Ghaus Iftikhar Nakodari

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Use Encrypted Google Search & Products In Firefox [Security]

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Do you know that your communication can be monitored because you are not using a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection to encrypt the information that travels between your computer and Google? If you find the URL of any website starting with https://, it means it is using SSL and is 100% secure. Google now supports SSL for most of it's products and has recently rolled out the support for the main homepage as well. Read More

System Hardware Monitor [Windows]

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When the talk is about system monitoring, Speccy comes to mind. Open Hardware Monitor is different only because it lists the real-time temperature, load, and clock speed in one simple to use interface without any strings attached. It comes with Sensors that cannot be found elsewhere, such as, it’s CPU core sensors supports Intel’s latest i3/i5/i7 processors and the Hard disks sensors supports S.M.A.R.T. Read More

Sync Music Playlist To HTC Droid, Incredible, Desire, EVO 4G & More Android Phones

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With so many Android Phones sold recently, it is surprising that there is no easy guide to sync music with them. In this guide we will be using Media Monkey to sync music playlist with HTC Desire (because I don’t own any other Android phone at the moment). This method can however be used for HTC Incredible, HTC EVO 4G, HTC Hero, HTC Wildfire, HTC Legend, Motorola Droid, Samsung Galaxy, Nexus One, and almost every other Android-based phones. Read More

PenyuLocker: Quick Folder Protection For Windows

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Windows 7 comes with a build-in encryption tool called Bitlocker which can encrypt and password protect your entire drive, but what if you want to quickly prevent access to a specific folder without having to encrypt it’s data (which is a slow and tiresome process). Read More

Linux Live USB Creator & Virtualization Tool

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There are already many tools which allow users to create a bootable USB drive with any version of Linux distro; UNetbootin, MultiBoot, and Ubuntu Live USB Creator, being the popular ones and Fedore Live USB Creator, Free USB Installer, and PendriveLinux’s being the lesser popular ones. Linux Live USB Creator is a powerful all-in-one tool to rule them all. Read More

Slow Down Mouse Movement At The Edge Of The Screen [Dual Monitors]

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Have you used dual-monitors only to find it difficult to use due to the sudden jump of the mouse pointer from the first to the second monitor, whenever you are trying to scroll or close the window? You are not alone, it is all too common these days. Dual Display Mouse Manager (DDMM) fixes this little annoyance by slowing down the mouse pointer when it reaches the edge of the screen. Read More

Add Elevator Music To Windows Progress Bar

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Tired of looking at those slow-moving progress bars in Windows? Instant Elevator Music is a fun tool that adds a system tray icon and automatically starts playing elevator music when you do something that requires waiting. It can be copying files, searching for drivers, waiting for a program to load, and so on. Read More

BarTab: Prevent Tabs From Loading To Save Firefox Crash [Extension]

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One of the most common reason Firefox crashes is when users open up 20+ tabs simultaneously. What happens is that every tab consumes memory, thus shooting it past the normal rate and crashing the browser. BarTab is an add-on that prevents this behavior by preventing new tabs from loading unless the user visits it. It also speeds up Firefox browser restart and the overall performance. Read More

New Firefox Add-ons Manager Revealed, Coming Soon!

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The latest trunk nightly build of Firefox (3.7 alpha 5 pre) has landed with the much-awaited overhaul to the Add-ons Manager. Dave Townsend has managed to put together the final patches and calls it, “a totally new extension manager backend that will make it easier for us to improve and build upon in the future”, which shows that there is much more than a simple UI change. Read More

How To: Save Energy By Reducing CPU Usage

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Granola is a simple Power Management tool which reduces CPU usage slightly to save energy. While not gaming or designing, your CPU still uses more energy than needed when browsing the web or using desktop tools. Do you want your CPU to waste energy while you are browsing GMail or playing a YouTube video? We believe not. Read More