3 Things to Love About Internet Explorer 9

1. Pinning and Jump Lists. Given I’ve used desktop shortcuts and IE favorites for years I was a bit skeptical when I first heard of the pinning feature. What I found was that after I tried it I quickly got to the point where I can’t imagine NOT having it. Really. If you haven’t tried this out, you really should and once you do you should show your friends too. It’s that good.

When I started using it I realized that there are some sites that I use way more often than apps that I have pinned. Pinning them lets me treat these sites like an app. My favorite example of this is Hotmail. From the Jump List I can start composing an email in exactly two clicks. Being able to see the number of new messages in my inbox is just a bonus. I actually respond to my Hotmail email much quicker than I used to when I had it saved in my IE favorites.

All that you have to do is drag the tab at the top of the IE window to your taskbar and let go. You can pin any site to the taskbar but if the site has made a few simple additions you’ll get the full experience of Jump Lists, notifications (like how many new messages in my inbox) and more. There are tons of sites that have done this and you can find many of them listed in the IE Gallery.

If you’ve got a site of your own it’s now easier than ever to enable the full pinning experience for your visitors.

2. Lower power consumption. This might seem like a small thing but it helps wring the most power out of my ‘always too small’ laptop battery and contributes to reducing overall energy use on any system. Sure I use sleep mode and make my screen dim quicker to save battery but those only work when I’m NOT doing something. Using IE9 as my browser saves some energy while I AM doing something.

Measuring this energy savings goes well beyond my efforts to use a Kill-A-Watt to get my PC’s power consumption down. The IE team has a great blog post on the specifics of how they measured this and the results.

3. Hardware acceleration. This one doesn’t get old but I have started to take it for granted. I’ve found myself using a PC that belongs to someone else and having it feel slightly ‘off’ as I browse the web until I realize it’s not running IE9. The full acceleration really contributes to the overall web experience besides creating truly amazing experiences in some specific scenarios. There are a couple great posts on the IE blog about this including a breakdown of the HTML blizzard demo and a rundown on the hardware acceleration architecture.

If you haven’t taken the time to install IE9 you really should check it out. Once you have it installed try out the pinning on your favorite sites. It’s truly one of those things that’s hard to be without after you experience it.

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5 Best Gaming PCs, Choose Your Preferred One

Unleash your gaming skill, explore the best computer games and feel the adrenaline rush. The market is buzzing with a number of stunning gaming PCs.  In this article we have discussed about the five best gaming PCs of 2010. Go through the article and choose your desirable one.

CyberPower PC Black Pearl – For the avid PC gamers, The CyberPower PC Black Pearl is a great product. Featuring Intel Core i7 980 Extreme, Dual GTX 480 graphics cards and 6GB of Kingston’s HyperX DDR3 (clocked at 1600 MHz) the computer is all set to offer the best gaming experience to the PC gamers. The system also features the Gigabyte X58 UD5 motherboard, Bluray drive and a DVD +/- RW drive. As far as storage is concerned, there is Intel 80GB SSD, and a regular 7200 2TB Hitachi hard drive.

Digital Storm Black Ops Assassin – Featuring dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 graphics cards, Intel Core i7 930 processor, and six gigabytes of DDR3 RAM, Digital Storm Black Ops Assassin is one of the best gaming PCs at the recent times. It comprises EVGA X58 SLI LE, a 128GB SSD (solid-state drive) for faster operation. There is also a 1TB HDD included.

Alienware Area-51 ALX – This is another outstanding choice for computer gaming. The Area-51 ALX combines cutting edge hardware to provide an intense gaming experience. The computer comes with Dual ATI Radeon HD 5870, Intel Core i7 960, 6 GB DDR3, and 1.2 TB HDD.

Velocity Raptor Signature Edition – Powered by a super fast Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 975 CPU, the Velocity Raptor Signature Edition offers perfect gaming experience. It includes ATI Radeon HD 5870 Video Card, 6GB of DDR3 RAM, 1 TB HDD and LiquiCool 4 Liquid Cooling System.

iBUYPOWER Paladin F875 – If you are looking for a gaming PC in low budget, this could be the best choice. Combining a liquid-cooled Intel Core i7 960 Quad Core running at 3.2GHz, 2GB ATI Radeon Video Card, 6GB DDR3-1600 RAM, the PC comes with 3 year warranty.

