Sunday, May 5th, 2013
Cool Site – Happify has set out to help people be happier using the science of happiness and creating exercises for the parts of the brain that make us happy. Continue reading
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What Is BYOD? Why Is It Popular?
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
I Always Wanted To Know: What is BYOD? Why is it becoming more popular in businesses? Answer: You may have heard the expression BYOD or seen it mentioned in a IT policy at your workplace. BYOD stands for Bring Your Own Device and allows… Continue reading
WINDOWS 8
What Is The Windows 8 Charms Bar and Where Do I Find It?
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
Lynne 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
IN THE NEWS
In The News – 5-03-2013
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
In The News 5-03-2013 – Is it the end of texting? YouTube offers up more baseball and LivingSocial gets hacked. Continue reading
SOCIAL NETWORKING
Are You Entitled To Facebook At Work?
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Are you entitled to Facebook at work? A new study shows some people want access to their social media or else. Twenty-five percent of the workers surveyed by Intelligent Office said they wouldn’t work for a company that didn’t allow social media at work. Continue reading
COOL SITES
Colors By Name
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Cool Site – Colors By Name – Check out HTML and CSS color tables for easy reference with these color tables by Microsoft. You can browse by name, hue, saturation, lightness, and user defined system colors. Continue reading
FILE & DISK MANAGEMENT
Computer Won’t Recognize My Floppy Disks
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Ezzie 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
USING THE INTERNET
Tired Of Online Ads – Pay Up To Skip Them
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Tired 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
USING THE INTERNET
Why does my URL text become garbled?
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Abner from Boynton Beach, FL writes: Whenever I type a URL, instead of the letters I wanted to insert, I get a garbled set of letters that resemble nothing I entered or anything else that make sense. Answer: An add-on is likely the culprit, here’s how to find the one responsible. Continue reading
SYSTEM TUNE-UP HELP
Help! My Touchpad Has A Mind Of Its Own
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Always get irritated by touchpad while typing? Using TouchFreeze, Touchpad can be disabled while you are typing. Here is the step-by-step process to install TouchFreeze in Windows7. Continue reading
