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Archive posts from 2011

A collection of 52 posts

Geek tricks

How To Install Ubuntu 11.10 Or Any Other Operating System On Virtual Box

Are you a predominantly A Windows user but want to try out some new OS without hurting your current Windows installation?...Then, this is it! The Virtual Box from Oracle Inc. will let you

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Geek tricks

How To Create Your Own Proxy Server To Bypass Heavy-Handed Web Filters

If your workplace or school's extra-restrictive internet filter has you pulling your hair out during the occasional browsing break, there's hope! Here's a quick look at how to get around heavy-handed browser restrictions with the open-source PHProxy.Before we

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Geek tricks

Enable The Administrator Account on Windows 7 or Vista Which is Hidden by Default

If you are a loyal Windows user who have witnessed the evolution over the years, you must have ever wondered what happened to the Administrator account that was always created by default. (Even

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Geek tricks

How To See What Websites Your Computer Is Secreately Connecting to

Ever wonder why your internet connection lags on speed sometimes? There may be some softwares that have automatic updates enable checking/downloading updates from their respective update server. And in the worst case scenario,

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Geek tricks

[How-To] Disable Hibernate Mode in Windows 7 to Free Up Disk Space

If you do not prefer to use Hibernate option in Windows 7, then you can save some noticeable amount of disk space for your other purposes. In this post, we will learn two different ways

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Geek tricks

Awesome Windows Tricks to Prank Your Friend!

Pranks are always loved, until you are at the receiving end! So, it's time to prank your friend using some very easy yet effective geeky stuff, which, I'm sure you would love to

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Tech updates

All you want to know about Hard Drive Partitions

Disk partitioning is the act of dividing a hard disk drive into multiple logical storage units referred to as partitions, to treat one physical disk drive as if it were multiple disks. Partitions are also termed "slices"

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Tech updates

How to determine the sizes of the partitions of Hard Drive [Partitioning Strategy]

If you have finally decided to partition your hard drive into several partitions after reading All you want to know about Hard Drive Partitions, then you are at the right place. After deciding to partition

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Tech updates

EASEUS Partition Master is a great free-to-use Disk Partitioning Utility

We have earlier discussed on [How To] Partition a Hard Disk Drive in Windows without any software. But, if you are not interested in these Geeky stuff, EASEUS Partition Master is a FREE software

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Tech updates

[How To] Partition a Hard Disk Drive in Windows without any software

We have discussed a lot about Partitioning a hard drive and the partitioning the hard drives in the following posts:All you want to know about Hard Drive Partitions How to determine the sizes of

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Tech updates

Facebook ready to Rock the Web with new Timeline! [Review]

As a part of the sequential changes that Facebook is implementing for a drastic reformation, here they are with a brand new and refreshingly new feature called "Facebook Timeline"."Facebook Timeline" is nothing but

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Tech updates

What Facebook is changing to compete with Google+

As the social war is growing, and Google+ is spreading alarmingly over a month or so, Facebook engineers are seeing some change to be implemented in the coming months. What are they?..Here are

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Nokia

[Gizmo Gallery] Smart way to charge up your SmartPhone

If you are a smartphone user, you might have experienced your mobile battery running out of power while surfing the internet on 3G networks, Wi-Fi or streaming content on the device. In such

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Geek tricks

5 Simple Ways to Get your Lost or Stolen Mobile Phone Back

Nowadays, especially in countries like India, where the crime rate is alarmingly high, lots and lots of mobile stealing cases are coming to light. And the number is increasing rapidly.A survey conducted by Symantec,

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Tech updates

Awesome Dolphin Browser is now available for iOS

Very popular and previously only Android based awesome Dolphin Browser is now available for iOS users also. Dolphin is now available for the iPhone and iPad with a laundry list of awesome features to

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Google+

Time spent by visitors on Google+ stagnates [Google+ News]

The amount of time US users spend on Google's social site Google+ has grown more slowly in recent weeks, according to Experian Hitwise, indicating that the service may struggle to make headway against

