Indian Shaolin Warrior Shifu Kanishka

The 18 most suppressed inventions ever

Increase Computer Startup Speed with Startup Delayer

Whenever you start your computer, you will have to wait upto 2 minutes normally for all the applications to run and make sure that the PC won’t hangup in the middle. The reason for this delay is the huge number of software applications which start and run in the background most of which are not really required to run when your computer starts. When these software’s start loading they use most of your RAM and CPU time delaying your other work, hence here is a solution for this which can help you in avoiding the start up programs for some time.

Computer Startup Delay

The application is called as Startup Delayer which is available as a free download and easy to understand and use interface. You can directly disable most of the startup programs but its essential for your computer to run these, hence its better to delay their processing instead of totally disabling them. The software is compatible with Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/XP64/Vista and allows you to setup the time after which it should allow the different programs to run.

How to Format USB Drive – Fix Errors & Backup Data

The computer market is advancing at a very high speed and these days we have Portable USB Drives which can allow you to backup data upto 64Gb in a small device, hence its important to buy a new one and store information in it. But if you want to continue using your old Memory drive to store some important information then its important to first check it out for errors and then proceed with the data transfer. A used flash drive may have a lot of issues like bad sectors, errors which would make you loose all the data which is stored in it. Hence you need to make sure that first you take a backup of all the data in it and then perform a thorough check.

Access the USB Flash drive and then copy all the information data which is stored in it to your Computer or a backup CD. Next erase whatever files are left in it by selected all the files or folders and then pressing ‘Ctrl + Del’. The main reason for performing these steps is that, flash memories are secure but cannot be completely relied upon because they are often given jerks while you move them and they are plugged and unplugged from your computer regularly, hence the data gets corrupted because of this.

You need to visit My Computer, find the Pen Drive, right click on it and select the Format option.

Next you will get a new window which displays you different options as shown below. This would display the Capacity of the whole disk, File System, Allocation unit size, Volume Label which you can change to any Name, displayed as the drive name. Next you will find different format options like Quick Format, Create MS-Dos startup disk etc. Its recommended that you Uncheck the quick format option so that the format would take some time and perfectly complete the process.

You will next get a warning dialog box which will ask you to confirm if you would like to Format the drive. This is because sometimes by mistake you would click on the format option and in this process would loose all the data which would be hard to recover once formatted and deleted.

Once the formatting is completed, you will find a confirmation box for the same.

Next go to ‘My Computer’, right click on the Pen Drive and click on Properties option. Here under the ‘Tools’ tab you will find a option of Error-Checking which will allow you to check your drive for errors and fix the same. Click on the ‘Check Now’ button -

Here under the Check Disk option you will have to select both the displayed options which will Automatically Fix File System Errors & Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors. These options are useful because you can automatically find any kind of errors which you have in your drive and even fix them.

Next you will get a report when the test is completed along with a lot of statistics on your Drive. Some amount of space in the drive would be used by itself for storing the Drive information like name, stats, configuration information which is the reason you never get 100% of the total disk space.

This complete basic process teaches you on how to backup the drives data, formatting the complete drive and then checking for errors.

Types of Mobile Operating Systems in Latest Smart Phones

Smart phones, Smart Operating System or perfect combination of both? Now, choosing a smart phone is not the only hectic job you have, but choosing the right OS too is a difficult choice. Over the last couple of months we’ve looked smart phones, a few times but haven’t really spent much time in looking at the different mobile operating systems (m-os). Here’s a quick tour of the main players in this segment which will help you to get a brief idea on various operating systems including windows, blackberry, Google’s android, Apple’s iOS, Symbian and also Palm …

Windows Mobile or Windows Phone
These handsets run a mobile operating system designed by Microsoft. The bundled software with these units lets you open, create and edit Microsoft Office files as well as run thousands of third party applications. Their connectivity with Microsoft Exchange servers is excellent but web browsing still has room for improvement. A 2009 survey by CFI Group showcased that the Windows Mobile users had the lowest level of customer satisfaction when compared to users of other smartphones. Out of a possible 100 points, Windows Mobile was only rated with a mere 66, compared with BlackBerry’s (73), Palm Pre’s (77), Google’s Android (77), and iPhone’s (83). And also a bottom line, with Microsoft not many things come for free! J. With its latest operating system of series 7 in place, time will only tell that how popular it will be in comparison with other mobile operating systems.

