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Follow your Gmail® e-mail’s path

You must be sending and receiving many mails in your Gmail account daily. But, have you ever given a thought what happens to your mail once you hit the ‘send’ button after composing the content and e-mail ID of the recipient? What route is taken by the mail to travel from your Gmail account to your recipient’s Gmail account across the country or around the globe? Mini-site launched In an effort... Read More »
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Fujitsu® to launch a device to track your pet’s activities

There is a good piece of news for those who love their pets. Information and communication technology provider Fujitsu is going to launch a device that can help pet owners track the activities of their pets. This device can help the owners prevent illnesses in their pets, it is important that their daily activities be monitored, as is the case for humans. How the device will work The special device... Read More »

Internet TV on rise in the U.S.

According to the recent survey of Nielson, around three million Americans had cut their cable television subscriptions last year as an increasing number turned to the Internet. The Nielsen survey released last week found that some of those getting rid of cable moved to packages from telecom provider or satellites, but overall subscriptions fell by 1.5 million, or around 1.5%. Findings of survey But... Read More »
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Google™ self-driven car gets license in Nevada

The self-driven cars of Google Inc. will soon be seen on Nevada roads as the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has approved the nation’s first autonomous vehicle license. The self-driven car in question here is a Toyota Prius that Google modified with its experimental driver-less technology, developed by Stanford professor and Google Vice President Sebastian Thrun. The license... Read More »

Microsoft® to use Dolby Digital® Technology in Windows® 8 PCs and tablets

Software giant Microsoft Corporation has announced that it will incorporate Dolby Laboratories sound technology in its upcoming operating system Windows 8-based PCs and tablets. Windows 8 will support the playback of Dolby-encoded files, with the firm saying that it will offer out-of-the-box support. According to Microsoft, Dolby Digital Plus will be supported on all versions of Windows 8 including... Read More »

Amazon® releases desktop app for cloud storage services

Amazon has unveiled a new desktop application for its cloud storage service named Amazon Cloud Drive. The desktop app enables users to easily store and organize files and media directly from either desktop of their Windows-based computer system of Apple Mac PC. Cloud storage made easy With this Amazon desktop app, users can now easily upload their pictures, documents, video clips, and other important... Read More »

Facebook® to announce release of life saving tools

If you are an ardent fan of Facebook, then you may soon notice a new feature that “could save lives” on your popular place of hangout while in front of a computer. Various media reports indicate the CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg is expected to announce this new feature while making his appearance on the network television. It is still a mystery what the tool will be, but Zuckerberg’s schedule... Read More »

LG® launches its own Cloud storage service

Korean handset maker, LG Electronics has become the latest company to join the race of Cloud storage. Named LG Cloud, the Cloud storage service of LG will allow users to access content across various electronic devices. The only thing required by the user to use the LG Cloud service will be to download the LG Cloud app for their Android smartphone from Google Play or from the LG SmartWorld app store.... Read More »

Google™ Drive with 5GB Storage Space: A Week Away

If you make use of cloud-based storage services like Dropbox and Box, then you are going to get another wonderful service at your disposal in a week’s time. The most-awaited cloud-based storage service from Google is now just a week away. The service actually came into notice in February 2012 when Wall Street Journal reported that the search engine company is going to launch a cloud-based service... Read More »
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Avoid Traffic with Google™ Maps Real-Time Updates

If you want to go to an unknown destination in your city then how would you proceed? Most of the time, you will call up your friend or relative and ask for the shortest route to the destination, as well as the estimated time of the journey. So, why not ask Google? To make your way to your desired destination a little easier and faster, Google has now incorporated real-time traffic data in Google Maps.... Read More »
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Check out Google™ Self-Driving Car

Have you ever thought of using a self-driven car? How great would it be if you can just feed in the location details and the car would take you through to your destination on its own? But, it’s not a dream anymore. Google, which is touching every aspect of our life, is now going to change the way we drive and navigate from one place to another. The concept first came into existence way back in... Read More »
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Sony® – Get Charged for Charging your Gadgets

Sony has come up with new idea of providing a service for charging electronic gadgets. The motto behind this notion is to make judicious use of power supply for avoiding blackouts. The service will also help in handling payments for recharging electrical vehicles. Sony is planning to install charging outlets which will charge you on the basis of your device and the number of times the socket will... Read More »
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Sony® and Toshiba® to demonstrate TransferJet at Mobile World Congress® 2012

