Tech Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
Do you have a laptop or desktop PC that you use exclusively for visiting websites, checking Gmail, Facebooking, watching Youtube videos or most any other Internet-based activity?
If the answer to the above question is yes, did you know that you would almost certainly enjoy a better user experience by running Linux on your PC instead of Windows?
Well, it’s true, and here are the reasons why: [Read more…]
Have you ever watched an airliner fly over your house and wonder where it came from and where it was headed?
Or perhaps you’ve waited in an airport terminal on pins and needles for what seemed like an eternity because the flight your loved one was on was long overdue?
Well, now you can visit an amazing website called FlightRadar24 and monitor many passenger flights in real time as you literally watch the planes “fly” across the map on their way to their destinations!
Monitoring a particular flight is easy. Just follow the steps below: [Read more…]
Question from Kelly E.: I just bought a new computer and there’s one thing about it that has me puzzled.
When I shut the computer down (not put it to sleep, but actually shut it down) the little light on the mouse stays lit.
Why is this happening? I’ve never seen it before. Is there some way to turn it off?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
It seems there’s another major online retailer getting hacked just about every other day, and many of those successful hacking jobs result in the theft of sensitive customer information and credit card details.
While it’s getting harder by the day to prevent hackers from stealing your identity and financial information, there’s one sure-fire way to prevent them from getting their hands on your credit card or debit card information…
Don’t use a credit card or debit card for online purchases!
Yes, it’s true that most internet retailers are set up to accept credit and debit cards by default, but there are indeed other ways to pay that won’t put your sensitive financial details at risk: [Read more…]
For whatever reason, the folks at Microsoft have decided it’s a good idea to hide file extensions when using the File Explorer dialog in Windows 10.
I really don’t understand the thinking behind having file extensions hidden since they’re so useful for quickly determining a file’s type when viewing its filename.
In case you’re wondering how viewing a file’s extension can help you, here’s a great example (and it’s an important one).
Luckily, it’s very easy to force Windows 10 to display the file extensions when you view the names of files in File Explorer. Here’s how: [Read more…]
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