What You Need to Know About Windows 8.1: "The latest version of Windows has been dubbed “an apology” by some — it’s definitely more at home on a desktop PC than Windows 8 was. However, it also offers a more fleshed out and mature tablet experience."
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October 18, 2013
October 17, 2013
What to Do When Windows Won’t Boot
"You turn on your computer one day and Windows refuses to boot — what do you do? “Windows won’t boot” is a common symptom with a variety of causes, so you’ll need to perform some troubleshooting."
October 03, 2013
How to convert PDF to Word DOC for free: a comparison
How to convert PDF to Word DOC for free: a comparison: "If you are wondering whether you can do good PDF to Word (DOC, DOCX, or RTF) conversion for free, the answer is: Absolutely. This posting will present and compare a number of different ways to do this, for free, without any watermarks or restrictions."
September 29, 2013
Revive Your Old PC: The 3 Best Linux Systems For Old Computers
"If you have an old Windows XP PC or a netbook, you can revive it with a lightweight Linux system."
September 28, 2013
A better way to die
"My mother faced death on her own terms, and in doing so set a good example for all of us"
September 24, 2013
Is Facebook causing outbreaks of mass hysteria?
"Social media could be taking empathetic pain to a whole new level"
September 22, 2013
What Apps Have Access to Your Facebook and Twitter?
"When was the last time you’ve checked to see what apps have access to your Facebook and Twitter accounts? If you are like most Internet users, you are probably long overdue for a cleanup.
Below, we show you how to perform an audit. An audit will let you review all the apps on your account and determine if they should still have access."
September 03, 2013
September 01, 2013
The New Talk: Not Just Sex—Porn, Too
"The ultimate goal of the talk is not prohibition; it’s perspective. Kids need to know that what they are seeing, in all its often disturbing variety, is not what sex really is. Pornography is a business. It makes money by taking a natural thing to an unnatural extreme. Porn is part of sexuality, but it doesn't define it. The sex on porn sites is not the sex that is a wonderful part of life."
Why You Should Worry Whenever a Service’s Password Database is Leaked
"Whatever a service says when its password database is stolen, it’s best to assume that every service is completely incompetent and act accordingly."
August 11, 2013
Relying on Algorithms and Bots Can Be Really, Really Dangerous
"Efficiency isn’t always bad. But Morozov suggests that sometimes tools should do the opposite—they should introduce friction. "
August 08, 2013
July 31, 2013
July 17, 2013
July 14, 2013
Windows Live Mail sorted by date: not working correctly
I recently helped someone who used Windows Live Mail 2011 for their mail client, and a weird situation developed: even though her mail was sorted by date, with the newest mail supposedly at the top, it was not completely that way; some messages were a few or many entries further down that they should have been, obviously out of order.
Resolution: after finding this page, we turned off conversation grouping (no idea how it got turned on in the first place) and all was well.
The steps:
Resolution: after finding this page, we turned off conversation grouping (no idea how it got turned on in the first place) and all was well.
The steps:
- open Windows Live Mail
- go to the View tab
- click on Conversations and choose Off.
Had I not figured this out, I would have switched her over to the eM Client mail application, which looks like it has a nice feature set, including calendar, and can import data from various Microsoft mail systems. It's free for basic non-commercial use.
July 13, 2013
July 12, 2013
Your Facebook friends may be evil bots
"How safe is your online social network? Not very, as it turns out. Your friends may not even be human, but rather bots siphoning off your data and influencing your decisions with convincing yet programmed points of view."
'via Blog this'
July 05, 2013
Camp gives kids a tech break, and might even save your marriage
"Within the Wi-Fi free camp bubble, life is blissfully retro. Kids eat three meals a day together around a table -- and wait for this, because they aren't clutching devices and tapping away all distracted and zoned out, they actually talk face to face and make eye contact."
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