Deleting Facebook Friends

My personal Facebook page is just that.  A place where I post personal information about my friends, family and life in general.  My cell phone number is listed there, among several other personal items.  I only accept friend requests from people who I have actually met, and know personally.  Sometimes, however, it comes time to [...]

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Microsoft Flavored Searching – Bing

As most of you know, or have at least by now realized, I love Microsoft.  I love Windows 7, I loved Vista, I love Internet Explorer, I’m just a fan of Microsoft, and I’m not going to hide it or apologize for it!  So when I heard there was a brand spanking new search engine [...]

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Twitter Phishing attacks

Is this you?? http://ReallyScaryLinkThatYouShouldNeverEverClickOnBecauseYouWillGetYourTwitterAccountHacked.com this is the Direct Message that has been tearing around the Twitterverse this week.  From what I hear (since I would never ever click the link) is that it will take you to a login page where you end up putting in your Twitter username and pass and then now they [...]

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Teaching Children Computer Skills

At 2 years old my daughter was able to fully navigate web pages and games using my laptops touchpad… on her own computer she was even better with a mouse. Now at 4 she knows how to handle her computer games and DVD’s with care, put them away, and generally is a computer wiz. She [...]

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Art of the Reboot

A phrase I use quite often is “when in doubt… reboot”.  I would say about 80% of computer problems can be solved with a simple reboot.  Whenever my computer is acting a bit funny, whenever something has broken and there is no explaination, reboot.  Before you call any support person, before you start to freak [...]

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Tools to Keep Your Computer Clean

The other day I discussed how to be “smart” out there online.  Now I’m going to talk about some things you can do regularly to make sure your system stays clean… and sometimes when it gets a little dirty…
MBAM – HANDS DOWN the best malware (software that is bad for your computer) removal tool that [...]

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Staying Safe Online

Since I discussed Antivirus I mentioned that I am not that concerned about it because I’m “smart” online.  How else can you be smart to avoid getting those pesky viruses? Here ae some great tips and tricks of the trade…
WARNING YOU HAVE A VIRUS ON YOUR SYSTEM!!!!  -  For the love of all that’s holy [...]

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Understanding Facebook’s New Privacy Policy

Back when Facebook was first started it was for college students.  The “networks” feature allowed people to easily browse for and share content with people at their school and in their area.  Now that Facebook is as popular as it is and there are millions of people in the various networks, Facebook has decided to get [...]

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