Firefox takes up too much system resources with multiple tabs open, there have been addons like RAMBack, Clusters, and TooManyTabs promising to take care of this but none of the above were practical to use and therefore did not remained on my computer after few days usage, however new addon BarTab is a perfect practical solution to the problem which works amazingly and I am definitely going to keep it - what BarTab does that it prevents loading tabs until needed saving system resources. Whenever you start Firefox instead of loading all the tabs BarTab puts all the tabs on your bartab and loads them only when you click on them.

Since there is no extra tab-bar this is very practical to use providing EXCEPTIONALLY good results, my Firefox memory resources usage went down from 241 MB to just 82 MB that's an amazing 290% improvement.

Partition Table Doctor(PTD) is an powerful hard-disk partition table recovery tool, the utility can be a lifesaver when the disaster struck and your HDD partition table gets corrupted making data inaccessible - in such situations PTD makes it possible for users to automatically scan and repair the partition-table, MBR and boot-sector of partition error enabling data recovery on FAT16/ FAT32/NTFS/EXT2/EXT3/SWAP partitions of any IDE/ATA/SATA/SCSI hard-disk drive.

Partition Table Doctor makes it possible for advanced computer users to work with almost every aspect of partition-tables as it comes equipped with features like backup and restoration of partition table, rebuilding of partition table and MBR, making partition active, hiding of partition, scandisk, setting password for hard-disk, unlocking hard-disk, editing sectors, copying sectors, fill sectors on partition, and so on, the utility also supports creation of bootable emergency floppy-disk or CD making recovery possible even when the operating-system fails to boot.

Partition Table Doctor is available under a shareware license for $49.95 but under an exclusive giveaway ONLY for our readers the utility is being offered free to everybody by the parent company EASEUS, the utility is a must-have in your computer repair toolkit so don't let this opportunity go and do grab a full-version licensed legal version of the utility for future needs.

Flattr is a new micro-payment service from the former Pirate Bay spokesperson - Peter Sunde, the service currently in invite only beta makes it possible for content makers to earn money socially collecting Flattr points.

The interesting part is how these points get monetary value - Flattr users set a fixed monthly budget they intend to donate monthly to the stuff they like, at the end of each month the donation money is shared between the creators of the content they liked, confused !, to makes things clear here's the official video demonstration :

Google Chrome is doing great slowly gaining web-browser market share, now you can enjoy the same web-browsing experience using a more security hardened version of Chromium code-base developed by well-known security software vendor 'Comodo', the all new Comodo Dragon Internet Browser features greater stability, less memory bloat, improved privacy, easy SSL certificate identification, faster website access, more private Incognito mode which also stops cookies, and easy migration from your existing browser.

Since Comodo Dragon is based on same Chromium code-base which powers Google Chrome plus some more performance and security tweaks the browser looks pretty fast in initial usage, the new look and feel also makes it a good alternative to Google Chrome.

Microsoft will be pushing a new Windows Activation Technologies (WAT) update before end of February for Windows 7 users with a set of anti-piracy measures which would disable more than 70 known hacks and cracks used by pirates to activate illegal copies of the software.

In an official blog post by Joe Williams, General Manager, Genuine Windows the company announced the new update stating :

Activation exploits are sometimes called “hacks”, and attempt to bypass or compromise Windows’ activation technologies. This new update is further evidence of Microsoft’s commitment to keeping customers and partners secure. The update will determine whether Windows 7 installed on a PC is genuine and will better protect customers’ PCs by making sure that the integrity of key licensing components remains intact.

So, what are the risks of activation exploits? Searching for, downloading, or installing activation exploits or counterfeit software on the Internet is risky, because sites that advertise these pirated products often contain malware, viruses, and Trojans, which are found bundled with or directly built into the activation exploit or counterfeit software. A study by research firm IDC, The Risks of Obtaining and Using Pirated Software, shows that one in four Web sites offering counterfeit software attempted to install unwanted or malicious code upon downloading. And this rate is rising. Media Surveillance, an anti-piracy solutions company based in Germany, recently downloaded more than five hundred pirated copies of Windows 7 (and Windows activation exploits) and found that 32% contained malicious code. These are very disturbing figures – especially when considering that resellers may be using these downloads to claim that the PCs they sell include genuine Windows.

The update will be marked as “Important” and will get distributed first to the Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise editions, one thing worth watching here is that what will happen to pirates who have completely removed WAT from there computers using one of the most popular Windows 7 activation hack RemoveWAT - what will get updated if the feature is completely removed from the OS ?

Nagareshwar Talekar is a talented security expert who has written several research papers and had developed utilities like SpyDLLRemover and GooglePasswordDecryptor - this time he has successfully decrypted the 'Windows Credential Store' making way for recovering stored passwords of Windows network authentication, Outlook, Windows Live Messenger, Remote Desktop and Gmail Notifier. The free utility named NetworkPasswordDecryptor instantly decrypts and recover passwords stored by any version of Windows starting from XP to Windows 7.

Big sites like YouTube are already experimenting in Indian market with ventures like offering full-length streaming Bollywood movies for free and telecasting Live IPL matches, adding another first to the list Facebook and UStream have now teamed up to stream the premiere of upcoming bollywood movie 'My Name Is Khan' online live.

Having comprehensive computer information is crucial for troubleshooting problems, and if you are looking for one such free tool on Windows platform LookInMyPC takes care of this by providing a complete and comprehensive system profile with all the information of installed hardware and software. Additionally it provides system diagnostic information such as details on running processes, installed services, startup programs, Windows updates and hot fixes, active network and Internet connections, TCP/IP port usage, event log detail, and much more.

LookInMyPC utilizes a single, easy to use screen allowing users to select items of interest for inclusion in the report, the report is nicely formatted making it easier to read and can be viewed and printed from any web browser with hyperlinks to quickly "Google" them for more information - One of the most useful feature of this utility is the ability to "Generate report and Email" which creates a full system profile and diagnostic report and automatically sends it as an email ZIP file-attachment to user supplied email address.

Independent designers often come up with innovative and exciting user interfaces for computer operating-systems, and here is another one which I would definitely want Microsoft to look into for there upcoming Windows 8 operating-system, This project was originally intended for the Microsoft Next Gen Computer competition in 2008 (see details after the jump).