Wednesday Newsbytes – News for You – 022322 Every day we scan the tech world for news that affects all of us who use Windows computers. Today, we’re featuring three news articles that grabbed our attention over the past week. We had a lot of positive feedback and excellent readership for our first two “Wednesday Newsbytes”… Read More »
Forget the Dark Web: Ransomware Gangs Weaponize Facebook and Twitter to Pressure Victims (Written by Jareth, for the Emsisoft blog. Republished with permission from Emsisoft) The threat of public exposure is a core part of the ransomware playbook. The more eyeballs on an incident, the greater the embarrassment, reputational damage and risk of litigation for the… Read More »
How to Put Your Favorite Websites on Your Desktop, Taskbar, or Start Menu Note: This tip was written for the Chrome browser on Windows 10 and Windows 11. We’ve also added instructions for Microsoft Edge. If you’re using Firefox, IE, Opera, Brave, or other browsers, you can drag the URL from the address bar to your desktop.… Read More »
If Your Favorite Browser Isn’t Running As It Should, You Need to Do This! Check Your Installed Browser Extensions Browser extensions add features to your browser of choice. And that’s a good thing. But adding too many extensions to your browser cannot only adversely affect the performance of your favorite browser – it can affect the… Read More »
How to Make a Video from Your Photos Using the Windows 10 or Windows 11 Photos App We receive quite a few asking how to make videos from pictures. So, we took some time to play around with the Photos App. The Windows Photos App has quite of few features, but they’re certainly not obvious or… Read More »
Saturday Bonus Questions and Answers – 021922 It’s hard to believe the weekend is here already… and you know what that means. It’s time for more Bonus Questions & Answers. Sometimes the best tips and tricks are hidden in the questions and answers we publish. And rarely do we post questions and answers on this website.… Read More »