Comcast Does It Again!

Another Comcast call recorded, another Comcast apology Is recording the only answer? Ash Semvalavich/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET This call is being recorded to improve customer service. It’s being recorded by the customer. Perhaps this is the message that every Comcast customer should prepare after another unhappy man decides to record a call with the company’s service staff. In… Read More »

Which States Have the Fastest Internet? Is Yours One of Them?

These States Have the Fastest Internet Virginia tops the list, and Alaska comes in last Virginia tops the list of the states with the fastest Internet, with an average Internet speed of 13.7 megabits per second (Mbps), according to Akamai’s “State of the Internet” report for the first quarter of 2014. Massachusetts and Delaware tied for second at 13.1 Mbps,… Read More »

Hackers Want to Change Email Forever

Hackers Unveil Their Plan To Change Email Forever The creator of an ultra-secure email service once said to be used by Edward Snowden unveiled his next project at a major hacker conference Friday: He and others like him want to change the very nature of email forever. Ladar Levison, creator of the Lavabit encrypted email provider, was forced… Read More »

Like to Read? You Might Like This Site!

PaperBackSwap If you’re anything like us, you have lots and lots of paperback books laying around. One of our passions, besides computers, is reading. We both love to read and we both have tons of paperback books. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to trade some of those old paperback books for other paperback books we’d like… Read More »

21 Windows Tips

Everyone likes short, quick Windows tips. These following 21 tips work in all versions of Windows, unless otherwise noted. We hope you find these tips useful! To change computer time: Right mouse click on the clock in your system tray (lower far right) or right-click in system tray and choose “adjust date and time”. To save a picture/image… Read More »

Updating Drivers: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it

Back in the days of Windows 95, 98, and Me, new and improved hardware for Windows computers was being released in flurry of activity — and it was really important to keep your drivers updated – and so, back in the day, we used to recommend that everyone keep drivers updated. But that all changed with the release… Read More »