When you surf, do you see random words or phrases with double underlines? When you move your mouse over them, they display an advertisement related to the underlined words. This feature, called in-text advertising, turns appropriate words in the browser window into links to the advertiser’s website. These sites work with various companies to link to its [...]
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I picked up Dragon Naturally Speaking over the summer through CircuitCity.com and have been playing around with it. If you don’t know what this is, it’s a program that allows you to speak through an included microphone and watch your spoken words instantly appear in documents, email and instant messages. You can even surf the Web [...]
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Seagate® Replica™ * Back up your entire computer automatically. * Take the work and maintenance out of backup. * Have easy, instant access to accidentally deleted files. * Effortless, automatic backup for everything on your PC, including the operating system, programs, and settings. * No tedious installation, nothing to configure. * Up to 250GB capacity [...]
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The holiday season is approaching quickly and many of us will be shopping online. It’s important that consumers understand the potential security risks and know how to protect themselves and their information. The following tips are provided to help promote a safe, secure online shopping experience: Secure your computer. Make sure your computer has the [...]
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The other day I was reminded of how important it is when e-mailing or texting that you make yourself “understood”. What I mean by that is when e-mailing or texting, what you write is left to the recipient to interpret the mood or intent of the words. Sometimes the words are taken the wrong way. [...]
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We often get so used to using a device for one or two things that we fail to remember what else it can be used for. Such is the case with the wheel that is on most computer mice. I use it mostly for scrolling up and down a page, but occasionally I’ll need to [...]
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I had someone call me the other day saying that they had plugged their USB thumb drive into their computer and it wasn’t recognized. When they plugged it into another computer, it came back saying that it wasn’t formatted and need to be. They had been storing files on it and it had failed. I [...]
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If there are more than one site that you like to visit when you open your browser, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome allow you to specify multiple startup tabs to have open with each of the pages you want when you start the browser. The downside to having multiple home pages is that when you hit [...]
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I just installed a new printer and printed a multi-page document. Most inkjet printers will stack the printed pages face up. Laserjets usually come out face down so they stack properly. Well, my printer, being an inkjet, printed from the first page to the last, which was nice, but what wasn’t so nice is that [...]
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When it comes to online passwords, most people have no idea how to create strong ones. Many people use easy-to-crack passwords: pet names, birthdays, and common dictionary words. Additionally, they rarely ever change their passwords. Along with that, a lot of people use the same password for every site they’ve signed up for. You may [...]
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