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Which defragmenter is the best?

January 26th, 2012

Ah the world of computers. If you know the world of computers you will of heard the term defragmenting. Defragmenting is basically the process of putting all the files on your hard drive into one neat pile. Windows tends to like to thrash it all over the place for “time saving” purposes.

NOTE: Mac users and Linux users (Ubuntu etc) do not apply. The filesystem(s) associated with your OS either automatically corrects this problem or stops it from happing in the first place.

So then the question is, which defragmenter should I pick?

The main stream ones are;

I know there are a thousand others, but for this article I am only going to pick the ones that I hear of the most.

Which one do I prefer? Defraggler. Why?

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Well its free, its easy to use, and its simple.

I have tried Perfect Disk and Diskeeper along with Auslogics disk defrag…but you either pay an arm and a leg for them or I just personally don’t like em.

Defraggler allows you to schedule a defrag, shutdown after defrag, quick or full defrag, book defrag, so its got all the bases covered. It does it all.

You can download defraggler here; its free icon smile Which defragmenter is the best? .

Which one do you use and why? Leave a comment icon smile Which defragmenter is the best? .

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Google Streamlining its privacy policy by March, 1, 2012

January 24th, 2012

Google apparently has 60 different privacy policy’s for all of its products, yikes.

Well thats gonna change pretty soon, as Google is majorly changing its privacy policy along with its terms of conditions.

Which is good right? Yes icon smile Google Streamlining its privacy policy by March, 1, 2012 .

The new policy is much more clear and simple, and without much of the legal mumbo jumbo.

Glad Google is starting to care more about its privacy of its users…wish Facebook would!

Watch the video below for a explanation of the changes:

 

 

Like it or not Facebook Timeline is coming to your profile

January 24th, 2012

Facebook is well known for changing its site quite drastically without users wants (or permissions).

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Except for Facebook timeline which seemed to slowly come to our profiles…until now. You have a few short weeks before Facebook timeline becomes a standard feature.

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Sites Around The Internet Blackout In Protest Of SOPA/PIPA

January 18th, 2012

Sites around the internet are going on voluntary strike to protest SOPA/PIPA.

What is SOPA? Watch the Video:

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Use Your iPhone/Smartphone With Gloves

January 4th, 2012

One annoying thing with iPhone, iPods, iPads, and anything else with a capacitive touch screen (uses the current in your fingers rather then the pressure) is that once you put on gloves they stop working!

Well there thankfully is a easy selection of solutions;

1. Sew conductive thread into the finger tips.
2. If the gloves are thin lick or blow into the fingertips until it works.
3. Cut off the tips of the glove (last resource).
4. Do what they do in south Korea and use a sausage as a stylus!

And other tricks leave a comment!

Guest Post: How to Get Tons of New Subscribers to Your Blog

January 1st, 2012

As a blogger or webmaster, you work hard to try and attract new people to your site. However, all of that work is for nothing if the visitor simply turns around and leaves without ever coming back.

Fortunately, there are many great ways that you can connect with your readers and build a relationship with them. Between social networking, bookmarking and private communication, there are many ways you can connect with your readers off of your site and keep them coming back.

However, one of the most compelling means is through an email newsletter. Such newsletters are easy to setup, cheap to maintain and provide a personal, direct and continuous line of communication between you and your readers.

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Guest Post: 3 Tips for a Robust Mobile Internet Experience

January 1st, 2012

With almost a billion mobile internet users every year, and with a lot more ISPs starting to offer unlimited internet options to their mobile users, the favorite way for a lot of people to access the internet is on their mobile phone. In fact, research has shown that in some countries over 70% of internet users only access the internet via the mobile phone. The problem, however, is that as the mobile field starts to get more competitive, and as a lot more people are adapting to new smartphone technology and as a result using the internet more often, it can be very difficult to enjoy your mobile internet experience.

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Guest Post: View Folder Size Of Any Folder In Windows

December 28th, 2011

Windows Explorer is a great file manager and explorer tool from Microsoft that has always remains as is and has not changed much from Windows 3.1 to Windows Vista. Even Windows Explorer provided in Windows 7 has the same look and feel with minor changes.

I have been testing many file managers and explorer, both free and paid but Windows Explorer has always been my final choice. What I love about Windows Explorer is its simplicity and ease of use. It’s because all of us are used to the same interface from the very beginning when we started using Windows.

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Canadian Tech Blogger moves away from Godaddy

December 27th, 2011

Recently SOPA (stop online privacy act) has made its rounds in the states.

Basically the bill gives power to media company’s to shut down websites without warning. Websites like reddit, Arstechnica, twitter, etc could be shut down in seconds for any reason regarding copyright “misuse”.

So why are we moving away from godaddy? Well be because they supported SOPA, but they still dont oppose the bill. Because of that we won’t support them in anyway.

Recently we moved our web hosting to host gator. Good choice, they oppose SOPA. So now we have moved our domain to name.com. As such we no longer support godaddy. Their commercials are also way to 18a for our liking.

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Happy holidays

December 25th, 2011

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Happy holidays everyone icon smile Happy holidays .

Hope everyone is doing well.

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Enjoy icon smile Happy holidays .

Don’t forget to spend time with family.