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Google introduced a new mobile service named Near Me Now, that helps you find services near your current location. Such services include ATMs, restaurants, hotels or bars. All you have to do is click the Near Me Now button on Google Search and the results will be served immediatelly. There is also an Explore Right Here option that narrows down [...]
Ya, it’s very annoying, I agree. Every time when Windows has finished installing some updates, the all-knowing dialog pops asking you if you want to restart now or restart later for all changes to take effect. But what if I’m doing something and I can’t restart? It’s fine, says Windows, press “Restart Later”. Oh great, says the user, pressing joyfully [...]
The internet is flooded every minute with malware applications and we need to stay protected at all times. Unfortunately, some anti-virus or anti-malware applications aren’t 100% accurate and this is where the online scanners come in. There are many solutions out there and today, we decided to present to you Jotti’s online scanner.
ScreenToaster is a web-based screen recorder utility that allows you to create online screencasts. ScreenToaster is a Java applet meaning that you can get it to run as long as you have Java installed on the system. Oh and speaking of systems, the OS has no limitation in this matter, the web applet is working on Windows, Mac and Linux [...]
When I heard about Songbird and it’s features, I became somehow very interested. I have installed it and was placed face to face with an iTunes clone (almost identical interface), which dissapointed me without even testing the actual product. Then I said to myself, hey, if it looks like iTunes, it’s not iTunes and, I was right. Songbird is a [...]
This question popped in our heads many times in the past and for some, it’s still an enigma. So, I will try to clarify what is svchost.exe, what’s used for and why in some occasions it eats your CPU.
What is svchost.exe?
According to Microsoft, “svchost.exe is a generic host process name for services that run from dynamic-link libraries” or, in plain [...]
I’m sure many of you know how to do that, but we have received emails from different people asking how to disable Windows Messenger.
There are 2 ways to get rid of Windows Messenger, either by disabling it or by uninstalling it. For those who want to keep things intact but just toggle the on/off switch, here is how you can [...]
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