Best Pinterest Boards For Weddings They’re just three letters, but they’ll change your life forever: “Yes” to the proposal and soon, “I do.” But as any bride or groom can attest, the time between those two utterances can be overwhelming, stressful, and even crazy. Whether you’re planning an unforgettable affair for 400 or so of [...]
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Top Pinterest Pages For The Bride and Groom Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 -
Top Pinterest Pages for Cooks and Foodies Wednesday, December 19th, 2012Best Pinterest Boards For Cooks The world of cooking and food is a perfect match to the visual scrapbook nature of Pinterest. From gorgeous images of food art to helpful tutorials for the novice chef, finding inspiration isn’t hard; narrowing it down to a few great boards to follow so you don’t get overwhelmed… well [...]
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Windows 8 Upgrade Questions Wednesday, December 19th, 2012Reader Questions about Window 8 Upgrade As we near the brink of massive Operating System overhaul (i.e., the release of Windows 8), readers want to know what to do to prepare and if they should upgrade. Here are some tips to save time, money and headaches. My family PC is on its last leg. Should [...]
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Top 5 Ways to Save on Your Holiday Shopping Monday, November 12th, 2012
Use Technology to Save on Holiday Shopping November seems to sneak up on me every year. I’m minding my own business, working out costume details and sugar coating trick-or-treaters when, BAM! Out of the blue it’s time to get cracking on holiday shopping. To help myself get in the game and to help you save [...]
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The ZeroAccess Rootkit Trojan Monday, November 5th, 2012ZeroAccess Rootkit: Doomsday and Armageddon all-in-one? The ZeroAccess Rootkit Trojan is the latest rootkit virus to gain widespread infiltration into a huge number of computers. While traditional viruses attempt to infect and destroy as many computers in their path before they’re stopped by anti-virus software, rootkits aim to keep your system working but under the [...]
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5 Tricks to Revive an Old PC Monday, September 24th, 2012
Breathe New Life Into an Old PC If every click on your old, slow computer makes you want to tear your hair out but your budget just won’t permit replacing it, take heart. Even if you’ve already upgraded the hardware to the extent you can and performed all maintenance to rule out a malware infection, [...]
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Stop Using Internet Explorer, Right Now! Wednesday, September 19th, 2012Internet Explorer Glitch Opens The Door To Hackers A bug in all versions of Internet Explorer leaves anyone using IE in conjunction with the Windows Operating System (more than 40% of Internet users in North America according to StatCounter) vulnerable to infection by Trojan horse viruses. In a Security Advisory released by Microsoft on September [...]
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Breaking Up in the Digital Age Monday, September 17th, 2012Y’Know Breaking Up is Hard to Do! Breakups suck. There’s no way around it. But the good old days of being reminded of your ex’s existence only at the rare mutual friend birthday party or when flipping through old photos are over. From Facebook updates to emails to shared passwords, today’s digital connectivity makes it [...]
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Should You Shutdown Your Computer or Leave It On All The Time? Tuesday, September 11th, 2012When You Shutdown Your Computer, Can It Cause Problems? There are a number of myths floating around about what you should do with your computer when you’re not using it. Some say that you should always shut it down, while others claim that shutting down regularly will shorten the life of your computer. The fact [...]
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Simple & Easy Computer Maintenance Monday, August 20th, 2012Do It Yourself Computer Maintenance You may think computer maintenance is only for the Nerds among us, but there are many easy things you can do to speed up your PC without investing a lot of time or money. Whether you’re a Windows or Mac user, performing some basic computer maintenance can ensure your system [...]
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