With the release of Google Penguin, it’s more important than ever to make certain that your WordPress site does not have spam on it. Many Professional wordpress themes come with tools that make it easier for you to control the comments on your blog and to keep an eye on other problem areas for websites. WordPress itself has tools built into it, such as...

Truth: You really don’t need that much computing power to play a DVD. Truth: You really don’t need that much computing power to play a 1080p video file, be it MP4, AVI (in any number of variants), MOV or what-have-you. Truth: You do need good amount of computing power just to play Flash and Silverlight content because yes, both are just programmed...

The digital age has already changed the way we communicate. Thirty years ago concepts like social media, ideas like the constant, online sharing of personal thoughts simply didn’t exist. Computers were already becoming an important part of society, but no one had yet heard of the ‘net. Then the world changed. Now, there’s barely anyone in the...

In 2002, Microsoft had a vision. They had the idea of the Tablet PC. They could use touch with a stylus and have that as their main input device. They had the software ready to create an entire ecosystem. Relying on PC OEM’s to produce a tablet computer did not pay off. Fujitsu and HP were the only big vendors to attempt to produce a tablet computer. The lack...

LAN parties still happen today, but they’re not like they used to be. The purpose of a LAN party was to get a bunch of friends together, have them bring over their PCs, connect them all together to a single router and play multi-player games. Why? Because it was a “no-lag” environment, and because it was just fun to do. In the 1990s, everyone...

AutoHotKey, arguably the best macro app you could use for Windows, is something I personally use on a daily basis. One custom script type I programmed was the ability to output the date anywhere I am in the Windows environment when I need it auto-typed in somewhere (in a document, email, chat, etc.) The video below shows how that’s...

Interested in giving Linux a go, but not sure if you want to get rid of Windows to use it? Well, you could always try booting it in a virtual machine, or replacing the operating system on an old PC. Alternatively, you could try dual booting. Now, this is easier said than done, because most Linux builds don’t really get along all that well with Windows 7,...

Recent news reveals that 2 million users in the US have quit Facebook, and I believe this comment on that very article sums it up best, which states verbatim:Let’s hope this over blown hot fart of a bubble continues on it downward trend and common sense prevails once moreWell said. Chances are you have at least a smattering of friends and/or family who...

When it comes to motherboards, many motherboard manufacturers will openly state in very plain sight (usually right next to the download link) that if the BIOS is in good working order and you’re encountering no problems, don’t upgrade. When it comes to wireless routers on the other hand, we’re instructed to always keep the firmware updated to...

I like to think of The Internet as a city, of sorts. There are certain areas that everyone frequents, central hubs where all the folks online enjoy hanging out. There are centers of commerce, entertainment, interaction, and information. There’s libraries, and cafes, and arcades, and shopping centers. Just like a city, though…there are certain places...

With almost six billion cell phone subscriptions in the world today, the vast majority of people use a cell phone in some capacity. Almost 90 percent of the world uses a cell phone on a regular basis. With so many phones out there, it’s no wonder that many people are starting to show signs of cell phone addiction. Are you addicted to your cell phone? Here...

Everyone knows (and if you don’t, now you do) that YouTube has the absolute worst online community on the internet, and this is undisputed. Have no fear, because Herp Derp for YouTube is here. The way it works is simple. All comments are replaced with herp and derp. Example:Herp Derp is a mandatory Chrome extension and everyone should use...

As a buyer, eBay is easy to use and there’s no question about that. You can peruse the products, pick what you want, buy and most of the time you’ll get exactly what you paid for. Of course it’s true that pretty much everyone has a horror story or two (or more) from getting bad product from an eBay seller, but fortunately these days those...

Now, don’t get me wrong- I love Steam, and I’ve the play time to prove it. Occasionally, however, one might want to shirk Steam’s strict rules about how one’s titles are managed. And believe it or not…Steam doesn’t actually have everything. While there are literally thousands of games in the platforms not-inconsiderable...

The calculator app in Windows 7 isn’t what you’d exactly call exciting because, well, it’s a calculator. However there are significant improvements over WinXP’s calculator that are really easy to miss. For much of what you will see in the video below, you probably use specific web sites (or maybe even smartphone apps) to get the same...

There’s been a whole swath of stories like this one about the Microsoft + NBC split where MSNBC as you know it will cease to exist and be replaced by NBCNEWS.com instead. Before continuing, for those wondering if the cable channel brand of MSNBC will continue to live on, the answer is yes – at least for now. When Microsoft and NBC decided to team up...

Microsoft Excel’s actually a lot more versatile than some folks give it credit for being. There’s a lot you can do with a spreadsheet, if you know what you’re doing, and you can actually put together some pretty advanced stuff. We’re not going to get too much into macros and visual basic today- that’s a whole different can of worms....

Google+ is Google’s not so loved social network. Lucky for Google, the Google+ network has kinda got it made in the shade as far as gaining users goes. Here’s why: Owned by Google This is the main reason, Google+ is owned by Google. Millions of users visit Google everyday, so it can get users easily and fast. People go to the site, read up on the new...

There’s a reason the MP3 audio format completely obliterated WMA (Windows Media Audio) as the preferred choice – it works everywhere. On PCs, on laptops, on smartphones, in many car stereos, etc. The more places a specific media format can be used, the better it is. With video, the same is true, except instead of MP3 you use MP4. If you’re...

Most of you use flash memory in the form of USB sticks, SD cards and CompactFlash cards. Unfortunately there isn’t any test you can run that will absolutely say whether a flash stick or card is going to fail, so you have to use common sense. Here are 5 easy ways to tell if your flash-based memory is failing. 1. It does not recognize immediately when...