There have been programs around for a long time that will convert all sorts of documents to PDF, but until now, most of them did this by using a trick that works by making a virtual printer that converts the document into PDF format. Unfortunately, the PDF files created this way, while in PDF format aren’t completely functional.… Read More »
Wow! We opened up a big can of worms with our tip on what your computer stores about your Web browsing — and not just the stuff your browsers store in temp files. It seems some of our friends using Vista ( and maybe other versions of Windows, although we found on Windows 7 no elevation was needed)… Read More »
How many of you think using a good cleanup program removes all traces of your web browsing? Raise your hands. OK, that’s just about all of you — you CCLeaner users seem particularly smug. OK, go ahead, make my day. Copy this post, paste it in a notepad file or an email, or your favorite text editor, and… Read More »
There is no freeware that gets more attention than really good freeware that does really magical things with digital images. So today, during some down time, I was playing around with an image editor (free) which I thought did some interesting things without a lot of messing around or learning new tricks. I’m more of a try-it-and-see-what-happens kind… Read More »
Before we get started, we’ll tell you that you won’t find this on Microsoft’s Web site – although they allude to it several times. And there are a couple things you need to keep in mind first: Anytime you reinstall an operating system there’s a chance that something will go wrong and you’ll lose some — or a… Read More »
Our privacy is being invaded everywhere we go, eroded by the technology we all use. If you drive a car they’ll snap pictures of your license plate. If you make a call on your cell phone they’ll triangulate your location and record the details of your call. If you shop for groceries, they’ll track what you bought. If… Read More »