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A Desktop Search Tool for your USB Drive

A Desktop Search Tool for your USB Drive
You carry your important files on a USB drive but when you plug that drive into another computer, Windows search can’t find your files. This portable desktop search tool should fix the problem.

How to Password Protect your Files and Folders

How to Password Protect your Files and Folders
This guide describes how you can easily password protect your files and folders on the computer or a USB Flash drive. The locked folders are hidden from view and won’t display in Windows desktop search results.

Google Chrome OS for your USB Drive

If you want to use Google Chrome OS on your computer, head over to hexxeh.net to download the latest build available for Windows, Mac and Linux machines. The Chrome OS builds have been around ever since Google released the first public version of Chromium source code but with this latest release, the size of the installer files have been reduced to under 250 MB and there’re some “major speed improvements” as well.

USB 3.0 vs USB 2.0 – 10x Faster

The theoretical throughput improvement offered by USB 3.0 is dramatic – a theoretical 10X jump over existing USB 2.0 hardware. USB 2.0 maxed out at a theoretical 480Mbps, while USB 3.0 can theoretically handle up to 5Gbps.

A Visual Guide to Computer Cables and Connectors

A Visual Guide to Computer Cables and Connectors
Computer cables can be confusing so here’s a visual guide that will help you identify cables, connectors and converters that came with your computers and other electronic gadgets.

Use Any Internet Browser on your Computer Without Installation

Use Any Internet Browser on your Computer Without Installation
Learn how to use popular web browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Opera on your computer without installing any software. You can also run these browser simultaneously on Windows without any hacks.

A Portable Wiki for your USB Drive

A Portable Wiki for your USB Drive
Looking for a portable wiki software that you can carry around on a USB stick? Check out Tiddly Wiki – a wiki so small in size and requires no installation.