You turn on your PC. Windows boot-up times usually take a short while, so you pick up your phone, like you do every morning, and check your email there [...] Continue Reading…
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How To Maximize Your Windows Laptop’s Battery LifeSomeday, all our laptops will be efficient enough to last a full 24 hours on a single charge. Since that day isn’t likely to come for a long while, [...] Continue Reading… Useful Utilities To Get For Your PC TodayMost new Windows computers come with essential utilities, many of them built into the operating system itself. Unless you know how to use them, though, they’ll likely just sit [...] Continue Reading… The Tricky Business Of Recovering Lost FilesYou lost an important file that you need. Strike that — it’s a file that you really, really need. Don’t panic just yet. The calmer you can stay, the [...] Continue Reading… What You Need To Start Making Videos On Your ComputerIf the glut of user-generated content on YouTube doesn’t make a point of it yet, making videos is now incredibly accessible. Even with zero experience in editing movies, in [...] Continue Reading… Tools For Digital ScrapbookingThinking of getting into digital scrapbooking (or, as the internets call it, digi-scrapping)? If you are, you’ll probably need more than just a computer and an internet connection to [...] Continue Reading… Digital Scrapbooking: Is It As Fun As Real Papercraft?There was a time when I worked as a moderator on a craft forum. My main interest was building action dioramas, although I did appreciate the range of arts [...] Continue Reading… Commercial Software: Should You Or Should You Not?A lot of people embrace free software. I do, too. Why pay for Photoshop, after all, when free alternatives like Inkscape and Gimp can do exactly what you need [...] Continue Reading… How To Get Discounts On Expensive SoftwareI have no problem paying for software, especially if it helps school or work in a big way. Still, that doesn’t mean I don’t cringe every time I need [...] Continue Reading… Serious Security For Your ComputerYou want serious security for your computer? Then don’t just stop at one level of defense. Instead, look towards multiple layers of protection to really minimize the chances of [...] Continue Reading… Older Posts » |