Social networking websites like Facebook offer your free of charge service to network with your friends. They make profit from their services by displaying advertisements to the users. Unlike the forced ads of Facebook, Twitter is very modest in displaying ads as you have to give permission to them before you start seeing custom tailored advertisements or as they put it – the promoted content. If you do not want to see this promoted content in your Twitter usage, then you can disable it.
Read moreHow to Block Someone on Google+
Google Plus is a social network that has taken up its place next to Facebook. Everyone who has a Google account of some sort, automatically gets a Google plus account. Thanks to the popularity of the Android devices, through which millions of users have Google plus accounts. But one problem often seen in Google+, just like any other social media, is that some people start annoying you non-stop. If you ever encounter such people on Google+, then you can just block them.
Read moreEpic Pen : Freely Draw Anything on Windows Desktop
When showing someone how something is done in Windows, you usually either use your small mouse cursor or your fingers to point the things out to them. You can use the freeware Epic Pen software instead of your fingers. It is a software using which you can draw over your desktop in many different colors. The drawing stays over the top of all the applications and therefore makes it very useful application for demonstration purposes.
Read moreTrend Micro HouseCall: Detect and Fix Malware on Your PC
Even if you have installed an antivirus product, some new unknown malware can still slip through its defenses and infect your computer. This is why you should use a second anti-malware product on your PC as second layer of defense. For finding out whether some malware has slipped into your system, you can use the free Trend Micro HouseCall. It is an online virus scanner that can scan through your PC and fix a great number of threats like viruses, trojans, worms, spyware and more.
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How to Remove Unknown Malware with RogueKiller
RogueKiller is a freeware portable malware removal tool that specializes in the removal of rogue software. It is able to detect and remove generic malware and some advanced threats such as rootkits, rogues, worms etc. It is based on some of the very generic detection methods like behavioral analysis, heuristics, signature based detection and some undocumented hacks. Using these methods, RogueKiller can find and remove many of the basic malware and a few of the advanced threats.
Read moreAntiPhotoSpy : Clear Meta Data from Pictures
The pictures you take using your digital camera contain meta data such as camera model, camera firmware version, time and date of picture, geolocation, latitude and longitude etc. Sleuths or hackers can easily track you down with this information. If you do not want this to happen, then you can clear the meta data from your photos using a free tool called AntiPhotoSpy. It can automatically search the photos on your hard disk that contain meta data and clear it.
Read moreCheck the Value of Your Gmail Account
The underworld on the Internet is an entirely different world. Cybercriminals buy and sell malware, malware kits, email addresses, login details, bank details, stolen credit cards and more in the Internet underworld. All these items sell from hundreds to thousands of dollars. If you want to know for how much your own Gmail address would sell there (if hacked) then you can visit the Cloudsweeper website and have your Gmail account audited.
Read morePaste As File : Paste Clipboard Contents Straight to a File
Sometimes we find useful information on the Internet and want to save it on the hard disk. We usually copy that information whether it is text or image and then paste in a supporting program (for example, paste text in Notepad or paste image in Paint etc.), and then save it as file. This process involves many steps and takes long time. But now you can save the contents of your clipboard directly to a file using the Paste As File utility.
Read moreHow to Set Custom Background for Windows 8 Start Screen
In the latest version of Windows, version 8.1, Microsoft has added support for customizing the Start screen background image to be the same as your Windows desktop background. But if you are still using the Windows version 8, then you can also set a custom background for the Start screen using a free tool called Windows 8 Start Screen Customizer.
Read moreReplace Windows Clock with Stylish Desktop Clock
Current date and time is displayed in Windows at the lower-right corner in the taskbar. But its format, look and feel has not changed much over all the years. It looked same in Windows 95/98 and it does not look much different in Windows 8 either. But now you can replace the old plain boring looking clock with a stylish clock using the Free Desktop Clock software. Free Desktop Clock decorates the standard digital display with a handful of skins and shows the current date and day.
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