Did you know that you can use Google for more than just searching for websites? Google can also help you look up the meaning of words. Originally, Google had a separate page set up where you could look up the meanings of words. Google has made it much easier now. All you have to remember … Continue reading
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WHAT IS THE INTERNET BROWSER CACHE AND WHY IT SHOULD BE CLEARED PERIODICALLY
When you are cruising around on the Internet, your web browser stores sites, text, sounds and images as temporary Internet files called CACHE. The main reason (goal) of cache is to speeds things up. Let’s say you visit cnn.com often. Instead of going to the Internet and downloading the web page cnn.com every time you … Continue reading
DROPBOX TO THE RESCUE AT THE UNION MISSION
For two years I volunteered at the Union Mission helping people who lived in the shelter learn how to use computers and do Internet job searches. On one particular night, I met a student named Gary. He wanted to get back into the construction field. He knew so much about construction and what to look … Continue reading
GO BEYOND THE BUZZWORDS
You have probably heard of Cloud Computing, Twitter, Web 2.0, Facebook and Google Docs. Do you really know what people are talking about? Would you like to know? Technology can be a great tool, but it changes very quickly. In order to make technology really useful, it helps to know what’s going on. There … Continue reading
How To Send A Text Message To A Cell Phone Using Email
I have a few problems: I fundamentally don’t care for texting. I have big hands and fingers which makes for a challenging texting experience when using my cell phone. I want to stay in touch with my younger cousins who are in their teens and early twenties. However, I have noticed they take forever to reply to any voicemail … Continue reading
CHECK YOUR FACTS
DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ! We all have received emails in our inbox with some wild claim. Sure, Microsoft really is going to send $1,000 to the 500th person that sends them an email. Often people forward these emails on and before you know it many people have incorrect information…that they believe. Before you forward … Continue reading
Why You need To Secure Your Wireless Network
There are many people who say it is too hard to secure their wireless router, do not know how or just don’t care. Tell me which option would you choose, A or B? OPTION A: Spend time reading the manual that came with your wireless router or visit the tech support site of the company … Continue reading
Use RSS To Keep Up With What’s Going On.
Would you like to keep up with the information from your favorite news, sports, technology, or financial websites? One way to do this is visit each site every day, but who has that kind of time. You could subscribe to your favorite sites via email. However, if you are like me, you already have enough … Continue reading
For Your Eyes Only – Microsoft Word
A person came to me today with a Word document that contained some sensitive information. This person did not want anyone else to see the information in this document. She asked me was there a way to put a password on the file so that the only way to open the file was if you … Continue reading
March Madness and Microsoft Outlook
This will be a short post since I don’t care for basketball or use Outlook. For those who love basketball and use Outlook, are you getting all geared up for the college basketball tournament known as March Madness? Would you like an easy way to keep up with all of the action? Well, Microsoft has … Continue reading
