Archive for the ‘Computer Advice’ Category
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
If you want to IM with a friend or relative, you have to ask what network they use Yahoo, AIM, MSN and the list goes on.
Fortunately, the developers of Pidgina, a new IM client, have come to our rescue. Pidgin can communicate with nearly a dozen networks and better yet, ...
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Monday, July 19th, 2010
If you are tired of having to put your reading glasses on to read the menus as you surf the net, I have a fix for you. Check out the Theme Font Size Changer add-on for Firefox. You can instantly change the font size of all windows, menus, ...
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
Adobe has fixed a "critical" security flaw that could have allowed hackers to take control of affected computer systems.
The security update is part of a version update that repairs 32 security issues in the Flash player.
It appears that users running Windows, Macintosh or Linux were all in danger from this ...
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Sunday, May 16th, 2010
You are getting ready to take a trip and would love to use your iPod Touch to watch that video you have on your laptop but it just doesn't work. Unfortunately, your Touch (or Android or PSP or whatever your device of choice happens to be) and your computer ...
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Friday, April 16th, 2010
Adobe has released a major patch for its Reader and Acrobat programs. The patch fixes 15 major issues that could let a bad guy gain control of your computer. You need to update your Adobe Reader program. Check out the full story.
Adobe Issues Patches
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
I upgraded Mac OSX Tiger to Snow Leopard and all went well. However, I have Parallels Desktop Version 5 installed on my MacBook and I am running Windows XP. When I started Win XP using Parallels, it started OK but I got the following warning message:
Operating System too old
The ...
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
It is that time again. Microsoft has issued its monthly security updates. This go around there are a total of 25 patches in Windows, Office and Exchange, nine of which were rated critical.
So take a minute to run the updater. Better yet set Window to automatically check for and ...
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Call them what you want - hackers, crackers, phishers or attackers - but they are using Twitter to steal user names and passwords.
The send a direct message that tell the receiver to link to something funny, a picture or a video of the recipient. For example the message may say ...
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
I switched to a Mac several years ago and never looked back. Unfortunately, I have to switch between my Mac and a PC at work regularly.
Now I can keep my Mac features while I use my work PC. maComfort lets me enjoy Quicklook, Spaces, Active Corners and my keyboard ...
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
I don't know about you but I find myself getting more and more connected to the big G for my online services. Although I guess we shouldn't complain about free services, opening a browser tab or window to access the Google services is sometimes a pain. That is why ...
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
If you are getting tired of the clunky performance and constant security issues of using Microsoft's Internet Explorer, it may be time to explore some of the other free browser options. I have been a big proponent of Firefox, the number two browser, for several years. However, I ...
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
It's that time again. Microsoft is going to release an out-of-cycle patch for Internet Explorer today.
Generally, they only release patches one Tuesday per month but a problem with IE6 has got their update engine fired up. The flaw they are fixing allowed some nasty folks hack Google. ...
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
One of the few areas that you don't have control of on your Mac is the login screen. Now that has changed
Ravissant is a free application that gives you the power to customize the appearance of your Mac OS X Login screen. You can change the logo, background ...
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Saturday, December 5th, 2009
I figure Santa may be bringing a lot of folks new computers this Christmas so I thought I should take a minute to make some recommendations on how to safely hook that new gem to the internet. Assuming Santa didn't have the good judgment to bring you a Mac, ...
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