows 7 is also coming on some new cell phones.

You should look for iOS,symbion or Andriod as they are the well known and best OS for mobile

4) Touch screen sensitiivity

Most of the cell phone are touch screen phone nowadays.If you are thinking to buy a touch screen phone.Then you must need to check Touch screen sensitiivity, as this is the most important thing which should be really good.As much good the Touch screen sensitiivity is, as much easy it will be to operate the phone.

Apple’s iPhone has best Touch screen sensitivity, so if you are going for iPhone than you can skip this step as iphone Touch screen sensitivity is extraordinary impressive.But if you are buying a different company’s cell phone than you must need to check its sensitivity by using a demo version of that cell phone or you can ask the store guy to show the cell phone, if he can.

5) Phone Memory

Phone memory is also an another important factor of a cell phone.Although we can extend the memory by using a bigger size of memory card.Most all cell phones support the use of external memory card, but there is a reason to use phone memory.And the reason is that phone works really fast with internel memory as compare to read from external memory.

You should use phone memory for all your contact,pictures and Messages.Also the applications should be installed on internal phone memory, so that they can work smoothly.

6) Battery uptime

Battery Uptime is an another important thing to check before buying a phone.If you receive too much calls on daily basis then you should need to think seriously about battery uptime as the phone call,video conference and using wi-fi take the maximum battery power.Bigger screen phone requires more power to run.Battery uptime is mentioned in specification of any phone you are going to buy.

7)  Users reviews

Are you done with checking specs and features of cell phone you are going to buy, now its the time to read some users review about that phone.Company is not going to tell you about the issue or bug you may encounter with, in future and how to solve those bug.But by reading users reviews you can easily come to know about the bugs,OS updates and actual battery timing of the cell phone.

Virus and spywares are computer diseases which make computer almost useless.They consume most of the CPU and Memory resources by starting some useless processes which are diffcult to end, even if we forcefully end them using task manager they start again after some minutes.Some viruses also disable task manager so we won’t be able to see what is going on with computer.

Its always better to have some level of protection against virus and spyware and stop them before attacking your computer.Although it is possible to remove after the virus penetrates into OS but its difficult and a big time taking job, it is possible that you have to spend a day or two, removing virus from your computer.Points mentioned below will help you protect your computer from viruses and spywares.

1) Use Antivirus Software.

Using an antivirus software with an updated viruses defination’s database is a mandatory thing to protect your computer against virus and spywares.Some nice
free antivirus softwares (e.g. Avira,AVG and Avast) are available for free to download and use and they also provide daily or weekly updates against new viruses.Updating is automatically, so you won’ t need to think about updating virus definations.

2) Use Antispyware

Although antivirus software provide sufficient protection against viruses but spyware are little different from viruses, they don’t do big damage to your PC but they bother alot.So to make your computer protected against spyware you should use a good antispyware softare too.Lavasoft Ad-aware and microsoft security essentials are good and free antispywares.

3) Use Firefox

It has been proved by many surveys and reports that firefox is one of the most secure browser.It protects against virus and spywares.You should use firefox rather than IE.

4) Don’t open USB Flash drive by double clicking

USB Flash Drives are responsible most of the times for the transfer of virus and spyware from one computer to another.Most of the home computer users are non techie and they don’t care that much about their pcs as technie peoples do.So if you are plugging in one of your friend’s USB Flash Drive, don’t ever open it by double clicking on its icon because most of the viruses creates an autorun file on the root of Flash drive.When you double click on Flash drive that file runs and do its work so use windows explorer or right click on icon of flash drive and select explore.

5) Clear Temporary Internet files and Cache

Internet browsing is also an another important source of viruses and spyware.When you browse a website, browser stores all of its files in cache so when you open the site again, it loads quickly.If a website is containing a virus or some malicious code then it will also store on your local harddrive.

You should Remove Temporary Internet files and Cache on daily basis.You can use CCleaner to make this task easy.CCleaner can also be run in background using a .bat file in startup.So it will start the program in backgroud and will clear all the cache automatically.

6) Don’t open Attachments from unknown emails

Viruses and spyware can also be spread using email’s attachment.Although gmail,yahoo and hotmail do have attachment scanning features but the possibility still remains as none of the antivirus software is 100% capable.So its always better to don’t open attachments from unknown emails.

7) Have a look on task manager

Having a look on task manager on different time  intervals is always good, as task manager gives us a complete picture of which processes are running and how much resources they are consuming.Processor usage should be arround 5-10 % if everything is OK.It might go up during application run like firefox.But it shouldn’t be on 60 -70 % all the time.

