Seven Tips for Better Notebook Battery Life

Ever been on a long flight, ready to hunker down and get some work done, only to discover that your notebook's battery is plunging toward the red zone an hour after takeoff? So have we. That's why we've gathered these simple tips that will preserve your notebook's juice and boost your productivity. Read them now. You'll thank yourself later.

1. Sleep Is Good
Use the operating system's power-management features (in Windows XP, under Power Options in the Control Panel; or in Vista, under Mobile PC in the Control Panel) to set aggressive targets for when the display will go dark (say, after five minutes of inactivity) and when the machine will slip into sleep mode (no longer than ten minutes of inactivity). And if you can spare the extra time it takes for the machine to resume, set the PC to hibernate, not just sleep, when you close the lid.

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How to Clean Your Computer with CCleaner

First you must download the program, absolutely free, (from the link below), I suggest you download from the site of Softonic, as it is one of the safest sites in the existing network, optionally, for those who are reluctant to download such programs from the Internet, offered by the Softonic always to download the software in a totally secure.

Once downloaded, proceed to installing the program, for those who download a program for the first time from the Softonic site operators know that the package insert for installation inside a compressed file specifically created by the site owner. So once you click on the downloaded package you are directed to a screen that will extract the program we have chosen, you can immediately proceed with the installation of the program itself. Accept all the conditions of the contract and proceed with the installation, the procedure is the standard.

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Microsoft A Turnover of 16.43 billion from Windows

By the first quarter of 2011 behind us, the technology companies announce their financial results relating to profits and sales. And so, after seeing the results of Apple and  HTC , Let’s go now to Redmond, where Microsoft announced an increase in its net profit by 31%, amounting to 5.23 billion dollars, while sales increased by 13%, then taking a share 16.43 billion dollars.

These results are commendable, I must say, however, Apple – down from his record turnover of 24.67 billion dollars well – did better than the Colossus of Redmond, confirming that the technology sector is currently the most profitable mobile devices (iPhone and iPad to speak, not to mention the Android) and not those of bulky PC.

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How to Keep Your Email Account Safe?

Email is one of the largest forms of communication in the world. People the world over have stopped writing standard letters and have begun using email more and more each year.

However, that does not mean that email is the safest thing on the planet either. Even on the internet there are millions of people that would like nothing more than to gain access to your computer and steal your vital information.

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Be Careful of Malware Problems for Your Business

Malware is used to refer viruses, Trojans and worms or any programs that have malicious actions.

Worm, a type of malware, propagates through the network.  This means that worms can propagate via file sharing, instant messaging, downloading applications from unknown sources and visiting malicious web sites.

An example of network-infecting worm is Slammer that spread around the world in less than 15 minutes!  Internet traffic caused by Slammer in its search for computers to infect caused slowdown of the Internet and affected telecommunications and some financial networks.

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How to disable "Your computer might be at risk" Popup in windows XP?

In windows XP with SP2, a small popup message that notifies you at the taskbar where the clock resides, "your computer might be at risk, antivirus software might not be installed, click this balloon to fix this problem".

There is no need to edit the system registry to disable this popup message; you can easily handle this by changing the Windows Security Center settings.

Performs the following steps to disable the security center warning message:

• First click on Start button to open the "Control Panel" and then click on "Security Center" option.

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