Someone sent me a site with an interestingly appropriate name, but you probably will not believe it. Once you hear about it you may say, "That is really a very intelligent site." Of course, you may also respond, "Ron is really weird!" But either is OK with me…just read on. First, I need to give…
Thanks for the emails I received regarding the last column about “Secure P@55w0rdz“. Most of you commented on the spelling I used in that word. That is somewhat standard usage by geeks. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Apparently it caused a few of you to increase your passwords’ difficultly level which is a good thing. …
Lucy, You’ve Got Some Explaining to Do I have this "pet peeve." I don’t have to deal with it very often, thank goodness, but I did this past week. I needed to contact a company about a software issue. Yeah, boring, but that’s part of what I do. I called their 800 number and guess…
I received many questions after last week’s column about being hacked regarding passwords. Some were about how to create good passwords and others like, “How do I remember my 194 accounts’ passwords?” First, when creating passwords avoid the obvious. Currently some of the top passwords in use in the US are qwerty, asdfgh, 12345678, your…
I recently received a distressing email from Barbara, Broadway, VA, about being hacked. Her email started like this, "Yesterday I got up, turned on my computer, and found that my Gmail had been hacked…" Once they had her email address it allowed them to gain control of her Facebook account too. Her passwords were not…
Last week we talked about the top online email programs. Today I will discuss the top two I have heard about from readers and others in the area. Although, Yahoo! Mail was listed as number one around the world, those I have heard from put Gmail and Windows Live Mail as their favorites. Mine is…
I get a lot of questions about online email programs. I hear: Which one is safest? Which one is best? Which one has the better features? Etcetera, etcetera. I have to say that I believe a lot of those questions can best be answered by each individual. You may have to try out several if…
Your computer continues to start up slower than you remember it doing when you bought it. You may have already run Disk Cleanup, Error-checking and Defragmentation but things still frustrate you about its operation. Wouldn’t it be nice to have some "anti-frustration" software on your side? It may just be here now! Soluto created by…
Thanks for the emails regarding the previous Firefox Add-ons I have written about over the last couple of columns. Also, I’m glad to hear that several of you saved a lot of money using the "Invisible Hand" add-on I mentioned. Tim wrote to say he saved almost $100 on a purchase he made using that…
I received many emails asking me more about Firefox Add-ons after last week’s column. So today we are going to look at a few more. Keep those emails coming since I want to write about what interests you! If you have any questions about basic Firefox Add-ons you need to read last week’s column about…
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