One of the most important feature of Windows 8-the INSTANT BOOT. As soon as you first boot into a new windows 8 PC,  the first thing you would be most fascinated to see that it boots up in less than 10 seconds. But how does it do it? Keep Reading to find out. Please note that the word now on which we would now most emphasize from now is 'KERNEL' .
 In computing, the kernel is the main component of most computer operating systems; it is a bridge between applications and the actual data processing done at the hardware level. The kernel's responsibilities include managing the system's resources (the communication between hardware and software components).  What actually happens in previous versions of windows is that when we shut down the Operating System, the windows kernel shuts off as well. So the next time you start your computer, the kernel wakes up afresh and loads freshly onto the RAM. But the new versatile windows 8 is different. THEY CALL IT- THE SLEEP HYBRID MODE.  What actually happens is that whenever you shut down your windows 8 PC,  the OS turns off all the apps while the WINDOWS KERNEL is made to sleep temporarily. The next time you start your PC, the start up programs gets loaded afresh while the windows kernel is resumed as from where it was made to sleep. This makes loading of the OS into the main memory faster and you get an instant boot. Please note that in windows 8 RESTARTING is not the same as shutting down the system and pressing the power key again. Restarting involves restarting the kernel also but shutting down the system and pressing the power key again resumes the kernel. So whenever windows would download new updates it will set bench-marking dates to restart the system in order to install the updates to windows. Simply shutting down and pressing the power key next time to turn it ON won't work as in previous versions of windows.

Go ahead and enjoy this instant boot feature as it is one of the best aspects of the new ultimate OS.

The wait finally gets over. Microsoft is ready with its biggest ever gamble. The WINDOWS 8.



With the large industrial patch on windows 7 and STILL on windows XP, the release of the OPERATING SYSTEM was quite crucial for the OS giants MICROSOFT. So, they are up with the official release (after a long 1 year testing versions) on OCTOBER 26th 2012. But shifting over a touch oriented OS for the enterprises can be quite devastating because its a completely new interface. But with a quite a bit hands on to windows 8 made us to get through some of its important advantages over other version of windows:

1. PRICE: The first and the foremost is the price which MICROSOFT is offering. The officially complete version is available at an amazing price of just RS. 1999 in India ($39.9). Further if you have purchased your Genuine Windows 7 PC after June 2012 you can upgrade to windows 8 for just RS. 699. The price is far far much less are compared to the previous releases of Windows.
2. The Intuitive touch METRO interface: This was perphaps the main point where Microsoft gambled. The first thing where you would notice a change in your PC experience. Start Menu bunched up with beautifully responding tilesThe touch interface according to us is quite interesting and responsive with equal and optimized support for mouse and keyboard.
3. Cloud Connected OS: Every app in windows 8 is cloud connected. Social Hubs, cloud storage( including skydrive ) etc. all remains absolutely cloud connected.
4. New APP Store: APPS are the heart of windows 8. Like the i-phone or android apps, Microsoft has setup its STORE which lets you download numerous apps with loads of features. The best thing about apps is that they are all available in the new METRO interface.
5. INTERNET EXPLORER 10: Another awaited feature of the new OS is IE 10. Perhaps the fastest of all browsers (Tested better than chrome and firefox by many tech experts). Further A report by THINKDIGIT on IE 10 proved that it blocked about 90% of unsecured pages  while chrome could do only 30% of those. Thus security is also not compromised at the expense of speed.
6. No registry bloatation with APPS: The worst issue of a WINDOWS OS was that it degraded with time. The reason for this was the fact that when we install some softwares on an OS it creates its registry entries and when we uninstall it those registry entries do not get removed. Thus registry bloatation occurs which causes windows to degrade with time. THIS IS NOT THE CASE WITH WINDOWS 8 APPS. The apps are always removable with the WINDOWS STORE. Thus registry never gets sentinized by apps. But still all the daily needed sotwares are not available as apps and will take some time to be available as apps.

With this we end up. Hope you like the post and would want to upgrade to the new OS.

Internet Download manager-The ultimate tool for making your downloads on the web quicker and resumable. But a reported and self experienced issue exist with this extravagent software.
Probably one of the most common uses of IDM is to use it for downloading YOUTUBE VIDEOS. The fantastic integration of IDM with a video caption pages is really admirable. But recently I noticed a flaw( Not basically in IDM but due to server issues) that resuming a video (or may be other downloads too from dynamic servers) sometimes displays an error as such:


 The phenomena is quite frustrating when we want to resume quite large downloads and its really impossible to start over the download again. So DON'T WORRY.. TECH GETS EASY is up here with an innovative trick to recapture these lost downloads. The trick we are revealing here capsulates by recapturing the lost URL of the download and changing the url manually for the existing download. Now we proceed with these steps. (Please note that we are taking the unresumable download as a youtube video. The trick will work the same for other types of unresumable downloads also)

The unresumable video in my IDM download list is :



1. First of all as soon as you see the above box click CANCEL button.
2. Next open youtube.com and search for the same unresumable video.


