John from Canada writes: I am looking at the Nexus 10 but would like to be able to play Facebook games Cafe World and Fairyland can this be done with a Nexus 10? Continue reading
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Sunday, May 5th, 2013How Do I Get A Return Receipt In Outlook?
Sunday, May 5th, 2013C.E. from Mobile, AL writes: How can you get a receipt requested on Email, I know it used to be on the task bar, showing that the email had either been read or deleted without being read. You don’t specify which program you’re using, so I’m offering the instructions for Outlook. Here’s the procedure to get receipts for the more recent versions of Outlook. Continue reading
How Do I Download Programs To My Chrome Book?
Sunday, May 5th, 2013Hilda writes: I have recently bought a Chromebook and I just can’t figure out how to do the downloads. I am not that computered with these things. I have no idea how to download games or programs and photos. Hopefully you can figure out what I”m talking about. Sincerely, Hilda. Continue reading
What Is The Windows 8 Charms Bar and Where Do I Find It?
Saturday, May 4th, 2013Lynne writes: What is the charm bar in Windows 8, and where do I find it? The Charms Bar is simply a menu with icons that that show you what actions you can take on your current screen. It pops up to the far right of your screen in Windows 8. For some reason, the developers thought “Charms Bar” was a better name that menu. There are three ways to pull up the Charms Bar… Continue reading
Computer Won’t Recognize My Floppy Disks
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013Ezzie Bromwich from Rapid City, SD writes: I recently bought USB port Diskette Drive and tried to do my disks that I started with in 2004 Is there something I should do to play them? It does not seem to recognize the items on the disks. As a genealogist I have several items on them I would like to get at. Can you advise me on what to do? I have Windows 7 on my puter. Thank you. Continue reading
Tired Of Online Ads – Pay Up To Skip Them
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013Tired of watching those commercials that run before videos online? A new service called SkipIt lets you bypass some of those commercials, but it’s going to cost you. Continue reading
How Fast Does My Internet Need To Be To Watch TV?
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013IKE from Sterling, AK writes: How fast does high speed Internet access have to be to watch Internet TV without waiting for buffering? I have DSL but have to wait for loading and buffering to watch YouTube videos. Continue reading
Girl Scouts Add Video Game Design Merit Badge
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013As part of a push to encourage girls to pursue science and technology related fields, the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles has teamed with Women in Games International to create a new merit badge for young video game developers. Continue reading
Can I Get Rid Of My Password In Windows 8?
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013Anna from Payson, Utah writes: I would like to get rid of having to type in a long password every time I open windows 8. I have tried several methods to get rid of the password but nothing is working, like typing in a big long thing with lots of letters in it starting with an N I believe then going to settings and user. Can you tell me of an easy way to get rid of the password I must type each time I open windows 8. I am the only user on this computer so I have no need for a secret password. Thank you so much for any help you can give me. Continue reading
Government Wants Texting, Mapping, Internet Disabled In Cars
Monday, April 29th, 2013Your in-vehicle electronics could get you killed -that’s why the government whats automakers to disable devices that enable in-vehicle texting, Internet access, mapping and other potential distractions. Continue reading
Microsoft To Make Xbox Announcement May 21
Monday, April 29th, 2013Microsoft announced that it’s ready to reveal the next generation of Xbox on May 21 at a even it promises will reveal a new generation of gaming at an event on the company’s Xbox campus in Redmond Washington n May 21. They have a countdown clock to the big event posted on their website. Continue reading
Vista With IE 9 – Why Do Some Sites Have Problems?
Monday, April 29th, 2013Tony from New York City writes: I use a desktop computer with OS Vista and IE 9. On some websites, I am told that I am using an out dated browser. I am using the latest browser for Vista. Do you know why I am getting this message and what can I do about it? One site in particular, AMC, does not even let me use at all because it says my browser is too old! Continue reading
How Do I Get Rid Of Commercials Before Videos?
