Disable Metro in Windows 8

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The Windows 8 launch is right around the corner. People that have purchased PCs recently will get incentives for upgrading to Windows 8 by either getting a license for a lower price or even a free upgrade. While the new Metro interface brings Windows to new tablet devices, its not the best interface for desktops… Read more »

BoxCryptor brings encryption to the cloud

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Cloud Storage services are on the rise. We have a plethora of cloud solutions like Google Drive, Dropbox, Box.net, SugarSync, ZumoDrive, SkyDrive and others. With everyone using multiple devices, from laptops and tablets to smartphones, using these services makes a lot of sense as they sync files across all devices. Storing your files in the… Read more »

Google Drive gets out of the bag

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There have been rumors about Google Drive – Google’s cloud storage service. Today, Google has finally unveiled Google Drive. It stores your files on the cloud and syncs them across all your devices. Windows, Mac and Android apps have been released and the iOS app is due in a few weeks. Google Drive offers 5GB… Read more »

Turn your Dashboard into Launchpad

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Apple announced Mac OS X 10.7 Lion a few months ago and said that it would be much more intuitive as features from iOS would be borrowed. There has been some debate on this topic, some say that navigation would be easier whereas others say that Apple is restricting OS X features by making it… Read more »

JoliCloud climbs to 1.0

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While netbook was the ultimate gadget, a lot of Cloud based OSes were being developed and I had done a review of JoliCloud OS here. The OS has moved quiet ahead since the review and has now hit version 1.0. This version is stable, has build-in touch screen support and a whole new interface which… Read more »

Postbox Mail Client goes Express

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Postbox was released last year as beta and had received great responses from users. It was the perfect E-mail client with all features you would ever need and an intuitive interface. However, when the product got out of beta, they set a price tag of $39.95 for the mail client. Now the makers of Postbox… Read more »

Ubuntu Light is another Netbook OS

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Netbook had become the most popular computer of the age. It was a new era in Computing. All manufacturers had all kinds of netbooks, from Acer aspire one to Lenovo to Sony Vaio P. This boom gave a rise to tons of new Operating Systems that make the “net”book more net friendly. In other words,… Read more »

Chrome gets an Incredible start page

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Google Chrome has been out for a long time with users switching to Chrome from all different browsers. The main feature lagging in Chrome that kept users to Firefox was Extensions. But since Google has finally added support for extensions in Chrome, there are tons of cool extensions pouring into the extensions gallery. Today I have… Read more »

Trillian comes to the Mac

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Trillian is a popular multi-protocol IM client for not only Windows but even iPhone and Web now. With the new Trillian Astra which is the 4.0 version of Trillian, the IM client has drastically improved with the interface, usability and features. Its my preferred IM client for Windows. Finally after a long way of development… Read more »

A review of JoliCloud – Another Cloud OS

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So Google Chrome OS has been out for some time and there have been numerous builds by developers all around the world. Dell came up with a 8GB version of Chrome OS, a developer slimmed it to a 300MB version and now we have a new version by Hexxeh. Since Chrome OS is out of the box,… Read more »