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Opera is one of those browsers that has a very dedicated community, but pales in usage compared to Firefox and Internet Explorer. The perks of Opera have pretty much always been the same...
One way which viruses are distributed are through system script files such as files with VBS and JS extensions. One on the more well known attacks which used this method is the ILOVEYOU virus which spread as an email attachment and counted on the user running the script file attachment...
If you ever have the need to hide text from web crawling bots such as email gathering spam bots or search engine spiders, then putting your text in an image and posting the image is an effective method. Of course, this can be cumbersome for obvious reasons...
Some sites make it easy (more or less) to delete your account if you don’t feel like using it any longer. Others however make it exceedingly difficult...
Every now and then we all have the need to send a fax. Whether it is for important [fill in the blank] forms with your signature or you simply need to send a ‘paper copy’ of something instantly, fax is still a standard for transferring documents...
A couple of days ago, I posted about Piwik which is a Google Analytics alternative. These two gather information the same way: via javascript. While this is gives great insight into your visitors, it is not 100% reliable because of script blockers...
I don’t think there’s any denying that Firefox 3.5 is late to the party concerning other browsers have had features (like private browsing) FF is only getting now. Regardless, here’s my real-world review on it...
One of the more popular tools among people who run their own web sites is Google Analytics. Rightfully so as it is able to track just about anything you want. The only problem with Google Analytics is that you don’t own your own stats...
On YouTube there are more than a few prominent video-makers there that have run into the problem of having videos pulled (or accounts outright banned) due to them not being family friendly...
Last Friday I went to configure my father’s new PC, a Dell Inspiron 531 mini-tower. This is Dell’s lowest-priced offering and it’s as basic as basic can get. A box with Windows XP, mouse, keyboard, power cable and not much else...
First of all, I’m stealing the tagline of Miro HD Video Player for the title of this tip. Miro is an open source application which connects to free Internet repositories of video and downloads them to your machine for viewing...
If you really want to dig into Firefox customizations and make some interface changes which may not be available through existing themes or add-ons then utilizing the userChrome.css file is what you need to do...
Google Wave is poised to potentially be the next big thing on the web. In a nutshell it combines email, chat, voice and documents into a single interface. Unfortunately, it is not publicly available yet so there is a lot of a speculation on exactly what Google Wave does and how it works...
There are certain times when you need to access your instant messenger from the web rather than from a client. For example, if you’re at a friend’s house and want to login on his or her PC for a few minutes, it’s the easiest way to get chatting without installing anything...
Well, the prices for Windows 7 are here and this is how it fares out. Is Windows 7 cheaper than Vista? YES (thank God). If Microsoft had priced this the same as the previous OS that would have been a seriously stupid maneuver...
A lot of people are disliking YouTube these days. If it’s not for their ever-present "scheduled maintenance", it’s for the continually tightening grip on what is considered "acceptable" content and what isn’t...
USB flash drives have become so standardized and normal that people don’t think much of them anymore. Whereas they used to be fairly expensive (considering), nowdays you can easily get 8GB drives for as little as $20...
New software from Microsoft, Hohm, is a free web-based tool that you can use calculate how to save on energy costs in your own home...
In the news recently, there was mention of a City in Montana requiring not only information on your social media accounts, but your user name and passwords as well. It goes without saying, this is huge concern to applicants’ privacy...
What exactly does "doesn’t need a PC" mean? It means this printer doesn’t need a PC at all. It’s web-connected on its own. This is called the HP Photosmart Premium and yes, it has its own 4.33-inch touch screen. When I say it doesn’t need the PC at all, I meant it...
I’ll start this one off by answering the question: Hot enough to melt plastic. I know this from personal experience...
Windows Live Mail is a great email client, no question. But one very longstanding complaint is the way it renders fonts...
The typical tech people put into cars are music players, DVD decks, PNDs (personal navigation devices) and smartphones. And the most annoying thing is how to mount it...
Something I stumbled across a while ago was this awesome power strip which allows you to selectively switch off certain outlets. As with standard power strips, you can shut off power to the whole device, but this only gives the flexibility to just turn off selected outlets with a similar switch...
This is a call for all of you out there to post a comment telling us what you’re running right now for a computer. It doesn’t matter if it’s old or new, pre-built or custom, fast or slow, laptop or desktop, etc. Post your specs...
In 2007 I did a video on how to share files/folders to Windows with Ubuntu. But since version 8 of that OS the way in which this is done has changed a bit...
Mac users who utilize QuickTime for their video player might want to take a look at the Windows Media Components for QuickTime available for download at Microsoft’s site...
I don’t know how this one slipped by me, so apologies that I’m late to the party on reporting this one, but better late than never. The Xcore86 is an amazing little board because the entire computer is embedded within it...
I bought a refurbished Dell Dimension 4400 back when Windows XP was brand new in 2001. It was $625 shipped. The only thing I ever did to it was upgrade the processor from 1.6GHz to a 2.4GHz and bumped the RAM from 256MB to 512MB. Other than that, everything in it is original...
While not as popular as the PC vs. Mac or Windows vs. Linux debates are today, the argument for either leaving your computer on all the time or turning it off at night has certainly had it’s fair share of discussion...
craigslist, love it or hate it, is a great site to find.. well.. anything. However you’re limited to searching just one local area at a time...
One of the best RSS feed readers out there is Google Reader. However one (very) longstanding complaint is that it has no ability to change the name of folders/tags. However there is a workaround, that being to "move" subscriptions from one tag to another...
If you are a Thunderbird user and deal with a lot of emails and newsgroup posts which have quoted text, an extension you might want to look at is Quote Collapse. It automatically collapses all quotes, and expands them again on a click...
