Custom Kernel Can Increase Performance and Better Battery Life

As I wrote yesterday you can breath new life in to a old device without spending a fortune on a new phone. In my post New Life for Older Devices I detailed my experience in rooting and flashing a custom mod. This has turned my older, outdated phone into a powerhouse device with new features and settings that were unavailable using the stock Rom. Many cellphone users are plagued with the same common issue poor performance and short battery life....

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Cyanogenmod- New life for older devices

I have been using the same cell phone for a number of years and was stuck using the stock rom which has not been updated in at lease a year. My Samsung Galaxy S2 I777 is running Gingerbread and Straight Talk has discounted OTA updates which renders this phone obsolete. One possible solution is to buy a new phone, some new state of the art smart phone, or flash a new rom ( which will void any warranty. ) I chose the latter. After doing some intense...

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Improved Preformance and Privacy in Firefox 21.0

Improved Preformance and Privacy in Firefox 21.0  Mozilla has released Firefox 21.0 Final, a major new version of its cross-platform, open-source web browser for Windows, Mac and Linux. Version 21 gives users more control over their tracking cookie preferences, extends the social API to support four new providers and implements support for tools to help with troubleshooting and performance issues. Also included in this release are...

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nVIDIA GeForce Drivers for Windows 320.14 Beta

nVIDIA GeForce Drivers for Windows 320.14 Beta Recommended driver for Nvidia cards. It is Microsoft WHQL-certified and will also be available for download via Windows Update.  nVIDIA GeForce Drivers for Windows 320.14 Beta Latest Changes - Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 20% for GeForce 400/500/600 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce...

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Homedale:WLAN Monitor WIFI access Points

Homedale::WLAN Monitor Homedale lets you search for Wi-Fi / WLAN Access Points and monitor their signal strength. See an overview of all available access points with their signal strength, encryption [WEP/WPA/WPA2], speed and channel. You can also monitor the signal strength of selected access points in a graph over the time. With a right mouse click, you can start logging to a text file and create a screenshot. Make a right mouse click...

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Monitor and Log TCP Connections With TcpLogView

Monitor and Log TCP Connections With TcpLogView TcpLogView is a free connection monitoring software for Windows. You can use TcpLogView to monitor and log TCP connections. When a process on your system creates a connection, both the process name and the location where it has connected will be logged. TcpLogView is portable, you can use it from a USB flash drive for example. Without any active TCP connections on startup, the list that you...

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for May 2013

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for May 2013 Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for May 2013 Issued: May 9, 2013 This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on May 14, 2013. The full version of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for May 2013 can be found at http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms13-may. This bulletin advance notification...

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PerfView Performance-Analysis Tool For isolating CPU and Memory-Related Performance Issues

PerfView Performance-Analysis Tool For isolating CPU and memory-related performance issues PerfView is a performance analysis tool focusing on ETW information (ETL files) as well as CLR memory information (heap dumps). It can collect and view ETL files as well as XPERF CSV files. Powerful grouping operators allow you to understand performance profiles in ways other tools can't. PerfView is used internally at Microsoft by a number of teams...

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Microsoft Puts A bandaid On IE8, Users Are Still Advised to Upgrade to IE10

Microsoft Puts A bandaid On IE8, Users Are Still Advised to Upgrade to IE10 Microsoft has issued an advisory, and  "Fix it" for Internet Explorer 8. However it's  more a temporary stop-gap than a real resolution for the flaw. Microsoft stresses that "CVE-2013-1347 MSHTML Shim Workaround" is "not intended to be a replacement for any security update". This Fix It can also be disabled if for some reason you have an issue with it. The...

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Change Your Password Lately? You Should

Change Your Password Lately? You Should I get calls, support tickets, and family telling my that "My computer has been hacked, or my Facebook has be broken into. This is more common that one would think and my question is alway; Have you changed your password lately? As long as there have been computers there have been passwords to login to them. Many people including persons in IT use common non-complex passwords often using 123456, password,...

