Category: Software

  • What New Windows 8 Features Pose Potential Internet Security Risks?

    What New Windows 8 Features Pose Potential Internet Security Risks?

    Windows 8 was developed and released to meet two goals. The first is to make the Windows operating system a legitimate contender on mobile devices. The second is to create a more consistent user interface and experience across all Windows devices. There have been a variety of improvements which will enhance the overall level of security provided to users; however there are still serious internet security risks which must be taken into consideration.

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  • An Overview of the Benefits of the Android Technology

    An Overview of the Benefits of the Android Technology

    Standing at this point of the twenty first century one can say that it is the time for android phones. Today, a mobile phone is no more just a device to commute with other people and it can be used to serve a several purpose like being connected to the internet, play online games and even more. Such a thing has been made possible only by the android technology. It is basically an operating system that has been designed by Google that can be used to run mobile phones. Each of the versions have been named after a sweet food.oen of the most recent versions is called Ice Cream Sandwich. The iOS gets the toughest competition from this OS, which is designed, on Linux.

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  • Make 2013 A Computer-Problem-Free Year – Start With These Tips

    Make 2013 A Computer-Problem-Free Year – Start With These Tips

    2012 has come and gone. For most of us, it was a year to be celebrated, while for others we struggled to come out of it with a long list of factors to avoid this New Year.

    While I had my share of mouth-watering success last year, I must acknowledge the fact that among the factors that gave me hard time was computer catastrophes; errors, bugs with computer utilities, crashes due to foreign programs and sluggishness due insufficient memory and depletion of system resources.

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  • The Starter League, Catalyst Help You Learn to Code and Get a Job

    The Starter League, Catalyst Help You Learn to Code and Get a Job

    With a number of great posts on learning programming online, as of late, I thought it might be cool to take a look at two of the startups having success offline — The Starter League and Catalyst.

    In this post, we’ll look at each of their course offerings, we’ll talk about the teachers and entrepreneurs in the drivers’ seats, and, lastly, we’ll discuss what each company is doing to help its just-taught programmers get real world jobs. Let’s start with the companies and course offerings.

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  • Best Android Apps of 2012

    Best Android Apps of 2012

    Google’s new, polished Android app store, called Google Play, had a lot to offer in the previous year. Many new developers entered the game, while the old ones relentlessly kept up the pace and improved their software. We saw several major updates to the apps of the most popular internet services such as Facebook and Twitter, which were met with mixed reviews. This article will try to list the Android apps which delivered on their promises and became must-haves for every Android fan out there.

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  • Methods to Get Back the Original Performance of Microsoft Outlook 2007

    Methods to Get Back the Original Performance of Microsoft Outlook 2007

    Microsoft Outlook 2007 uses UNICODE format for storing the data in PST or Personal Storage Table file. The Outlook 2007 PST file theoretically does not have any size limitation, but practically it has limited its size to 20GB. This means; if PST file of Outlook 2007 crosses this limit, then chances of PST file corruption are high.

    However, you start encountering performance issue with your Outlook 2007, as its PST file crosses 20GB size. You may find momentary stoppage in various Outlook operations like opening an email, deleting a mail, or moving mails from one Outlook mailbox folder to different folder.

    Outlook PST files having size greater than 2GB and less than 4GB are generally dependent upon hardware. Therefore, if you have fast hard drive and big RAM, then you may not face Outlook performance issues between this size slabs.

    PST files larger than 4GB start behaving abruptly frequently despite any hardware; and if your PST file is larger than 10GB, then you will encounter more frequent pauses while performing various typical Outlook activities.

    The best way to avoid such pauses and get back the performance of Outlook 2007 is splitting the large PST file into smaller PSTs. You can use any of the below mentioned methods to split your PST file.

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  • Top 4 Mobile Building Lessons For 2013

    Top 4 Mobile Building Lessons For 2013

    47.6% of mobile users used apps! (December 2011, USA).

    52% Adults users accessed mobile apps in a store to make a purchasing decision! (2011).

    49% Users use their mobile devices to conduct local searches! (2011).

    These aren’t just numbers, the figures hold many mobile app development and marketing lessons. For one, the growing numbers of app users is a clear indication for businesses that they need apps that can impress and deliver.

    In the last couple of years we have seen almost every brand worth its salt build a mobile application to reach out the growing market of smartphone users.

    Smartphones are certainly the new medium of communication-take the simple fact that according to IDC (a research and analysis firm) there will be at least 982 million smart phones floating about in the market by the end of the year 2015. App downloads are also set to touch the mark of 183 billion within the next four years.

    So how can you use all these numbers and lessons to create successful mobile application development and marketing strategies? Note what some of the top brands did, and simply take a few leaves out of their app development and marketing manuals.

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  • Features, Creation and Usability of Mobile Applications Development

    Features, Creation and Usability of Mobile Applications Development

    Mobile as one of the most popular pieces of gizmo has ceased being mere device of fashion. Well, it is good striking a statement of style and that of trend with one of the most chic varieties of smart phone. But things are not only confined to the limits of style.

    You can say the device has percolated into the different facets of human life, so much so that these handheld devices can serve your purpose of being an enterprise assistant. Mobile applications development happens to be one of the fallouts of digital revolution.

    The breakneck speed of the said revolution, has also added to the edge of its development.

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