Award Recognizes the 100 “Most Promising” Asian Companies Driving the Future of Technology

Silicon Valley, CA, Dec 9th, 2008— Red Herring today announced that iYogi is a winner of the Red Herring 100 Award, a selection of the 100 most innovative private technology companies based in Asia.

IYogi delivers technical support services directly to consumers and small businesses and is the first, global, technical support brand based out of India with more than 50,000 customers. The company offers consumers an unlimited, annual subscription service for $119.99 per desktop that includes support for a wide range of technologies, including PC hardware, Microsoft Products Support, Windows Operating systems, Computer Support, Software applications, MP3 players, Networking devices, Digital camera, Printers and scanners etc.

The Red Herring editorial board diligently surveyed the entrepreneurial scene throughout Asia and identified the top 100 out of more than 1,000 closely evaluated companies that are leading the next wave of innovation.

“Our winners and Finalists demonstrate that Asia is increasingly becoming a leader in innovation, contrary to common stereotypes", said Joel Dreyfuss, editor-in-chief of Red Herring. " It was tough to choose just the top 100 finalists from such a large list of excellent contenders, and we are very happy with the quality of the companies we selected as finalists."

“We believe consumers and small business owners should have low-cost access to the highest quality support available on the planet", said Uday Challu, CEO of iYogi. “We are thrilled that our innovative approach to solving everyday technology problems for consumers and our managed services for small businesses has been recognized by Red Herring’s keen-eyed leadership. We are continuously innovating in adding new services that includes PC recovery, anti-virus, anti-spyware, data back-up and PC optimization in providing the best tech support experience for our customers”, adds Uday.

The 100 winning companies have been announced at the Red Herring Asia event in Hong Kong. The CEOs of the winning start ups presented their innovative ideas and technologies to an audience of leading entrepreneurs, financiers, and corporate strategists at the event at the Hong Kong, JW Marriott Hotel earlier this week.

About iYogi

iYogi is the first direct-to-consumer and small business technical support service from India. Providing an annual unlimited subscription to technical support, iYogi now boasts of more than 50,000 customers. The company employs 600 professionals servicing customers in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and fast expanding to 12 new geographies across the globe. iYogi’s resolution rate of 87 percent and customer satisfaction rate of 93 percent are amongst the highest published benchmarks in the industry. For further information, please visit www.iyogi.net.

iYogi Contact

Vishal Dhar

President Marketing, iYogi Inc.

Phone: 212 229 0901

Email: vishal@iyogi.net

How To Improve Browsing Performance In Internet Explorer.

How To Improve Browsing Performance In Internet Explorer.

The most common cause of poor performance in Internet Explorer is large pictures, sounds, videos, or other multimedia files that appear or are played automatically when you access a Web page. If you are using a slow connection to access the Internet, these files may take a long time to appear or be played.

To improve browsing performance in Internet Explorer, you can prevent pictures, sounds, videos, and other multimedia files from appearing or being played automatically when you access Web pages. To do so, use the appropriate method.

Internet Explorer versions 5, 5.5, and 6

1. Start Internet Explorer, and then click Internet Options on the Tools menu.

2. On the Advanced tab, click to clear one or more of the following check boxes in the Multimedia area:

Show Pictures (prevents pictures from appearing automatically)

Play Sounds (prevents sounds from being played automatically)

Play Videos (prevents videos from being played automatically)

Play Animations (prevents animations from being played automatically)

3. Click Apply.

4. Disable the AutoComplete feature for forms and passwords:

a. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

b. Click the Content tab, and then click AutoComplete.

c. Click to clear the Forms and User names and passwords on forms check boxes, click OK, and then click OK.

5. Click the Security tab, and then click Custom Level.

6. Click Disable for one or more of the items in the following Active Content areas:

•ActiveX Controls and Plug-ins (prevents Internet Explorer from automatically using items that show active content)

•Java (prevents Internet Explorer from viewing Java programs automatically)

•Scripting

NOTE: If you disable ActiveX, Java, and scripting, you may not be able to view Web sites that use these features.

