Over the past couple of weeks we have been receiving emails like this one from Elaine: “I have this morning downloaded some of your stationery (older Easter stationery) and Norton’s (yes, I know you don’t like it) have sent up a couple warnings regarding it, classing it WS.Reputation.1, which I take to mean there isn’t enough people using… Read More »
USB flash drives are small, portable, and have many uses. Here are two uses for USB flash drives you probably didn’t know. 1. Use your USB flash drive as an MP3 player Yes you can. All you need are speakers or earphones, Windows Media Player, and a USB flash drive loaded with your favorite MP3 music files. Just… Read More »
Many of you use Dropbox to store your valuable files. Dropbox gives all users 2GB of storage space free of charge. If you need more space you can opt to buy more space, or you can earn more space by recommending Dropbox to your friends. If a friend signs up because of your recommendation, you get 250MB of… Read More »
Did you know you actually have quite a bit of control when it comes to printing from notepad? Once you learn these simple tricks, you can print many things from notepad instead of opening a resource hungry word processor! Open Notepad. Go to File, Page Setup. (See Screenshot 1 at bottom) Click the arrow beside “Size” so can… Read More »
What does a secure server mean to you? Web browser: “How do I know you’re who you say you are, Mr. Big Bank? You have any ID?” Mr. Big Bank: “As a matter of fact, I do, young fella. Here is my security certificate, you’ll notice that it matches the one that was issued to me by VeriSign.”… Read More »
The Internet doomsayers and fear-mongering, cookie-zealots have apparently won. For good or for bad, an effective DO-NOT-TRACK button is coming to your browser soon, according to Gizmodo and The Wall Street Journal. So it seems, the paranoia over cookies has apparently prevailed. The Cookie-paranoia, fueled by fear fired up by bloggers seeking traffic (read “money”), Microsoft’s hypocritical opportunism, and… Read More »