Fifa WorldCup's Here – So Are The Bad Guys

The most popular sporting event in the universe has been kicked off and it is the hot topic in both the outer world and the Internet world. So undoubtedly, this is one of those rare golden opportunities for spammers around the world to scam you. So its your job to stay away and be protected from all those scams. Here are a few tips from my side. 1 ) Don't click on links from emails that promise free tickets, live streaming of the event and del...

Windows 7 usually saves the searches that you enter in Explorer and offers them while typing. Over time this can become a bit confusing. You can delete them either fully or just a few entries. To delete a few entries mouse over that entry and press delete button. If you have a really long list, then deleting everything in this way might not be possible. The following trick involves editing registry. So please backup your registry by File>Expo...

Everyone knows that entering a special character such as £ (pound) sign through "Insert Symbol dialogue" is really tiring (especially for a lazy guy like me).But at times you may have to enter such symbols frequently. For example say you are an electrical engineer. So you may have to enter the Ω (ohm) symbol quite frequently. The problem can be easily solved for creating shortcuts for the symbol. 1) Click insert symbol and select more symbols....

Here are a few old ways to shut down/restart your computer, the geek way! Windows XP: Press windows key and then press "U" twice to shutdown Press Windows key then U and R to restart Press Windows key and L twice to logoff Windows Vista/Windows 7 Press Windows key and then press "Right arrow" thrice and U to shut down Press Windows key and then press right arrow thrice and R to restart Press Windows key then press right arrow thrice and...

Even after the release of windows 7 there might be a few that still use vista. This is for them 1) Turn off unwanted animations. To do this click start menu. In the search box type “sysdm.cpl”( without quotes) and click continue when prompted by UAC. Click the advanced tab and under performance click settings. In the visual effects tab uncheck the options that are unnecessary. (more...)...