 3. Then click open the search result and after the page loads click on the DOWNLOAD THIS VIDEO button of IDM at the bottom of the page.

4. Then the IDM's download box opens up. Click on Start Download button.



5. The file gets added to the download list of IDM


6. Right Click on the file name and open its PROPERTIES. Then Copy the entire ADDRESS of this download.


7. Then in the IDM main window right click on the original unresumable download and open its properties and paste the copied address in the address field and CLICK OK.


 8. Finally click on resume download option of the original download


 Your download will be resumed.

  
Enjoy this useful trick... Any queries through comments are always appretiated. Also please note that this trick does not work on non resumable servers. It applies to only dynamic servers on which the address of  a download changes after a specific time.

Are you fed up of receiving messages from unknown people on Facebook  Cant you point out how can strangers send you messages without being your friend? Then probably you don't know that Facebook privacy features allow you to block these unwanted messages. How?????? Read and find out.

One of the most fascinating features of Facebook is that it makes no compromise with the privacy of its users. Several privacy layers are setup in each of of its feature to make sure that its users do not get confronted with people whom they really don't know. I have been always listening to people that they receive messages from strangers and aren't getting a way to avoid this. So a little sneaking into the picture I realized that there must be some sort of privacy layer employed by Facebook to avoid this and actually there is a way to get rid of messages from strangers on Facebook. Here are the steps to do this


Login into your Facebook account.
Click on the lock near the HOME option on the top right corner of wall page and then click on Who can contact me.

Now select STRICT FILTERING from the options that appear.

A Context menu in windows is the one that pops up when you right click on an empty space on your desktop. You have the authority to create your own context menus in windows but a problem that persists is that it requires sneaking into the registry which can be a harmful step if you are not a registry editing freak. SO Tech Gets Easy comes up again with an extremely easy way to create your personal context menus in windows. Keep reading to find out how to do this.

Context menus in windows

Here we proceed with our steps to create a context menu in windows :

1. We will need a software for it called YOUR MENU. First of all download YOUR MENU from here.


2. Now open the compressed folder of this installer and install it onto your hard drive.
3. After the installation run the program by double clicking the icon on the desktop.
4. The program opens up with a window with an intro screen and prompting you to proceed. Click On PROCEED button.




5. Now another window opens which provides two types of options. First is to create a single context menu and the other on is to create a cascade context menu. A single menu is the one which opens your application as soon as you click on it and runs only one application. A Cascade menu opens a sub menu to provide a list of more than one applications. We will proceed with Single menu as the latter one is quite similar to create.


6. Click on Single option button.
7. Two blank field now pop up onto the same window.


8. Now enter the name of the context menu you want to create into the MENU NAME field.



9. In the second field [SELECT PROGRAM (CLICK EMPTY FIELD)] just click to open a file browser.

10. Now choose the application for which you want to create the context menu. We are going with Avast Antivirus.


11. Now click on GENERATE REG FILE button.
12. Now again a file browser opens which asks you to select the location where you want to save your registry files. Save these files on desktop (you may choose other locations too) by clicking on save button. Then click OK button.



13. Now move to the location where you saved your files (Desktop in our case).
14. You will see 2 new files on that location. The first one is for creating the context menu and the other one is for inverting back the changes. Double click on the first file.


15. Now click on YES button from the warning that pops up and then click OK on the new window.




16. VOILA!!!!!!!!!! You are done. Right click on an empty space on the desktop to see your preffered context menu. If you want to revert to the changes click on the second registry file and you will go back to what you started with.

Who does not know that google is the world's best and most widely used search engine. But efficiently using google for your searches can make you discover the real power of google.  Today we are providing you a list of top 5 tips for making efficient searches on google.

Definitions:

Search exact definitions for a word with google definition search. Type the word 'Define' before your keyword. For example DEFINE GADGET would yield first result as :





Add filetype: to your search to display results that only match a certain file type. For example, if you wanted to display PDF results only type: "dell xps" filetype:pdf -- this is a great way to find online manuals. Similarly other file types can also be searched


As in our case:


Use the Google Search engine as a calculator by typing a math problem in the search. For example, typing:100 + 200 would display results as 300.

Visit Google Local enter the area you want to search and the keyword of the place you want to find. For example, typing: restaurant at the above link would display local restaurants.

Why does Google name its Android products after desserts?

     How Actually Do File Recovery Softwares Work??????

TOP FREE DATA RECOVERY TOOLS

TestDisk  (Windows/Mac/Linux)

Recuva  (Windows)

PhotoRec  (Windows/Mac/Linux)

Restoration  (Windows)

Undelete Plus  (Windows)

Did you ever wonder why does the applications like opera mini (in 90% cases) asks for a permission while connecting to the network or while reading or writing on your phone's memory????????????? i.e. something an error like this----ALLOW THIS APPLICATION TO CONNECT TO NETWORK.  

Most of us would answer NO in that case. But I am going to tell you a characterstic reason for that.