If you have cable or satellite television, this doesn’t concern you. But if you receive television over-the-air via a DTV box, it does. Today is the day where analog television transmissions cease and they’re all supposed to be available via your DTV box now...
Clickjacking is one of newer online threats. If you are not familiar with it, here is an excerpt on what it is: Clickjacking is a malicious technique of tricking web users into revealing confidential information or taking control of their computer while clicking on seemingly innocuous web pages...
When researching a problem on the Internet, a lot of times you will find message boards and blot posts to be very valuable...
On the PCMech Live show I am asked at least once each broadcast what I use for a headset and why it sounds so good. The answer is simple: It’s a USB-based headset with microphone. Specifically, the Logitech ClearChat Comfort USB (wired, not wireless)...
Since Google Chrome has a new version I decided to download and check it out to see what’s new. Here’s what happened: First, on attempt to load in a YouTube video, the plugin crashed. Not a very good start...
If you ever have a need to track down and analyze network traffic, a tool you need to have is Wireshark. This tool is actively developed by industry professionals around the world and has an impressive list of features...
If you hadn’t heard, Facebook will allow you to choose a username as of Saturday, June 13 at 12:01am EDT. You can read up the details at www.facebook.com/username, which OF COURSE requires a Facebook account to even see it (and that’s lame)...
Something I have noticed a lot lately is contacting support via email options instead of using the phone is a lot faster (with regards to time you spend on an issue). This seems to hold true for both computer and non-computer related incidents...
For those of you out there using the Internet Explorer 8 web browser, customizing the Command Bar makes it a lot easier to get to specific functions in IE 8 faster...
Whenever it comes time to get a new cell phone you, obviously, have to retire your old one. Once you have transferred the data from the old device to the new one, it is (probably) best to either trade in the phone for a credit or recycle it...
For those that have been reading my articles for some time (this is Rich, by the way, better known as "Not Dave"), I can’t stand optical discs. They’re slow to write, scratch easily, have inferior life span compared to USB sticks and the list goes on...
A few definitions up front: Most people know what a netbook is, which is a small-form laptop/notebook computer. The nettop is the same thing in a desktop form, meaning a small-form desktop PC...
If you have a need to do a simple file backup where you need to keep a certain number of historical backups, a simple utility to take a look at is Gammadyne’s Backup9. The BACKUP9.EXE utility will maintain a number of backups (9 by default) of a file...
If you run your own web site and run Perl, PHP scripts or the like, there will be instances where you have to edit some files from time to time. The long way to do it is to download the file you need to edit, modify it, then upload it back...
There’s a lot of people who have the desire to shoot video while driving, but then quickly give up the notion after realizing how much of a pain it can be. However it’s not all that difficult if you know how to do it in a safe way that doesn’t inconvenience you...
By default whenever you create a shortcut in Windows, a small arrow is placed on the shortcut icon to indicate this is indeed a shortcut...
When you first visit Pandora, you will notice are prompted to enter a song or artist along with the site’s tagline: Stations that play only music you like Pandora is a unique approach to customizing a playlist to your liking...
Many people do not like to use the NoScript add-on for Firefox because it is pretty restrictive out of the box and requires time to tune it to where you do not notice it running...
Using a beta edition web browser is something most people don’t want to do, especially when it comes to Firefox. Why? Because there’s a risk it may break one or more of the add-ons you have installed in the browser...
LogMeIn is by far one of the best remote PC services there is. I use it personally to connect to my PC when away from home...
If you frequent websites where the pages are constantly updated and you have to click the refresh button to get the latest information, rather than manually clicking it yourself, check out the ReloadEvery Firefox add-on. Reloads web pages every so many seconds or minutes...
This is going to be one of those "Duh, that’s common sense" things, but it’s amazing how many people still do this. We’ve all heard that you should use different passwords for different accounts; that much is obvious...
For you gamers out there with not a lot of cash, or just want something different in the MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online game) arena, here are 5 free ones for you to try out...
If you are a Twitter user and are looking to gather some metrics regarding your “relevance” on the micro-blog site, take a look at Twitalyzer...
A universal truth about the internet is that if there’s anything, and I mean anything, that gains popularity as a communications medium, it will be spammed mercilessly. Such is the case with Twitter. Currently it’s being bombarded with spam. And it’s set to get worse...
Well, that didn’t take long. Currently it’s being plastered all over the internet that the official Windows 7 launch date is October 22, 2009. For those of you that suck at math, that’s roughly four months from now...
If you have a blog, you have probably gathered that posting consistently and predictably is very important for maintaining your reader base. To help accomplish this, one thing you can do is schedule your posts to publish at a specific time...
Lots of us have more than just one computer in the home. And with instant messenger apps, that unfortunately means only one computer can use a single IM account at a time...
Free is a relative term because it doesn’t necessarily mean "no money required". If to get the free access you must do something decidedly inconvenient, that costs you time and effort. But in these times, some are willing to be inconvenienced if it means saving a buck or two...
If you are looking to get into a new field of computing such as programming, networking, or whatever, don’t forget about the “For Dummies” style books. While there is lots of information on the Internet, unless you know exactly what you are looking for you may have a hard time finding it...
This article is not about the things we buy online but rather the traditional stores we use to buy our electronic stuff. With electronics items, you can either go to a store that’s specifically deals in electronics, an office supply store, or a department store...
Bing is the new search engine web site from Microsoft. This is their attempt to put their name on the map concerning internet search, or said differently, Microsoft is trying to compete with Google. Again. Bing is the replacement for Live Search. You can try it right now if you like...
You may have seen several posts and tips on this site in the past regarding the excellent open source password manager, KeePass, but today I’m going to point you to another excellent password manager: RoboForm...
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