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Store password and other files securely

Secure way to store your password files and other important data

  1. LastPass: It is the best password manager available for free, This award-winning service offers browser extension, which saves all your usernames and passwords and it will let you autologin to your sites and sync your passwords on your devices. It is very secure and cross-platform. Give it a try and let us know what you think of it in comment section below. To know more about password manager check out this article. Password manager for mobile devices.
  2. Winzip: WinZip password protect feature is very handy, create zip file of your data and set up a password, so no one can unzip your files without the password.
  3. SecretSync: Securely Sync Your Files Using SecretSync and with your password you can access that file on any device anywhere.

Important tips for secure password

  1. Choose a strong password. A mix of alphabet,special characters and more than 6 letters. You can use this online tool by Microsoft to check password strength
  2. Make sure you have access to the email account affiliated with your profile, when you forget the password you can retrieve through it.
  3. Change your password several times in year

In 2014, we saw most brutal of cyber attacks, hackers and companies are at war and not its high time to keep secure password and changing it frequently. It’s very likely to have 100+ accounts and to manage your password and other private documents you can use below listed services for free.

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How to remove programs from Windows

If a program isn’t working properly, you can uninstall it or repair it .

For Windows 7

  1. Open the Control Panel via Start menu. The Start menu can be accessed by clicking the Windows logo icon at the bottom-left corner of the display, or simply by pressing the Windows key on your keyboard.
  2. Under programs, you will see link “ Uninstall a program.” Click on it. Then Programs and Features will be opened up just as shown in below image. It will list all the programs you have on your device.How to Uninstall a Program
  3. Find the program that you want to uninstall.
  4. Click Uninstall. You can also see repair option, if repair option is offered by the program.

For Windows 8

  1. Tap/Click Search button Search button on screen.Type control panel in the search input box, and then tap / click.
  2. tap / click Programs and features.
  3. Tap / click the program and then tap / click UNINSTALL. – Or – If you see the Repair option is offered for the program, tap or click to repair,
  4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
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Windows Media Player vs Apple iTunes

Windows media player

Windows media player is preloaded on windows operating system, it has simple,yet elegant interface. If you checkout Windows Media Player 12 control bar, it has minimal control buttons, which gives impressive intuitive design. Its interface is packed with useful features like syncing your media files on multiple devices, filtering/search music easily. Windows media player supports many formats for video and audio files. As compare to iTunes, Windows Media Player is easy to configure, use and maintain. Though Itunes has some powerful features but nonetheless Windows Media Player have improved a lot over few versions lately.

Apple iTunes

Apple iTunes Store, You can get music, movie, book or podcast you wanted from iTunes Store and also can discover the one you might like.
Besides that, Apple iTunes have all the cool features of windows media player.

Verdict
If you are using windows based operating system, windows media player is most probably installed on your computer by default, So you should consider using Windows media player, as itunes works best with Mac and ipods.

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Best Browser for Windows 8

The Era when Google Chrome was the best and Internet explorer was the lame browser in every aspects has ended. With Internet Explorer 11, IE has blossomed into a great browser for Windows 8. Firefox and opera continue ramp up their features and security fixes with latest releases. Gone are the days, when it was easy to choose best browser for your needs. Today, with all the competition around, Now, its a tough decision to pick any browser as the best browser. I have reviewed IE 11, Chrome 33, Firefox 32 and Opera 7 Best browser and why picked. Security Chrome It is more stable and secure than firefox. With most frequent security update fixes chrome is secure of all.

FactorChosenReason
SecurityGoogle ChromeIt is more stable and secure than firefox and others. With most frequent security update fixes chrome is secure of all.
SpeedMozilla FirefoxIt is the new speed king, it is faster as chrome and sometimes load site more faster.
CPU Usage and Memory FirefoxChrome is heavy consumption of memory, where in case if Firefox crashes and when it restarts it does not re-open all tabs, instead it loads when you click on it.
HTML5 Support ChromeStill there is no match for Chrome for supporting HTML5
Special Features- If you use google services, chrome is the only browser works with google voice search. Internet explorer supports ‘immersive’ UI browsing mode of windows 8.
Firefox and chrome are known Better Syncing
not only can see your bookmarks and settings in any instance of the browser on any device, but also it let you continue a browsing session from one device to another. The new syncing method includes password and form data synching. Especially, Firefox the synced information is encrypted end to end, according to Mozilla.

Verdict: Chrome vs Firefox vs Internet Explorer

For most of users, Chrome is the best, Chrome looks really great sporting that flat design. Performance is also great , If you are looking for some other features, customization, vast addons support than Firefox latest version is clearly a winner for you.

 

Let us know which one is your favorite in the comments!