The Tech Diary of an IT support geek

Microsoft battles pirated software as a security risk

 Microsoft has launched a new anti-piracy campaign in China, which intends to highlight the security risks of buying counterfeit software. In a recent investigation, Microsoft purchased 169 PCs from shops in China and found that all were installed with pirated versions of Windows, with 91 percent of them containing malware or deliberate security vulnerabilities. "What we are finding is that … [Read more...]

Apple pulls Samsung Galaxy S III Mini from patent lawsuit

 Apple has dropped its patent-infringement accusations against the Galaxy S III Mini, a mid-market Android smartphone that Samsung Electronics says it is not selling in the U.S. In a filing in the U.S. District Court for Northern California on Friday, Apple said it would withdraw its request to include the Galaxy S III Mini in a patent infringement case against Samsung that is set for … [Read more...]

China orders Internet users to disclose their real names

 China's government will require Internet users to identify themselves to service providers when they sign up for Internet access, according to the official Xinhua news agency. Lawmakers in the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, approved the Internet identity rules on Friday, according to a Xinhua report on the website of the China … [Read more...]

Download to pin programs to taskbar in Windows xp

 Many of us I included has already move on with the current trend enjoying the latest Operating system from Microsoft while host of others still uses windows xp probably ‘cos their hardware configuration isn’t enough to run higher operating system like the windows vista, 7 & windows 8 . While hardware can easily be upgraded to meet up the requirement of windows 8 many rather choose to … [Read more...]

How to Easily replace the smf theme default search with google custom search

Using google custom search /adsense shouldn't be a headache for newbies as there is already a mod for this all you need do is download the mod from here same for removing help from menu you can just download the remove help from menu mod here, except you wanna do some little customization yourself which is just as easy as installing new mod . Now to manually remove help and search from smf … [Read more...]

remove the Single Featured Post from eleven40 Child Theme on Genesis

tutorial on how to Easily remove the Single Featured Post from eleven40 Child Theme on Genesis Framework It took me about 3 hours to figure out how to do this since there isn’t any topic on this on genesis framework support site and i can’t start reading all those long wikis on how to edit the eleven40 Child Theme , so I decided to try it out my self . I started by playing around the … [Read more...]

Watch Live sports & movie channels on Android phone & Tablets For free

In my words I will say this is a free alternative to Dstv Mobile drifter which enables you to watch television stations & channels while on vacation or mobile . I want to discuss about top rated free working application you can use to watch live matches Like the premier league , Spanish La-liga , Italian Seria A, Portuguese League , live events , movies as a smart phone owner . What … [Read more...]

Rockmelt Returns to iPhone With New Social Browsing App

Rockmelt, the social web browser, is continuing its effort to rethink the mobile browsing experience with a new app for iPhone. The app, which launched on Thursday, combines a traditional web browser with a social news reader. In addition to letting you search for a particular keyword or URL, the app also populates the main page with articles from your favorite publications or shared by other … [Read more...]