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Online Services and the Price You Pay (Privacy)

We have online email, online documents, online meeting, online storage, and now even online operating systems. We are being pushed into everything online for all our computer needs; which scares the hell out of me. After this last Government's Administration, I hope we all understand that these companies will give out whatever information the Government wants, no matter how illegal it is. Our right to privacy seems to be going down the tubes these days. Let's take for example an online storage s… Continue

Added by Jay on August 16, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Think You Have Your Cookies Under Control? Flash ! Cookies are back!

So you think you control your internet cookies eh! Well there’s a program running on more than half the PC’s and websites that’s just holding those cookies and you don’t even know it. There’s even a UC Berkeley researcher’s report that was submitted yesterday as a comment in the government’s proceeding about the use of cookies of federal websites. The bad guy here…Adobe Flash plugin! Flash cookies are not k… Continue

Added by Jay on August 11, 2009 at 10:09am — No Comments

Windows 7.. What's In store for the Family that Upgrades

After running the Release Candidate of Windows 7 for over a month now, I've learned some special items that need to be addressed for the family that's still using Windows XP and wants to upgrade. First of all, it's not an upgrade. Let me repeat that it's Not an Upgrade! The only way to really upgrade to Windows 7 is if you have Windows Vista. With this said and now out of the way, lets see why it's better not to upgrade, but to go for the clean install. As a tech, I have always hated “upgrading… Continue

Added by Jay on August 10, 2009 at 8:34am — No Comments

Some Basic Computer Tips

Here are a few basic computer tips to try before calling in the geek squad to your house. The steps or tips below can be done by the average user for the most part. If you are not great with computers, it is not a bad idea to get someone to help you through these following tips. Run a Virus Check You can get a free Virus program at http://www.free-av.com/ if you don't have one. Make sure to do a full syste… Continue

Added by Tim Stevesi on March 11, 2009 at 3:11pm — No Comments

Google Chrome Browser Preview Review

Here's my preview review of Google's Chrome “beta” browser. First of all I find it sleek, quick, and compact For the novice in us, it will import your favorites\bookmarks and saved passwords for sites that you usefrom your other browser (IE,Firefox..). It's built on the same core as the Safari web browser (WebKit ) instead of the Mozilla core. Now at this time there is no “add-on's” for this browser (not sure if there will be either) for Google's thinking here is more on OS choices and de… Continue

Added by Jay on September 6, 2008 at 3:36pm — No Comments

All Teamed Up

All Teamed Up is a program that was built by like-minded individuals FOR like-minded individuals, dedicated to helping each and every member that joins our All Teamed Up Community, find the TRUE SUCCESS that every person deserves! And we would like to invite YOU to join our All Teamed Up community as well... All Teamed Up is designed with EVERYONE in mind, from the total Newbie to the Experienced Marketer. Lisa Simpkins

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Added by Lisa Simpkins on April 22, 2008 at 11:17pm — No Comments

"7 Top Internet Marketing Techniques that Always Work"

Although trends in internet marketing come and go, there's always certain internet marketing techniques that will work. What's key is applying these techniques consistently to your business. You don't have to be a writing genius, or even an expert internet marketer to make these techniques work. Most of the time, if you're willing to read and follow instructions, you can learn how to do these techniques. You can use these techniques regardless of what you are marketing whether it's your own pr… Continue

Added by Lisa Simpkins on March 2, 2008 at 4:56pm — No Comments

What is VOIP ? (Voice Over IP) and Why Should I Care?

VOIP :is a protocol optimized for the transmission of voice through the Internet or other packet switched networks .....

Now that I got the official meaning out of the way lets add some “What are you talking about” to this meaning. We a… Continue

Added by Jay on January 3, 2008 at 9:06am — No Comments

The Google Way of Life

Have you ever seen a questionnaire from Google for employment? Some of the question may be totally “out there”, but if shows a unique insight that Google seems to have on how the world thinks and moves. Look at these examples

1. How to improve upon emptiness?

2. You are in a maze of twisty

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Added by Jay on November 8, 2007 at 12:29pm — No Comments

Feel PC Adventurous...Try Case Mods

Ok guys (and gays) I know there's some of you out there that love to be the handyman (person) around the house, well I have a challenge for you that may seen totally crazy, but for the true handyman is possible. There's a growing trend among techs, that love to modify there PC cases showing their unique tastes. I've gathered some resources together to show the how easy and how wild you can get with “ case mods”.

Lets start with the tools you may need. This can range fro… Continue

Added by Jay on November 3, 2007 at 3:41pm — No Comments

Upgrade Guide for Your Home PC

One of the best ways to speed up your older or recently old PC, is to upgrade some key components. These upgrades can be as inexpensive or expensive as you want them to be, it all depends on existing equipment, upgradeability of your PC and how deep your pockets are. Good starting point is RAM (random access memory), Windows 2000\XP\Vista loves as much ram as it can get. Max out your ram, if possible on your PC, I would recommend no less than 1.5GB of ram. There are several little tricks that ca… Continue

Added by Jay on October 24, 2007 at 8:03pm — No Comments

How to Setup Video On Demand...... Minus the Cable Company

I had looked at my TV cable company who offers “On Demand" videos\movies and wondered, why I couldn't do this myself? Well, I found out that I can do it myself and here's how I did it.

You'll need the following items to make this work:

A TV....(well duh)

Home Computer

Wireless Router

Streaming Media player

DVD conve

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Added by Jay on September 13, 2007 at 9:48am — No Comments

How did I get a Virus

Well, lets start off with the basics. Where did I get the virus in the the first place? A large percentage of viruses are caught from infected emails. These demons in disguise look so much like any of the millions of normal spam email we all get everyday, but in that one email lies a time bomb just waiting to go for in our faces. The Melissa virus is a good place to start off with. This virus

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Added by Jay on August 19, 2007 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

Protecting Your Privacy Online

I've come up with a list on ways to protect yourself (well, your private information I should say) while online.

1. Think before providing any personal information to emails: Validate who is sending the email and for what purpose. Remember banks and credit cards will never ask you for your social security number nor password through an email, so don't fall for the fake "Bank of Where ever" link that maybe in an email.

2. Don't use the sam… Continue

Added by Jay on August 15, 2007 at 7:34pm — No Comments

Sometimes Free Can Cost You

We all love to receive free software. Free antivirus, free firewalls, free wallpaper, free screensavers..etc. But sometimes these freebies can cost you in the end. Lets take an example of one of the “Free” goodies we love....”Screen Savers”. We love that fish in a tank screen saver or Christmas Lights screen saver and we download them in groves, unaware of what it's costing us. Below is an example

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Added by Jay on July 25, 2007 at 12:31pm — 1 Comment

Customer Service..Does it still Exist?

Does anyone remember when customer service was priority to a business? Seems like less and less remember that a happy shopper is a repeat shopper. Most have gone to the “draw them in for the cheap prices” angle and customer service was got to hell for it. As a Best Buy tech (many years ago) , I didn't miss lead the customer into buying stuff they just didn't need (yes even as a tech I would go to the sales floor and help customers) I would ask them “

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Added by Jay on July 15, 2007 at 11:22am — No Comments