Visit serials and cracks websites carefully

Serials and crack’s websites are mostly underground sites.Ownership of these sites is also anonymouse.These sites contain viruses,malicious code and spywares that can seriously harm your computer.So whenever you visit serials and crack’s website.Just visit carefully and if your browser started to lack or number of pop up windows appear just close that site ASAP.

9) Weekly anitvirus scan

You job isn’t done by only installing antivirus software you also need to do a weekly antivirus scan to make sure you computer is protected against viruses.If you have massive data in your computer’s harddrive this process can be little time taking.

10) Donot turn off windows firewall

Although windows firewall isn’t very efficient against attacks and threat but it provides some level of security to your computer so its better to let it turned on.Most peoples disable it because some application might not work if it is enable but rather than disabling windows firewall allow the port which an application uses.

11) Automatic Windows Updates

Microsoft releases security updates to protect vulnerable security holes in windows.So your windows should be up to date always.You can let automatic updates turned on or you need to manually update your computer on timely basis.

You can easily jailbreak Ipad,iPhone and iPod touch using Spirit and then install any of your favourite apps.

What’s Spirit?
Spirit is an untethered jailbreak for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch on the latest firmwares.
Spirit is not a carrier unlock.
If you currently are using a tethered jailbreak, you have to restore to use Spirit. Do not upgrade if you use an unlock on an iPhone 3G or 3GS. (You can, however, restore to 3.1.2 if you have SHSH blobs for that version.)

Requirements
Any iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch on firmware 3.1.2, 3.1.3, or 3.2.
An activated device: one not stuck on the Connect to iTunes or Emergency Call screen.
Any version of iTunes 9 (including 9.1.1).
Syncing with iTunes before trying this is highly recommended.

To start the process of jailbreaking what you need to do is to first download Spirit using the following links

Windows:
http://www.spiritjb.com/win

Mac OSX:
http://www.spiritjb.com/mac

This jailbreak is real simple, just connect your iDevice to your computer via your USB cable, open Spirit and hit jailbreak, it will do it so fast you won’t notice it

Once the jailbreak has finished.Please follow the steps mentioned below.

First find Cydia on your springboard and open it, usually when you open Cydia for the first time it says it has to reorganize icons (this is normal, just let it do it and it will restart Cydia, if not just open Cydia yourself)

Next you need to go to the Manage tab then select Sources
Once in sources you need to select Edit at the top then you will notice the Manage button will change to Add, select Add.

A new window will open and already have http:// in it, leave this and just type after it. You need to type in “cydia.hackulo.us” (without the quotes) so it should look like http://cydia.hackulo.us

Once its loaded you will get some crap about the repository being illegal, just ignore this. Afer leaving the black screen where it installs some stuff you next need to go to the Sections tab.

Scroll down until you find Hackulo.us, select this.

Now you need to make sure you select the right thing here, if you are on a iPhone/iPod Touch select AppSync for OS 3.1. If you are on a iPad select AppSync for OS 3.2. Install the one you need for your iDevice. This is required if you wish to install apps which you download for free, it tricks iTunes into thinking there legit although there not but we don’t care do we? Smile Now if you want to install apps from your iDevice you can download Installous, just repeat the same step as before and install.

The performance of Windows 7 may be slow due to number of reasons, but there are many ways by which you can increase Windows 7 Performance. Here are some tips by which you can Optimize Windows 7 for Better Performance.

1) Turn off Hibernate:
Hiberfil.sys file is located in your windows drive and Windows 7 uses Hiberfil.sys to store a copy of the system memory on the hard disk when the hybrid sleep setting is turned on. If you don’t use hibernate or for Better performance, you should turn off Hibernate. To Turn off Hibernate, Click Start, and then type ‘cmd’ in the Start Search Box. At the command prompt, type ‘powercfg.exe /hibernate off’, and then press ENTER.
Turning off Hibernation will increase you windows 7 performance and you will also get some free space on windows drive.

2) Run Less Programs at startup:
Some programs start themselves automatically when you start Windows 7. Too many of these programs opening at the same time can slow down Windows 7 Performance. To increase Windows 7 performance, delete unnecessary startup programs.

3) Increase Pagefile.sys Size:
Windows 7 uses a paging file for virtual memory called Pagefile.sys. This file is created during Windows 7 Setup and is always located in the root directory. If you increase size of Pagefile.sys, then performance of Windows 7 will increase. The best size of Pagefile.sys is your RAM x 1.5.