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Rid Your Inbox of Unwanted Subscriptions: Unroll.Me

Rid Your Inbox of Unwanted Subscriptions: Unroll.Me If you are like many your receive tons of subscriptions you don't want, and even some you do. This can become a hassle and clutter your inbox with tons of unwanted subscriptions and spam. It is very time consuming to open each email, select unsubscribe and with most have to wait 1-3 days for the action to fully unsubscribe your from their mailing list. In comes Unroll.Me, a very easy, quick...

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Bring Back Messenger and Rid Yourself of Skype

A few weeks back Microsoft merged Messenger and Skype in to a single package and flipped the switch on Messenger forcing users to use the new client. A fan of the old Messenger and not wanting to use Skype I found a way to install Messenger without having to use the merged client. Messenger Reviver 2 automatically installs, repairs and/or modifies Windows Live Messenger 2012, 2011, 2009, and 2008 (as well as Windows Messenger) so you can continue...

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Microsoft Confirms Windows Blue in Latter 2013

Microsoft has confirmed the successor to Windows 8, Windows Blue 8.1 will roll out later this year, Julie Larson-Green, Windows co-chief, took to the podium at the Wired Business Conference today to confirm that a developer preview of Windows 8.1—a.k.a. Windows Blue—will be made available during the company's BUILD conference in June. Windows 8.1 AKA Windows Blue Developer Preview June 2013 There is speculation that Microsoft will bring...

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Have A Windows Phone? Here are Some Diagnostic Codes

If you like most want to change settings on your Windows Phone, here is a list of  diagnostic codes that you might want to check out. Windows Phone Diagnostic Codes As with all diagnostic codes, and hacks please remember to backup all your data in case you experience an adverse actions while using the below diagnostic codes. TechBetaPlus takes no responsibility for damage caused by the use of these codes and the end user is using at their...

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Fix Microsoft Security Essentials Won't Install Errors in Windows 7

I recently found myself having problems installing Microsoft Security Essentials on a friends PC. After several attempts to uninstall and install it getting the same error I stepped back and had to take a break. Fix Microsoft Security Essentials Installation Erros I ended up using Google to search for a solution. After several hours trying the MS fixes, deleting registry entries and re-booting I was stuck at the same error, that is until a...

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Winpatrol 2013 A Must Have Windows Tool

When troubleshooting a Windows system I often use Google to investigate error codes, to find out what start up items are and if they are safe, or find solutions to common problems. This method works but I find myself spending too much time when there is a faster solution, Winpatrol. WinPatrol allows you to get a better understanding of what programs are being added to your computer. It monitors important system areas that are commonly altered...

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Remove Those Annoying Ads with Firefox and Adblock Plus Addon

I get asked by clients all the time if there is away to block ads while surfing the internet. My response is always, Yes, however ads are how bloggers make a living. Now I agree that some websites, and some mainstream media outlets use too many, and ads that are overly annoying. I don't block ads because I use Google Adsense to generate revenue for this blog. For this reason and this reason only. I have a small lab with several assistants that...

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Homegroup and Advanced Sharing Options Configuration in Windows 7

Homegroup and Advanced Sharing Options Configuration in Windows 7 Author: Techie Time Homegroup Section This section covers how to create and configure a homegroup as well as how to choose the resources that will be shared within the homegroup. To create a new homegroup, navigate to the "Control Panel" then select "Choose homegroup and sharing options" under the "Network and Internet" section. At the homegroup screen select "Create A Homegroup"...

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5 Things you can do to improve the security of your Home PC

5 Things you can do to improve the security of your Home PC Author: Brooke M. Perry Improving the security of your PC has become one of the difficult things do especially when millions of threats like viruses and malware are lurking into the web. It has become very important today to ensure the PC security because we use our computers for doing a lot of things such as Internet banking, shopping, payment of utility bills, email, social networking...

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A Secondary Security Tool For IT Specialists

When trouble shooting computers I have a pen drive that I always keep handy that's filled with a range of application that help in fighting spam, spyware, and virus' I also have a subset of tools for disk cleanup and fragmentation, and registry cleaners. Often times over the years I have added tools and removed tools as they become outdated or a newer better tool become available. I started using a new tool and although very good still has some...

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