Almost all security suites have anti-spyware, a firewall andoher features, but some minor features take the cake. It’s these that we shall focus on. We’ll compare the features of some fo the most popular anti-virus packages namely Avast, AVG, Norton, Kaspersky and TrendMicro.
Boot time scan:
A boot time scan lets you scan your full HDD even [...]

Teamviewer is an excellent collaboration tool with features such as remote access to your PC, and can help you access and share files across PCs. The setup is a small (2.6 MB) file and is available for free at www.teamviewer.com.
The System service is ideal if you want to use your system as a server with [...]

You can limit the amount of disk space that each user can utilise using the feature called Disk Quota in both Windows 7 and Vista if you share the same computer with other people and need to properly control disk usage.
Enabling disk quota:
In My Computer, right-click on the hard-drive partition on which you want to [...]

There are several ways to look up a word in OS X. You can use the Dictionary widget in the Dashboard [F12], the standalone Dictionary program, by highlighting a word in various Mac and third-party applications like Mail, Stickiesa and Text Edit. Right clicking on it and clicking on ‘Look up in Dictionary, or even [...]

You can switch between the various modes in the calculator (simple four-function memory calculator mode; scientific/programmer mode for students, developers and scientists; Conversion mode that has the ability to perform conversions on anything from area, volume, temperature and speed in both US and metric measures; and currency conversion mode for world travellers) by repeatedly clicking [...]

With Grapher, you can create appealing 2D and 3D graphs for almost any equations. To access this, click on Go > Utilities > Grapher. It can handle a wide range of coordinate systems (polar, cartesian, logarithmic and spherical) and offers lots of canned equations and mathematical building blocks for you to enter your equations. If [...]

AppleScript lets you control scriptable applications automatically. It’s similar to AutoHotkey in Windows and lets you generate scripts to do monotonous and repetitive tasks such as resizing images automatically, and outputting your signature with a key combination. You can use sample scripts from http://developer.apple.com/applescript/ and then compile and run them using the in built AppleScript [...]

Fring is a social media application available for a gamut of devices running various platforms like Symbian S60 (3rd and 5th edition), Java ME, iPhone, Windows Mobile 5 and 6 and even Linux.
Fring integrates the contact book you already have on your phone with your online contact and you can select a contact and then [...]

Synching your data isn’t as complicated after all. In fact, all you need to do is set up Google Sync on your PC and cell phone, and let it synchronise.
To set up Google Sync on your PC, go to http://www.google.com/sync/pc.html. Install the 700 kb download. At the end of installation, select two-way synchronisation. Also, choose [...]

Windows 7 automatically disables Aero on slower systems to save resources.
However, you cans still enable it by brute-force in case you want to enjoy the smooth window transitions and transparency, compromising on system performance of course.
In the left pane of the registry editor, navigate to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM.
Right-click on any free space in the right pane, go [...]