4) Keep Visual Effects Turn Off:
You can also increase Windows 7 performance by turning off visual effects. To do that, right click my computer then click properties and then click ‘Advance system settings’. In ‘Advance system settings’ dialogue select ‘Advance’ tab then click ‘Settings’. Now click ‘Adjust for best performance’ and click ‘OK’.

5) Delete Unnecessary Files:
If you reduce the number of unnecessary files on your hard disk it will also help Windows 7 to run faster. Unnecessary Files includes temporary files, Recycle Bin , and a number of system files and other items that you no longer need.

6) Fix Registry Errors:
If you have any Error in you Windows 7 registry or unnecessary registry entries, it will also affect Windows 7 performance. If you installed a program in Windows 7 and later want to uninstall it, always use the programs uninstaller to uninstall the program. Don’t directly delete Program from you hard disk because if you do so, it will only delete the program from hard disk not it’s registry entries and these registry entries will affect Windows 7 Performance.
For Fixing registry errors or deleting unnecessary registry entries you can use registry cleaner software’s like CCleaner etc.

7) Use Anti-Virus Program:
If your Windows 7 Performance is slow, it’s possible that it’s infected with a virus or spyware. The best way to deal with viruses is to prevent them in the first place. Always run Anti-Virus software and keep it up to date.

Disable User Account Control(UAC):
By default User Account Control(UAC) is on in Windows 7. If UAC is on, then it will stop many actions like Installation of New Programs, change of setting etc. and Display a dialogue asking you to confirm your actions. If you Turn it off, then it will not annoy you. To Turn User Account Control(UAC) off, Control Panel on desktop then click ‘User Accounts and Family Safety’ and then ‘User Account’. Now Click on ‘Change User Account Control Settings’. User Account Control Settings dialogue will Open. Slide the slider bar to the lowest value (Never Notify), then click ‘OK’.

Netbooks are becoming popular day by day because of their small size and reliable performance.With a netbook we can do most of our daily tasks which we normally  do on a laptop or notebook.Some of the well know netbooks are Sony Vaio Netbook,Acer Aspire One,Asus Eee PC and Dell Mini 10.

I have read many reviews,seen videos,Pictures and prices of different netbooks.After doing research on netbooks.I have found that Dell Mini 10 Netbook is better as compare to any netbook in the sense of features,prices and look.

You must have the following questions in your mind.

Should i get a netbook or not ?

How well will netbook perform with its too small size ?

The answer is very simple and mentioned below.

You should buy a netbook because netbook is leightweight,easy to use and easy to take anywhere with you and it has got everything you will need.It will costs you about $300 – $350 the performance of netbook is really awesome it can run almost everything you will need except of heavy games and softwares like Visual studio and Adobe CS 3.

Well netbooks are little sensitive as compare to notebook or laptops and the resources of netbooks is also limited too.Therefore i am gonna list down 10 Tips for Using Netbook and Optimizing its Performance.

1) Keep in mind it is a small netbook.

Before started using a netbook always keep in mind that this is a small netbook not a big size desktop computer or laptop.Therefore use it with a little care.

2) Donot use netbook as a primary computer.

Although netbook can be used for several hours but you shouldn’t use it as a primary computer because it is designed for small and medium tasks.

3) Donot use antivirus.(Use Ccleaner Instead)

Please don’t start laughing on my this point.I know not using an antivirus is dangerous and can harm your netbook.But the reason behind my this point is that antivirus is a resource consuming software and netbook has limited resources so antivirus can slow down your netbook.If you wanna use antivirus than use but you should disable its auto protect so it won’t scan every program on launch.

You can also use Ccleaner for clearing internet cache and temp files which is also another source of viruses.

4) Close down unnecessary Services.

One of the main reason behind resource consumption is backgroud services.You can free some resources on your netbook by closing some unnecessary Services.To close any service.Lauch task manager by pressing ctrl – alt – delete and then click on task manager then click on services.Right click on the services you wanna close and click end task.

5) Check CPU and Memory Usage.

Checking CPU and Memory usage on the regular interval can give you a quick look on how much your processor and memory are being used and if you see that processor usage is 100% then there must a service which is causing this so close down that service.

If the available ram is low than you can increase the performance of your netbook by increasing the pagefile size.

6) Donot install Games and heavy softwares.

Netbook is not designed for playing games or using softwares like visual studio.It is designed for browsing,messaging,blogging,chatting and other office work.So always refrain from installing games or heavy software on netbook.

7) Try to use Linux.

As all of us know that linux is more secure as compare to windows therefore using linux rather than windows on netbook is a better approach.I mentioned earlier that netbook is designed for small and medium tasks.Most of the peoples install windows for playing games and using software which can’t be run on linux and netbook is not designed for playing games or using heavy software.