7. Click OK, and then click OK.

Internet Explorer 4.x

1. Start Internet Explorer, and then click Internet Options on the View menu.
2. On the Advanced tab, click to clear one or more of the following check boxes in the Multimedia area:

Show Pictures (prevents pictures from appearing automatically)

Play Sounds (prevents sounds from being played automatically)

Play Videos (prevents videos from being played automatically)

3. Click Apply.

4. Click the Security tab, click Custom, and then click Settings.

5. Click Disable for one or more of the items in the following Active Content areas:

ActiveX Controls and Plug-ins (prevents Internet Explorer from by design using items that show active content)

Java (prevents Internet Explorer from viewing Java programs automatically)

Scripting

6. Click OK.

Internet Explorer 3.x

1. Start Internet Explorer, and then click Options on the View menu

2. On the General tab, click to clear one or more of the following check boxes in the Multimedia area:

Show Pictures (prevents pictures from appearing automatically)

Play Sounds (prevents sounds from being played automatically)

Play Videos (prevents videos from being played automatically)

Click the Security tab, and then click to clear one or more of the following check boxes in the Active Content area:

Allow Downloading Of Active Content (prevents Internet Explorer from loading animations and other multimedia files automatically)

Enable ActiveX Controls And Plug-ins (prevents Internet Explorer from automatically using items that show active content)
3. Run ActiveX Scripts (prevents ActiveX scripts from running automatically)
Enable Java Programs (prevents Internet Explorer from viewing Java programs automatically)
NOTE: If you disable ActiveX, Java, and scripting, you may not be able to view Web sites that use these features.
4. Click OK.

Windows and System settings

You can also modify some Windows and system settings that may help improve browsing performance in Internet Explorer. The following methods may help improve browsing performance in Internet Explorer.

Hard disk optimization

You can use the Disk Cleanup tool to free some hard disk space. Additional disk space may help improve browsing performance for Internet Explorer.

For additional information about the Disk Cleanup tool and how to free hard disk space, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

You can also use ScanDisk to check the hard disk for problems that may be using disk space. To use ScanDisk:

1. Make sure the hard disk is not running in MS-DOS Compatibility mode. To check this:
1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click the System icon, and then click the Performance tab.
3. In the Performance status box, check for items that show MS-DOS Compatibility mode. For additional information about troubleshooting MS-DOS Compatibility mode issues, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base

2. Click Start, click Run, type scandisk in the Open box, and then click OK.
3. Click the drive you want to scan, and then click Start

Windows virtual memory

Allow Windows to manage the virtual memory on your computer. To enable virtual memory:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2. Double-click System, click the Performance tab, and then click Virtual Memory.

3. Click Let Windows manage my virtual memory settings. (Recommended).

4. Click OK, click Close, and then click Yes when you are prompted to restart your computer.

Video adapter driver and resolution

Updating your video adapter driver or lowering the display resolution may help improve browsing in Internet Explorer. Check with the manufacturer of your video adapter to obtain the latest driver for the adapter. To lower the display resolution:

1.	Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2.	Double-click the Display icon, and then click the Settings tab.
3.	In the Screen Area box, click a lower resolution, and then click OK.

Description of the Cache Settings

There are four options under Check for newer versions of stored pages:

•Every visit to the page: When you return to a page you viewed previously, Internet Explorer should check to see whether the page changed since you last viewed it. If the page has changed, Internet Explorer displays the new page and stores it in the Temporary Internet Files. Note that selecting this option can slow down browsing between pages you have already viewed. Every time you start Internet Explorer: When you view a Web site that you have visited before in the same Internet Explorer session, Internet Explorer uses the cached temporary Internet files instead of downloading the page. If you press F5 or click Refresh, Internet Explorer downloads the page. •Automatically (Internet Explorer 5 and later only): This is the same as the previous setting, but with a logic algorithm to understand the habits of Web page behavior. This setting specifies that when you return to a page you viewed previously, Internet Explorer should not check to see whether the page has changed since you last viewed it.

If you select this setting, Internet Explorer checks for new content only when you return to a page that you viewed in an earlier session of Internet Explorer or on an earlier day. Over time, if Internet Explorer determines that images on the page are changing infrequently, it checks for newer images even less frequently. • Never: Internet Explorer does not check the Web server for newer content.

To View or Modify the Cache Settings

1. On the View menu, click Internet Options.

2. In the Temporary Internet Files section, click Settings.

3. Click the option you want, click OK, and then click OK.

WEB BROWSER

A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text, images, videos, music and other information typically located on a Web page at a website on the World Wide Web or a local area network. Text and images on a Web page can contain hyperlinks to other Web pages at the same or different website. Web browsers allow a user to quickly and easily access information provided on many Web pages at many websites by traversing these links. Web browsers format HTML information for display, so the appearance of a Web page may differ between browsers .

