AT&T finally made iPhone tethering available for subscribers to it’s wireless service, once Apple’s iPhone operating system iOS4 was released. What’s tethering? That’s hooking your iPhone (or other wireless device) to your notebook computer so you can use the iPhone’s data service as a wireless modem for your computer. One “problem” – previous iPhone users [...]
HTPC Software
May 7, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Rather than focus on the standard features of SageTV, which have been covered in many reviews and on the SageTV site, I’ll show some of the modifications I like. One features I really like about SageTV is the ability to use different menu layouts and even additional functions. Don’t get me wrong, the SageTV program [...]
Political Spam
September 17, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Ever wonder where political candidates get your addresses? Or what they do with them? I have received a couple pieces of political “spam” from one of our State’s politicos who is planning to run again for governor. The name and email address in the “To” address, that he used for me, are what make this [...]
Updated Review – WinClear
August 30, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I’ve updated my review of WinClear, which is a Windows / Internet history privacy tool. WinClear erases Windows and web browser temporary files, cookies, history, viewing history, and a lot more to clean your tracks. Read my updated WinClear review Or, try the free download and scan by WinClear.
Wi-Fi Hotspots and Computer Security
August 24, 2006 By Leave a Comment
One of my newsletter subscribers wrote me to ask: To improve security when using Wi-Fi at a coffee shop or traveling, I’ve seen advice to uninstall “File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks” on the active wireless connection in the Properties menu of Control Panel Network Connections. Is it necessary to do this – is [...]
Changing Your Web Browser Fonts and Font Size
August 15, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I answered a question from a new Firefox user about font sizes. She had just installed Firefox and noticed that the fonts were smaller than those that she was used to seeing in Internet Explorer. The “problem” is that we, as users, can change our default fonts and font sizes in our web browsers. Firefox [...]
Email Reliability in this Internet World
July 31, 2006 By Leave a Comment
How reliable is email in today’s Internet world? Perfect, isn’t it? You would think that it would be completely reliable — we use it all the time. All we’re doing is pushing around electrons and we’ve known how to do that, in one way or another, for an awfully long time. Whether we are writing [...]
New Issue – Terry’s Computer Tips Newsletter
June 6, 2006 By Leave a Comment
This week’s issue of my Terry’s Computer Tips email newsletter went out to subscribers Sunday about noon, Central Daylight Time. The corresponding online Terry’s Computer Tips newletter is available now, too. My Computer Articles & Tips page gets updated with new articles and, eventually, with some of the articles from the newsletters. Technorati Tags:
Windows Mobile 5 – a step back…
June 2, 2006 By Leave a Comment
There’s a new article at Terry’s Computer Tips about Windows Mobile 5, especially in comparison to Windows Mobile 3. Walter�s New PDA, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Lov- uh, Live With Windows Mobile 5.0 If you’re thinking about a new PocketPC, check out this review of one user’s experiences “upgrading” from a [...]
AdwordAccelerator — indispensable tool for Google’s Adwords
June 1, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I do some advertising through Google’s Adwords online advertising program. Adwords is the “advertiser side” of the ads that show when you do a Google search or when you see Google Adsense (Ads by Gooooooogle) ads on web sites. I recently signed up for AdwordAccelerator, which lets me be much more effective with my Adwords [...]