I love Windows 8. Even though Microsoft took away the start menu in Windows 8, I have never felt it missing because, I simply hit the windows key and type the name of the app I am searching for. This is something that I did with Windows 7 as well. However, the missing start menu has made several users uncomfortable and #1 request has been to get back the start menu. The Windows blog has the new features of Windows 8.1 and it seems like Windows 8.1 will bring back the start button. However, if you can’t wait for the…

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iPhone and iPad users have enjoyed Siri for a long time. It’s a good alternative to typing out those boring phrases and also be good fun if you’re bored and just want to chat to your phone. Android and Windows users haven’t enjoyed a feature as good as this. Google Now is a good option for Android users. But, I’m sure you want more. Maluuba is the most advanced voice based personal assistant on Android that allows users to speak naturally to find restaurants, businesses, events, and organize their calendars, reminders, and alarms. Maluuba currently supports 18 different categories ranging…

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Real time communication can be essential in business and is done mostly through the new technologies that have become standard. This quick method of communication has made way for virtual meetings, speedy conversations and a better connected network where people can be reached no matter the distance. We have listed the top 5 software products to use in case of fast communication. These choices are used a great deal in many different business environments and in the home atmosphere as well. Google Talk Google has provided a simple real time communication method that can work directly from your Gmail account…

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During my regular work, I tend to face repeated issues of Excel hanging. This can be really frustrating because a stuck Excel means a painful wait for Windows to figure out what it wants to do with the process. Unfortunately, there isn’t much I can do about this because it is mainly due to addons that I have installed in Excel, which are required for me to do my job coupled with large files with tens of sheets and hundreds of rows with data. In this scenario, the method that most Windows users do is open up Task Manager and…

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I purchased a Dell laptop in early 2010 and getting drivers from Dell for laptops that old is impossible. On the bright side, there are other laptop manufacturers, like Gateway, who have maintained up to date drivers. I upgraded to Windows 8 around a month back and as part of the process, I had to uninstall my incompatible touchpad drivers. The result was that over the past month I have missed even the simple scroll on my touchpad. After a good amount of hunting, I came across this post in the Windows 8 Forums. These drivers are released by Gateway…

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With Windows 8, the way we interacted with Computer has changed enormously. By default, Windows 8 looks better and more beautiful than its predecessors. It boasts many new fancy features and customization capabilities like a Smartphone/Tablet. Here are some cool ways you should know to customize Windows 8 like a Pro.

A month back we told you how to get hold of Windows 8 Media Center for your Windows 8 PC for free. And it seems like pirates have used this method to find a workaround in the Windows activation program Using this method, you can now simply activate your copy of Windows 8! Below is screenshot of my Windows 8 Pro with Media Center edition which I purchased last month. As you can see it shows the software as activated. I didn’t have to do anything special to activate Windows since I upgraded from within Windows 7. However, if you’ve…

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I upgraded my old (though still robust) Dell Inspiron 15 to Windows 8 over the weekend. I’ve struggled quite a bit since then to get it up and running and finally ended up resetting my computer. It has been stable since then and the operating system is definitely faster than Vista and Windows 7. If you’ve purchased Windows 8 Pro, then for a limited period, you can get the new Windows 8 Media Center completely free! Simply visit the Add Features page on the Windows site before 31 January 2013 and you can get a serial code completely free emailed…

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If you find yourself frequently loading your iPod or Blackberry or any other portable device with audio and videos from CDs or DVDs, you’ll find the need for a multimedia converter. Format Factory is a free Windows audio, video and photo converter that supports a large range of formats for encoding and ripping. The software a wide range of multimedia formats including conversion to MP4/3GP/MPG/AVI/WMV/FLV/SWF and MP3/WMA/AMR/OGG/AAC/WAV. You can rip movies from DVDs and save them into these formats ready to be loaded onto your portable device. It also allows you to convert your image files to and from JPG/BMP/PNG/TIF/ICO/GIF/TGA,…

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There are several free and paid cleaning tools available for your Windows PC. CCleaner is probably the most famous of them all. SlimCleaner is the world’s first software that lets you clean and optimize Windows systems using a crowd-sourced approach. SlimCleaner uses aggregated-cloud feedback to recommend optimal settings for programs, start-ups and services. SlimCleaner uses what’s called “authoritative ranking” to ensure that the ratings for your programs are accurate and that they reflect what people really think. It works by weighing the ratings of each contributor against their previous levels of accuracy and against the ratings of high-ranking users. Features…

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