How To Delete Your Firefox Sync Data

Back in 2007, Mozilla released Weave which was then rebranded as Firefox Sync. In Firefox, this is a cloud service that can store your bookmarks, passwords, browser history and so on (you choose what you want to store out there). Some of you may have tried Firefox Sync and decided to stop using it in favor of something else like LastPass or Xmarks. Or maybe you...

How To Network Older Windows To Windows 7

Kenny writes: How can I move/remove data/pictures/emails from a WinMe PC to a Win 7 PC using either a wired network, USB or Ethernet cable? I have been unable to network the WinMe to the Win7 PC. This is a bit of an odd one, because what Kenny is attempting to do is connect an MS-DOS based Windows (WinME was the final Windows using MS-DOS as the actual OS) over...

Social Media Safety: How To Protect Yourself On Facebook

With the advent of the social network, more and more of our lives and consequently our identities, are finding their way to the net. Names, interests, social relationships, birth-dates, and sometimes even financial information. All very valuable information for the right (or wrong, depending on how you look at it) person. It shouldn’t come as any surprise...

5 Chrome Games You Should Definitely Check Out

Believe it or not, there are more games on the Chrome Web Store than just Angry Birds. I know, I found it shocking too. Know what’s even more surprising? Some of them are actually good. As in…really, really good. I suppose it’s not surprise, really. I’ve compiled a list of games you should take a look at, if ever you’re bored and...

Retro Friday: Yes, TV Truly Is More Annoying To Watch Today

For this article I’m going to cover the technical side of things first, then the actual television content. Rewind the clock back 20 years to 1992. Everyone is using tube-type televisions, none of which could ever produce a true white ("really light gray" was the best you could get in all honesty). The average size of the screen in most homes was...

Is There A Free Fax Program That Will Work With My Internet Service?

Barbara writes: I’m running Win XP Professional with Office 2007, Windows Live Mail (version 2009, seems that’s the most current one) along with IE8. I have Cablevision as my provider for Internet/TV/phone services. Is there an open source (I take it that means "free", right?) fax program that’s easily installed/used with...

Run Non-Unicode Applications With Applocale

At this point, those of you who don’t have a great deal of technical knowledge are probably wondering “What exactly is a non-Unicode Application, and why would I want to run it?” A Non-Unicode application is, essentially, any program that’s not written in the default language of the Windows platform. That’s a horrifically simplified...

Why Is Your Computer Lying To You About How Much Space Is Free?

This is an attempt to explain to you why your computer tells you "conflicting" (but not really) information on exactly how much usable space you have on any given storage medium. In my possession I have a really old 512MB Sandisk cruzer micro USB stick. To make absolutely sure I was going to get the maximum space out of it, I low-level formatted it...

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