Category: Home Computing
Got to buy a ton of stuff for the holidays? Hate the idea of being trapped in a mall hunting down this years most popular toy and fighting the crowds? Are you avoiding online shopping because of the shipping costs? Well if any of these is true then this tip could end up saving you loads of money and possibly even a little sanity...
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Microsoft has finally released its long-awaited new operating system 'Windows 8'. As you might expect whenever this sort of thing happens, we get a lot of questions! Because of this, I thought we should write up an article about what you can expect from Windows 8 and give our latest advice on it. The good news is that we've been testing it since their beta release last year so we're ready for it. The big question is; Are you?
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We see it in the field every day. Post-it's on monitors, scribbles on notepads, lists in Word or Excel, and even the occasional stack of index cards. Think of how many of them you have to keep track of yourself right now. The average person has over a dozen passwords to keep track of just in their personal life, let alone what they may have to use for work! We refer to this as Password Fatigue and its an epidemic. The good news is that there's a treatment...
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John from Lexington asks: "I just bought a couple of cheap netbooks for my two teens for school. I discovered that they don't seem to have any software for them to do homework (write papers, etc). I'd prefer to not spend much money, if possible. Any ideas?"
Beth from Lexington asks; "My son is starting high school and I'm thinking about getting him an iPad to help with his school work but I'm on the fence about the expense. Do you think its worth investing in one at his age? Is there a good cheap alternative?"
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You may have been hearing a lot of news about how a reporter by the name of Mat Honan had his e-Life tipped upside down recently thanks to a malicious hacker that was after his Twitter handle. This article was inspired by what happened to him and is an attempt to make lemonade from this rather large lemon. At the end I'll give you some tips on how to avoid getting caught in the same situation!
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