3 Benefits of SSD Web Hosting

Solid state drives have dropped in price and the performance benefits to desktop users are immediately obvious to anyone who owns one: your computer will fly. But does this translate into benefits to a website when utilising SSD hosting? Of course it does, and here’s why you should be looking at SSD hosting from your provider. Check out SSD web hosting by Doteasy, starting at just $4.95 a month for the first year. What are SSDs? Solid State Disk drives use non-volatile memory to store information. Unlike regular volatile memory (RAM), this means that the data isn’t lost when power...

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Four Excellent Image Editors For Your Chromebook

Do you like editing and tweaking images but find the Chromebook’s default editor too limited? Here are some alternatives. The default editor on a Chromebook is extremely basic. It is opened by running the image viewer and clicking on the pencil icon, but beyond auto-enhance, crop, brightness, and contrast there are no further options available. Luckily, there are both cloud-based editors and offline editors available through the Chrome Web Store. Here we have a look at some of the leading candidates to become your go-to image editor on a Chromebook. 1. Pixlr Editor Pixlr Editor is currently the most powerful...

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Massive Bug in OpenSSL Puts Much of Internet At Risk

If you’re one of those people who’ve always believed that open source cryptography is the most secure way to communicate online, you’re in for a bit of a surprise. This week, Neel Mehta, a member of Google’s security team, informed the development team at OpenSSL that an exploit exists with OpenSSL’s “heartbeat” feature. Google discovered the bug when working with security firm Codenomicon to try and hack its own servers. Following Google’s notification, on April 7th, the OpenSSL team released their own Security Advisory along with an emergency patch for the bug. The bug has already been given the nickname...

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11 Chrome Extensions That Will Super-Power Your Gmail Experience

Google makes the Chrome browser and Google makes Gmail. Naturally, you have some great Chrome extensions to make your Gmail experience better. But there are just so many of them! Some have the same functionality, like tweaking the interface or scheduling a mail for later, and others are defunct extensions that top search results. So we scoured through the Chrome Web Store and came up a list of the best of the best. Here’s how to super-power your Gmail in Chrome. mxHero Toolbox The first thing you need to install is mxHero Toolbox, which is possibly the only Chrome extension...

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11 Chrome Extensions That Will Super-Power Your Gmail Experience

Google makes the Chrome browser and Google makes Gmail. Naturally, you have some great Chrome extensions to make your Gmail experience better. But there are just so many of them! Some have the same functionality, like tweaking the interface or scheduling a mail for later, and others are defunct extensions that top search results. So we scoured through the Chrome Web Store and came up a list of the best of the best. Here’s how to super-power your Gmail in Chrome. mxHero Toolbox The first thing you need to install is mxHero Toolbox, which is possibly the only Chrome extension...

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How Can I Extract Audio From An MP4 Or YouTube Video?

Watching YouTube videos is great – but what if you want to just listen? Stripping the audio from a video can let you enjoy YouTube content anywhere. You might even distribute a video podcast on Hangouts as an audio podcast! Dealing With YouTube’s Vast Volume Of Content There is a lot of content on YouTube. You’ve probably noticed, and found yourself watching video after video well into the night on at least one occasion. But what were you watching? YouTube features everything from pop videos to classic adverts, TV event reactions to instructional pieces covering cooking, computers, nuclear fission, putting...

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How Can I Extract Audio From An MP4 Or YouTube Video?

Watching YouTube videos is great – but what if you want to just listen? Stripping the audio from a video can let you enjoy YouTube content anywhere. You might even distribute a video podcast on Hangouts as an audio podcast! Dealing With YouTube’s Vast Volume Of Content There is a lot of content on YouTube. You’ve probably noticed, and found yourself watching video after video well into the night on at least one occasion. But what were you watching? YouTube features everything from pop videos to classic adverts, TV event reactions to instructional pieces covering cooking, computers, nuclear fission, putting...

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How Can I Extract Audio From An MP4 Or YouTube Video?

