MSConfig (Microsoft System Configuration Utility) is the default startup application management utility for Windows meant for experienced users, the handy utility can be accessed by simply typing "msconfig" (without quotes) into the Run dialog box and hitting enter, once launched experienced computer users can disable unwanted startup programs speeding-up booting process and saving system resources, despite being a very useful utility MSConfig lacks basic feature of completely deleting a entry, if your MSconfig list is big these disabled items takes-up quite some space making management harder, free utility MSConfig Cleanup bridges this functionality gap allowing users to cleanup MSConfig disabled items list selectively with ease.

If you are a regular technology news surfer you must have heard about the much hyped $10 Laptop from India's Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), but the hype surrounding the cheapest laptop of the world having 2GB ram turned out to just a rumor when MHRD finally inaugurated the device at Tirupati (India), stating it as a computing device and not a laptop.

I have blogged about how to install Windows 7 as a virtual machine for a risk-free trial, Similarly, if you are willing to try one of the best Linux desktop distro "Ubuntu" without risking your existing Windows install here's a short, simple and easy to use GUI utility to create Ubuntu Live USB with ease.

uSbuntu Live Creator is a free software for Windows allowing users to create bootable USB key with Ubuntu 8.10 on it, and the best part is that the software also offers an exclusive option of automatic virtualization using portable VirtualBox for launching Ubuntu directly in Windows without any configuration or installation.

Few days ago I shared a cool free laptop battery power monitor for Windows, here is yet another similar power monitoring utility allowing users to keep an eye on power status with ease providing as much details as possible.

BatteryBar is an simple and useful battery power-meter for Windows, the free utility displays the current battery power-status in the taskbar, the software is smart and calculates the total time-remaining using your battery historical data.

Acronis True Image is without doubt one of the best disk cloning and data backup solution available today, the multiple award-winning disk-imaging, disaster recovery application allows users to recover data corruption caused due to various reasons using a simple yet professional easy to use interface, the software costs approx. $50 to purchase but under a special promotion you can grab an 100% free lifetime license for Acronis True Image 10 Personal Edition by simply filling a form as per following instructions.

Apple iPhone and iPod Touch Games and applications purchased via the iTunes Store are protected with DRM and can only be used on a single device they were purchased for, but not anymore as Crackulous the one-click iPhone application cracker is here, the free application allows users to crack the protection and use application/games purchased via the iTunes Store on as many devices as you like, once installed on your iPhone or iPod Touch you can crack any game or application that you purchased via iTunes Store using a simple to use GUI, once cracked the decrypted .IPA files will get saved at /var/mobile/media/DecryptedIPAs/, from where it can be downloaded via SSH and shared with your friends or community.

To install Crackulous use the simple instructions as follows :

If you are impressed with online-storage solution LiveDrive but don't want to spend money, here is a good news, much rumored Google's online storage and backup solution dubbed GDrive seems to be coming into shape slowly and might get officially announced in coming months, the service is expected to be free offering easy access to online web-storage and backup facilities powered by Google's proven server infra-structure.

Confirming the long-rumored Google Web Drive service, a new sub-domain is recently been added at google.com as http://gdrive.svc-1.google.com/, furthermore, blogger Brian Ussery noted reference for the new service in a Google Pack localization file sent by Google to developers for translation.

If you were waiting for Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Final, the rumors are that its release has been delayed from Spring this year to summer's in May/June 2009, the Windows Vista SP2 Beta is already out and can be downloaded from here, the new service pack will include all the updates since Windows Vista SP1 with support for new hardware and standards, here is a list of major features supported in upcoming Windows Vista service pack.

Microsoft Windows 7 is still in preview stages but has already gained quite a substantial amount of users trying its first beta, if you are willing to try the new beta without taking any risk with your existing computer configuration, installing it on a virtual machine is the best option, the whole process is very safe and takes around 40 minutes to get completed on a decently powered P4 computer.

A virtual machine installation lets you try Windows 7 inside your existing OS as a guest operating-system, Both Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Sun VirtualBox can be used for this purpose, I will be using Sun VirtualBox for this demonstration.

1. Download and install Sun VirtualBox if not already done.
2. Download and obtain a license key for Microsoft Windows 7 Beta using instructions provided in the earlier post here.
3. Now launch VirtualBox and click the New button to start setting up our Windows 7 virtual machine.

In a quite surprising manner Google has now killed the Google Bomb which returned George W. Bush as the top result for search term miserable failure, the timing can't be more perfect as George W. Bush is no more the US president and Barack Obama took the oath as the new president of USA few days ago.