BlackBerry

Blackberry started all from its messenger service and now it’s a full fledge mobile phone maker. If you expect to receive lots of e-mails and SMS then BlackBerry is still the best messaging platform for mobile workers. Web browsing works but can be a little frustrating as BlackBerry reformats websites to reduce the bandwidth they use. However, the future versions of the BlackBerry OS will ship with a Web kit-based browser so that part of user experience (UE) should be greatly enhanced. One of the BlackBerry’s big advantages is that the service is very data efficient. Everything is compressed and encrypted so it works well even when connectivity is limited to a 2G network. Research In Motion (RIM) appears to be on the verge of making a strategic about-face by making a transitional change in its Black Berry devices from its in-house mobile operating system to the QNX OS that’s powering its new Play Book tablet PC.

But at this critical environment, when Apple’s i-Pads and i-Phones are flying off the shelves like hot cakes and Google’s Android-based smartphones are selling even faster, any move from Research in Motion (RIM) can make to jumpstart demand and encourage developers to start writing new media-rich apps would be a good first step toward restoring some popularity to the BlackBerry brand. But still with Blackberry specific data/internet plans it still only rules office guys and not college going youngsters due to high data charges.

Android

Here comes the latest album thriller these days. As the new kid on the block, Google’s Android operating system has made a huge splash in the mobile OS segment; after all it’s from a Google’s family. Already embraced by developers, there are many third party apps to cover almost every user’s needs. Google’s android is a differentially new, so it managed to attract huge fans but as time goes by it will surely be a stable kid. But for now, among all the Mobile O.S, Android is a rock star, but please be ware, kids are always attractive, so the bottom line is BEFORE GOING FOR ANDROID, DON’T FORGET to try it. Like it, Own it is the only one liner comes in my mind. No doubt, this has become the darling of the masses.

Apple iOS

Ahh. Apple! The iPhone probably offers the best overall package of mobile functions although it’s not necessarily the best at anything. While BlackBerry has the best messaging and Windows Mobile and Android offer superior business support for Office files, the iPhone is easy to use and its web browser is still the best for mobile browsing although the lack of Flash support is a real problem. Many of the features taken for granted on other platforms like a unified Inbox for multiple email accounts and multitasking are coming in the soon to be release iPhone OS 4.If you are a person who wants to experience touch at its best and love the pinching of pictures then iPhone is for you.

Symbian

This is operating system used by Nokia and Sony Ericsson. While Symbian is very common, there are many different versions of it so applications that work on one handset may not work on another. However, it is purpose-built for phones and is reasonably easy to use. The flop show of Symbian is only due to its lack of fight back in terms of improvements; it seems that Symbian has lost all imagination and invention. Going for Symbian now at this stage is like choosing a second hand car J as Symbian continuously failed to rope in interesting and innovative changes in its user interface. Be it a 10k priced phone or 50k phone all the interface remains the same.

Palm

Palm OS (also known as Garnet OS) is a mobile operating system which was initially developed by Palm.Inc, for personal digital assistant (PDAs) in 1996. From then it is with the glint of a tear in our eyes that look back at Palm. For a long time, the Palm OS was the standard when compared with other mobile operating systems. The software was fast, reliable and there was an incredibly active developer environment which was praised by everyone. At some point, the fire of innovation dimmed and eventually went out with Palm’s hardware ending up running Windows Mobile phones instead. In my view, that was the beginning of the end for Palm operating system. Hopefully, Hewlett Packard will take over Palm and we’ll see some great new hardware and kick-ass software innovations sooner than later.

