Author: TechZilo

Internet bandwidth is a precious commodity. In countries like India, broadband access is limited by the amount of data (uploads/downloads) that you can transfer. You may also want to monitor your internet speeds regularly. Third-party sites can be used for this purpose, but such tests are inaccurate because of latencies and other inefficiencies. The best […]

My Documents is the default folder for saving files in many programs. And in an urge to save time or hassles, most people hit OK and save them in My Documents. All well and good. What happens when Windows XP is somehow damaged/corrupted and has to be reformatted? You lose all your valuable files. I […]

Digsby is a newly launched multi-protocol instant messaging client.It is available for Windows, Linux and Mac. It works across AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, Jabber and ICQ networks. It supports GMail, Yahoo Mail, Windows Live Mail, AOL, POP-based and IMAP-based mail services. Digsby is one of the hottest apps currently available, and is currently invite-only […]

If you liked this article, please consider bookmarking on del.icio.us or stumbling this. Thanks in advance! Firefox may be the world’s best browser, but since version 2, it is not the quickest or most optimized version. Increasing number of features have led to unusually high system requirements, not to mention frequent hang-ups and consequent loss […]

Windows Live Writer is one of the most sought-after offline blogging tools. Perhaps one of the few Microsoft products that has been embraced by the community (and one which performs optimally), Windows Live Writer started out as a not-so-great application, and improved with each version. Some of the reasons for Live Writer’s popularity is its […]

Howdy! It appears that you have come to this blog for the first time. In order to receive more useful posts like this, you can subscribe to RSS feed or receive latest articles to your email inbox. Thanks for visiting this blog, and have a good day. Nero might be omni-present ((when was the last […]

Definition: Bottleneck A bottleneck is a phenomenon by which the performance of an entire system is severely limited by a single component. This is quite true in case of Windows XP Pro-based computer. It has a something called Quality of Service. Technically, it is the ability to provide different priority to different applications, users, or […]

.daa (Direct Access Archives) is a proprietary format by PowerISO, used commonly to archive large ISO files (ISO is a disk image format that you can burn to a disk using Nero or any other burner). DAA file format has features like compression, password protection, and splitting to multiple volumes. DAA files can be opened […]

Digg is a cool social-networking site. Everyday, thousands of people flock to various sections of Digg, and vote up/down the stories they see. The stories they submit vary according to days, but stay very high. The number of stories that make the front page is ~60/day( source ). If you observe the top Diggers, you […]

Firefox is the best browser around right now, with a large open-source community to boot. Firefox maybe the best in terms of features and flexibility, but all this comes at a price. Firefox, as we all know, is a resource hog. It can take up 100+ MB of RAM when multiple tabs are open. Also, […]