Black Friday and holiday shopping deals are a week away, if you are still ONLY looking at Windows or Apple computers when you are shopping for a new computing device or upgrade, you are limiting your choices and increasing the complexity. Take this short quiz (click yes or no) and then keep reading: If you chose the ‘perfect…’ answer more… Read More »Shopping for a computer? Choose a Chromebook or iPad instead
This is a quick tip on using an extra feature of tabbed browsing. What’s tabbed browsing? If you aren’t using tabbed browsing yet, you need to start…today! Click here to get started and learn how to put this powerful feature of all modern browsers to work for you. Today’s intermediate tabbed browsing tip only works in Firefox, Google Chrome, and… Read More »How to use tearable tabs in your browser – Video Tip
Have you ever wondered where a photo was taken? Or maybe who took it? If you use the Google Chrome browser, you have quick access to the useful Google Image Search that can answer these questions in a flash! Here’s how to use it: When you come across an image on a web site (again using Google Chrome ONLY) and… Read More »How to use Google Image Search in Google Chrome – Video Tip
I write a similar article every few weeks not because I’m not creative, but because too many people aren’t listening yet. These past few weeks have been awful for folks getting fake security software on their computers. It often times gets on a computer as a result of other things you are trying to download or access including, but not limited to:
What happens is the bad guys have figured out how to take advantage of what is popular at any given time. As you install the programs listed above or access the services listed, you agree to put the junk on your system and it then stealthy slips by any existing security software you do have. If you follow a few simple rules, Read More »Beware of fake security software