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Best and Lightest Antivirus Software (reviewed using actual memory usage tests)

One of the most common things users do to try and keep their computer running as smooth as possible, is keep control over  which programs start with Windows . Having just a few memory or processor hungry programs loading into the system tray on boot can have an adverse affect on the performance of your computer. One of the most common applications that will load with Windows and stay resident in the background while the system is on, will be your chosen antivirus software. Have you ever wondered which are the lightest antivirus packages available and which ones don’t do so well on memory usage? It’s maybe not such a major issue for newer computers these days having an antivirus which isn’t especially memory efficient because they often come  equipped with 4GB  or more of RAM. But if your computer isn’t the latest and greatest, using a package which might possibly be eating hundreds of Megabytes of system memory could slow your computer down considerably at inopportu...

How to Fix an Android Phone or Tablet That Maybe Bricked

So you decided to root (and flash) your Android handset or tablet, and now things don’t seem to be working right. Maybe it won’t start. Perhaps the phone keeps restarting or won’t boot into Android. It’s time to face the music.. your Android device is bricked. Or is it? In reality, Android is built with flexibility and durability in mind. That means its hard to completely break your Android device. When fully bricked, your phone is no longer user-repairable in any shape or form. The truth is that many times new modders think that just because a phone appears to be bricked means that all hope is lost. Luckily, this isn’t true. Fixing a device that appears to be bricked isn’t a one-fits-all approach, but we will share with you some of the general hints and tips that could be used to get your Android device working again: What to do if Your Phone Boots Straight into Recovery Right now your phone refuses to do anything other than boot up directly into ClockWorkMod ...

Share Files of Any Size Online via Private Torrent in uTorrent/BitTorrent

Nowadays, transferring a file from one computer to another through the internet is hardly uncommon. Cloud services like Dropbox and Google Drive have bumped the few MBs of file size limit associated with emails to a few GBs. But then, there are always caveats. Though these services make gigabytes of file transfer possible, they come with limitations like maximum file size, upload limit and free account storage threshold. Sure we can split the file and transfer them one by one but that’s a harassment for both the uploader and the downloader. Today I am going to show you how you can create a private torrent file in uTorrent and send gigabytes of data, without any restriction, to anyone over the internet. Seriously… No Restrictions! So let’s see how we can make this happen. Creating Private Torrent in uTorrent Step 1: Download and install the latest version of uTorrent on your computer. I am sure many other torrent clients might support this feature but I personally pref...

The Best Way To Send Text and Files From Browser To Android

Over the last few years, the openness of Android has enabled us to do all sorts of crazy things natively. Accessing root and playing around with the core system, something that’s frowned upon the other side of the pond. While different services have enabled us to wirelessly send files, notes, share clipboard and even access notifications from PC, Pushbullet gives us all of that bundled in a neat little app with a fresh perspective towards sharing data between the phone and the PC. You’ll need to download the Pushbullet app and also the corresponding extension for Google Chrome or Firefox. You’ll also need to sign up for an account, which you can do with your Google log in, which is the only way to enable the service. Once you’ve done that, Pushbullet will ask you if you want to mirror your notifications using the Chrome browser on your computer. This is an incredibly useful feature and works well in my testing. The notification mirroring is also customizable. You can disable ...