As you may know, the shortcut combination Windows Key + D invokes the "show desktop" command which minimizes all open windows. However, a handy shortcut you may not know about is the Windows Key + Home combination which minimizes all windows except the current one that has focus. This shortcut can be incredibly useful if you constantly work with...

If you have the need to edit videos every once and while and don’t already have a program for this, then using a free online video editor such as JayCut is for you. The JayCut online video editor has all the features you would expect to find in a traditional desktop-based video editing tool. Still it is running directly in a web browser without any need...

My wife has a Mac laptop and the ability to use 2 fingers to perform scrolling is pretty convenient and nifty. So if you would like to enable this on your PC laptop, then take a look at this guide on how to potentially add this functionality to your machine. From reading the article, it appears to work if you have a Synaptics touchpad and can be configured...

For a nice Black Friday freebie, check out this sweet deal from Amazon: Amazon.com offers a $3 MP3 credit for free via coupon code "GET3MP3S". (If you don’t see a box on that page at Amazon, click on "Redeem a gift card or promotion code & view balance" on any album page to redeem this credit.) It applies a credit to your Amazon.com...

If you had to pick 3 software titles (free or commercial) for any platform (desktop, phone, etc.) that you are thankful for, what would they be? You can exclude OS’s (Windows/Mac/Linux/Android/etc.) from this list but everything else is fair game. My list would be:Skype – This is an absolute gem as it allows me to both video conference (so my...

There are loads of bookmarking services out there which perform tasks such as cross browser sync’ing and advanced organization features, but one site which takes a slightly different approach is Zootool. The concept of Zootool is simple: Collect, organize and share your favourite images, videos, documents and links from all over the web.This means...

Have you ever seen the "spinning dancer" image which can tell if you have a genius level IQ? If not, take a look at the post as it makes a bold claim: See if you can make her go one way and then the other by shifting the brain’s current. If you can switch between seeing her turn either way at will without shifting your gaze, your IQ is above 160 …...

Whenever you are troubleshooting issues within Windows, the Event Viewer is an incredibly helpful resource as it contains system level information of events and errors on the system. When working with the Event Viewer, however, you have to constantly refresh it in order to see the most recent entries which can be annoying when you are actively troubleshooting an...

Whenever you pay bills or send money via the mail, you are probably aware of the fact that you should not send cash. The reason is simple: anyone can open your envelope and take the cash and there is nothing you can do about it. Along the same lines, gift cards are a popular gift choice and are essentially the same as cash at retailers which makes them a target...

It is no secret that Google makes their money by tracking your activity online and targeting ads to you based on your browsing habits. This is accomplished through a comprehensive data mining algorithm, but it is ultimately driven by the data Google has on you. That said, if you want to opt out of Google’s tracking of your browsing habits for the purposes...

While I have never been a racing game fan, a couple of my favorite console games ever are Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64 which I played for countless hours "back in the day". If you too are a fan of this game then a PC spinoff you might want to take a look at is the open source, Super TuxKart. Full description: SuperTuxKart is a Free 3d kart racing game;...

The browser is probably the application you use the most on your system. As a result, there is a lot of customization and configuration you may have such as passwords, add-ons, bookmarks, themes, etc. If you were to lose this data or want to easily sync it with a browser installation on another machine, this can be a time consuming pain. However, if you are a...

A product recall is simply when a product is found to be faulty and/or dangerous and the manufacturing company calls for consumers to return it for either a corrected product or a refund (depending). That said, the sheer number of product recalls can be quite overwhelming (just think about how many things are manufactured) and consumers typically do not hear...

If you have a blog or produce a good amount of original content (such as PCMech does), there are always those out there who will simply just copy the content verbatim and put their name on it. I actually have had this happen to me for both articles written on PCMech and other sites. So to help keep an eye out for the republications of your work, check out...

If you use any of Google’s service offerings such as Gmail, Google Reader or Google Calendar you have probably noticed the interface is somewhat bland. However, using the Firefox add-on Google Redesigned you can customize the look of these pages: Google Redesigned [...] aims to fully redesign the look and feel of popular Google services. This is achieved...