One day i was working in my friends PC, and when i was about to remove the USB device he shouted Wait ! let me remove USB device safely , He said. I was wondering since then, should we remove USB device safely? what happens if we don’t ?. i am sure you have come across these questions at some point in your life. Windows get pretty annoyed if you don’t remove USB device safely, and prompts you with a message saying” USB device removed unexpectedly”.[Read More…]
How to install a network printer WITHOUT administrator privileges
There are lots of suggestions out there in “IT Professional Land” about how to provide your common or garden computer user with just enough privileges to allow them to install a printer.
The problem is that often it’s the computer user themselves who need to know how to do this WITHOUT involving their IT people who, more often than not, end up asking the question on a web forum and get mixed up in all sorts of conversations (and sometime arguments) about which is the best way to do it - wouldn’t it be great if there was a trick to it all? Well, try this one… [Read More…]
Safaricom to refund customers for dropped calls
Telecom operator Safaricom has announced plans to compensate its 25.1 million subscribers should their calls drop due to poor network. Under the Safaricom Guarantee program, subscribers will receive an extra minute of talk time for free each time their connection is affected by service interruption.[Read More…]
SyntaxDB — A Perfect Programming Syntax “Search Engine” For Coders
Very often programmers new to the field ask if is it okay to use Google and Stack Overflow to look up some syntax. The answer is yes — searching the web is a routine task of a good developer and its frequency even increases with time. Using Google doesn’t make you a bad programmer. Instead, it makes you even better at it and teaches you new things. To make things even easier for programmers, Anthony Nguyen, a software developer studying at Queen’s University, has created SyntaxDB.[Read More…]
Here are the top 5 reasons why you should switch to Linux on your laptop
If you are a little more adventurous and are prepared to select some other operating system than Mac OS or Windows 10, then you may want to try Linux. This operating system not only has a lot of features that saves your time but also makes your working a little less boring. The best part is that Live Installations let you try out the software before[Read More…]