A few years ago we made Fotomix a freeware pick of the week. It was great freeware, it was a great program. Then greed reared its ugly head. We received an email from Doug — one of our Premium subscribers – alerted us to Fotomix’s intrepid bundling. There’s no way to stop it from installing its ugly payload,… Read More »
Being part of the Cloudeight Direct Computer Care service has allowed us to visit with many of you and to see a lot of the common problems that occur with Windows systems. There are many common problems and sometimes it takes some digging around to get to the bottom of them. We like to find out what is… Read More »
Those of us who have tablets or smartphones know that searching with those devices is faster than search with a PC…there are no ads and clutter to waste space or waste time to load. So the question I asked myself, how can I get the same fast search results from Google on my laptop (Windows 7) computer? The… Read More »
It’s all about the money. Facebook’s (supposed) 901 million users will be treated to “free” security software from Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro and Sophos but it’s not really free. If you are a Facebook user (and according to Facebook everyone is) you’re going to have access to some of the biggest names in the security software business —… Read More »
Doris want us to reprise the Quick Windows Shutdown tips Sometime ago you gave a quick tip [ shortcut ] to shut down a PC. I have miss-placed the tip, could you please give that to me again. Appreciate this very much. Our answer Sure thing! Here you go Doris: The following shortcuts work in Windows Vista and… Read More »
Courtesy of MaximumPC.com Getting to know your neighbors better used to involve a lot of legwork: heading next door for dinner, chatting over the fence, signing up for the Neighborhood watch, et cetera. The times, they are a-changin’, though, and a new study commissioned by Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office suggests that these days, all you have to do… Read More »