Ever been working on something and Windows keeps urging you to reboot? Windows XP doesn’t give you a lot of choices. You can either not reboot and put up with annoying reminders, or you can reboot and get it over with. Windows Vista and Windows 7 are a bit better. You can postpone your reboot for several hours… Read More »
Over the last few weeks we’ve had a few people asking us about chat programs and which one we recommend. The answer is none. You don’t need one. Really. Over the years we’ve tried them all, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, some we can’t even think of the name of now. Why EB used to be a big IRC… Read More »
This tip is for Internet Explorer 8 and 9, Firefox 3 and newer, and Google Chrome and works in Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 Not a week goes by that we don’t receive a few emails from people telling us that our links don’t work on one page or another. And sure enough, we’ll go check and… Read More »
Holly keeps getting a network error message I have been a lifetime subscriber for years and can’t wait until Fridays. I did have to switch my email address from Yahoo to Google to keep getting your newsletter. Here’s my question: I have a new hard drive that Dell installed on my laptop (trust me, I WILL clone this… Read More »
I’m getting kind of jaded in my old age. Not too much impresses me anymore. While looking for a freeware pick of the week this week, I stumbled on one that is only 60 kilobytes. Do you know how small that is? We’ll the PNG image featured in this article is almost 60 kilobytes. Some Web pages are… Read More »
Some of you have noticed that Norton 360 now includes “LifeLock”. So Norton now not only touts that its firewall can keep you safe from identity theft – but “LifeLock” can keep you even safer. The truth is, neither one can. Norton knows it. We know it. Anyone who understands how identity theft works knows it. If all… Read More »