The easiest reason for the fact is that these applications are not digitally signed. Confused?????????? Ok let me explain what digital signatures are:

A digital signature or digital signature scheme is a mathematical scheme for demonstrating the authenticity of a digital message or document. A valid digital signature gives a recipient reason to believe that the message was created by a known sender, and that it was not altered in transit. Digital signatures are commonly used for software distribution, financial transactions, and in other cases where it is important to detect forgery or tampering.

The applications which we download through the phone manufacturer's official website like in case of Nokia THE OVI STORE, you always download a digitally signed application. But whenever the talk begins of a third party apps let me tell you those apps are never digitally signed. Ever heared about VERISIGN ? Or Thawte? Actually these are organisations which develop these digital signatures for mobile phones. These signatures are just to authenticate that no application can harm your digital device.

You might be wondering that opera is a trusted brand , then why do they themselves not give digitally signed application i.e. OPERA MINI. The answer is they do give digitally signed opera mini but their homepage provide an unsigned version. Don't worry I will explaining how to download a signed version of opera mini. Just follow these simple steps:

1. Go to Opera mini website with your phone's browser.
2. Now you might be seeing suggested downloads for your phone. Just ignore them and click on the link OTHER DOWNLOAD OPTIONS.
3. Now browse to the bottom and you will see a heading " OTHER OPTIONS FOR OPERA MINI 6.5 "(an example in our case).
4. Under that head there is a link provided saying SELECT CODE SIGNING CERTIFICATE.Click on that.
5.A new page opens up which might say AUTO DETECTION OF CODE SIGNING CERTIFICATE FAILED. No worries select a suitable certificate from the list of certificates given below. I would recommend selecting ALL CERTIFICATES as the certificates may vary from phone to phone.
6. Again a new page pops up asking for you to download OPERA MINI 6.5. Go ahead and click this link. Actually this is a digitally signed link.
7. You are ready to go once the application downloads.
8. Now to change the access permissions in your NOKIA phone goto the downloaded location. Open OPTIONS> APPLICATION ACCESS> COMMUNICATION>NETWORK ACCESS AND CHANGE IT TO ALWAYS ALLOWED.
9. You are ready to go. Now everytime you access internet with your application are need not give permissions your connecting to the network.
10. Please note that if you would have downloaded the unsigned application from the opera mini home page you will not be able to change the access permissions to always allowed.

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Getting a paid security for your pc or your networks is not a tough job. But when it comes to a free security software we come with our hands muttering along to choose a good antivirus software for our pc. Although a number of antivirus softwares are available free of cost but the most fascinating free antivirus which I have been using past 5 years is Avast Free Antivirus.
Avast recently launched a new version AVAST FREE ANTIVIRUS 7. The software was a boombox. I came across several vibrant features which could never be found in a free security software. I am mentioning some of the special tools and features available in avast 7:





PROS:

1. The Cloud Services: With the all new avast 7 , a new feature has been added known as avast cloud services.
A special tool which keeps you connected to avast labs for downloading streaming updates. This feature makes sure that you are momentarily up to date with the latest virus definitions.





2. Avast Real Time Shields: A totally fresh tool. About 8 security shields to protect your pc from the most unpredictable threats. Whether its a spam or a malware or an adware or a trojan, avast's always there to care for your pc. The always active shields include web shield, file system shield, mail shield, p2p , IM, network, script and behaviour shield.





3. Avast Auto Sandbox : Fear of a program harming your system??????? No worries, the all time hit avast will automatically run the program into its AUTOSANDBOX. Any harm done by the program will totally be distracted by the software.



4. Avast BROWSER Protection: Although this feature was also included in the previous version but its quite intersesting. This feature grades the sites according to user votings. Visit only those sites which you find admirable.

5. The FASTEST  UPDATION OF VIRUS DEFINITIONS : Avast has been best in receving updates from the labs. Whether you are on a slow connection or a high speed 3G connection AVASTwill update itself as soon as you connect to the web.

6.  Avast REMOTE ASSISTANCE : THE BEST SHOULD BE KEPT FOR LAST. Keeping this thought in mind I reserved this feature to be mentioned at last. The sensational combination of an antivirus and a REMOTE ASSISTANCE software. Want to help your geek poor in computing to resolve his problem. Don't worry. Connect to him through avast remote assistance feature. Its swift, provides full access to a remote computer and most importantly works well even on a slow internet connection.



CONS:

The hard work of the avast team is always admirable but some issues still prevailing in the system such as repairing a infected system file is never done successfully. Also avast did not make much changes to the interface. Remember avast that basic and average and basic users recognize a newer version of a software through a new interface and a major group of comprises of those users.


Anyways you can download avast from the official  avast website.


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Part of the problem is the increasing pervasiveness of networked computers, software, and social networks. There are more targets for attackers to hit. Twenty years ago we didn't have mobile phones and Facebook and Internet-connected power-grid controllers. Digital thieves are sneaking in new side doors before companies even realize they're unlocked.