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Microsoft will provide Windows Updates even to pirates copies of Windows 7. Softpedia reports that idea of providing updates to illegal windows copies might seem like promotion of piracy but according to Paul Cookie, director, Windows Client Enterprise Security, Keeping your system updated makes sure it is reliable and remains safe from online threats. It [...]

You never know where that shortened URL you clicked on is going to take you, but here’s a nice Firefox add-on known as Long URL Please that will replace every shortened URL on a page with its original URL so that you have an idea where the link is pointing to before you click. Once [...]

Though Windows 7 will have a starter edition, that is targeted towards netbooks as it’ll be a reduced version of Windows 7 with lesser functionality and a limit of running 3 programs at the maximum. this 3 program limit made Linux guys happy as users would certainly not like netbooks that can only run 3 [...]

The real time Twitter search box is now available to all twitter users right on their twitter home page. This search box lets users search for any topic on twitter and search results are shown inline on your home page. Earlier this feature was available to only select users but from today, it is available [...]

You might remember the Search the Web button near the Gmail search box that let you search web but opened search results in a new page, making you leave your favorite web mail service. But now with this new Gmail Labs feature called Google Search, you can search the web using Google right within Gmail [...]

If you are a heavy Outlook user with Microsoft Outlook open on your desktop whole day, then now you can access Twitter updates directly from within Microsoft Outlook with OutTwit. OutTwit is a free twitter client for Outlook  using which you can update your status, follow your friends’ updates directly from within Outlook. It includes [...]

Last week, Microsoft shared a word about Windows XP Mode in its upcoming Windows 7. Today According to a report from CNet, to use Windows XP Mode in Windows 7, you need to have a decent hardware with at least 2 GB of RAM and a processor that supports chip-level virtualization. At present chip-level virtualization [...]

If you are a morning walker and a bit of adventurous type who likes to explore new path every day, then here’s a nice tool for you which will let you keep track of how much distance you covered and calories you burnt on various paths. With Gmaps Pedometer, you can mark your walking path [...]

Google today launched a new feature for Google Search that lets you view statistics of public data like population, unemployment rate etc. For example, when you search for “population Nevada” you’ll find a chart based on official US Census Bureau’s Population division. Besides population, Google Search shows chart for other types of data too, such [...]

Sometimes, you have a lot of windows open on your desktop but feel tired to hit close button on each and every window, then CloseAll is what you need. It is a tiny little application(just 18KB) for Windows  that flashes close signal on all open windows and instantly closes all the open windows with a [...]