Monday, July 28, 2014

How To Get Rid Of The Babylon Toolbar From Google Chrome Browser

With so many malware toolbars and applications infecting the browsers, many antivirus companies are now providing specifically designed utilities for toolbars and add-on removal. Many such free antivirus applications are available online. However, you can also get rid of most of the annoying toolbars manually without installing any external tool for the purpose.

About Babylon toolbar removal


Babylon translation application is one annoying browser toolbar, which installs automatically on the system with a file or software download. This toolbar can be used for translating text from a foreign language online. But, as it changes the customized browser settings secretly and directs every search query to Babylon search engine, it annoys users a lot, and they want to get rid of this application as soon as spotted.

Removing Babylon toolbar not just involves uninstalling the application from web browsers, but also deleting all the links associated with Babylon site from the browser’s home page and search engine settings. Otherwise, the browser will redirect you to the Babylon website, and the add-on will be downloaded and installed on the browser all over again.

If you are using Google Chrome, go to the Tools menu in the browser and click on the option Extensions to launch the add-on manager utility. There, you will find the Babylon search or translator toolbar. Just remove all add-ons or extensions you see there with the name Babylon on it.

Now, change the home page and search engine settings of your browser. The default search engine for your browser will be set as Babylon search. Go to the Settings menu in your browser, click on the Manage Search Engines option, and change your default browser search engine to any of the popular search engines like Google, Bing or Yahoo.

Similarly, change the homepage setting from Babylon search to any of the websites that you commonly use. Restart the browser and check whether the annoying toolbar is still there on your browser menu.

In some cases, you will find Babylon toolbar clinging to your browser menu. This means that some files of the malware application are still there in your system. In such an event, you can use a Babylon toolbar removal tool or a malware detection application to get rid of these files. You can easily find such a freeware tool online.

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Xbox Live- The Online Gaming Platform For Passionate Gamers

There is a big difference between playing a computer game against the microprocessors of the gaming console or the computer and against any of your friends. You would love the game when you play it with your friends. But, you can’t expect your friends to play with you every time. They may be located somewhere else. But still, it is possible to play with them. There are multiple online gaming platforms that allow you to play computer games with your friends online.

Microsoft introduced Xbox Live, an online gaming platform to its Xbox gaming systems in 2002. When Xbox 360 was released, an advanced version of the Xbox system, a compatible version of Xbox Live too was rolled out. This repeated with Xbox One in 2013. Over the years, Xbox Live has turned out to be a lively platform for Xbox fans. It has even emerged as a perfect competitor to Sony’s PlayStation Network.

Extension of Xbox Live services

According to Windows Live chat support, Xbox Live services are no more the pride of Xbox systems alone. These services are available now on Windows platform. So, in order to play a game online via Xbox Live, you don’t have to own an Xbox system. Instead, you can play the game on your Windows computers.

Microsoft launches Xbox Live Anywhere project
The Redmond based giant is working out different plans to popularize Xbox Live. Recently, it launched a project titled Xbox Live Anywhere. The purpose of this project is to make the availability of Xbox Live everywhere and make it affordable to all types of people. The project highlights the importance of making Xbox Live available on mobile phones. As of now, Xbox Live is integrated into Microsoft’s own mobile operating system Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1. Discussions are on to launch Xbox Live on third party platforms.

Free and Paid Xbox Live services

Microsoft offers free as well as paid Xbox Live services to the users. The free service is called Xbox Live Free while the paid one is called Xbox Live Gold. According to Windows Live chat support, the purpose of giving out some Xbox Live services free is to make it available for everyone. Certainly, the free Xbox Live service will let you access only a limited number of games and services. However, it is worth the same and is the best for beginners.

Microsoft has plans to introduce more games and services to Xbox Live. Hopefully, the tech giant will roll them out soon.

Some Useful Tips For Developing Windows 8.1 Apps

Windows Store has to go a long way to compete with Google Play. While Android’s Google Play has thousands of useful apps, Windows Store lacks them. Fortunately, Microsoft has simplified the requirements for the development of Windows 8.1 apps. It seems that anyone with basic knowledge of programming and app development can write Windows 8.1 apps and get them approved from Microsoft to release them in Windows Store. So, in short time, we can expect many Windows 8.1 apps getting released in Windows Store.

Easiest way to write apps for Windows Store

According to the Microsoft support page, if a new Windows 8.1 app needs to be released in Windows Store, it should maintain the criteria laid down by Microsoft. Microsoft promotes apps that take up web content or display them. So, if you have any idea about writing apps and releasing them in Windows Store, make sure that they are designed to display web content. The recently released Microsoft Top Solution is an app you could take up for referencing as to know how an ideal app for Windows Store should be like.

Microsoft Top Solutions

Microsoft Top Solutions keeps all the criteria for an ideal Windows 8.1 app. It consumes web content and displays them. It is more or less like a directory of support solution blog sites of Microsoft’s popular services. Below are some of the features of Microsoft Top Solutions.

Features

When you launch the application, the home screen will be displayed. From the home screen, you can have instant access to all the services that the app provides like the support solution blog site of Microsoft Azure, Exchange, System Centre, SQL Server, Windows Server and the likes. In order to open any of these services, simply tap on the desired button. It will directly take you to the support solution blog site of the associated program. You will then need to choose the appropriate topic of your concern. When you click on the link of the support solution blog site, the website will be opened in Internet Explorer 11 by default.

The support solution blog sites will contain KB articles, TechNet, hotfix articles and links to Microsoft forum. Choose the appropriate option to proceed.

I hope you got some idea about writing apps for Windows Store and the features of the recently released Windows 8.1 app Microsoft Top Solutions. For more technical information regarding Windows 8.1 Apps or Windows Store, visit the Microsoft Support Page.