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Well, the group of Russian hackers who have hacked into so many major websites and user accounts recently have struck again. This time the victim is Google and their users.
Around 5 million Google usernames and passwords have actually been posted online, and it’s likely that many times that amount were actually stolen. [Read more…]
Some computers (especially laptops) have trouble with Youtube videos because they simply don’t have the “muscle” required to display them smoothly. I’ve discovered that using a different web browser will often improve the viewing experience considerably, and the one that I recommend most often is Opera.
Thanks to the speed at which it renders video, Opera seems to work better with Youtube than any other browser that I’ve tried. If your Youtube experience is less than desirable, why not download it and give it a try? Simply visit this page and click the red Download button. [Read more…]
Question from Mary: Hi Rick, I’ve got a problem that I could use your help on.
The other day I was watching a video on my computer and dad started talking to me so I muted the sound, and now it won’t come back on at all.
When I click the sound icon, it does nothing. (I’m talking about the icon in the video box, not the computer’s sound icon.
The computer itself still has sound except when watching videos like on Youtube. What did I do and how do I fix it? I’ve restarted my computer hoping that would help, but no go.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Anita P.: Hi Rick. I hope you can help me. I’m semi-addicted to Youtube and I watch it every day.
I like watching the videos full screen but about a week ago the full screen feature stopped working. Is there any way I can get it to work again? I use Google Chrome as my web browser.
Rick‘s answer: Hi Anita. I haven’t encountered this problem before, but after doing a quick Google search I found out that lots of other people have. Here is the solution that seems to work for most people: [Read more…]