Add custom toolbars to Windows 7, 8x or 10 One trick we’ve been using for a number of years is turning our most-often-used folders into toolbars that can be accessed quickly and easily from the system tray (Notification area). This is one of the most useful tips ever and we should have shared this with you long ago… Read More »
Use Cortana as your go-to dictionary Here’s a quick tip for those of you using the North American version of Windows 10. You may have mixed feelings about Cortana but, she’s useful and can save you time I tells ya! Like if you want to know the weather you can ask her: “What’s the weather (today)?” You can… Read More »
Chrome Privacy Settings You Might Not Know Here’s a tip that fits in the DIDJA KNOW category. There are many privacy settings that are hidden in Chrome that you probably never knew were there. So we’re going to show you have to find them and tell you about some of the settings you can change. First let’s talk about… Read More »
Gmail Now Has a New Block Sender Feature Gmail has long had a feature that allows you to mark a message as spam, but this week Google has a announced a new Block Sender feature that you can use to block a sender by email address. Once you block a sender any future emails from that nutjob…OUCH EB!… Read More »
Look Before You Leap Two Tools to Help You Determine If a Web Site is Safe It’s really hard to tell by looking at a web site whether it’s safe or not. And nobody wants to be constrained to visiting only sites they know are safe. Part of the fun of the Web is scouting and finding new… Read More »
Wear the Badger of Privacy We think “Do Not Track” browser features and browser add-ons are pretty much worthless – they assume that everything and everyone is tracking you for evil purposes and thus block everything without regard to what it is, who it is , or if it may be beneficial. Yes, indeed, I tells ya… sometimes… Read More »