Monday, April 29th, 2013Question: How do I get rid of the commercials that play before I watch a video online? – Thomas Continue reading
Saving An Image From PowerPoint
Sunday, April 28th, 2013Michele from San Diego CA writes: I have another question regarding desktop pictures. I receive emails with Microsoft PowerPoint slide show attachments containing pictures I want to use for desktop backgrounds on my PC. How can I capture pictures separately from PowerPoint? Michele, it’s pretty easy… Continue reading
Adjusting Line Spacing In Word 2010
Saturday, April 27th, 2013Natalie from Florida writes: You recently wrote about adjusting Line Spacing in Word 2007. Can you also write about Adjusting Line Spacing for Word 2010 as I could not use the instructions that were for Word 2007. Thank you very much. It seems that the more features they add to Word, the more difficult it becomes to do simple tasks like line spacing. Here’s out to find the necessary settings in World 2010. Continue reading
In The News 4-26-13
Thursday, April 25th, 2013In The News 4-26-13: Strong support in the House and Senate for an Internet sales tax could mean online retailers could soon be required to charge state sales tax for purchases and Comedy Central is teaming up with Twitter for a comedy festival. Continue reading
Apple kicks AppGratis out of App Store, Kills Push Notificaitons
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013App Gratis, a service that lets users know about free app for iPhones was pulled from the Apple App Store and the app’s push notifications were disabled. Continue reading
Comixology – Comic Books On Your Phone or Tablet
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013Remember standing at the magazine rack reading comic books while your mom did the shopping? Well, I sure do, all all these years later I am still a huge comic book fan. Comixology is a free app (though most of the content costs) that brings your favorite comics and graphic novels right to your phone or tablet. Continue reading
Where’s My Newsletter? Is The Spam Filter Eating Your Mail?
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013Question: I’ve been receiving an-email newsletter for several years and suddenly two weeks ago, they stopped coming. I went to the website to sign up for the newsletter again, but it says that I am already subscribed. What’s going on? Answer: The most likely culprit is that the spam filter for you e-mail service or program decided that the newsletter looked like a piece of unwanted junk mail or spam. Here’s how to fix it. Continue reading
Flixster Now Available On Xbox Live
Monday, April 22nd, 2013Popular movie app Flixster is now available to Xbox LIVE subscriber in the United States. Users will also have access to their UltraViolet movie collections and access to movie rating from Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster joins Amazon Instant Video, Crackle, epix, ESPN, GameSpotTV, Hulu Plus, Netflix and other video services along with multiple music services and, of course, games. Continue reading
Google Fiber Takes On Cable & Satellite Providers
Sunday, April 21st, 2013Google Fiber – Google’s super-high speed internet service which is so far available in the Kansas City area – is taking on Cable and Satellite providers by adding a long list of premium channels to the list of service available. Continue reading
Ungrouping Messages In Outlook.com
Sunday, April 21st, 2013Enid writes: Steve, you sent out advice for ungrouping messages for Gmail, but I do both and cant find the change for Hotmail/Outlook. I hate this bunching as it winds up sending messages to people who’ve previously been copied as one continues in conversation and THAT’S A REAL PROBLEM if you say something in error. Thanks. Hello Enid, I’m glad you asked the question, as I have a new Outlook.com account and I am no fan of grouping. So walk through it with me while we fix my account. Continue reading
Firefox Autofill Not Working
Sunday, April 21st, 2013I started using Foxfire and have a problem. Using Explorer my standard fill in forms retained my data and all I had to do was click to pull it up. With Fox Firefox only some forms will retained the data. Do I have a switch set wrong? If so how to I fix it. Firefox HELP has not given me an answer. Continue reading
Microsoft Type Keyboard – Can A Tablet Keyboard Measure Up?
Thursday, April 18th, 2013Can a tablet keyboard measure up? I check out the Type Keyboard for the Microsoft Surface Pro. Continue reading
