Understanding MZ Headers

Authors: Chetan Giridhar, Rahul Verma image: http://freedigitalphotos.net/ Have you tried opening a binary file in notepad? Try it and you would see a lot of gibberish. Or we should say gibberish for human users but optimised for the software that deals with a given binary format. Try the same for a PE (Portable Executable) file (Dll/Exe) … Continue reading Understanding MZ Headers

iMacros: Measuring Web Response Time

Authors: Chetan Giridhar, Rahul Verma image: http://freedigitalphotos.net/ It’s hard to imagine a life without internet in the present age of communication. Internet is being used for just about anything ranging from getting a recipe to finding an address or researching on some topic. With the increase in the number of users on the internet, it … Continue reading iMacros: Measuring Web Response Time

Measuring Application Launch Times with AppTimer

 Authors: Chetan Giridhar, Rahul Verma                                             image: http://freedigitalphotos.net/ Performance tests are instrumental in keeping a check on product quality in terms of reliability and scalability. One essential area of performance measurements is application launch time which is the time elapsed from the operation which triggers the launch (double-click/command-line etc.) and the moment at which … Continue reading Measuring Application Launch Times with AppTimer

Measuring Boot Time with BootRacer

 Authors: Chetan Giridhar, Rahul Verma                                               image: http://freedigitalphotos.net/   "Man! It's taking ages to boot-up!" "Why does it take so long to boot-up, that wasn't the case when I bought it!" "Has it really slowed down, or I feel so?" "Should I remove the XYZ tool from start-up to improve boot-up time? I would … Continue reading Measuring Boot Time with BootRacer