Skype has rolled out new beta version for Windows that includes several new features. Features: You can now like and comment on a Facebook status (of your friend or some page) and read Facebook news feed using Skype without logging into Facebook from your browser. A new Facebook contacts tab has also been added, which will show you your Facebook friends, their online status and ability to chat with... 

Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center claims that the Windows AutoRun updates for Vista and XP SP3 that Microsoft released in February, has reduced the the number of malware infections by 1.3 million, compared with the three months prior. Illustration of the decline in 'Autorun' threats among Windows XP and Windows Vista systems Note: There is no reduction in Windows 7 because it already... 

Microsoft has released a new Windows based SDK for their motion sensing input device, Microsoft Kinect. This will allow developers to code their own Games, UIs and Applications for the device connected to computers running the Windows 7 operating system. The SDK is designed to empower a growing community of developers, academic researchers and enthusiasts to create new experiences that include depth... 

Microsoft is offering free Xbox 360 gaming console to students who buy a Windows 7 PC. The offer is pretty straight forward. If you are a student having .edu email address, just go to one of Microsoft’s participating retailers which includes Dell.com, HP.com or Microsoft Store — buy a Windows 7 PC that is worth $699 or more and get a free Xbox 360. If you don’t have a .edu email... 

Whether you’re a PC or Mac it hardly matters, but there are some significant differences between the users of the two. The infographic(below) created by folks at Hunch shows the difference between PC and Mac users — based on data of about 700,000 people who visited Hunch.com. Some interesting facts mentioned — PC users like Tuna fish, Pepsi and watch the History channel while Mac users... 

CTRL + Alt + Del is the most common keyboard shortcut used by PC users to either open task manager to kill “unresponsive” processes or to reboot the machine. Have you ever wondered where CTRL + Alt + Del came from? The mastermind behind this was one of the inventors of the IBM PC. After getting annoyed waiting for hours on those slow machines for Power-On Self Test (POST) routine to... 

If you’re having trouble while downloading large files during peak hours, you must be looking for a lightweight Firefox addon for scheduling your downloads for a later time. What we recommend is to install a small Firefox extension called Download Scheduler – to schedule your downloads for off-peak hours. Get Download Scheduler extension from here. Once the installation is done, right... 

Mozilla has released a list of ten(10) Firefox add-ons that affects the browser’s performance the most. The list have been compiled by performing automated tests on different add-ons by Mozilla. If you have any of the listed plugins installed, we recommend you to remove them immediately for faster browsing experience. Press Release: Slow Performing Add-ons Add-ons provide many useful features... 

According to Mozilla’s download stats page, more than 6 million Firefox 4 downloads have been made in less than 24 hours after its official release. At the moment, the counter shows 7,236,087 downloads and increasing at a rapid rate. In comparison, Internet Explorer was downloaded 2.35 million times in first 24 hours. Let us know  in comments if you are also amongst the 7 million+ people who... 

Firefox 4 final version is now officially available for public to download. At time of writing this article, it has been downloaded more the 700,000 times. Firefox 4 is compatible with Windows (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7), Mac (Mac OS X 10.5 or later) and Linux. You can download Firefox 4 from here. Press Release: Fastest Firefox Ever Performance: Firefox is up to six times faster than the previous...