Sony and Toshiba will be demonstrating their latest products at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona. TransferJet technology works on the principle of combining the speed of Ultra Wide Band (UWB) and Near Field Communications (NFC) to enable high speed data transfer. TransferJet is the latest in technological arena that has been doing rounds recently. This is a new mode for transferring... Read More »
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Wi-Fi® users can now opt out of Google™ Database

Now you do not have to register your Wi-Fi router names and location in Google database. For the past two years Google has been using user’s information from the company’s database while working on its Street View mapping service (Street View mapping service allows users to view the address they are searching for in Google maps). According to Google, users now will have the option to... Read More »
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How to Measure Wireless Router Performance

Does your wireless connection take more time to open webpages than your wired connection? Do you experience a dip in your Wi-Fi network when you shift from your living area to your bedroom? If yes, then this article is meant for you. In this article we’ll be discussing how to measure the performance of a wireless router. If you are not a techie, this important piece of information is dedicated to... Read More »

Help Solve the Outlook ‘General Failure’ E-Mail Error

As we all know that Outlook has been most popular email client till date. And in recent time there have been many updates released to resolve the bugs with it. Today we will discuss one of the problems that have been known with this popular email client. When we say email client we mean software that actually downloads the email from the server and stores it on your computer memory so that you can... Read More »
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Turn Off Automatic Window Resizing, Docking in Win7

Windows 7 was launched in 2009 and it came with so many new features which are user friendly and very interactive. Windows & was the most awaited operating system by Microsoft as after Windows Vista so many Windows OS users were disappointed with the latest Operating System development after Windows XP. Windows 7 has come with all the features and functionality to lure all the Windows Operating... Read More »
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Repair Your Windows PC with System Restore

If you are in requirement to pursue a complete change & have the feeling like delete any day & give it a kind of a feeling that it never happened, you might be thinking that it is a kind of a science fiction story. But it is not a myth or a fiction with your Windows PC. It is more or less having the capability to do the same without the consent of any new scientific discovery or invention... Read More »
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Gaining Administrator Access without a Password

There are many processes & ways by which you can have a kind of an unprecedented access to any administrator, no matter how much strong password has been used to protect it. It is a reality. Here we will discuss mainly regarding two procedures through which you can gain an entry into the same without much hassle or difficulty. The first one is the easier of the two but is having one condition.... Read More »

Hands on with Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010

With Identity management becoming a nightmare for a maximum number of information technology administrators it is gradually becoming very difficult for them regarding the perfect use of it in the perfect field respectively. Employees come & leave with getting an access to the network site of the partner organizations in a very limited time yet in a safe & secured way. Not only these but it... Read More »

Dell Fills Data Center Technology Stack With Force10

Dell is stepping in the field of networking. Report says that Dell is making a new term in integrated field and going to fill the networking hole. This is going to happen as company built its way into building an integrated technology stack. This intelligent stack technology will used for data centers. Other vendors like Hewlett-Packard, Cisco and IBM were already in way of technology alteration by... Read More »
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Microsoft Issues Critical Patch for Windows 7, Vista Users

Windows 7 was touted as the most secure Windows OS till date by Microsoft. However, Microsoft had to face heavy criticism from users of Windows 7 as it was considered to be plagued with different security issues.  The main security issue was related to Bluetooth bug which would allow a hacker/attacker to take control of system by sending wireless packets that contained malicious code through Bluetooth. In... Read More »
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How to tile two windows with just two clicks

Windows is a graphical operating system, which can be used for multi-tasking. Each and every operation in Windows can be done with the help of a pointing device like mouse or touch pad. We are now so in habit of multitasking that seldom there is just one window open. We always have more than one window open in the task bar and we keep on switching between the windows while working on various applications.... Read More »

AT&T® ShopAlerts texts location-based promos

AT&T has launched a new marketing service Placecast to deliver its ShopAlerts text messages. These messages will be received by shoppers nearby the market place where they are visiting. This is the first of its type of services and AT&T is the pioneer in it. Subscribers signing up for these alerts are from New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago who can get alerts based on the location. At&T... Read More »

How to stop all ads in Hotmail™

Hotmail can be considered to be the first public e-mail services provider and has served the people amazingly since then. It has many times upgraded the interface to give a better working environment to its users and make it more and more user friendly. Till date Hotmail has been the most widely used and most trusted e-mail service. Recently they did a collaboration with Microsoft Live and now one... Read More »