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Hello friends, here are some easy steps for you to follow  if the files and folders in your external hard disk or flash drive have turned into shortcuts or are hidden. Operating system to use can be – Windows 7/ 8/ 8.1. Open command prompt (press Win+R, type cmd, press enter), assuming 'G:' as the letter of affected drive,

Popular Smartphone Messaging app WhatsApp's $19 billion acquisition by Social Network giant Facebook made Headlines this week. While Some are applauding the move, and many other users are worried about WhatsApp’s future and their privacy after this acquisition. Why So Serious? WhatsApp currently having 450 million active users and processes 50 billion messages a day. Service charges a nominal service fee of $1/year, that means Facebook is buying at $42.22 per user.

Using Popular Online Dating app - Tinder on iPhone?? Then you are at significant risk that exposed members' private information without their knowledge. Online Dating app Tinder, available for the iPhone from the app store, has become incredibly popular in the past few months. Tinder app allows you to find dates nearby your location within a few miles and connects you with them, but a vulnerability allowed the attacker to potentially pinpoint your exact location to within 100 feet. Security Researchers at Include Security discovered that Tinder GPS vulnerability making members vulnerable to hackers.

After the huge success of Samsung galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy S4 and Samsung Tablets, the world’s most successful Android manufacturer is going to reveal its brand new Smartphone Samsung Galaxy S5 next week at Mobile World. Early in 2014, rumors suggested that Samsung Galaxy S5 will have Fingerprint Scanning technology like iPhone 5s. Fingerprint scanners are slowly becoming a popular feature for high-end Smartphones, and just yesterday the rumors turned out to be true and SamMobile has confirmed that Samsung Galaxy S5 device will come with a Biometric sensor capable of taking Fingerprint scans to unlock the Smartphone device.

If you haven’t heard by now, Facebook just made its biggest move ever, buying the messaging service WhatsApp in a deal worth some $19 billion. That’s 19 times what Facebook paid for Instagram two years ago. The WhatsApp Service run by the team of just 32 engineers, handles more than 50 Billion messages daily, and approx 385 million active users. WhatsApp acquisition has also brought out fresh criticism over security for the billions of messages delivered on the platform. Security Researcher at Praetorian Labs identified several SSL-related security issues in WhatsApp application using Project Neptune, a mobile application security testing platform. "WhatsApp communication between your phone and our server is fully encrypted. We do not store your chat history on our servers. Once delivered successfully to your phone, chat messages are removed from our system." Company said in a blog post.

Windows is now purely strict about the types of app you install on your windows system. Due to some few issues, you might face this error. And theres a easy way of solving it. Why the error occurs * Your operating system is 32bit and you are trying to install 64bit application. Solution. Download a 32bit version of the software to install or Install a 64bit Operating system and run you application again. This will surely fix your "Cannot Install App on System Windows 8/ Windows 8.1" Issue.

Hello friends, if you recently faced this Vmware Workstation take ownership issue and land here, then your problem is solved. Its an easy fix. Step 1: Click take ownership Step 2: Restart your whole system You are done.

CMAK (Connection Manager Addministration Kit) is a feature part of the windows server operating system that enables you to create custom app for use by your VPN remote users. After creating it, they can run it on there client system to connect the office after in which they have connection to the internet first. CMAK configuration is of a few steps which i have shown in the video below.

Its obvious Facebook are now taking Microsoft steps by buying their competing companies. The World No.1 social network has decided to buy the fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp app for $19 billion in cash and stock. Lol, the whatsapp guy needs to come and spend that money in Africa - i can't even dream of converting the currency. Checkout the full press statement below; Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, as the world's largest social network looks for ways to boost its popularity, especially among a younger crowd. The acquisition of the hot messaging service with more than 450 million users around the world stunned many Silicon Valley observers with its lofty price tag.