All the above mentioned PCs are meant to meet your gaming needs. According to your requirement and budget, you can choose any of them and take your PC gaming experience to an all new level.

4 Best Practices To Secure Your Hotmail Account

Even though we discussed a lot about Gmail, Hotmail is still the leading email service in term of users. Gmail has introduced many security functions to secure the accounts of the people. Microsoft has also been doing great with Hotmail security but the features have largely been untold and silently integrated with Hotmail. Here, we will talk about the security options that Hotmail provides for security Hotmail accounts. 1. Using strong passwords This is the first and foremost setting that a user needs to be responsible for. You should be using strong and secure passwords so that no one will be able to use brute force methods to guess your password. So what is a strong or secure password? The password which is: § Not a dictionary word (regardless of any language) § Not a variation of a dictionary word § Not a sequential or repeated word § Doesn’t include any personal information like name, birthdate, Govt. issued IDs etc. There are many random password generators but if you want to remember your password then you should follow the way to create passwords recommended by Microsoft itself. 2. Connecting With HTTPS Using HTTPS instead of HTTP means that you’re using a secure means of communication between the Hotmail servers and your computer. If a hacker intercepts the connection during the communication, the connection will simply break and the hacker will not be able to get any information about the communication. Almost all the modern browsers will display a green bar that shows the owner of the site in the address bar. Make sure that the owner of Hotmail.com when you open it is Microsoft Corporation. Here’s how it looks like in Internet Explorer: And here’s the screenshot from Firefox: To always use HTTPS, just go to the Microsoft manage SSL page and select “Use HTTPS automatically“. Please note that if you’re using a desktop client with Outlook Hotmail Connector or Windows Mobile, you’ll get some problems with HTTPS. Then you can leave the above settings to “Don’t use HTTPS automatically” and then always open Hotmail using https://www.hotmail.com in order to check your email. 3. Password Reset Information You must ensure that your password reset information in your Hotmail account is always up to date so in any case if you forget your password, you’ll always be able to reset your password using the recovery information. To reset your password information, you’ll need to go to Windows Live account page. You should always have a secondary email address that you can attach to your Hotmail account so that your password reset information is sent to your secondary account if you forget the password. You can also add your mobile number as a recovery option so that the password reset information can be sent to your mobile phone in case of emergency but this option is only available to a few selected countries right now. You can also add a Trusted PC if you use your account only on one PC. Windows Live Essentials is needed to be installed in order for this feature to work. And the last and most important is the security question. The security question is like a password. You should always specify a secure security answer in order to have your account secured and away from hackers. Please refer to the “using strong passwords” topic for more information about secure passwords. 4. Using Hotmail On A Public Computer There are times when you’ll need to check your email on a public computer when your own trusted computer is not available. You should always use HTTPS instead of simple HTTP on public computers. There is another feature “Get a single use code to sign in with” which works great if you are residing in a supported country. You can get a code for one time use on your mobile when you want to sign in to your Hotmail account on a public computer. This will ensure that you don’t have to type your real password and will use an auto generated password which will work only one time. Keeping all these points in mind when using your Hotmail account will make sure that your account will always remain safe from wrong hands and hackers.

Terminal Window Secrets

A few useful shortcuts anyone can use in a Linux Terminal Window.

CTRL+U = deletes the entire current row
CTRL+L = clears the entire screen

CTRL+D = exits the terminal or logs out
CTRL+R + command = search history for commands

CTRL+insert(shift-ctrl-C) = copy
SHIFt+insert(shift-ctrl-V) = paste
SHIFT+delete = cut

esc-. or alt-. = using the previos argument

Networking

The bottom right of your screen should look like this on a wired network:

The middle icon is the network icon. On a wireless network right click to see available networks. Click on connect by the network you want to connect to and provide the password when required.
Click once on the network icon to see what network you are connected to, click on the link to open “Network and sharing center”.
If you want to share files/folders over the network or use files/folders shared by others, set up your shares or make sure you can access the network shares now.

I don’t use the public folders or the Homegroup options, so I just use the good old right click and choose Properties then click on the Sharing tab and go through the options from there………..

Activate Windows

Click on Start, right click on Computer and choose Properties. At the bottom of the page click on Activate Windows now
TIME FOR BACKUP: CLEAN INSTALL. Clean up, defrag and backup. A Windows based backup will do at this point. If you have a bootable recovery CD from Acronis or Macrium or any other backup software, use that to create a backup.

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