Technology Bites

uTorrent is a popular client for downloading files using P2P networks. uTorrent is developed by BitTorrent Inc. There is much debate over throttling of P2P traffic by ISPs arguing the traffic is causing congestion on the network, users argue for net neutrality rules. uTorrent developers have some sort of solution for this problem which will [...]

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), the free anti-virus software released by Microsoft got good reviews so far. This is a free product and it may not have all the bells and whistles you get from the commercial products, but it scores good in malware removal tests conducted by AV-Comparitives tests.

Microsoft released a useful tool aimed at netbook users who wants to upgrade to Windows 7. Netbooks came with Windows XP before and often they lack a DVD drive, with this tool users can create a bootable USB drive or DVD.

WinX DVD Author is a DVD authoring application that costs $29.99, but the developer Digiarty Software is giving away the software for free. The giveaway runs until the end of this month starting from today that is Oct 20th to Oct 31st. No strings attached, no registration, no email etc, just go to the download [...]

Windows Access Panel is a freeware and portable application, which gives an easier access to several windows programs in Windows Vista and Windows 7. Most of these programs are buried in control panel in Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Abobe introduced an iPhone app for the photoshop.com, that allows users to edit their photos on iPhone. The iPhone app called Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone is available for free to users, can be downloaded from iTunes.

Vimeo, one of the video sharing networks is not as popular as YouTube but it does have some fans and offers high quality videos on the site. Vimeo is offering a desktop uploader for users who have trouble in uploading through browser or for those who want to batch upload videos.

Microsoft Security Essentials is a free antivirus program for Windows and is the successor of Windows Live OneCare. Microsoft released the beta of the program in June this year, and the final version is released today, it is rather quick. Download Security Essentials from Microsoft.

Tweaking Windows Services to disable unnecessary services can help improving your system performance. Windows has an in-built services tool for doing this. But the long list of services list confuses you, then head over to ServicesEditor, an online service that helps you in tweaking the Windows services.

TweetDeck, one of the best twitter desktop apps around is updated with some new features to Facebook integration and MySpace support for the first time. MySpace support may not interest to most of you but there are folks who are still using MySpace. TweetDeck is aiming to become a one for all desktop app for [...]