7 Reasons Your Wireless Sucks, and What You Should Do

Filed under Basics for Beginners by on December 7, 2009 at 7:00 am {no comments}

The faster things become, the quicker we are used to them. Just 10 years ago, we were all using 56k modems. Now with Fios and Cable modems pushing 10mb and higher connections, we’re grown accustomed to our internet being super fast. Although sometimes, its not. Many times a slow connection has nothing to do with Verizon, Cablevision, Comcast or AT&T. Sometimes it’s your wireless router that’s slowing everyone down.

Is it misconfigured? Is it inside a metal vault? Is it nearing the end of it’s lifespan? Or, is it just too far away? Here are 7 reasons why your wireless sucks and what you can do about it.
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How to Transfer Files To/From your Mobile Phone with Bluetooth

Filed under Basics for Beginners by on September 28, 2009 at 6:00 am {no comments}

Bluetooth isn’t just for headsets, wireless keyboards and mice. You can transfer data over Bluetooth as well. It’s a little slow but it’s an easy way to put your own custom ringtones, wallpapers and other files onto your phone.

In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through pairing your device, navigating the directories and transferring files to (and from) your phone.
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This Connection is Untrusted? What These Browser Warnings Mean

Filed under Basics for Beginners by on September 14, 2009 at 6:00 am {no comments}

Ever since Firefox 3 came out last summer, it’s been warning users of unsigned, self-signed and invalid secure web pages. Firefox 3.5′s warning gets even more confusing for non-technical users. Safari, Chrome and even Internet Explorer also display similar warnings.

If you’ve ever wondered the following questions: What exactly does this warning mean? Why is it important? Why should you care? Why is your browser even bothering you about this? – This article is for you:
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Reduce your Paper Usage and be Disaster-Free

Filed under Basics for Beginners by on September 7, 2009 at 6:00 am {no comments}

One of the easiest ways you can green your home computer is reducing the amount of printing done. Not only is it environmentally friendly, if done right it can be disaster proof. If you are receiving all of your household bills electronically (and you should), then you are halfway there.

Your next step is – instead of printing out all your electronic receipts, order, bills and other paperwork, save it to your computer. With OS X, this is incredibly easy.
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Keep your Privacy by Stopping Flash Cookies

Filed under Basics for Beginners by on August 17, 2009 at 6:00 am {2 comments}

There’s a new trend on the internet of using Locally Stored Objects (LSO’s) to track and monitor internet usage. A better known term is “Flash Cookies”. Think of them like regular internet cookies, except they are for Adobe’s Flash Player.

Flash Cookies are scary because they are persistent, work across multiple websites, can re-spawn cookies you’ve deleted and hold more information. Browser controls such as Private Browsing and History deleting don’t get rid of them and they don’t expire by default.

Getting rid of them and protecting against them isn’t difficult if you know how..
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