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| How to Speed up your Internet Connection in Windows XP |
December 08th, 2009
If you are one of the lucky users of Windows XP (as it seems Microsoft is trying to slip Vista into every computer they can; but don’t worry, with Windows 7 everything will be great), you may have noticed that your internet connection is slower than, for example, Linux or Mac OS (that is, if you could compare).
It is especially noticeable when using a torrent client like Bittorrent or uTorrent. Your browser slows down a lot, and sometimes causes time out errors.
The reason for this is Microsoft’s “ingenious” security patch that is supposed to slow down the spread of viruses. What it does is limit the concurrent connections limit to 10 (half-open, to be exact, but that’s besides the point), which should be OK for most people who watch a …
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| How to Easily Load Test your Website or Server |
December 07th, 2009
If you just bought a shared web hosting account, a VPS (Virtual Private Server) or a dedicated server and set up your domains and sites, you might wonder just how much traffic they can take on. After all, you don’t want your site to go down when there is a spike of a few thousand visitors per minute from Digg or other social networks. This would look very bad and you can miss on a lot of income, if that was your goal.
I’m going to show you a perfect solution, a service which will simulate hits to your site so you can see just how many simultaneous connections/visitors can your site handle. Probably the best part is that it is free (with a catch, of course).
This is the only such …
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| How to Create PDF Documents for Free |
December 06th, 2009
If you ever wanted to write an ebook/report or just needed to send someone a document in a format that could be opened on any computer (whether it has Mac, Linux or Windows installed), you might’ve found out that the most common file format for this is PDF, which can be opened and read with Adobe Reader, a free utility.
There’s only one little problem: you can’t create PDF files.
Not for free, anyway. You’d have to pay at least $99 for a program that would allow you to write, save and edit your text in PDF format (I am talking about NitroPDF). Adobe’s own solution, called “Adobe Acrobat” is much more expensive at $450 (though you could buy a cheaper older or used license from Amazon or other online software store) …
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| 20 New Features in Windows 7 |
December 05th, 2009
People have been waiting for Microsoft Windows 7, the successor of Windows Vista. This time, Microsoft does not conceal the new features of Windows 7. Therefore, the developers are able to analyze the latest operation system of Microsoft, Windows 7. Most alterations in Windows 7 are trying to increase the ease and conveniences of the users. They are prospective in term of usage. Here are some new features that you will get in the OS:
1. Display
In term of display, Microsoft does not make significant alteration in the Windows 7. From the architecture aspect, its software is similar to Vista. Microsoft has promised that the Vista users shall not find any difficulty in upgrading their Vista regarding to the compatibility. Since Windows 7 does not make much changes in its display, …
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