Is your Favorites bar in Internet Explorer overflowing with bookmarks? What’s the point of having the Favorite’s bar if all of the bookmarks get pushed to the end as bookmarks with long titles are added? I usually solve this issue by renaming my favorite bookmarks to a blank name so that only the icon appears,…Continue Reading
Just recently Microsoft released SP1 to manufacturers and OEM to help distribute the new service pack across their new systems, but only now is it available for everyone to download or install directly through the Windows Automatic Update. We covered the details regarding the update a little over a week ago, which included a lot…Continue Reading
The new version of Internet Explorer sports a leaner interface which provides users with the greatest amount of web page real estate compared to other browsers. This is possible in part because by default Internet Explorer 9 bundles the One Box (address bar) and open tabs on the same row. This is great improvement over…Continue Reading
Is a there a website or group of websites you always visit when you open your browser? If so you may want to tell Internet Explorer which sites you visit the most so that you can set them up as your home page. Internet Explorer 9, like most modern browsers, allows users to set more…Continue Reading
Are you looking for a way to browse the web without leaving any trace of your whereabouts? If you’re new to Internet Explorer 9 and are looking for a way to browse the web anonymously you may want to learn how to use InPrivate browsing. InPrivate browsing is a special browsing mode in Internet Explorer…Continue Reading
A few weeks ago Microsoft announced that they had integrated Facebook right into Hotmail, but had it only available in limited areas. On Monday, they announced that Facebook was now globally available directly inside of Hotmail. The global integration of Facebook inside of Hotmail comes a few weeks after Facebook was available globally inside of…Continue Reading
Did you know that you can use Internet Explorer’s new One Box to search not only Bing, but other search providers as well? If you’re looking to perform a specific search around a product or a wikipedia entry, you can tell Internet Explorer to switch from the default search provider, Bing, to one of the…Continue Reading
Did you know that you can pin websites to the Taskbar in Windows 7? How about performing tasks and accessing specific links without opening the browser window. Internet Explorer 9 brings users a feature which combines Jump Lists and Pinning in Windows 7 with web applications like Live Mail, Twitter, and sites like Amazon, to…Continue Reading
Quick Tabs or as I like to call it, Quick “Peek” allows Internet Explorer 9 users to take a peek of all open tabs in a browser window. This is a great way to quickly close unwanted tabs or to flip through them if you’re feeling a little lost. However if you wish to use…Continue Reading
The other day I finally upgraded my dad’s computer to a more recent model. During the transfer one of the most important items that had to remain intact was Picasa. My father has spent a lot of time organizing, tagging and editing photos in Picasa, the last thing I wanted to do was lose all…Continue Reading
Do you have a large library of movies, music, and pictures that you would love to access securely while away from home? How about creating your own personal Netflix service? If so, you will want to follow the guide below which will show you how to configure Windows 7 and Windows Media Player so that…Continue Reading
Windows 7 has been available in the retail market since October 22, 2009. Nearly a year and a half later Microsoft is putting the finishing touches to the first Service Pack for Microsoft’s most successful operating system, Windows 7. The new service pack (SP1) targets the Windows 7 Operating System and Windows Server 2008 R2 and will become…Continue Reading
BitLocker is a security feature in both Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate which offers full encryption on partitions and removable drives. The beta for this new tool, called Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM), is expected to become available in March. You can sign up to receive updates about the beta. MBAM should easily integrate…Continue Reading
If you’re building up an extensive collection of movies in the new Blu-ray format, chances are that you’ve spent a couple of bucks putting it together. To help protect that small fortune that you call a movie collection, there are a couple of apps out there that will help you backup these discs so that…Continue Reading
If you are looking for a quick, easy and FREE method to convert your favorite movies and TV shows to a format you can take with you anywhere, you need to check out BDlot Video Converter. BDlot Video Converter is part of a greater suite of applications that allows you to convert videos to any…Continue Reading
With the imminent launch of iOS 5 for the iPhone and the iPad, Apple is moving forward with its new music offering for iTunes, Match. iTunes Match stores your entire music library in iCloud (another new service from Apple debuting this fall). When you store your music in iCloud you can access it from anywhere…Continue Reading
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One of the settings I always enjoyed in Outlook is the ability to customize work hours so that my available time (work time) would appear on the calendar as a reminder not to schedule anything past a certain time. Google has taken this concept event further and now allows users to hide those morning and…Continue Reading
Just the other day I needed to print a monthly calendar in Mac OS X and realized that I had never done it before. When I opened the print dialog box I was amazed at the number of options available to print a calendar in iCal. So I decided to write this guide to help…Continue Reading
Have you ever found yourself looking for a particular set of files that are either named similarly or are of the same file type? Rather than perform a search in Mac OS to locate these files each time you want to access them, you have the option of creating a Smart Folder to simplify this…Continue Reading