What in the World is a Hijacker? A hijacker, in the world of computers and the internet at least- is usually a browser extension that hijacks (takes over) your browser’s home page (start page) or your browser’s default search engine. An example of a “home page hijacker” You have http://thundercloud.net/start/ set as your browser’s home page… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #975 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #975, was sent to all subscribers on Friday, June 17, 2022, at approximately 8:20 AM, Eastern daylight saving time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. If you are… Read More »
How to Defeat (some) Paywalls using Edge’s Immersive Reader Feature or Extensions in Chrome and Firefox First, if you don’t know what a paywall is, you do. It blocks you from reading content on websites that require you to have a subscription (pay) to read the content. It looks like this… We’re going to show… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #974 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #974, was sent to all subscribers on Friday, June 10, 2022, at approximately 7:35 AM, Eastern daylight saving time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. If you are… Read More »
Saturday Bonus Questions and Answers – 060422 It’s the first Saturday in June and summer is unofficially here – and for those of you south of the equator – winter is unofficially upon you. And, since it’s Saturday it means it’s time for our Saturday Bonus Questions & Answers. Sometimes the best tips and tricks are… Read More »
Wednesday Newsbytes – News for You – 060122 Every day we scan the tech world for news that affects all of us who use Windows computers. Every Wednesday, we feature some of the news articles that grabbed our attention over the past week. We hope you find this week’s “Wednesday Newsbytes” informative and interesting! Watch out… Read More »