How Much Bandwidth usage do Youtube Streaming videos take

use a USB Data Card for accessing the Internet on my Laptop and the share computer is used as a WiFi Hotspot to Share the Internet Connection with my Apple iPad. While using the iPad most of the time i use the Youtube App to view different videos. Now the main worry i have is how much bill i will have to pay at the end of month because a friend told me that Youtube if viewed for more than 6-8 hours every day would use around 1Gb of bandwidth, is this true? Also if i just open a few videos and then don’t watch them, still does the ISP


charge me for loading the videos under Broadband Usage? Please clear some of these questions which are mainly related to Youtube Bandwidth Usage Calculations.



There are millions of Videos uploaded on Youtube by different users and most of these videos are uploaded by the users which were recorded either using their Mobile Phones, Digital Camera’s, Handy Cams, Web Cams etc all of which record in different quality. A average Video file takes around 10Mb space for 1 minute of video stored in it, while this may again differ based on the quality and compression aspects. Now if you view the same video which is of 15 minutes duration uploaded to a video hosting website, the approximate amount of bandwidth you would consume would be around 150Mb. The bandwidth is calculated on the total amount of data downloaded and uploaded from your computer, while in this case the only upload from your end would be the video viewing requests you would put and this normally ranges in a few Mb.



Next you need to understand the Different b/w Downloading & Streaming Video because all the videos which you find on Youtube are the Downloading Videos version where in the video file which is uploaded by the users are downloaded to the computers through the website. This means that when you access a Youtube video page there won’t be much bandwidth usage but when you click on the Play Button and then wait for the video to load, the file is being downloaded to your computer in background which you can also find in the browser’s temporary files folder.



Youtube Video Speed Comparison



Lets assume that you find a few interesting HD Videos on Youtube and instead of viewing them one by one and waiting for them to load in your web browser, what you actually do is open all these videos in say around 10 different tabs. Press the Play button once for the files to start loading and then press on the Pause button so that the download progress is continued and once its completed at the end you can easily play and view without any issues.



10 Loading Videos * Each 10 Minutes Size * 90Mb[Approx Size] = 900 Mb of data being downloaded to your computer which in turn is counted under the bandwidth usage. Even if you later close all these windows without viewing the videos, the bandwidth is still billed by your ISP because the data was actually downloaded to your computer. This is the same case when you download youtube videos to your computer using any external tools. You need to perform a Speed Test to find out the actually interned speed you are being offered by the ISP because the higher connection speed you have, the quicker these videos would load on your computer.



Average Video Speed Comparison



The main problem is that these days the Internet Service Providers offer their customers with very high speed connections but with limited data downloads, which means that if someone gets a 3Mbps Internet connection they also need to confirm the amount of bandwidth data they can use in a months period because accessing video hosting websites can easily shell up the monthly costs.



According to Wikipedia, the maximum amount of data transfer would be around 300 Kilobits per second. This means that if we calculate this amount in the form of KiloBytes you need to divide it by 8, making this at 300/8 = 37.5 Kbps. Now this means that every second there would be a download of maximum 37.5 Kbps of data to your computer which comes to around 37.5*60 = 2.25Mb/minute or say 2.25 * 60 = 135Mb per hour.



If a video is already downloaded once in your browser and you want to view it again, then you dont have to worry about the bandwidth because the file is already downloaded to your computer and is stored in the cache of the browser. You can also copy the file from these temporary files and save to your PC for future views, in order to bypass the loading time and broadband costs. According to the above estimations it does not mean that you will be charged with 135mb of bandwidth every hour, if you keep the youtube.com website open because this again depends on the quality of the videos and if its some plain cartoon or low graphical version then the size would be lot lower than this, something in the range of around 30-40% only.



Hope all the above listed different points and sample statistics would give you a clear picture on the total broadband bandwidth usage you would get charged for when you view youtube videos online.

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Virus Trojan and Worm

What is difference between Virus, Trojan and Worm?

It is recommended to always have Anti-Virus software installed on your computer to reduce the chance of getting an infection. You can be infected by viruses, worm and Trojan all of which can cause varying degrees of problems with your computer, from stealing personal information, to popping up unwanted messages.

It is important to note that new viruses are being written all the time, so it is important that you download the latest virus definitions regularly to keep your software up to date, thus reducing the risk of infection.

