IE9 Beta

In the past few months, Microsoft was very busy developing the next version of their web browser Internet Explorer. Earlier they released several Platform Previews of IE9 which mainly showed the performance of the browser. But it wasn’t the browser! They are still developing the beta version which will be the first chance that we’ll get to experience (at least a part of the) power of the real browser!

In the past few years, the Internet Explorer have lost a lot of popularity because of its bugs and security holes which even enabled the hackers to hack into Google! So, Microsoft is keeping high hopes about the new IE9.

Already a screenshot of the upcoming Internet Explorer 9 was leaked to the public by an accident (Want to Know How Internet Explorer 9 Might Look Like?)! But this time, the whole installer of the IE9 beta was leaked, and they have also created a video by using this leaked installer :

An IE9 fan website have created these videos and published in their blog. But unfortunately, they will not release the installer to the public.. So, to get more information about this leakage, go here : IE9 Beta Installer here, not preview!

-Via iebest.com

Can you remember the Google’s most recent “buckyball” Doodle which was even able to overload a huge amount of PCs around the world? Well.. today Google have added a another new Doodle which is an interactive animation!

Google’s latest Doodle just showed up in their UK home page : www.google.co.uk which turned out to be an animated bunch of balls which will scatter all over your browser window if you move your mouse over it!

Animated Google Doodle

Animated Google Doodle - Mouse Over

Well, some people say that Google have done this to celebrate their birthday which might fall on September 7th! But still its not confirmed.. So, what do you think?

Want to try it out? Then head straight to www.google.co.uk

- Via www.weblineindia.com

Choose Your Search Engine

Most of you might be Google fans because, Google is simply the world’s number one search engine! Even if the others tried their best.. still they were unable to beat Google.. So, did Google cared about the others? Did Google even noticed the others? Will Google ever show the other search engines to their users? A very important question!

The Google’s browser Chrome will help you to get answers to all these questions! Remember how you searched with Google using the address bar in Chrome? What did Google asked when you fist installed Chrome? They asked whether we want to keep Google as the default search or not! They also allowed you to add another search engine, but their main target was Google!

Have you installed the new Chrome 6 (a new installation, without updating from an old version) ? If so, then you might have learnt that there are 2 other search engines in this world apart from Google!

Google Chrome - Choose Search Engine

This is a screen which you will get as soon as you do a fresh install of Google Chrome! In this screen.. Google have also shown their two rivals Bing and Yahoo as.. other search engines which you can use for Chrome’s Omnibox!

Strange isn’t it? So.. any idea why Google have done this?

Everyday millions of bits and bytes were written into your hard disks.. And millions of bits and bytes were read from it! But.. have you ever checked whether your disk is doing well or whether it is failing? Remember.. most of the time, you won’t recognise whats going on until your systems halts, taking all your important data with it!

If your CPU fails, still your data is safe.. If your memory or the motherboard fails.. still your data will be untouched. But what if your hard disk fails? Now that’s what we need to care about.

Most of the disk failures can be identified prior to any disaster by looking at the disk’s S.M.A.R.T. data. S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) will constantly monitor your hard disks. These results will help you to determine whether your hard disk is in good shape, or whether you need to backup your data and prepare for an emergency!

Acronis Drive Monitor is a free app which will get the S.M.A.R.T. data, analyze them and report to you about the health of your disks.

Acronis Drive Monitor

This small app will work in the background of your machine and carefully keep an eye on your disks for you. As soon as it discovers any faults, it will immediately warn you about the risks. Actually from the screenshots you might have seen that, one of my disks have some problems which have reduced its health by 2%!

This app can also send notifications to your inbox, in case your not at home. It can also use custom scripts to manage disks which doesn’t support S.M.A.R.T.

So, don’t you want to keep an eye on your disks? Don’t you want to protect your data? Then.. let this little app do it for you!

Download :

• Acronis Drive Monitor

360 Amigo

As I always say.. to keep a healthy system, you need to take care of it well! We have introduced a lot of free tools which can give a very clean and a well optimized system for you to work with. Most of them have become very famous in the past few months and now rules the world! But today we are going to introduce you to a new guy which really does a pretty good job!

360Amigo System Speedup have promised to fix your PC’s problems and extend its life by years! This handy tool comes with the Registry and Privacy cleaners which almost all the system cleaners have in their software. But still.. these tools have done a pretty good job in my system and I didn’t get any problems yet!

360Amigo System Speedup

The main screen offers you a good overview of your current system (For example : Memory, System Uptime,Installation Date, Service Pack, etc.). It will also give you a quick link to their registry cleaner.

Apart from the registry cleaners, they will also offer a Junk File cleaner and a Smart defragger to keep your system clean. They also have some advanced tools like the Service manager and a Process manager.

Their Startup Manager is pretty advanced, which will show all the apps and services which will start with your system. It gives you a more detailed report than any other app that I have ever seen! But the problems is.. you need to buy the PRO version to use this feature!

They also have tools to manage your Drivers, an Uninstaller and also to recover your deleted files! Im not sure about the recovery tool because.. even if I have deleted some files.. nothing appeared in their list!

That’s all which I can say about this little app! What do you think? Will you try it out? Please feel free to share your ideas about it if you have tried it!

Download :

• 360Amigo System Speedup

You might be using various devices to log into your Facebook account.. You might be also using public terminals like a machine in an Internet cafe or your friend’s PC. But.. how many times have you forgotten to log out of Facebook after you sign in from those external devices? How many times have you been hacked due to these small accidents?

Well… Facebook have the answers for your problems! Recently, they announced a new security feature which will allow you to control these logged in sessions from one single place. Think that you have signed into your account from an Internet cafe and forgot to sign out.. Now you can come back home and sign out from that session using your own machine!

To access this feature, in your Facebook profile, go to Account > Account Settings (in the top right) and select “change” on Account Security. (They said that they are still rolling out this feature.. So, you might not get it right now.) In here, you’ll see a section called Account Activity which will show the recent activity of your account. It will also show where you have opened sessions and will allow you to close them down!

Account Activity

This doesn’t mean that you have to always be forgetful.. Because.. while you find out and logout from the previous sessions.. Who knows.. Some one might have already hacked your account! So.. always work with care!

Google Chrome

Today is the second anniversary of Google Chrome! Two years before, in a day like this.. Google introduced a simple, but a very powerful browser which was able to challenge the others, even before its stable release! The new minimal interface and the fabulous speed didn’t let some of us leave Chrome for another browser.. Today.. the powerful Chrome have released another major version while celebrating its birthday!

Google’s special interface was one of the biggest features that kept its fans glued to Chrome. After Chrome, almost all the other browsers started to copy the minimal UI from it. The new release have made it more and more simpler by combining the two menu buttons near the address bar into one, removing more space from the top of the browser and also by simplifying the address bar which doesn’t show the “http://” part anymore!

Google Chrome 6

Not only that.. Can you remember the bluish theme of Google chrome? Well.. now its more like an ash color! They say that they have adjusted the color scheme to make it more easier for our eyes.

The new Chrome will also have a lot of under the hood improvements which will still increase its speed in handling web pages. So.. want to get this new release?

• If you already have Chrome, go to the Chrome menu, (in the left corner of the address-bar) and select “About Google Chrome”. Then Chrome will automatically check for updates and prompt if there’s any.
• If you don’t have Chrome, Go to this link and download it : http://www.google.com/chrome