Linux has got all the softwares required for blogging,browsing,chatting,listening songs and watching videos.So install linux on netbooks and have fun with secure OS.

Keep your files and folders organized.

I have seen that most of the computer users (Normally non-techies) donot manage files and folder on their computer and this is also another reason of decreased computer performance and unstable windows.So always keep your files and folders manage.

Create a separate partion for your data rather than using C drive or the Drive in which OS is installed.Before installing a software first create a folder with the name of software and then install software on that folder.

9) Adjust Windows XP for best Performance.

Default theme of windows XP is resource consuming.It will be better if you use a classic theme and adjust windows xp for best performance it will disable all the effect (Who needs effects in a netbook).To Adjust windows xp for better performance following the steps given below.

• Right Click on my computer > Go to properties > Click on advanced tab > Click on settings button below the performance text > Select adjust for best performance > Click Apply and OK.

10) Donot Press Keys Hardly.

Keys of netbooks are little sensitive so pressing them hardly can cause internal damage to them.Most of the peoples are used to press keys little hardly on their desktop computer and laptop there it will be little difficult for them to manage in start so avoid pressing keys hardly.

Now let me share the method of how you can make your PC talk by only using notepad.

Click on the following text file link

http://www.bablotech.com/talk.txt

Copy and paste the code in notepad.

Save the file with a (*.vbs) extension then you will have a VBScript file just double click on that file and it will prompt you for text.Enter the text you wish to hear from your computer and press OK.

You will hear the text your wrote in the dialog box.This is really cool i loved it and hope you will love it too.

Note: I have tested it in Windows XP and Windows Vista.

You must have seen and used softwares which are capable to show all the passwords hidden behind Asterisks on a webpage but downloading,installing and using a software is always boring and time taking job so finding an another way will be beneficial.

Recently i came across a cool javascript that can show all the passwords hidden behind Asterisks what you need to do is to just simply copy and paste the javascript to the address bar and the hidden password will be shown to you.Isn’t this a cool and easy way to show and view hidden password rather than using a software.

First of all open up the webpage on which you wanna show the hidden passwords and then Just copy and paste the following JavaScript into the address bar of the browser and you are done.

javascript:(function(){var%20s,F,j,f,i;%20s%20=%20%22%22;
%20F%20=%20document.forms;%20for(j=0;%20j<F.length;%20++j)
%20{%20f%20=%20F[j];%20for%20(i=0;%20i<f.length;%20++i)
%20{%20if%20(f[i].type.toLowerCase()%20==%20%22password%22)
%20s%20+=%20f[i].value%20+%20%22\n%22;%20}%20}%20if
%20(s)%20alert(%22Passwords%20in%20forms%20on%20this
%20page:\n\n%22%20+%20s);%20else%20alert(%22There%20are
%20no%20passwords%20in%20forms%20on%20this
%20page.%22);})();

After copying and pasting the JavaScript given above press the enter key and hidden passwords will be shown to you.

Following is the screenshot of hidden password that is shown the JavaScript given above.

Note : I have tested this javascript in IE,Firefox and Opera and it is working perfectly.

You can easily do this with VistaGlazz.Click Here to Download VistaGlazz.After Intalling VistaGlazz Open it.

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You will see four icons.just click on the first icon on the left side and then click Patch Files.You will need to restart computer for the changes to take effect.After restarting you can use any third party Themes.

One of the main reason of some PC error and slow performance is the tons of temporary files and cache.These files can be more than 100 mb.Temporary files and cache can be cleared manually but it is always good to clear the cache using a software.

Cleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner.

CCleaner also has another cool option which is automatically cleaning.To perform automatic cleaning with ccleaner what you need to do is to just use the /Auto switch.

Now lets start the process.

First of all download and install CCleaner.

When ccleaner is installed you will have a shortcut on your desktop.

Right click on shortcut and click on properties.

Now copy the following line and replace it with the line in target field with quotes.

“C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe” /AUTO

Now press OK.

Now copy the shortcut icon from desktop.

Right click on start menu and select open

Go to > Programs > Startup

Paste the shortcut icon.

Now everytime when you will start the computer ccleaner will run automatically and will also be closed automatically after clearing all the cache.

With EasyBCD you can easily remove Linux Boot(GRUB).You can download EasyBCD From Here.After installing Start EasyBCD then Click “Manage BootLoader”.

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Now Click “Write MBR” to Restore Windows Vista Boot Loader and you have done.