Watching YouTube videos is great – but what if you want to just listen? Stripping the audio from a video can let you enjoy YouTube content anywhere. You might even distribute a video podcast on Hangouts as an audio podcast! Dealing With YouTube’s Vast Volume Of Content There is a lot of content on YouTube. You’ve probably noticed, and found yourself watching video after video well into the night on at least one occasion. But what were you watching? YouTube features everything from pop videos to classic adverts, TV event reactions to instructional pieces covering cooking, computers, nuclear fission, putting...

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Twitter Mimics Facebook, Heartbleed Bug In OpenSSL, Netflix 4K Streaming [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, Twitter becomes Facebook, Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 Update 1, OpenSSL suffers Heartbleed, IE6 declared dead, Netflix streaming in 4K, Sesame GO launches, and Rise Of The Patent Troll. Twitter Rolling Out Facebook-Like Profiles oh man the new twitter profiles are terrible. RIP Twitter. — Adrian Chen (@AdrianChen) April 9, 2014 Twitter is rolling out a major redesign of user profiles that takes its cue from rival social networking site Facebook. The updated profiles add more information and several new features designed to make the user experience easier and more fulfilling. We first reported that a...

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Twitter Mimics Facebook, Heartbleed Bug In OpenSSL, Netflix 4K Streaming [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, Twitter becomes Facebook, Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 Update 1, OpenSSL suffers Heartbleed, IE6 declared dead, Netflix streaming in 4K, Sesame GO launches, and Rise Of The Patent Troll. Twitter Rolling Out Facebook-Like Profiles oh man the new twitter profiles are terrible. RIP Twitter. — Adrian Chen (@AdrianChen) April 9, 2014 Twitter is rolling out a major redesign of user profiles that takes its cue from rival social networking site Facebook. The updated profiles add more information and several new features designed to make the user experience easier and more fulfilling. We first reported that a...

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Your Favorite Online April Fools’ Day Pranks [We Ask You Results]

You were caught out by an April Fools’ Day prank, weren’t you? It’s OK, you can admit it, we’re all friends here. And while you were proving you’re dumber than you look, the rest of us were compiling a list of our favorite online April Fools’ Day pranks from the last few years. Read on to catch up. The Fool Fighters We asked you, What Is The Best Online April Fools’ Day Prank Ever? The number of responses was extremely disappointing, with only a handful of you deigning to bless us with your input. It’s easy to see why though,...

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Securing Your Chromebook With Two Easy Tweaks

One of the most touted benefits of a Chromebook is its security. But are there any steps that owners can take that will improve and enhance the current level of protection? Google claims that their Chromebook devices are virtually virus free. The machine has been designed using the principle of ‘defence in depth’ – meaning the Chromebook has multiple layers of protection and if one layer is bypassed, others are still in effect. The existing layers are already very extensive and cover a lot of potential threats. Automatic updates, sandboxed browsing, verified boot and vitally important localised data encryption all...

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Can’t See Windows 8.1 Update In Windows Update? Here Is How To Get It

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As promised earlier last week, Microsoft has released the first major Update to Windows 8.1 and is now available via Windows Update. PC users who’re running Windows 8.1 should now be able to see and install this mandatory update for Windows 8.1. One can also download Windows 8.1 ISO file from MSDN. Windows 8.1 Update […]

Download Windows 8.1 Update ISO File From MSDN

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The day has finally come! Millions of PC users who’re eagerly waiting to upgrade their Windows 8.1 systems to Windows 8.1 Update can now update to the newest version of Windows operating system via Windows Update. The first major update to Windows 8.1 can also be downloaded using these Windows 8.1 Update direct download links. […]

10 Ways To Celebrate National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month in the US, but online, just about anyone can participate in the festivities of the month. Whether it’s through reading the poetry of others, sharing your own poetry, or spreading the joy to others around you, there’s no shortage of great ideas from the likes of the New York Times, NPR, Poets.org and more. Before we get started with the list, you might want to know a little bit more about National Poetry Month. Started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, National Poetry month aims to raise awareness about poetry. The goals of...

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