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Tech updates

[How-To] Install Android on Portable Drive to run on PC

Huge fan of Android? Then here is a great news. Now you can install and run Android on the laptop or PC Hard Drive or any external drive. Here is a very easy

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Tech updates

[How-To] Run Android on your Windows PC with Android SDK

In this Tech Savvy world, Android has become the most popular Mobile Operating System along with Apple's iOS somewhat. The main features with which Android has made its mark on this techno world

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Geek tricks

Get the Fast, Powerful and XP-Style Search experience for Windows 7

If you are a bored with the default search utility of Windows 7 like me, then you should pay attention to this. As a frustrated user of the Windows 7 Search utility, I can

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Geek tricks

[Stupid PC Trick] How to create a Fake Virus!

Every computer geek tries to pretend themselves as a dangerous hacker that can hack anything. The above statement also includes me! But don't afraid, I'm not a hacker. I don't even think about

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Tech updates

Socialize Your Desktop with the fresh Google+ Windows 7 Theme

Great fan of Google+??...if the answer is positive then you surely gonna love this! We are here with a awesomely customized Google+ Social Networking theme for Windows 7.The theme is powered by VikiTech

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Videos

How a Computer Hard Drive Actually Works [Video]

One of the many common questions that strikes through an curious engineering student like me. So here is the great video on how the computer hard drive actually works.In this fast growing world

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Tech updates

[How-To] Disable or Enable CD/DVD-ROM Drives with Registry Editor

Nowadays, many employers of the business firms as well as school/college principals prefers to disable CD/DVD-ROM drives to prevent the possible virus attack and also, on the back of their mind, the want

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Geek tricks

Increase the Browsing Speed of Mozilla Firefox in few minutes [Firefox Trick]

It’s always annoying to wait when you click somewhere and it take a long time to respond. Moreover, In the country like India, where people mostly use slow connections, it becomes most annoying.

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Tech updates

[Extension] Use Facebook Chat Bully to keep Facebook Chat Sidebar in Shape

If you’re underwhelmed by the kludgy interface of Facebook’s native chat client, FB Chat Bully will help you tweak it, hide offline users, and more. Facebook's new interface of chat sidebar is found

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Tech updates

[Infographic] The Android Story - History of Android

The Android operating system have grown faster than anything in this smartphone oriented world. As the recent news buzzing about Google-Motorola deal and the future prospects, it's a time to relive the moments

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Tech updates

Google acquires Motorola Mobility - What Next?

Since its launch in November 2007, Android has not only dramatically increased consumer choice but also improved the entire mobile experience for users. Today, more than 150 million Android devices have been activated

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Tech updates

[How-To] Change DNS Servers for Fast Internet Speed

Many of the internet surfers (I should call them “Netizens” rather) most commonly, are not satisfied with their current internet connection speed. They are always in search of some tricks and tweaks to

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Tech updates

[How-To] Install Turbo C++ in Windows 7 32bit/64bit

As an developer, who don't know the importance of the good compiler for executing the developed applications? Many of my beginner developer friends,  nowadays, are confused how to use Turbo C++ compiler for

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Geek tricks

Try Google Namebench For A Faster Internet Experience

If you are tired of your current internet connection speed, if you have wasted a plenty of time in search of a working trick to increase the speed of your internet connection and

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Geek tricks

Tweak Your Internet for Fast Browsing Speed and Faster Ping

After a little break, I am finally back with a tweak that may help you to increase your Internet Browsing Speed. For understanding this tweak, you have to have a basic knowledge of

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Tech updates

[Extension] Watch Facebook Stream inside Google+

Since the Google+ has been introduced, I have seen many people, not able to decide between Facebook and Google+. So, to solve their problem here I've come up with a great browser extension

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Geek tricks

[How-To] Disable Programs Run at Startup without having any Software

Every time you start computer, the program like Yahoo Messenger, Outlook and many more start in a flash resulting in the reduction of the Start up time taken by your computer. Even, this

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Tech updates

[Software] Hide your important Files and Folders in Portable Drives effectively with WinMend

We all like portability and that's why Pen Drives are in thing instead of CDs or DVDs. It is the easier way to edit, carry or copy the data faster and effectively compared

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Geek tricks

[Software] Heal your PC from crashes and increase booting speed with Soluto- Download now!

