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When you are online and need to kill some time or just take your mind off something, Online Flash Games are your best bet. There are innumerable Flash Game websites on the internet. Some are so big that one gets...

The idea of URL shortening dates to at least 2001.The first notable URL shortening service, TinyURL, was launched in 2002. Its popularity influenced the creation of at least 100 similar services. Short URLs make sharing websites links and other media...

Android was first unveiled on 5 November 2007 was announced with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 71 hardware, software, and telecom companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. Since then Google has taken...

As a Windows OS users, you must be familiar with the Windows startup. When we boot the computer certain programs that we need, can start up automatically, when Windows starts up. We also see many programs offer the option to...

While we write about security and privacy related software at VikiTech quite regularly, Luxand Blink! is by far the coolest of them all. Luxand Blink! allows a PC equipped with a webcam to scan your face when you log into...

Consider the scenario – You are working on a surprise Photo Collage from your last family vacation and someone comes into the room and needs to use your PC for 5 minutes. You do not want to spoil the surprise...

Messing with photos and creating something funny using them is always so much fun. It’s always good to have an app handy on any phone for some photo fun, since most of us primarily use phones for taking pictures. Face...

IMDb requires no introduction to those who are TV and movie geeks. For those who are not, Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is one of the largest collection of movie, TV and celebrity information. It is highly popular and a one...

Google has just released the first stable version of Chrome 6.0. Google Chrome 6.0.472.53 is now out of beta and deemed solid enough to sport the stable label. Keeping with its auto upgrade feature, all Chrome browsers would get upgraded...

In just over a year since its release to manufacturer (RTM), Windows 7 has overtaken Windows Vista for the first time in total market share worldwide according to web analytics firm, StatCounter. Good news? I think so, after all Windows...

If you are one of the computer users who like to try new freeware, you would be familiar with the offer of installing toolbars while installing some free software. Some freeware requires us to install toolbars, as it’s a way...

If you have ever used a Peer-to-peer (p2p) software like Bittorrent, to download files via torrents, you would know that you can control all aspects of file download, especially the download and upload speed limits. This and the ability to...

Dropbox is an excellent service to sync and back up your files online.  It can sync your files across different computers as well as your phone. It is quite efficient and fast at what it does, however, there is limitation...

We have previously seen, how to scrobble tracks from VLC to Last.fm. We have also seen how to use Google Chrome as a music player with Last.fm. Today we look at another major online media site – YouTube and how...

Encryption of data while transferring it over the internet goes a long way in keeping your information secure on the internet. Using HTTPS Encryption while surfing helps in securing your data when you are using a public Wi-Fi network and...

Alg.exe is a core process of Microsoft Windows OS XP as well as Windows Vista. Alg.exe facilitates the connection of various 3rd party application and programs with the Internet. Examples of such programs are your FTP software, IM clients etc....