You Don't Have to Pay For Antivirus on Windows

About 2 weeks ago, my antivirus subscription (Kaspersky) of 3 years expired. It has served me well over these past years of keeping viruses or malwares out of my Windows system. Then came the question:

Should I, or should I not, continue with the subscription?

After some thoughts, I decided to discontinue renewing my Kaspersky antivirus license and here's why.

Upgraded My SGS2 to ICS!

Just this afternoon, out of curiosity, I checked if there is any software update available for my phone (Samsung Galaxy S2) and surprisingly, there is. So I choose, as any eager technology enthusiast would, to update!

Be warn that the update itself is over 200+ MB, so you best do it over your own wi-fi than 3G. It takes around 19 minutes for me to download the updates. More or less, depending on your internet connection speed.

It is also equally important that you backup all your important files on your phone to your pc or dropbox before updating.

In case you are wondering, I am with Vodafone Australia. Some other parts of the world probably already have Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) available as a software update. If you have a Samsung Galaxy S2 and are still running Gingerbread, Android 2.3.5, you can try to check your phone if there's any updates available.

In this blog post, I am going to show you how you can upgrade your S2 to ICS and some of my initial thoughts about ICS.

Why is Chrome So Slow?

Google Chrome is usually fast for me. Until recently, when I was sending an article link to my friend via Facebook, it suddenly become so slow.

It was abnormally unresponsive.

What is going on? I suspected that something mischievous is going on. So, I put on the detective hat *not literally* and began an inquiry...

Milestone: 5K Pageviews!

Can't believe it. Compared to my personal blog which received very few visitors for being around longer, this blog has passed the 5,000 pageviews mark within just a short period of time.

Now, a few words from me:

First of all,

Thank You For Visiting

Secondly, I would like to ask

How can I serve you better?
What do you like to see appear more often here?
Is there any unanswered questions from my previous posts?

Especially, from my popular posts:

• Convert 3ga to mp3
• Taking Screenshot on Samsung Galaxy S2 with 100% Accuracy
• Introducing Instagram on Android
• Why is Flash Player Slow on My PC
• Formatting Text Quickly in MS Office

Also, not forgetting my latest post 3 PC keyboard sortcuts that everyone should know.

Finally, of course, I would like to say that I valued the feedbacks given by my visitors :
ajinkya, Clayton Freitas, Tamikka, Mary Junriza Cimeni, Adrian Melia, katie and Unknown.

Thank you for your time and input. Two honourable mentions also goes out to Ez and G5 for their valuable advices.


(Update: Poll have been removed and its results finalised. Thanks for voting.) P.S. Remember to vote in the poll on your right too, which will end in 4 days.

3 PC Keyboard Shortcuts That Everyone Should Know

What do you do when you just type a long word, counterrevolutionaries for example, to have changed your mind and decided to delete it?

Do you perhaps hit the 'Backspace' 22 times? Or move your cursor to highlight the whole word and delete it?

What if I tell you that there is a better way?

Well today, I am going to share with you 3 keyboard shortcuts that have change the way I work. It has cut down my editing time not only in Microsoft Word, but also to the times when I surf the internet or even when I rename a file. Read on to adopt this shortcuts in your workflow and boost your productivity.