Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones. Today I’m going to show you how you can de-clutter the page when you are viewing YouTube videos, or an Amazon product page. In order to take advantage of this, you need to use Firefox, Chrome, or Safari as your web browser. What I am [...] Read more »
If you have a Google account (such as a Gmail email account, or a YouTube account), you should have already been receiving notices that Google’s privacy policy is changing. You have until March 1 (this Thursday) to delete your Google browsing history for any of your Google accounts. After that, the only way you [...] Read more »
One of the great things about Windows 7 is the wonderful selection of high-resolution graphics you can use for your wallpaper (background image). And most people don’t even realize that these are all available – free. If you have Windows 7, you will love this. Minimize all the windows so that you [...] Read more »
How online shopping has evolved! I remember not too many years ago when the average person had the attitude, “There’s no way I’m buying anything online – I’ll never put my credit card out on the internet!” For most people, shopping on the internet is now a way of life – 71% of adults [...] Read more »
It’s pretty common now for a house to have several computers and one printer. Our house has been that way for a while – we all share the one printer, and most of the time it works out fine. Sometimes, however, it would be nice to share the printer with someone else – maybe [...] Read more »
It used to be you could go to YouTube, browse some videos, and just enjoy the content that you like. Whether the video was of an opera singer performing, or a skateboarder doing a face plant, you could watch the entire video without having to be annoyed by any commercials. Not any more. [...] Read more »
The Kindle e-readers are becoming more and more popular. I got my Kindle Fire when they were introduced late last year, and I use it almost every day. I still hear a few people saying, “I will always prefer a printed book over an electronic one” but I think a lot of them will [...] Read more »
One of the great advantages of having a laptop computer is the portability. You can just pick it up and take it anywhere, and these days you can find a wifi signal in lots of public places. However, there is a downside with that portability benefit – laptops are easily stolen. One minute you [...] Read more »
You have probably heard about the malicious software programs that suddenly pop up a window and tell you that you have 97 severe threats on your computer and you need to take action to get rid of them. You close the window, and it just opens up again a few seconds later. Sometimes lots [...] Read more »
The procedure for setting a System Restore point is definitely something with which you should be familiar. It may come in very handy some day. What is System Restore? Interestingly, when you use the System Restore feature built into Windows, it does not actually restore your whole system. What it does is this: [...] Read more »
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