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Video: Net Neutrality explained in 60 seconds

Posted on July 6, 2014

internet Are you confused about the entire “Net Neutrality” thing that’s been in the news recently? If so, you certainly aren’t alone.

The big advantage that the Internet has always had over other methods of media and content distribution is the way the playing field was level for everybody who wanted to play the game. All players had equal access at all times.

If you wanted to open an Internet-based business, all you had to do was build a website and then you could immediately start selling your goods or services to the public. [Read more…]

Preview websites and thumbnail photos before you click with SwiftPreview

Posted on June 8, 2013

How would you like to be able to see a preview of the web page a link will take you to before you click on it?

Or how about being able to quickly preview the images in online photo galleries just by hovering your mouse over the thumbnails?

A wonderful free Google Chrome extension called SwiftPreview will let you perform both of these tricks!

SwiftPreview is extremely simple and easy to use. Simply install the add-on, then whenever you hover your mouse over a link or thumbnail image, a preview image will be displayed on the screen. If you like what you see, simply click the link or photo and it will open in your browser as usual. If you decide the content being linked to doesn’t interest you, simply remove the mouse from the link or thumbnail and the preview goes away. [Read more…]

A better way to refresh a web page

Posted on April 29, 2013

ctrl-f5 Most of us are used to refreshing the current web page in our browser by either clicking the Refresh icon or pressing the F5 key, but there is a better way to refresh a page: Press the Ctrl+F5 key combination.

Why is pressing Ctrl+F5 to refresh the current page better than the other two options? Because it clears the browser cache for the page before reloading it into the browser. [Read more…]

Safari – Run Apple’s award winning web browser on your Windows PC

Posted on January 14, 2013

safari If you have friends or family members who love all things Apple, they have probably mentioned more than once how “superior” Safari is to the popular web browsers that Windows users run on their PCs.

What they probably have not told you however is that you can run Safari just fine on your Windows PC! It’s available as a free download from a number of popular download sites with Apple’s blessing.

I’ve been testing Safari for a while now and I can report that I’m happy with it. I haven’t noticed the massive speed advantage that many Apple enthusiasts claim (which could be because it’s running under Windows instead of in its natural environment of a Mac or iPad), but it’s a speedy browser for sure.

If you’d like to give the latest version of Safari a test drive on your own PC, you can download it for free right here.

Rick’s Picks: 6 of my most visited websites

Posted on December 31, 2012

I spend a lot of time on the Internet both for work and pleasure, and over the years I have come to rely on a number of websites that help me with both. Here are six that I find myself visiting over and over:

1 – TodaysPhoto.org – Yep, this one actually belongs to me, but I enjoy posting the “Picture of the Day” every morning and reading all the wonderful comments left by members of the TodaysPhoto community. I hope you’ll check it out and stop by yourself as often as possible! I post a new photo every morning at 7am eastern time.

2 – Pandora – I love listening to music and Pandora allows me to listen to just the kind of music that suits my mood at the moment. I have created “stations” that play nothing but Bluegrass, Bluegrass Gospel and Country. If I don’t like a song (or it doesn’t fit the genre of the station) I can give it a “thumbs down” and it will never be played on that station again. If I like one particularly well I can give it a “thumbs up” and Pandora will seek out and play more songs that are similar to it. I love Pandora! [Read more…]