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Why Chromebook Is A Flop And How To Improve It

Don’t get me wrong, the Chromebook is a really good idea but the world is not yet ready for such a revolutionary product. Partly due to the fact that internet connection is not widely available everywhere. “For the first time, hardware and software are being packaged together as a service,” said Sundar Pichai, Google’s senior [...]

Opera 11 Turbo Is Made For Slow Internet Connection

Opera never ceased to amaze me with new innovative features, this can be seen with the introduction of tab browsing 15 years ago, followed by ad blocking, DNS lookup, Opera Unite server and many more. With the latest Opera 11, I can assure you they are on the path of gaining back some lost ground. [...]

Is Norton Antivirus 2012 The Best Security Software

I had the opportunity to try out the much awaited Norton Antivirus 2012, to say I am disappointed with the performance is lie, neither the truth. Anyway, since it is in beta, it is hard to judge the overall performance, therefore I decided to evaluate the new features instead. According to Symantec, one of the [...]

Download Microsoft Safety Scanner

With a file size of 70MB, Microsoft Safety Scanner is not exactly lightweight as most reviews mentioned. I downloaded it from the official website and performed a quick scan, it was fast and light on the memory, since my system wasn’t infected, I was unable to determine the effectiveness of the antivirus. You have to [...]

How To Stop Gmail From Automatically Adding Contacts

I love Gmail, the clean user interface. However, what really annoys me is the ‘Auto-complete contacts’ feature where it automatically adds email address from people you responded to, which is really an annoying feature because most of the time it is a one off conversation, like emailing a company for more info on their product? [...]

Show And Change File Extensions For Windows 7

This is a fairly simple tutorial, unless you’re new to Windows 7. Here is a step by step guide on how to show and change the file extension for Windows 7. Step 1 – Click on ‘My Computers’ then select ‘Organize’ Step 2 – From the drop down menu, choose ‘Folder and Search’ Step 3 [...]

Speed Up WordPress With wp-config.php Hack

Here are some of my favorites wordpress hacks, also known as simple tricks that speeds up WordPress. There are a whole lot of tricks, but based on my 5 years of tweaking the wp-config.php, I consider these 4 tricks as essential. Blog Address And Site Address define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://www.geckoandfly.com’); define(‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘http://www.geckoandfly.com’); Enable Cache Expiration Setting the [...]

How To Fax To And From On A Mac OS X

An unknown feature found in most mac computers is the ability to send faxes via the print function. This can be done by first installing the ‘PageSender-Fax’ software, a fully-functional fax service allowing you to easily send, receive and manage faxes. Step 1 – Select “Print” from your application Step 2 – Select “PageSender-Fax” for [...]