While this might be old news to some, I’m sure there are still a few people who wouldn’t mind hearing about this tool. Let’s say you’re on YouTube, and you see a video you really like. It’s downright awesome, and you think “Hey, I’d love to put that on my iPod.” Believe it or not, you actually can do that. Some...

A few days ago, we celebrated a well-earned victory against the Old Guard. SOPA and PIPA were called unconstitutional. They were shelved, their proponents were defeated, and all was well on the ‘net. For about an hour.  Something’s recently come into play that casts SOPA and PIPA in a whole new light. Turns out, they folks responsible for SOPA had...

DuckDuckGo is a popular alternative search engine with privacy in mind for those who want simple, easy search that works. In the Google Chrome browser, you can use DuckDuckGo as either a keyword-invoked search, or just simply set it as the default search engine in the browser. The video below shows you how to do both, plus some other...

No matter how much a computer geek would prefer otherwise, we still have to use the US Postal Mail service to get things done for certain things, particularly when it comes to signed documents, physical receipt of delivery and so on. As good as email is, its status as far as "being an official document" is concerned still doesn’t hold the same...

YouTube’s grand and all, but there’s definitely a few things that could be improved about it. Until Google decides to implement automatic playback, or the ability to resize videos while watching them, we’ll have to turn to outside sources. Notably…Chrome extensions. Here’s 5 extensions for Google Chrome designed to make your...

Back when MySpace was the big deal in social networking, there were tons of major businesses that decided to get a page there. Were any of them worth anything? No, and for the most part they were largely ignored by the internet populous. Unfortunately it’s getting to the same point like before where businesses are getting social profile pages left and...

Victor Writes: Is there a way I could access a webcam that is hooked up to a desktop computer in my home network with a different desktop computer in the same home network? I would like to monitor what is going on downstairs from the computer that is upstairs! I would think this should be similar to accessing a printer that is hooked up to a different computer...

For newbies to the platform, Steam can seem a touch overwhelming at first. While it’s not too hard to get the general stuff down- purchasing games, installing files, accessing steam apps, adding friends – there are a few tips and tricks that not everyone seems to be entirely aware of. We’ll start simple for now- more complex functions and...

Our illustrious leader Dave puts a good amount of effort into making pcmech.com look the way it does. A nice easy-to-recognize logo at top, a proper layout so you can easily tell where you are at any given time on the site, thumbnail images on home page articles to more easily separate one article from the other (which is totally for your benefit), and so...

It is highly unlikely that anyone that is 30 years of age or younger now as I write this in 2012 has ever seen much less actually used Microsoft Word 6.0. Word 6 was the last version that worked in the Microsoft Windows 3.1 environment; it was released in 1993, and this is the version that really put Word "on the map", so to speak. Said another way,...

Once again, Google is making news again because effective 1 March 2012 they’re migrate/merge/whatever Google products to center personal data around Google+ accounts primarily. It is really easy to read that and think, "not good". My personal opinion? What Google does with your data is nothing compared to the real threats to your privacy. The two...

Sometimes it’s the simple things that make our digital lives a whole lot easier, and the Mailto: extension for Google Chrome is definitely one of them. Situation: You go to a web site where there’s a clickable email address. You click it, and what happens is that a mail program (Windows Live Mail, Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, etc.)...

“Cord Cutting” defined in plain English simply means that you don’t have a paid subscription to any traditional television entertainment. In other words, no cable subscription. Personally, I’ve been a cord-cutter for 6 years. My means of entertainment on the television come from Netflix and freely available antenna-fed DTV. This works...

A quick scan at the hits-per-day rating over a DistroWatch reveals Mint keeps climbing while Ubuntu keeps falling:Said honestly, I can’t say I’m surprised. In the Linux community there’s been quite a lot of backlash over the default Unity interface that was released in June 2010. And when I say “backlash”, I’m not putting...

So, you’re going on vacation? Gonna be away from your computer for a while? If you’d like, you could always email every single one of your contacts to let them know where you’re going to be, and for how long. Alternatively, you could simply set up an auto-responder. How it works is pretty simple: Someone emails you, and the client responds back...

One of the best-running platforms on a smartphone and several featuresphones is Java. If you have a multimedia-capable handset that’s not Android or iOS-based, all the apps you have are probably Java-based. New touchscreen smartphones these days are really cheap and in some instances well under 50 bucks new. Okay, you’ve got a smartphone but...

Everybody runs errands from time to time, and money is tight for many these days, so you might as well use the internet to save a buck or two on the stuff you buy every day. No, this is not an article about coupon codes or having to jump through any hoops for special offers or any of that stuff. The 3 ways listed below are easy, and the only thing you have to...

So, you’ve got yourself a brand new, shiny computer. Trouble is, your whole desktop looks a little…impersonal. You’re sitting there thinking to yourself, “high time I changed this.” Trouble is, you’re not sure how to go about doing so. Have no fear- it’s actually an incredibly simple process. Step 1- Access the...

Remember when a wireless computer mouse was really expensive? Well, they aren’t anymore and you have many choices when it comes to them these days. Below are 5 mice of varying styles, all wireless, and all good. Logitech Performance Mouse MX (up to 30% off through the above link!) The MX is a high-performance mouse with its biggest perk being that...

Anyone who has ever bought a brand new car is very familiar with the phrase, "the moment you drive the car off the lot, it instantly loses 30% of its value". Is this true? For the most part, yes. And the auto industry will continue to do this as long as they can because they know people always need new cars. Electronics of just about any kind can lose...