Your brand new laptop or computer boots up (starts up) like a blaze but over time, it slows down like an aging human being. It is a common problem faced by all of us.

But have we ever wondered what goes wrong? After all, the computer is a machine and it should behave in the same manner all the time.

Well, yes. Your expectation is correct and it should always maintain the same speed as it did in its early day. [More]

Microsoft has released a book talking about how should teenagers stay safe while on the Internet. This free PDF book deals with issues such as malware, hackers, spam, cyberbullies, privacy, online predators, and more.

The book is aimed at teen internet security but can be used as a handbook by parents, caregiver, or educator. It help you to know the latest in computer and online safety issues and help kids learn to avoid them. [More]

Because Microsoft has removed the activation requirement and provided a public download, they’re essentially giving this software away free (though that’s not how they’ve phrased it: “This version of Money Plus Sunset can be installed stand alone, or as an upgrade to any existing installation of Microsoft Money.”). Please note that you should not install this over your existing copy of Money Plus until after 31 January 2011, or you’ll lose online features and technical support. [More]

Internet Explorer sometimes takes long time to even load a new blank tab. Have you ever wondered why? The most probable reason would be that your add-ons are slowing it down to a crawl.

The Internet Explorer blog, have created a chart that shows the most popular add-ons sorted by the amount of slowness they add to IE’s load times, but you can check for yourself and disable the add-ons if you want to. [More]

Ever struggled to find just the right chart for your data? or you just want some options as a preview to quickly select your data and select a suitable chart from multiple options of bar graph, pie chart etc.?

Then your wish has come true!!

Based on the data in your spreadsheet, it identifies, ranks, and displays an array of charts most relevant to you so you can make the most out of your presentation. [More]