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By  default, Windows 8 displays the user tile next to the time and date in the taskbar in Windows 8. This article will show how to delete and turn off such tile in order to regain some space in the taskbar. The user tile is nothing else than the account picture that identifies a user. In previous Windows versions (such as Windows 7 and Vista) it was only shown in the Start menu. Continue reading »

It is very frequent to wish to know certain private data and information about our Windows 7 for different reasons. For example, you might wish to know who belonged the used computer you just bought at the corner shop, you might want to know when Windows 7 was installed on your computer or information about the computer processor, how much RAM it is available, how many updated you have installed etc. Now, the issue with such information is that it is scattered on a multitude of places in Windows 7 so that it might be quite time consuming to collect everything you need. What about a single command and a single click on your keyboard able to show everything you want to know at once? Here is the solution! Continue reading »

As you know, whenever you visit a blog or a website, a cookie is dropped in your browser, in your Google Chrome. A web cookie (or browser cookie)  is a piece of data (text in this case) that collects your web preferences in your browser. Other times instead, cookies spy your Internet habits in order to serve you targeted ads etc. However, it has to be said that not all cookies are bad and that’s why you should be able to actively manage and view them in order to decide if you want to keep or delete them. In the past I have written about a nice Google Chrome extension able to block cookies, however such extension didn’t provide a lot of information and didn’t let you view stored cookies in a complete and exhaustive way. So, let’s see how to know more about web cookies, read the information they contain and what they send to websites. Continue reading »

If you have got a Gmail account, you know only too well how important is to perform regular backups of your emails regularly. The issue is that there are not a lot of solutions in case you want to perform incremental Gmail backups online. Incremental backups are nothing else than multiple backups that are  based on the differences in those data. Basically, each backup only contains those emails that were added since the preceding  backup was created. I have already written on how to backup your Gmail  emails, however that solution was not optimal as you had to download everything down on your computer. In fact, what would happen if you computer crashed? The easy solution is to automatically backup everything online. Something like “setup and forget about it”, so that your emails will be automatically saved even if …you forget about them.  Continue reading »

If you care for your security data and wish to hide, conceal and encrypt your private information and data  (such as your username and password, contacts, bank account number, a personal message, ID etc)  inside a photo or a picture in order to conceal it from users and nosy people, I have found the definitive solution to your issue. Nowadays a lot of people are experiencing data theft due to sophisticated software, virus and malware able to sniff your data once you computer gets infected.  That’s why some users are starting concealing their files, photos etc using different techniques. In fact, such method (steganography) have got a very strong point. Even if a hacker, for example, is able to steal files from your computer he will never, ever manage to guess what it is hidden behind an innocent photo of your dog, for example! The free online tool I am going to show you is able to protect your data by hiding it inside a picture. It will also encrypt it and will password protect it as a further protection! Continue reading »

If you need a quick solution that lets you unhide files and folders in your Windows operating system, then you might find this quick DOS command very useful. Certain kind of viruses in order to hide among your files and folders, make themselves invisible by hacking certain Windows options.  Furthermore, they will also disable such settings to prevent user from spotting them. I am talking about Folder options. You are able to reach such settings by opening the Windows Explorer folder – Tools – Folder Options and opening the View tab. If you get infected, the virus will disable such a feature to prevent you from spotting it. Let’s see how to unhide files and folders from your computer as well as your USB hard drive (pen drive). Continue reading »

If you have a Gmail email account you should know that, every time you reply or send an email, Gmail will automatically add the email address of the recipient to your personal Contact list. Personally speaking, I find such a feature quite annoying since it adds to my contact list any kind of email address, even the ones I replied to only once or a couple of times. The result is pretty obvious. My Gmail is cluttered,  full of junk, of useless email addresses I don’t even remember to who they belong to! A couple of days ago, Google introduced a much awaited option on Gmail. From now on, you will be able to turn off the auto add to contact feature in your Gmail account. Let’s see how to achieve this result thanks to a couple of easy steps. Experience a clean, tidy and slimmer Gmail contact list!  Continue reading »

One of the most recurring issues with the new Firefox 4 has to do with the address bar. In fact, a lot of users are complaining that it is impossible to resize it.  Frankly speaking, the address bar is really large and ugly! Sure, you can resize it in some way (using the customize feature) but once you have made it smaller, the Search box next to it will tend to fit the empty space thus becoming larger.  Let’s see how to fix this issue thanks to a couple of tricks! Continue reading »