SkyDrive is dead, long live OneDrive. In January, Microsoft announced that it would rebrand its storage service to OneDrive following a trademark dispute with British pay-TV provider BSkyB. Starting today, the website, the mobile apps and the desktop apps all share the same OneDrive name. That’s not all. Microsoft is also launching today a new referral program. It is very reminiscent of Dropbox’s referral system. If a friend signs up using your link, you get 500MB of free storage, up to a maximum of 10 friends or 5GB. Similarly, if you enable automatic photo upload on your Windows, iOS or Android phone, you can get up to 3GB of free storage.

An innovation next to that of desktop computers, which is still relevant keeping in mind the pace at which technology is transforming, is the laptop. Since its inception, laptops have carved an irreplaceable niche for themselves in the market. And why not? Logically, laptops are the only other gadgets after desktops that let you work just as you work on a PC. Even the smartest tablets and phablets out there wouldn't let you do it. Here is our list of the best laptops available in the market.

Google is presently in the process of engineering internet connections which can attain a whopping speed of 10GB per second. Yes, you read it right, soon there will be an internet connection that will be approximately 1000 times faster than the existing 1GB per second internet connections.   Well, this news might act like salt on wounds as internet in India is one of the slowest in the world and, the invention, if successful, will be only limited to America.

Its really interesting - the post title of this article. Do you believe? If you are an IT person like me, then you have to. Although don't be scared if you are not. Checkout the article by CERT India below and see why. Agencies like CERT are taking every possible step to secure your life online. And why not! Most of our lives are connected and our virtual lives are public property. From social networking account hacks, fruit photo hack attacks, online credit card forgeries to bitcoin robberies, the world of internet can indeed be damaging.

I would say The Phantom A III   by TECNO is a such a life companion just like the S4 we know. I just felt i had to make it known to all. Peep the specs below and to grab a it at a store near you at an affordable price. Its not bad having a new gadget to the ones you have. Brainier —1.5GHz Quad-core processor. Brighter—the unparalleled heroic-duo: 8.0MP AF front camera with BSI sensor and 13.0MP AF back camera with BSI sensor. Bigger—6.0'' HD IPS touchscreen. Of the TECNO Phantom III, every single detail is considered for more simplified and smart experience. Key Features  Android 4.2 OS (Jelly Bean), 3.75G Network, 1.5GHz Quad-core Processor, 6.0" Capacitive (IPS) Touchscreen, 13.0MP Back BSI Camera with LED flash, 8.0MP Front BSI Camera, 8.4mm Slim Bezel and Stylish Design, 16GB ROM+1GB RAM, Gyro, On-The-Go Function Light Sensor Proximity Sensor G-Sensor, Dual SIM Dual Standby, Bluetooth 4.0 UCBrowser, Platform Operating system : Android 4.2 Network : GSM/DCS

As reported from TechCrunch here are few details about Microsoft's new CEO. Read below Microsoft has made official what we all pretty much expected: Its new CEO, replacing Steve Ballmer, is Satya Nadella. Nadella has spent 22 years at Microsoft, and was previously Microsoft’s Executive Vice President of Cloud and Enterprise. Nadella also takes a position on Microsoft’s Board of Directors. Nadella is credited with being a key leader in moving the company towards cloud services, around products including Bing, Xbox and Microsoft Office. His time at MS oversaw a period of huge growth for Microsoft Business Services, too, growing that segment of the business from a $1.5 billion slice of pie to a $5 billion segment in just five years’ time.

Hi guys. Happy new year. This being my first post in year 2014 must be spectacular way to kick start the year. Lol! Anyway, i would be showing you how to install and configure Virtual Private Network (VPN) with Network Access Protection (NAP) for accessing our private network and Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) for the tunneling protocol on Server 2012.

Its good to here from the CEO of Blackberry, Thorsten Heins, he announced that BBM will soon be available on Android and iOS. The messaging app will launch globally this summer. This is a huge move for BlackBerry as it brings BB10′s strongest feature to literally hundreds of millions of potential users. “It is a state of confidence,” Heins explained. “The BB10 platform is so strong and the response has been so good that the time is right for BBM to become an independent mobile messaging platform.” The app will be free on both Android and iOS. Much like other messaging apps, it will be a standalone application. iOS 6 or Ice Cream Sandwich will be required.