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Seagate: Stop Dreaming, SSDs Will NEVER be as Cheap as HHD Short Bytes:  Solid State Drives are slowly taking the place of the vintage Hard Disk Drives and our computers are getting faster. According to many experts and analysis, cheaper NAND flash memory will eliminate the use of HDDs in coming years. But, the reality is a little distorted. The rate, at which the prices of HDDs are decreasing, is much faster than the reduction in the prices of SSDs. T he leading storage solutions maker Seagate Technology claims that no matter how cheap the SSDs get in the upcoming times, it will never match the price of HDDs. To be precise, the cost of one GB on HDDs will become as cheap as half of a penny. The claims should be considered pretty believable as Seagate is one of the biggest hard drive makers. This prediction of Seagate doesn’t match the predictions made by SanDisk and Toshiba. According to them, the cost of  enterprise-class SSDs will be as low as the enterprise-class

How to Stop Windows 10 Automatic Downloading on Your Windows 7 and 8.1 PC Short Bytes:  It’s reported that some Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs are downloading Windows 10 automatically- even if the users haven’t reserved the upgrade. See how to stop this Windows 10 automatic downloading on your PC. I wrote in my previous Windows 10 article, some users are reporting that  Microsoft is forcefully downloading Windows 10  upgrade files on their Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs. People who don’t want to upgrade their systems to Windows 10 and haven’t even reserved the upgrade, they are reporting about a  $WINDOWS.~BT   folder in their systems. Microsoft says that it’s downloading the files to those systems that are upgradeable. These files range from 3GB and 6GB, so it could be a concern for the people with capped data plans. This could slow down your internet and cost you tons of useful data. Here, I’m going to tell you three ways to stop Microsoft from downloading Windows 10 files automatica

Shortcut virus remover; Remove shortcut Virus from your USB Pendrive or Computer   Shortcut Virus!!! Is Your USB Pendrive,Computer or Hard disk creating unwanted shortcut files which appears again and again even after removing/deleting them?   The Shortcut Virus or bug may look to many as a small problem and usually the infected victims do not take any action to remove it, while others take it seriously and look on the internet to find a shortcut virus remover tool or shortcut remover tutorial for USB or Computer. Before I begin the tutorial on how to remove the shortcut virus, let me first explain what the shortcut virus is capable of doing. What is Shortcut Virus and How it infects your device? Shortcut Virus which is also known as Houdini is a worm which has infected several computers/devices around the world. The Shortcut Virus usually spread through USB peripheral devices including USB pen drives, Memory cards, Mobile phones, Digital Cameras or  external ha

Top 5 emulators to run your choicest Android apps and play games on Windows PC    Want to run Android Apps and play Android based Games on the Windows based computer, check the simple methods to do so. Android is one of the finest operating system for smartphones and tablets. Of late, developers have come up with many Android apps and games which let users do and play almost everything. In fact many of our readers and Android users have to uninstall the old apps continuously to play the new launches that happen everyday since the smartphone has a limited memory. Instead wouldn’t it be better to get these Android apps and games on a Windows based PC which has more memory and space as compared to the smartphones or tablets. There are many Android app emulators aka Windows applications available in the market which can be used to run Android games and apps on the Windows based computers. An Emulator is a software which allows Android OS to work in a computer which ha