Something that should be simple but unfortunately is quite difficult is getting an image to appear in an email signature when using the Windows Live Mail email client. After combing through the client and researching how to do this, I finally found a way that works. This supersedes my last document on this subject. See video below for...

In case you have not heard, there have been several malicious Firefox extensions discovered. File this one under the “it was bound to happen” category. It is important to remember that whenever you install a Firefox add-on, you are installing executable code which can run in conjunction with the browser. Add-ons can access anything Firefox can...

2010 has had a bit of a rocky start. Apple’s iPad isn’t even for sale yet and everybody hates it. Google Buzz has ignited such a privacy firestorm that many claim it’s the worst product launch the big G has had in 12 years. Ouch. Microsoft continues on its trend of choosing the worst possible product names, this time with Windows Phone 7...

Whenever you depend on a wireless connection for your internet, the signal strength can vary depending on the room you are in. A lot of this is due to factors you cannot control, such as wiring inside wall and construction materials used. For a simple fix to this, check out the Linksys Powerline Network Kit. All you do is just plug one of these boxes into the...

This is a guest post by Frank Angelone. It’s come to my knowledge that in today’s day and age, buying a cell phone requires you to buy a data plan. You see these new tech gadgets that you got to have, but you are being forced to buy the data plan as well. Even if you don’t want all the extra features, but you just want the phone…it...

Several years ago I remember the transition from analog to digital cell phones. For those that remember those old beasty analog sets, they were commonly known as "bag phones" because they were literally in a black vinyl bag (or ritzy leather if you had the money). Owners of these bag phones would typically place them below a car’s center console...

If you do any web development where you are generating your own layout and templates, it is inevitable that you will need to put rounded corners on a box or border. This can be a real pain if you have to go into your graphics editor and match colors, etc., etc., etc. Instead, try the site RoundedCornr. This generates a basic box with rounded corners. It will...

So far, the PCMech Weekend Giveaway of Glary Utilities Pro has been a big success. We want to give a big time Thank You to the people at Glarysoft for making this fantastic offer possible. The 500 licenses have been snatched up each day before noon (Eastern time). So if you haven’t grabbed your license yet, stop reading this and go register before it is...

The PCMech Weekend Giveaway of Glary Utilities Pro continues with 500 more licenses available today (first come, first serve). The licenses were gone after about 4 hours yesterday morning, so hurry. One feature Glary Utilities offers is “1-Click Maintenance” which performs your selection of the following tasks with with a click of a button:Registry...

The fight for internet video sharing supremacy is a weird one. It’s one of those things that’s ridiculously expensive to maintain, is not profitable, but yet necessary. More on that in a moment. Veoh, a video sharing site most of you probably forgot about until I just mentioned it, is going under. They gave it the good fight, but never seemed to...

This weekend (Feb 12-14), PCMech and Glarysoft are teaming up to offer our readers a free license of Glary Utilities Pro. We will be giving away 500 licenses each day, first come first serve. To get your license, just follow the instructions on this form. If you have not heard of Glary Utilities, it is an all-in-one Windows system maintenance suite which...

You’ve heard of interesting ways concerning how to extend the range of a wi-fi router. Some involve using a small dish instead of a traditional stick-style antenna, others involve aluminum foil, and yet others involve creating DIY antennas with a coil. But is there anything you can simply buy pre-built that will do the job right the first time? Yes....

The U in USB stands for Universal which is a very good word to use considering the vast array of devices which work via these plugs. For those of you who like to hack your own hardware, you can build your own USB powered devices. For some ideas and help on getting started, check out this MaximumPC guide. The guide has several other projects you can try, but I...

Most people only own one printer. And of course that printer will suffer from Murphy’s Law at some point and break or run out of ink at the time when you need it most. If you’re stuck in a situation where you absolutely need something printed but your printer isn’t playing nice with you, my suggestion for your Plan B is to use your local FedEx...

When I heard about Google Buzz, the first thought that went through my head was, "I wonder if this is going to be similar like Yahoo! Buzz?" Yes. Yahoo! did this a long time ago. All who use Yahoo! Buzz raise your hand. [insert sound of crickets chirping here] That’s what I thought. I usually don’t share the same opinion of large web...

If you are looking for an easy way to keep up with you favorite comic, treat it the same as you would your favorite content/blog sites and subscribe to the RSS feed. Pretty much every site now is offering their content over RSS, so why would these sites be any different? I know the two I like to read (Dilbert and Dork Tower) are available. We all need our daily...

ImgBurn is a popular free application for write data to CD/DVDs and creating ISO image files. Concerning the ISO specifically, yes it can make bootable discs. This is very useful for creating emergency recovery discs. In the video below, the place mentioned where to get boot diskette images is AllBootDisks. Compared to other web sites that offer the same...

When it comes to monitor setup, there seems to be two schools of thought – multiple or one big widescreen. Both have their pros and cons. For example, multiple monitors makes it easy to facilitate the use of multiple programs (snapping to a monitor) at once while a big widescreen allows a lot of ‘real estate’ for desktop space or movie...

The three most known web browser rendering engines are Trident (IE), Gecko (Firefox) and Webkit (Safari/Chrome). In a previous article I covered some Trident alternatives, and in this one we’ll tackle two that use the others. K-Meleon Engine: Gecko Web site: http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/ Although its name suggests this is a Linux browser,...

Back when I was in college, Quake (the first one) was the game that everyone played over the network. In fact I don’t think I ever played it in single player mode. While playing games we would sometimes organize ourselves into teams and play against each other. However, we really didn’t have any way to communicate other than by typing messages to the...