Looking to tweak and optimize your Windows 7 or Windows Vista installation? Can’t find all settings you’re looking to change? Here is a slick freeware utility to tweak your Windows 7 or Windows Vista (both 32-bit and 64-bit) installation. Ultimate Windows Tweaker is a TweakUI utility that lets you access all under-the-hood settings in one easy GUI environment. You can easily make changes without having to look for them under control panel or administrative panels.
With careful tweaking you can speed up your Windows installation by turning off features you don’t need and optimizing others. You can easily modify User accounts and UAC, System Performance, Security settings, Network settings and Internet Explorer settings. All this at a click of a button. The utility covers as many as 150 tweaks. I really loved this tool. I was able to get over the Windows 7 shut down and hibernate problems I was facing on my laptop. Moreover I feel Windows 7 on my laptop is much more stable now with a few tweaks here and there.
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Bharti Airtel has launched India’s first ever mobile app store. No it’s not taking on Apple’s AppStore in any way. Airtel’s app store is called Airtel App Central and it enables Airtel customers to download applications on their mobile phones without using a credit card. Users are simply charged by deducting their pre-paid balance or billing post-paid users. Airtel’s App Central has applications starting from as low as Rs. 5. There are quite a few free applications available for downloads as well.
Airtel’s App Central is merely a Nokia Ovi-like store but with Java based applications mainly. I couldn’t spot any Symbian/Android/iPhone applications on Airtel’s appstore. One good thing about Apple’s appstore is that they encourage third-party application developers to add their applications on India’s first mobile app store using Airtel Open Developer Community program. There’s nothing much about it on their website as of now. To download mobile applications from Airtel’s appstore one needs to log on to the Airtel live site from a mobile phone and browse to Airtel App Central.
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