As a part of our great Software introduction series, here we are with yet another great software Soluto - Anti Frustration Software.Why named Anti Frustration Software?After reading the name of the software, above

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Software

[Software] Copy your files fast and effectively by TeraCopy

Here is yet another useful software in our Software segment which will help you copy your files fast and effectively. TeraCopy is the must have software in the computer if we do cut/copy/paste

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Tech updates

[How-To] Recover Administrator Login Password in Windows

All the computers in the world have administrator password due to security concerns and to prevent hacking activities if they are connected to the local network or the Internet. But, somehow in case

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Tech updates

[Software] Recover deleted files with Recuva

While working on the computer, sometimes we accidentally delete some important files along with some garbage files. Moreover, if your computer is attacked by a severe virus, there is a chance that you

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Geek tricks

[Infographic] Have We found ourselves in a Tech Bubble?

Rampant speculation. Overvaluation. Unrealistic growth expectations. With such language being used to describe current market conditions we can’t help but wonder – are we headed for another Dot-Com bubble?FeeFighters.com: Save 40% on your

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Geek tricks

[How-To] Recover unsaved files from Microsoft Word

There are so many embarrassing situations that occurs once in a while in which we find ourselves helpless and restless. We've got the solution of one of the such situations, in which you

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Tech updates

[Review] Google TV - Where television meets the search engine!

We haven't been this excited about TV since Saturday morning cartoons. Not only are TVs the center of our living rooms, but five billions of us use them. That is more then the

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Geek tricks

Convert scanned document into text document for free!

We, in this digital lifestyle, scan and print so many documents for the necessary paper work required in our office as well as home. We also sometimes receive these types of scanned documents

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Google+

[How-To] Download your Facebook Profile in your computer and save it

Want to migrate to Google+ but worried about the data that you have stored on Facebook over the years?.....well, here is the solution. (As you always get from TechnoTravel.in).The leader in social networking,

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Tech updates

Google+ gathers steam, about 20 million sign ups in 3 weeks!

Google plus is steadily gathering steam, owing primarily to users in India and US. Within weeks of its launch, the site, which is still in its beta phase (one needs to be invited to join

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Tech updates

Google set to wind down Google Labs

Google Inc, owner of the world's most popular search engine, plans to wind down the website through which it let users explore early product prototypes to help better prioritise development of the new services.Some Google

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Geek tricks

[How-To] Disable CD and USB Flash drives from AutoPlaying with the one easiest trick

Who is the biggest enemy of the computer?....The one and only answer is "Computer Viruses". And if I ask another question that which is considered to be the safest home for the computer

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Geek tricks

[How-To] Disable History button in Internet Explorer

Internet history is a vital tool of a web browser for any of the regular web surfers, as we all know, it stores the links of the websites that one have visited in

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Tech updates

[How-To] Reset forgotten password in Windows without having the old password

Meet 18-year-old, Tom. He is a normal Computer User. One day, he wanted to change his "User Account Password". So, to do this first of all he followed the path mentioned below: (Tom

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Nokia

[How-To] Reset Nokia S40 / S60 v3 mobile phones

Hi friends, while attempting to install some useful software, any useful system related program or any game to your s40 or s60 phones, sometimes it goes wrong and your phone hangs up!!!! It's

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Tech updates

Google badges for news readers [Brief News]

"On Google News, the average reader of political news has read 20 articles about politics in the last six months. Where do you stand?" asks the official Google Blog.User can see how voracious

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Tech updates

Emails get snappier with 'ShortMail'

If you are happy with 140 characters that help you tweet, what would you do with 500 characters? Perhaps write a shorter email? Twitter which has come up with a solution, Shortmail, seems to think

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Hello World!!!

Hello World!!!!Here we come!!!!!!I have been waiting for this day for years to write my first blog post on my very own site TechnoTravel.in. So, from now onwards, friends, be ready to have

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