In my quest to get the fastest possible experience with our beloved Firefox web-browser here we have another trick to get upto 2x faster start-up of Firefox on Windows OS, Firefox addon "Start Faster" does exactly what it's name suggests making use of some clever tinkering with core OS "prefetch" functionality to make the web-browser loading time faster.

Firefox Load Time Before Using "Start Faster"

We have seen humorous videos and pics on Google's increasing domination in our life and the privacy nightmare it creates - here is a serious video showing Google's increasing power and their "Master Plan".

WinRAR is a popular file archiver and data compression program which also supports compression of .rar file format apart from the other popular compression formats like ZIP, CAB, ARJ, LZH, ACE, TAR, GZip, UUE, ISO, BZIP2 and 7-Zip. The latest major update to the utility brings better speed, compression and encryption support for archives, a complete chnagelog is posted after the jump with direct download links for all OS.

Apple iOS 4.3 update is now available for download on Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. With updates like AirPlay Enhancements, new Nitro JavaScript engine powered Safari for faster web-browsing, iTunes Home Sharing, Personal Hotspot for iPhone 4 and customization of iPad Side Switch this new release also features various other improvements and bug fixes as posted next.

There are numerous free and paid VPN anonymity service providers but only few of them provide reliable service with fast speeds coupled with an easy to use client software, a very rare promo from one such leading VPN service provider Cyberghost VPN is currently available offering free PREMIUM VPN access for 12 months including 2GB of encrypted online data storage.

Apart from the usual anonymous 128-bit AES encrypted connection tunnel, Cyberghost VPN provides the most advanced and feature rich anonymity desktop client application with added features like anonymous email fetching service and online secure data storage space. Having a strong infrastructure of 48 servers spread over various countries CyberGhost VPN is definitely going to provide a very good experience to users.

Kaspersky tends to release their new major security software beta's around this time of the year, as evident from KAV 2010 and KIS 2010 beta release in April '09 and release of Final version of KAV 2011 and KIS 2011 by September last year after completion of beta testing. Sticking to the schedule Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 Beta is out now with some great new features and an completely revamped user-interface. A complete feature tour with images and download link available after the jump.

We have very little information about the upcoming next-major OS release from Microsoft said to be called "Windows 8", however as seen earlier users are already interested in the next-gen user-interface and conceptual Windows 8 Transformation pack for Windows 7 and Windows 8 Themes are already started appearing.

Here is another such creation which is definitely going to provide a fresh look to your Windows 7 desktop for few days.

Just few days ago the very first leaked screenshots of Microsoft Windows 8 surfaced on internet showing nothing but minor user-interface changes, to get things going more screenshots have now appeared on internet displaying significant tweaks to the taskbar - notable being the ability to login using Windows Live ID which displays the user's profile picture in new system tray.

Another major exciting feature is said to be the speed at which Windows 8 setup installs from scratch and the number is just 8 minutes for a complete OS install (Windows 7 took 23-25 minutes to install on same PC configuration), and if that was not impressive enough you can also restore (or "Push Button Reset") the complete OS to default in flat 2 minutes saving your existing settings.

We have seen this in science fiction movies and now it seems to become a reality as Google demoed there self-driven smart cars at ongoing TED 2011 conference, just feed-in the destination you want to reach and this automatic self-driven car packed with numerous sensors and powerful computer will get you there on it's own without any driver.

Don't believe, watch the videos after the jump.

If PC vs Mac info-graphic does not convince you yet, watch this video where Conan O’Brien takes a shot at Apple after iPad 2 release.

If you were hoping that Apple would get more humble with the release of the iPad 2... You are going to be sadly, sadly mistaken.