Gmail.Period. Aliases can be good or bad. The aliases we’re talking about today are good ones. We’re going to show you how to use Gmail aliases to track how your email address is being used – i.e., when you sign up for something on the Web – and how it’s being misused — i.e. when you… Read More »
A bit, short for binary digit, is the smallest unit of measurement used for information storage in computers. A bit is represented by a 1 or a 0 with a value of true or false, sometimes expressed as on or off. Eight bits form a single byte of information, also known as an octet. Thus, the difference between… Read More »
UAC (User Account Control) is another Microsoft workaround in their never-ending battle with hackers as Microsoft tries to keep us Windows users safer. But turning off UAC isn’t a good idea. But we all know too well how those UAC prompts can get annoying. There’s a little program (339 KB) that can tame UAC for you without having… Read More »
Got a Kindle Fire? Want free ebooks? Kindle Fire (all versions) Amazon offers tens of thousands of free ebooks for your Kindle Fire, but finding them can be difficult. Unless you have the patience of Job, you’d love an easier way to find the tens of thousands of free ebooks available. There are two Web sites we can… Read More »
Many people think Windows 8 is a completely new operating system because of how it looks. But under the hood, it’s very much like Windows 7. In fact, if you’ve been a Windows 7 user for a while, if you add a start button and you choose to boot to the desktop instead of the multi-tiled start screen,… Read More »
Dan asks about ISP throttling Can a ISP throttle back on certain sites or across the board only? Do you have any tips on your site or elsewhere to help prevent such antics? I appreciate your efforts… Daniel Our answer Hi Daniel. ISP’s can and do throttle bandwidth across the board and site by site, especially targeting movie… Read More »