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7 Wi-Fi Tweaks to Increase Your Speed

Chances are if you have a wireless internet connection at your home, you have had some trouble with the speed of the connection at least once before. That being said, a slow wireless connection can be frustrating to deal with. You are probably paying good money to your internet service provider, so slow speed is something you should not have to deal with, right? Well, the truth is wireless speed can be affected by a number of things. Luckily there are some Wi-Fi tweaks you can try that should help boost your speed and get you rolling in no time. 1. Reposition Your Router The position of your wireless router plays a major role in the speed and strength of your wireless connection. If you are having trouble, you should try to reposition your router in a centrally located area, where the signal can equally reach each wireless device in your house. If your router is near an outside wall, try to move it closer to the middle of your house. Routers that are placed near outside wal...

SCJP - Last Minute Revision Notes

1. Check for any obvious complier errors first like two else statements , accessing ofprivate variable/method , accessing a variable declared in a for loop outside the for loop. 2. If you try to unbox a null Integer value to int , it will result in a NullPointerException. 3. If method having the same name as Class name and having a return type is not a constructor but a ordinary method. 4. Map is the only interface that does not extend Collection. List , Set and Queue extends the Collection interface. Collection is a interface , Collections is Class which extends Object class. Map: key , value pair Hashtable , HashMap , LinkedHashMap , TreeMap Set : unique values HashSet , TreeSet , LinkedHashSet List : List of values allows duplicates, accessed by index ArrayList , Vector , LinkedList Queue : stack or queue. to-do list. priority queue is sorted based on the natural order or based on the object of Comparator or Comparable.LinkedList , PriorityQueue The twins clase...

JavaScript Tricks: Edit Websites in Browser (Live)

Imagine a world where you are a God and have ultimate control on what happens and more importantly, how it happens. Seems too good a dream. Now it has come true, at least for the online world. Using this trick, you will be able to edit any webpage live in your browser as if it was a Wiki and change the details according to your wish. Yes, you read that right. You can edit Google or even  Facebook  for that matter right in your browser and that too without requiring any technical know-how or getting deep into hacking and cracking. Here is an example picture demonstrating the Google Homepage edited by me to say that I own Google. This is just an example. You can use it for anything like showing wrong traffic stats or for fooling people by showing that someone said something about them on Facebook or Twitter. It depends only on your creativity. But I would advise you to stay ethical and use it for entertainment purposes only. (Mozilla Firefox does not support...

Transfer Files Between Devices & Your Windows 7 PC via Bluetooth

Bluetooth devices are very common nowadays. By using this technology it is so easy to share files between very different devices. If your computer or laptop has a Bluetooth dongle or built-in module, Windows 7 can use it for exchanging files with other Bluetooth enabled devices such as mobile phones, iPods, iPhones, PSP devices, etc. In this guide I will show you how to verify that your dongle or built-in module works, how to connect your computer to another Bluetooth enabled device and how to exchange files between them. Verify that Bluetooth is Working Correctly The first thing you should do before starting a Bluetooth connection is to make sure that the Bluetooth dongle or integrated module is inserted in the computer and turned on. Windows 7 will then install the drivers needed for the Bluetooth device. It has drivers for most Bluetooth dongles and built-in devices but, if it's not able to find any suitable drivers for it, then you should install those w...