What is a Virus?

A Virus is a program that infects other programs on the same computer to propagate itself. They can do serious damage, such as erasing your files or your complete hard drive, or they may just do annoying things. Viruses cannot spread to a new computer without human assistance, such as if you share files with someone else and give them an infected file (such as on a Pen drive, by an email attachment, or downloading a file from a webpage).

What is a Worm?

Worms, like viruses, are programs that propagate themselves. Unlike a Virus they can spread themselves over the network from one computer to the next without human interaction. Worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many modern computers and often exploit known vulnerabilities in operating systems, such as Windows.

What is a Trojan?

A Trojan horse is a malicious program that is usually disguised as something quite innocent (i.e.: free software, mp3s, etc.), hence its name. Trojans can damage and compromise the security of your computer. It is not capable of replicating or copying itself and is usually passed on by someone emailing it to you of through file sharing. As soon as it’s opened the program will run causing all kinds of havoc, often without the user even knowing, it’s there until the damage has been done. They are often used to steal passwords and confidential data, but can also be used to delete or modify files or use your computer to perform Denial of Service (DoS) attacks on internet sites. Since Trojans are executable files, so beware of files that have the following extensions that you download or are emailed: exe, com, vbs, bat, pif, scr, lnk, and js.

How to delete Temporary Files

Every time you open a browser to view a web page, order something online, or read your email in a web based viewer that information is stored on your computer for later use. Whether you are viewing the weather online, reading sports, catching up on the latest world news or viewing something a little more private(Banking online), all that information is stored in your computer. Windows operating systems store all this material in what are called Temporary Internet Files or cache. Web pages may store bits of information about ‘who’ you are when you visit web sites in files called cookies on your computer. Your web browser will store a list of web sites you've visited and places you've gone in a history file in your computer. Even if you are not online, programs will store histories of the files you've opened, played, or viewed.
How can I delete these files?
For Internet Explorer 5 and above, you can follow these directions to clear out temporary files and delete cookies.
1) Open Internet Explorer and click on Tools 2) Click on Internet Options and a box will appear.3) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete Files4) You may also want to check the box "Delete all offline content"5) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the temporary internet files6) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies that websites have placed on your hard drive.

Access developer controls, write code, or create macros

Access developer controls, write code, or create macros

If you want to access developer controls, write code, or create macros (macro: An action or a set of actions that you can use to automate tasks. Macros are recorded in the Visual Basic for Applications programming language.) in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, do the following to show the Developer tab:
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click PowerPoint Options.
2. In the PowerPoint Options dialog box, click Popular.
3. Under Top options for working with PowerPoint, select the Show Developer tab in the Ribbon check box, and then click OK.
Note The Ribbon is a part of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface

Using System Tools for Basic Maintenance

What are Systems Tools?

Do some basic maintenance from time to time to keep Windows XP running smoothly. Luckily, Windows XP provides you with some basic tools to make the maintenance process as painless as possible. You can access these tools via the System Tools menu.

To open the System Tools menu:
Choose Start -->All Programs -->Accessories -->System Tools.
A cascading System Tools menu opens.









Disk Defragmenter
All Windows XP Laptops have a hard disk. The hard disk acts as your computer's storage area. Almost everything installed on your computer - applications, files, folders, and operating system - is stored here.
With general usage, (creating new files, deleting files, installing new software, etc) your hard disk can become fragmented. This means that parts of the same disk file become scattered over different areas of the disk. A fragmented hard disk slows down your computer and hinders its performance.
To keep your hard disk running smoothly, you must routinely defragment or "defrag" the hard disk. The Disk Defragmenter tool can help you do this.
To use Disk Defragmenter:
Choose Start All Programs Accessories System Tools Disk Defragmenter.
The Disk Defragmenter opens.



To open Microsoft Management Console:
Open Disk Defragmenter.
Open the Action menu.
Click Help.
A Microsoft Management Console opens and explains how to run Disk Defragmenter.
Note: You may need to be logged in as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group to perform some tasks associated with the Disk Defragmenter.
Disk Defragmenter should be run every three months.