If you’re anything like me, your computer is basically little more than a window to the Internet. Sure, I do “offline” things with my computer. But, let’s face it. Probably at least 90% of the activity I do on my computer is done via my web browser. We’re heading back into the client-server days, in [...]
How To Find The Strongest Wifi Signal In Your Location [Wifi Site Surveys]
January 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Ever been in a public venue which has a wifi network, but you have a hard time finding a strong signal? Some spots seem to have a nice strong signal while others are spotty. So, you end up picking up and moving around, looking for more “bars” on your wifi icon so you can hopefully [...]
5 Very Good Reasons to Delete your Facebook Account (And 5 Reasons Why You Never Will)
January 16, 2013 by 6 Comments
If you’re a living, breathing human being with an Internet connection, you’ve probably heard of Facebook by now. Most of you probably have Facebook accounts, and regularly log on to chat with friends, check out status updates and news, or play games. The social network has, by this point, become one of the primary means [...]
Getting Google Chrome to Play Nice with PC-to-TV HDMI Connections
January 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
While at home, I’ve taken to plugging in my laptop to my TV via an HDMI jack to use the latter as a secondary monitor for the former. Unfortunately, in doing so, I’ve noticed a rather irritating bug – one which manifests if I plug my system in when I’ve got Chrome open. The sound [...]
How to Tell if a Kickstarter Campaign is Bogus
January 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Crowdsourcing is awesome – it’s probably not going too far to call it the new frontier of entrepreneurship. It gives people who might not otherwise see their ideas take off a chance to get things running. It helps independent organizations produce awesome, creative work without having to find a publisher to distribute it. It helps [...]
Protect Yourself from Fraud with Scam Detector [Scam Database]
January 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Got another means of protecting yourself against scam and fraud, both online and off. If there’s a sucker born every minute, there’s a scam artist born every two. You should always be on the lookout for somebody who’s looking to make a quick buck at the expense of others. Unfortunately, it’s not always that easy [...]
[INFOGRAPHIC]: 2012 Internet and Mobile Trends
December 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Well, folks. That’s it – we’ve reached the end of the line. The last days of 2012 have finally passed us by, and we’ve moved forward into 2013. Everybody’s looking forward now – making New Years Resolutions and predictions about the cool new stuff we might see in the coming year. We’ll get to that [...]
A New Use For Chromebooks: DOSBox
December 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
So…Google’s Chromebooks didn’t make as big a wave as they were hoping – which is to say that they’ve barely even made a ripple. It was definitely a cool idea, to be fair: unfortunately, it was one which only caught the interest of a very niche market. The problem, after all, with an ultra lightweight [...]
[Infographic]: A Short History of Facebook’s Privacy Failures
December 28, 2012 by 1 Comment
A lot of the people who claim that Online Privacy is dead point to Facebook as an example. After all, Zuckerberg and his boys haven’t exactly proven adept at handling the personal information of other people with a great deal of integrity. Facebook’s got a long, colored history of privacy failures under its belt; one [...]
[INFOGRAPHIC]: The Cyber Thieves That Stole Christmas
December 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” right? Most everybody out there loves Christmas; if not for the consumerism, then for the time spent with friends and family. It’s a time for holiday cheer, for celebration and gift giving and shopping and delicious, delicious food. It’s also identity theft prime-time. Today’s infographic presents some [...]
5 Ways To Email Large Files
December 20, 2012 by 4 Comments
Need to send an extra big file to somebody? Well, if you’re like a lot of people, you’ve got a bit of a dilemma. Can you email something that big? Well, maybe not. For example, Gmail has a maximum email size of 25MB, and that’s only internally to Gmail. So, if you’re on Gmail and [...]
Funny: Internet Explorer Sucks… Less
December 19, 2012 by 3 Comments
The typical user of Windows uses Internet Explorer as their web browser just because it is there. They don’t know any better, really. To the geekier types, Internet Explorer has, well… a reputation. For sucking. People flee to the many alternatives like Firefox, Opera, and these days, Chrome. Well, Microsoft is fighting back in an [...]
[Daily Tip]: Buy Your Gifts Online This Season
December 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
To be fair, this one’s a little late. Probably would have been a good idea to get it posted earlier in the month. Still, there’s some valuable information here – it shouldn’t be discounted just because it’s a little dated. Anyway, enough rambling; let’s get right to the point. Christmas is nearly upon us. Like [...]
[Daily Tip]: How to Know if a Website is Safe Before Visiting
December 12, 2012 by 4 Comments
Another quick tip for everyone today. The Internet can be a dangerous place. Cyber-criminals are getting smarter; the tools they use to infect other systems are becoming more sophisticated. You’ll want to do everything in your power to protect yourself. Active X Blockers, virus scanners, and ad blockers are just the tip of the iceberg. [...]
[Infographic]: The State Of YouTube
December 10, 2012 by 1 Comment
Today, I’ve got a trio of infographics for you, all centered around a lovely little video site called YouTube. I’m sure you’ve all heard of it – after all, it’s kind of a big deal. It’s the third most visited website on the Internet, with hundreds of millions of monthly unique visitors, and the equivalent [...]
