There are many softwares on Windows which you would want to use on your portable devices like an Android phone or tablet. While most of these softwares have apps for Android, most of them do not, so you need to …
Microsoft Windows XP is an old operating system that has reached the end of its support from Microsoft. But if you’re still required to run it, then the best way to do so is to execute it on a virtual machine. I …
VirtualBox is a good operating system-level virtualization platform alternative when compared to other more popular utilities such as VMware, because it is free & open-source. However, the by-default hardware integration between the host & the guest operating system, is not as tight as …
‘ExtFS for Windows’ is a free program from ‘PARAGON’ software group that enables Windows users to access their Ext 2/3/4 file systems directly from ‘My Computer’. I have had used this program in its early days not ever since, but …
In GNU/Linux, you can create a bootable USB flash drive using an ISO disc image of another distribution, by using the command-line. The command that is used to create that is called ‘dd’. By default, almost all USB flash drives …
As mentioned in a previous article, the hibernation feature in Windows 8 can have a direct impact on your computer’s performance (as it reduces the booting times impressively), therefore, unless you are having a serious issue, it is recommended that …
Whether it’s a laptop, desktop or a mobile computer, Windows 8 boots really fast compared to its predecessors, and the main reason behind that is the newly implemented ‘hybrid boot’ or ‘fast start-up’ feature. As the name suggests, it is …
Recently, I ‘partially’ converted one of me friends to Ubuntu, and he is using Ubuntu alongside with Windows. After few days of using it, one day, he came to see me (with his Laptop) and said; ‘hey Gayan, mate I’m …
Though they are not the only important ones, apart from the resolution and the bitrate, frame rate or frames (images) per second plays a major role giving the viewer a pleasurable experience while watching a video. And most movies (videos) …
‘Steghide’ is a pretty useful tool (steganography program) that lets you encrypt and hide a file inside another file’s content, so it’ll be ‘invisible’ to others (under most situations) thus helping while enhancing the security of your sensitive data. For …
If you’re looking a simple, free & open source audio spectrum analyzer software that can be used in GNU/Linux, MS Windows and Mac OS X, then “Spek” might fit your needs. But, if it’s a tool that has a lot …
If you’re a huge fan of the WebKit based, fast loading Google Chrome web browser, but a bit dissatisfied by the fact that it has some proprietary libraries and also the original Chromium having a few different licenses to itself …