Some of the Web browsers available for personal computers include Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Opera in order of descending popularity (in November 2007).^[2] Web browsers are the most commonly used type of HTTP user agent. Although browsers are typically used to access the World Wide Web, they can also be used to access information provided by Web servers in private networks or content in file systems.

INTERNET EXPLORER

Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer abbreviated MSIE), commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995. It has been the most widely used web browser since 1999, attaining a peak of about 95% usage share during 2002 and 2003 with IE5 and IE6 but steadily declining since, despite the introduction of IE7.

After the first release for Windows 95, additional versions of Internet Explorer were developed for other operating systems: Internet Explorer for Mac and Internet Explorer for UNIX (the latter for use through the X Window System on Solaris and HP-UX), and versions for older versions of Windows. Only the Windows version remains in active development; the Mac OS X and UNIX version are no longer supported.

Internet Explorer was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95. Later versions are available as free downloads and are also included in the OEM service releases of Windows 95 and in later versions of Windows. The most recent release is version 7.0, which is available as a free update for Windows XP with Service Pack 2, and Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or later, and is included with Windows Vista. An embedded OEM version called Internet Explorer for Windows CE (IE CE) is also available for WinCE based platforms and is currently based on IE6. Another Windows CE/ Windows Mobile browser known as Internet Explorer Mobile is from a different codebase and should not be confused with desktop versions of the browser.

INTERNET EXPLORER FOR MAC

Internet Explorer for Mac (also referred to as Internet Explorer: mac, IE: mac or Internet Explorer Macintosh Edition) was a proprietary web browser developed by Microsoft for the Macintosh platform. Initial versions were developed from the same code base as Internet Explorer for Windows. Later versions diverged, particularly with the release of version 5 which included the Tasman rendering engine.

As a result of the five-year agreement between Apple and Microsoft in 1997, it was the default browser on Mac OS before it was replaced by Apple's own Safari web browser in 2003. Internet Explorer for Mac remained available for download from Microsoft until January 31, 2006. However, no major updates had been released since March 27, 2000, aside from bug fixes and updates to take advantage of new features in Mac OS X.

On June 13, 2003, Microsoft announced that it was ceasing further development of Internet Explorer for Mac. The browser was not included in default installation of Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger" which was released on April 29, 2005. Microsoft discontinued support for the product on December 31, 2005 and removed the application from their Macintosh downloads site on January 31, 2006. Microsoft recommends "that Macintosh users migrate to more recent web browsing technologies such as Apple's Safari." [2]

Macintosh, or for newer models, Mac, is a brand name which covers several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The original Macintosh was released on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface (GUI) rather than a command line interface.

The idea for a personal computer appropriate for the ordinary consumer dates to the late 1970s and an Apple development team was established in 1979. After the success of the original Macintosh in 1984, the company quickly established market share only to see it dissipate in the 1990s as Microsoft came to monopolize personal computing. Apple consolidated multiple, consumer-level desktop models into the 1998 iMac, which sold extremely well and saw the brand name revitalized. Current Mac systems are mainly targeted at the home, education, and creative professional markets. They are the upgraded iMac and the entry-level Mac mini desktop models, the workstation-level Mac Pro tower, the MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops, and the Xserve server.

Production of the Mac is based on a vertical integration model in that Apple facilitates all aspects of its hardware and creates its own operating system that is pre-installed on all Macs. Apple exclusively produces Mac hardware, choosing internal systems, designs, and prices. Apple does use third party components, however; current Macintosh CPUs use Intel's x86 architecture (formerly the AIM alliance's PowerPC and originally Motorola's 68k). Apple also develops the operating system for Macs, currently Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard". This is in contrast to most IBM compatible PCs, where multiple vendors create hardware intended to run another company's software. The modern Mac, like other personal computers, is capable of running alternative operating systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, and Microsoft Windows, which is considered to be the Mac's biggest competitor.

INTERNET EXPLORER FOR UNIX

Internet Explorer for UNIX is a proprietary graphical web browser that was freely available and produced by Microsoft for use in the X Window System on Solaris or HP-UX. Development ended with a version of Internet Explorer 5 in 2001 and support for it was completely discontinued in 2002.