Protect your laptop and other devices from theft

Laptops and other devices are very prone to be stolen.  It is disheartening not only because of its cost or price but also because of the personal information it may contain.  Can we keep our devices secure for free with all premium features?  The answer is yes. 

Find out how your favorite tech companies make money

Recently we came across a site which was very interesting.  It tells you how the popular tech companies are making money online.

Encrypt your message online in your browser

Encrypting messages are not difficult now a days.  But what if you are able to encrypt or decrypt without using anything except your browser. 

Protect your USB drive from autorun viruses

Everyone of us might have come across autorun nuisance while using our USB drives. Viruses create autorun.inf files to execute hidden or other files which can activate or inject viruses and malwares into your computer. There are a number of softwares available in the internet with which we can remove or disable autorun.inf. We found the following program in the net and tested it and we are pretty impressed with it.

How to enable Right click on Right click protected sites.

It is common for designers and authors to disable right click option on their websites.  This is done basically to avoid people copying their images and codes.  This option can however work with people with less knowledge of computers and browsers.  Any one can enable the right click with a small piece of javascript code.  You need to just copy it and paste it and press enter.

First, browse to the right click disabled site.  Now paste the following line in the URL box, replacing the original entry and press enter.

How to view folders and files locked by Folder Lock

Folder Lock software is indeed a very good and efficient ware for hiding and locking your files and folders.  But, unfortunately, the folders/files locked by the software can be viewed if you boot into another OS, other than Windows, say for example Ubuntu.

How to delete print jobs from print queue

It often happens to me at office that I want to print out something immediately and I am faced with this undeletable print job just infront of my present job.  Neither will it get cancelled, nor it allows me to print pages which I want.  So how to get rid of this annoying little thing?

Top Ten Windows 7 tricks

1.  Copy As Path

Many of us upload photos, videos and other files to the internet.  This is particularly cumbersome since you will have to click on the browse button and then browse through the folders and files until we get what we wanted to upload.

There is a feature called Copy As Path in Windows 7 which enables user to copy the file location.  So whenever there is a need to upload a file, you just need to paste the copied file location.  

How to change Logon Screen of Windows 7

Windows 7 has provided many controls to users to customise the appearance of the OS.  The only sad point is about the logon screen with which the OS welcomes its  users.

Though there is nothing bad with the picture, but we all get tired seeing the same picture everytime.  It is indeed true that a majority of us might have already thought about changing the picture.

Download Youtube videos in Ubuntu

This post is dedicated to all Ubuntu lovers. 

This is how youtube videos can be downloaded easily from the ubuntu  terminal. 

First, you will have to install a software called Youtube-dl. Installation is simple. Paste the following line to the terminal. 

sudo apt-get install youtube-dl