Back in the day, which honestly was not-so long ago, none of the webmail providers had blogs. For any new feature that was to be introduced you usually received a notification email from the provider which most people promptly ignored, so the providers pretty much stopped doing that. Later on all the providers started authoring [...]
The Goog is at it again in an attempt to be social with Google Plus. Can I tell you about it? No, because at the time of this writing it’s in "limited field trial" mode: Note at the bottom that even if you do have an invitation, sorry! Losing horns for you! Anyone who’s been [...]
The vast majority of Windows users use their operating systems with what’s known as administrator access, which simply means "access to everything and can run anything". Linux on the other hand does not do this by default. The admin account as far as I’m aware on every Linux box is the user root, however for [...]
Hate the new Yahoo! Mail interface? Many do. Ticked off you can’t get the old Y! Mail Classic interface back? So are a lot of other people. There is a way to get it back; it requires jumping through a few hoops to do it, but it is do-able. See video below to see how [...]
How strong is your password? Do you even know? Well, now you can with Password Meter. It requires no software install as it’s just a web site. It also (and this is important) doesn’t require you to submit anything. Simply start typing and the web site will instantly update on you how strong or weak [...]
There are a ton of new motherboards sold that have a Realtek HD sound card built in, and chances are pretty good if you have a recent motherboard, you have a Realtek HD audio card in it. Generally speaking it’s a pretty good card as far as in-built sound goes – assuming you’re running the [...]
A common complaint about the LibreOffice Writer document editor is that it doesn’t embed images copied into it from the web, and that there’s no easy way to make Writer do it. Well, you can do it, and it is easy once you know how to do it. All it takes is a few simple [...]
In corporate circles there’s been an uproar over Mozilla’s release strategy concerning the Firefox browser, whereas they said in no uncertain terms that enterprise is not their primary focus, as they put it. Strong words. Strong even to royally tick off many in the corporate IT world, and even made Microsoft toot their horns to [...]
When you run a slow computer and/or a slow Internet connection, browsing the Net can be a bit of a challenge. Fortunately, Firefox offers many tweaks to help you speed things a bit. As I mentioned in a previous post, the about:config command in Firefox opens the door to many useful tweaks. Probably there are [...]
The harder you work your computer, the hotter it gets. Basic, right? One of the easiest ways to keep your computer and its components cool is to purchase a computer case that is specifically designed for optimum airflow. If you’re looking to cool down your PC, here are some of the best computer cases for [...]
I’ve used a fair share of screen capture utilities over the years, but Screen Capture (by Google) is definitely one of the best, if not the best screenshot utility I’ve used in a long time. It’s only for the Google Chrome/Chromium browser, and definitely what I consider to be a killer app. See video below [...]
Every major carrier is touting their 4G coverage but very little about what technology is being used is mentioned in public. The truth is “4G” has no real definition and it’s being used to describe 3 different technologies right now. The technologies currently being used are Wimax on Sprint, HSPA+ on AT&T and T-Mobile and [...]
In the video below I show how to use the freely available GIMP to create a cool logo using nothing but text and filters. No artistic talent is required – so even if you don’t even know how to draw a straight line, you can do what’s shown below; it’s easy once you get the [...]
The Big Three web browsers all now have pinning ability. IE9 can pin to the taskbar, Mozilla Firefox 5 can pin as "app tabs" and Chrome can pin tabs as well. I’m going to skip IE9 here because its pinning ability is limited to the Windows taskbar and not in-browser; even though it can pin, [...]
Why would you still want to build your own PC today? There are a proliferation of desktop PCs, Laptops, Notebooks, Netbooks, and Tablet PCs on offer that not only give great performance but also come packaged in various impressive styles, formats and sizes to suit the vast majority of PC owners’ wants and needs. Today’s [...]
