As more of us rely on memory keys, thumb drives, and other portable storage devices to save our sensitive information, it is imperative that we ensure the stored information is secured and remains private. The list below is a compilation of various applications that are designed to encrypt the information...

If you have ever sent an email using Gmail with one of your other email accounts (bellsouth.net, yourdomain.com, etc) you’ll notice that the message sent to the recipient lists, gilbert@gilsmethod.com (your real email - @yourdomain) on behalf of gilbert@gmail.com (your Gmail account @gmail) as...

Sick of the PriceGrabbers of the world? Don’t fret, there is an abundance of shop comparison web sites online. The list below is the result of several hours worth of Google searches and putting together a good list of shop comparison websites. I’ve included price comparison, product...

As more computer users flock to the cloud to store their information, the amount of personal information online is increasing at an exponential rate. Along with that growth is the increased risk associated with the exposure of private and sensitive information over the internet. When we upload personal...

If you’re using WordPress as your blog’s publishing platform and you have yet to enable Turbo, you’re missing out."The speed increase is most noticeable when Internet is slow or on high latency and makes everybody’s blogging experience more enjoyable." When enabled,...

PLEASE NOTE: Article has been updated to reflect changes to Feedburner ID once a user switches to Feedburner by Google - 2/25/09 One of the things that I’ve been working on as part of the transfer of Gil’s Method is the design (one of my biggest challenges). While modifying the WordPress...

Every time you type www.GilsMethod.com Windows sends a request to your internet provider’s nameserver, these servers then respond with an address like 109.239.146.34 (which is the true address format for all servers). Using this information your browser can now download the information stored...

Your computer has the ability of being tweaked to increase performance while browsing. This is often achieved bu the use of thrid-party applications that cache websites, which in trun can take up space, another method used involves manually tweaking the registry which to most is a dreaded task (a mishap...