Haven’t had enough of knowing which update notifications are good and what isn’t? Good! There are plenty of other notifications which are quite good and need attention, and there are some others which will be demanding your attention and may do a lot of harm. We will look at both so you will be prepared [...]

It is that time of year again, when the decorations go up, the snow starts, companies left and right are fighting for your holiday dollars with new shiny gadgets and vendors slowly increase their pricing to take advantage of the period of extra spending. However, not everyone tries to raise prices and not everyone just [...]

Many people might go to their local newsagent to buy the local paper or industry magazine to keep on top of what is going on and see what is being reported. Others might visit news websites to find out what the latest news is and more again might flick on the radio and catch the [...]

Arthur C. Clarke once write “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” and I believe that applies more today than it ever has. It has been proven by the massive explosion of great new technologies released lately and it can be hard to tell if this is the panacea, or if there are still [...]

As previously written in my first installment of being more productive on the computer, I shared some tips and tricks to working faster on your computer with common keyboard shortcuts and faster mouse paths to getting things done, such as sending off an e-mail, replying to an e-mail, or saving documents quickly and efficiently. This [...]

I am a huge fan of laser printers for many reasons. They are fast, efficient, easy to network, and the toner cartridges last a very long time before having to replace them. Probably the best reason is their lower cost-per-page compared to inkjet printers. If it was a perfect world, quite honestly, I would abolish [...]

With proper care, the expensive lithium-ion batteries in your notebook PCs and other portable gear can run well for many, many years. Common battery-care mistakes will reduce your batteries’ run times and lead to needless environmental waste and costly early replacement. Heat is the biggest offender to lithium-ion (Li-Ion) batteries. It is best to keep [...]

Most computers today might have what has traditionally been a mechanical hard drive; a noisy metal rectangle shaped box about 3.5 inches wide that generates a lot of heat and has little metal platters inside that spin about several thousand times a minute and holds your data and computer programs. But there is a new [...]

Spyware/adware, herein referred to as spyware, is software that covertly gathers user information through the user’s Internet connection. This occurs with or without his or her knowledge, usually for advertising purposes. Spyware applications are typically bundled as a hidden component of freeware or shareware programs that can be downloaded from the Internet; however, it should [...]

Most computer users are confused between the two types of computer memory. There is the one type of memory that if you increase it’s capacity, you get a dramatic performance boost. Then there is the other type of memory where if you increase that capacity, you get to store a lot more music, photos, videos, [...]