Troubleshoot Sluggish Or Non-Working Wi-Fi
I'm a big fan of working at offsite locations--meaning my local Wi-Fi-equipped coffee shop. In fact, I'll often spend the afternoon hunkered down at Panera Bread, iced tea in one hand and a French...
View ArticleGive Your Netbook an OS Makeover with Jolicloud
I know a handful of people who suffer from netbook-buyer's remorse: they bought one of the inexpensive little machines, then stuck it in a closet when they discovered how sluggishly it ran...
View ArticleThe 21 Greatest PC Mysteries--Solved!
Modern PCs are certainly marvels of technology--and yet for all their advances, computers still do crazy, inexplicable things. With the average machine, there's enough mystery to keep Sherlock Holmes...
View ArticleTen E-Mail Abbreviations You Need to Learn
It kind of amazes me that in this day and age, lots of people still don't recognize common e-mail shorthand. OMG, WTF is up with that? If you're constantly confused by some of the alphabet soup...
View ArticleHow to Get More Work Done in the Morning
PC hassles come in all shapes and sizes. Usually I focus on concrete stuff like printer problems and Windows glitches, but there are more abstract hassles that merit attention as well.For example, I...
View ArticleThe wrong way to manage passwords
Over the weekend I went camping with some buddies, and somehow the subject of computer passwords came up. I asked everyone how they manage theirs, and all six of them said the same thing: They store...
View ArticleRecover Stolen Laptops, Add Uninstall Option, Organize Icons
In the last month, two family members and one friend have had laptops stolen right out of their homes. Sadly, none of the systems were equipped with remote-monitoring software--unlike the folks we...
View ArticleSites Loading Slowly? Blame McAfee SiteAdvisor
True story. I'd been getting fed up with Firefox, in part because it was acting sluggish and flaky, so I decided to give Google's Chrome browser a try. And by "try," I mean make it my primary browser...
View ArticleKaspersky's Free TDSSKiller Digs Up Rootkits
Recently I spent some time rescuing my sister-in-law's laptop from some seriously nasty malware. Even after running utilities like Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, then using UnHide to restore the system's...
View ArticleHow to temporarily disable Microsoft Security Essentials
When it comes to keeping my PC secure, I rely on a small handful of tools: Windows 7's built-in firewall, Gmail's spam filtering, Web of Trust's helpful browser plug-in, and Microsoft's free Security...
View ArticleSix browser plug-ins that protect your privacy
It's no stretch to say that ads are what make the Web go 'round. The content you're reading right now? Paid for by ads. Google, Facebook, Pandora, YouTube? Driven by ads. This is not a new concept: TV...
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9 security gadgets for mobile devices
Keep your mobile devices safeNowadays, when it seems like every week brings news of a new security breach, it seems appropriate to modernize an old saw by saying: You can never be too rich, too thin --...
View ArticleSix browser plug-ins that protect your privacy
It's no stretch to say that ads are what make the Web go 'round. The content you're reading right now? Paid for by ads. Google, Facebook, Pandora, YouTube? Driven by ads. This is not a new concept: TV...
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9 security gadgets for mobile devices
Keep your mobile devices safeNowadays, when it seems like every week brings news of a new security breach, it seems appropriate to modernize an old saw by saying: You can never be too rich, too thin --...
View ArticleSix browser plug-ins that protect your privacy
It's no stretch to say that ads are what make the Web go 'round. The content you're reading right now? Paid for by ads. Google, Facebook, Pandora, YouTube? Driven by ads. This is not a new concept: TV...
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9 security gadgets for mobile devices
Keep your mobile devices safeNowadays, when it seems like every week brings news of a new security breach, it seems appropriate to modernize an old saw by saying: You can never be too rich, too thin --...
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