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Rick’s Daily Pick: CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC 1500VA/1000W Sinewave UPS/Battery Backup

Posted on August 22, 2025

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My “Pick” for today is this fantastic CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC 1500VA/1000W Sinewave UPS/Battery Backup.

Does your home or office tend to get hit with power outages at the most inconvenient times?

If so, this will keep your computer up and running and your Internet online long enough to finish the important tasks you’re working and then allow you to perform a normal (and safe) shutdown.

Click here to check out the CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC 1500VA/1000W Sinewave UPS/Battery Backup at Amazon.

Picture of the Day: “Lake Louise”

Posted on August 22, 2025

Today’s POTD features a very colorful view of Lake Louise, one of the most popular attractions in Canada’s Banff National Park. I hope you like it.

Have lots of treasured photos of your own that you’d love to display in your home but you have limited wall space? A digital picture frame (#ad) is an excellent solution. Check them out!

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Monthly Tech Giveaway – August 2025

Posted on July 31, 2025

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August’s winner will receive this fantastic Aura Carver 10.1 Inch HD WiFi Digital Picture Frame.

Like most people these days, you probably have hundreds, and possibly even thousands of great photos that you’d like to display in your home. With this little gem you’ll probably be able to display ALL of them!

All subscribers to the Standard edition of my Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter have an equal chance to win.

Premium subscribers have two chances to win (their email addresses are added to the “pot” twice).

Not a subscriber? Just enter your email address in the form on this page. Once subscribed you’ll be eligible to win each month’s drawing – starting with this month. Better yet, opt for a Premium subscription for double the chance to win!

The drawing for this month’s prize will be held on August 31 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.

Good luck!

How to use YouTube’s “Picture-In-Picture” feature

Posted on August 22, 2025

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Did you know YouTube has a handy ‘Picture-In-Picture’ feature that allows you to watch a video in the corner of the screen while you’re doing other things with your machine?

For example, let’s say you’re busy catching up on your email but you also want to keep up with what’s happening at an event that’s being livestreamed via YouTube.

Or maybe you simply want to watch a regular pre-recorded YouTube video while you’re working.

Either way, you can easily watch the video in the corner of your screen with YouTube’s handy ‘Picture-In-Picture’ feature. Just follow the steps below: [Read more…]

How to easily add an optical DVD drive to virtually any computer

Posted on August 21, 2025

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If you’ve been checking out the latest laptops and desktop computers you’ve probably noticed that most of them no longer come with an optical (DVD/CD) drive.

There are three primary reasons why computer manufacturers have started skipping the optical drives when designing new computers: [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I stop Chrome from filling in my old email address?

Posted on August 21, 2025

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Question from Peyton: I recently dropped my old Yahoo email address and switched to Gmail.

But every time I load a page with Chrome the old email address keeps popping up in forms that ask for my email address.

I can delete the old address and type in the new one but I’d prefer not having the old one to pop up at all.

How can I fix this? [Read more…]