Choosing Good Passwords
When it comes to your computer, choosing good passwords are the keys to the kingdom—you don't want them falling into the wrong hands. Follow these tips for creating and safeguarding effective passwords, and you'll keep the bad guys guessing. What makes a password obvious to hackers? Often you create a password on the spot, when you may be in a hurry. Go to article/video >
Connect with Friends and Family Online
How many times a year do we make that extra effort to get in touch with friends and family for a friendly greeting? This year, with the entire world's mind seemingly focused on things related to the economy, why not consider these alternative and inexpensive options to get you through? Reach out and touch someone. Go to article/video >
Freeware Programs
If you've bought a computer recently, you may have spent more for the software than you did for the computer itself. That's because for a number of years, the price of computer hardware has been decreasing, while the cost of software has been increasing. One way to save money on some of the popular software packages is to consider free alternatives. Read article >
Getting Rid of Spyware
Most of us don't have to worry about encountering 007-style super-spies or shifty-eyed characters in trench coats, but we all need to know about their cyber-versions-spyware. Spyware lurks around every corner of the Web, waiting for a chance to infect your computer. Knowing what to look out for is your best counterattack, and we'll show you how. I've heard of spyware, but what is... Go to article/video >
Google Tools
A Swiss Army* knife is a wonderful tool. When everything is folded away, it looks neat and simple, but when you inspect it closely you might find a magnifying glass, a USB memory card, a laser pointer, a flashlight, or a cigar cutter (I kid you not, visit www.victorinox.ch and see for yourself). Google* is a lot like a Swiss Army knife. Go to article/video >
How to Set Up Instant Messaging
Sure, e-mail is a great way to connect with friends and family. It's free, quick, and best of all it's easy. However, much like sending a letter through the mail, with e-mail you usually have to wait awhile for a response, check your spelling and hit send. What if you could chat with someone, much like you do on the phone, and get a response back in an instant? Go to article/video >
Install a Wireless Webcam
Installing a Webcam is a fun and worthwhile project, whether it's for home security or to help you keep track of your kids or pets. You can securely view whatever the camera sees from anywhere in the world, as long as you have access to the Internet. And with a wireless Webcam, you'll have even more flexibility, because you can install it farther away from your computer. Wired or wireless? Go to article/video >
Move Music to Your Computer
Music—it's one of the greatest artistic expressions on earth. It can create or enhance a mood of happiness, sadness, inspiration. It can make a seemingly normal human being leap around with arms flailing to the music's rhythm and with little regard for how they look to anyone else. You can hear a song in another language, yet become completely engaged in the feeling that it delivers. Go to article/video >
Personalized Photo Gifts
OK. We're not talking inscribing a name on a teaspoon here. We're talking about the power of your computer and the Internet to create gifts that are so cool, you'll be wondering how on earth you'll top it next year. Go to article/video >
Professional Looking Photos
What can be better than capturing the best moments of our lives and being able to relive them again and again? When you take digital photos, you have the ability to turn them into professional looking photos and meaningful works of art that you can print, publish to a blog online, and so much more. So photo-editing software—how does it work? Go to article/video >
