I know you have heard of Bluetooth in recent years and you like many people, may use it. But what exactly is Bluetooth? Bluetooth is a wireless connection similar to Wi-Fi. It allows you to connect two devices together for data transfer or for communications. It is a short-range technology that works by connecting those…
So, after the series of articles on applications I think are good additions to Windows, I received several questions. A couple of which I will answer today. The first, and my favorite, was regarding my choice of Revo Uninstaller (RevoUninstaller.com). John wrote and wanted to know why I do not like Microsoft’s “Programs and Features.” …
Today I will look at a few questions I have recently received starting with one regarding last week’s Chromebook article. I have always thought it funny when you write one thing and get totally different responses. From the Chromebook discussion last week I received the following two statements. First is, “[on] your assertion of Chromebooks…
Here are a few more features for Windows 10 that we did not talk about last week. First today is "Cortana." You may already be familiar with some of its ancestors, Siri, on the Apple platform and "OK, Google" on Android devices. It was named after Cortana, for all of you non-gamers out there, an…
A friend got a new computer last year. They got a very nice 64-bit, 17 inch HP Notebook. It had a large hard drive, 6 GB of RAM and lots of free or trial software. One of which was a quite nice and usually expensive antivirus program. The free software is standard in the market…
Well today (June 1, 2015) I got the automatic notification that Windows 10 is coming to my machine, for free on July 29, 2015. That just seems like a long time before hand to start notifying people about it. But I decided to sign up first thing so we will see how that goes. Below…
Well, I am going to my soapbox this week. Being a nerd I get questions from people all the time asking for help on different things, which is fine. I am always happy to give my two cents worth on technical issues. But sometimes, when I am an unknown in stores, etcetera, I hear some…
I get emails frequently asking a basic, "Ron is there a site (or application) that I can use to do…?" You can fill in whatever you are wondering about for the last part of that question. Today I thought I would mention a few of the more popular requests. Many people have several email accounts. …
This week I will continue with the second half of the links we talked about last year at DoubleClicks.info. Remember, if the site addresses are too long to type I have shortened them with bit.ly. Here they are in their order of appearance with short descriptions of each. Dropbox – bit.ly/aszzao. A very good cloud…
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