I received an email yesterday from my bank: As a valued Stupid Bank client, we want you to know about an upcoming change to your Stupid Bank Check Card. The proposed regulations issued by the Federal Reserve will impact the economics of the industry’s check card programs. As a result, Stupid Bank will no longer offer the Stupid Bank Rewards® Program for...

If you are not aware, Microsoft is now offering their Office online via the Office Live Workspace. The intent is to allow you to have most of the functionality available on the traditional desktop installation, but with the convenience of an online application. If this sounds like something you could use, check out this in-depth look at Microsoft Office...

Credit, love it or hate it, is something that’s necessary for many people to buy things. And I’m sure there are more than a few of you out there who have applied for credit online and been denied faster than you can say, "Hey! My credit rating is good! What gives?" What gives is that you’ve been dealt the cold shoulder of a computer...

I, like a lot of you out there, use online banking. If I remember correctly I first started using it in 2003 or 2004. The NetTeller system was what my bank at the time was using. Was it free? Ha! No. I had to pay a fee just to apply for it back then. The bank I was using weaseled $15 out of me even though I was doing them a favor just by using it. Thankfully all...

With many online retailers (like NewEgg, Dell, Dotster, etc.) there is an option at checkout to enter in a coupon code to take some money off the final purchase price, be it a straight value (ex: $25) or a percentage (ex: 15% off). If you do a search for coupon codes, unfortunately you are usually shoved towards affiliate links. This can get frustrating quickly...

Many (and I mean many) PCMech readers buy stuff online. In fact, a fair amount of them shopped online during the “bad old days” in the pre-2005 era. Chances are that if you were shopping online pre-2005, there were at least a few purchases where you either a) didn’t get what you expected, b) had a product arrive broken or non-functional, c) ran...

Modern day home computing is not as it once was. Not-so long ago it used to be that in order to bring the most potential out of your computer box you had to use proprietary software. Any app that runs solely on a specific operating system is proprietary. And yes there’s still lots of this stuff out there. For the past few years I have been slowly...

This is the first time I’ve found something Linux can do that Windows (or OS X for that matter) cannot, that being to backup a large Flickr account. I’ll explain. My paid Flickr account has 1000+ photos in it. I use it routinely, realized it was frickin’ huge and felt the need to back it up. The only semi-decent tool available is flickredit....

Said honestly it’s amazing that if you ask someone, "Where’s the best place to buy or sell stuff online?", the the typical answer is "eBay". I disagree with this. The best place is Craigslist (abbreviated commonly as just "CL"). First, a few facts about CL:It’s been around just as long as eBay has (since 1995)....

Generally speaking, buying computer hardware online is always cheaper than the store. The reason for this is because you skip out on tax, the middleman and so on. However there is some tech hardware that you should never buy online if at all possible no matter how much you’d save. Monitors When purchasing any monitor online there is always the possibility...

Recently I had to reinstall Windows XP on my laptop and had to view a PDF but didn’t feel like installing the Adobe software. As most people know, the PDF viewer from Adobe is huge, clunky in operation and a huge memory sucker. Furthermore the modern variant of the software does that "view inside the browser" crapola which is extremely...

One of the easiest ways to make money on the internet is to write electronic documents (i.e. a PDFs) and post them for sale. These documents could be about whatever you know. They can be short or long but longer is obviously better. However you don’t want to put a whole bunch of time and effort into writing something only to get a few sales and nothing...

I don’t like Google Docs. I don’t like Microsoft Office Live either. But I do like OpenOffice. A lot. Wondering if there was any means of using the OO suite online, I did some searching and found that yes, there is a way. It’s done thru Ulteo’s web site. After signing up for a free account with Ulteo you’re greeted with this: ...

Today’s banks and credit unions in the United States all have ways in which you can access your account online with a feature usually called "Bill Pay". The vast majority of the time the Bill Pay service is provided free by the bank. In rare instances you may pay a small monthly fee, but at least it’s small. Over the years I’ve...

For members only, watch as David provides a broad overview of how exactly PCMech.com generates revenue. [hidepost=1] [flv:http://pcmech.s3.amazonaws.com/how_to_make_money_online/pcmech_business.flv 610 364] [/hidepost]

A way to make money online is to offer a service. Now, this method of making money is heavily dependent on the service you are offering. To open up your venture to the widest possible audience, it is recommended that you do something that is not dependent on your location or the location of your client. Some examples: [hidepost=1]Website design and...

One of the great things about making money online is that you really don’t need to create a product of your own in order to get started. There are plenty of people out there who have a product of their own. And they are willing and ready to pay you a sales commission by simply referring them a sale. When you are making money in this way, you are called an...

One of the very popular methods for making money on the Internet is to sell an information product. [hidepost=1] An information product is simply a product which contains – you guessed it – information. It is knowledge. It may come in the form of an electronic book, videos, an email newsletter, or perhaps even packaged into a series of books or...

As blogging has become more and more popular, it has risen as a popular way to make money on the Internet. Like all new things, a lot of buzz is generated and people begin to think that all they need to do is start a blog and the money will become coming in. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. It is certainly possible to make a decent living using a...

It is easy to look at the Internet as a big bunch of websites. Servers, bandwidth, backbones, browsers, emails, etc. But, none of that truly helps you see the Internet as you need to see it to make money. [hidepost=1] As I said in the prior section, it is all about the eyeballs. That means real people, sitting in their homes or offices, looking at their computer...