If you’ve ever had an email address and have given that email address to family members and friends, then you’ve been the victim of FW: otherwise know as a email forward, chain letter, or some funny video, story, joke, etc. These type of emails are some of the worst emails to perpetuate, for a number [...]

Ever found yourself in an organization that locks access to many technology features you’re normally used to? If you’ve ever been in a large corporate environment or in a university setting, you’ve probably been there. Even with the limitations placed on users in these settings, there are some easy ways to still be effective and [...]

In the interests of full disclosure, I didn’t come up with this idea. I read about it in a computer magazine a year or two back but of course when I wanted to refer to it for this article, I couldn’t find it! But someone on Digg eventually managed to find it so here is [...]

It seems like with every new version of an anti-virus, spyware, ad-ware, etc. programs are being made to hog more and more of your computer resources. With anti-virus providers attempting to increase their user base, each new generation of anti-virus program attempts to do more than the last and by so doing, also ends up [...]

In laymen’s terms, a Windows Registry is a centralized database used in Microsoft Windows 9x, Windows CE, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 to store settings and options for the operating system. It contains information and settings for all the hardware, software, users, and preferences of the PC. The Registry contains information that Windows refers back [...]

Let’s face it, Windows machines get hacked, and in some environments it happens a lot. Fortunately, Microsoft has built numerous tools into Windows so administrators and power users can analyze a machine to determine whether it’s been compromised. In this tip, which is the first of a two-part series, I’ll cover five useful command-line tools [...]

  With the huge number of things we can do today from our computers and laptops, a computer users worst fear is that someone has illegally accessed their computer and has access to their files and their information. With online banking, E-Bay, and other online shopping, our computers now store an immense amount of sensitive [...]

The Budget Webmaster’s 6 Step Guide to Improving Existing Rankings in Google You know the scenario. You get an occasional click from Google for a certain keyword. You go to find out why you aren’t getting more clicks, and you find out that you’re ranked in the 30′s, 50′s, or heaven forbid, the 300′s. “Great”, [...]

Nothing could be simpler than the title you give to your web pages right? Unfortunately, the vast majority of the websites I visit these days have absolutely terrible titles that hurt their online business. The title of your website is a very important part of getting good rankings on most of the major search engines. [...]