What Is IPTV? Internet Protocol television (IPTV) is the delivery of television content over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. The strict definitions are: IPTV: Television from providers like Prism TV, delivered over the Internet via a privately-managed network OTT Streaming: Television from third-party services like Netflix and YouTube, delivered over the open Internet We’ve finally decided to […]
How did all that junk get on my computer? That is a question many of us have and the more junk, the longer it takes to start up and to do something. So we run maintenance programs like CCleaner, Glary Utilities, Superantispyware, and Malwarebytes. They do a good job cleaning out stuff, but more things […]
My Uncle called me because he said everything on his screen was gone all tiny. His cat had run across is keyboard and somehow managed to reduce or zoom out on his Chrome browser making everything look tiny. So here is how to Zoom In or Out in your browser. In most cases using the […]
I went to The Weather Network website and clicked on a video and when I scrolled down the page a video popped out as a separate smaller version and continued playing. I had this happen before– it seems to be automatic on some sites. But with Opera, you can do it manually. That is, pop […]
How To Create A Subdomain Sometimes it’s useful to create a subdomain on your website for testing purposes and this is exactly what I needed to do recently for testing a new theme for my Compufix site. I was under the mistaken impression that this would cost money but fortunately, it’s free and all part […]
Opera updated again today. I don’t know what’s new under the hood but there are two changes I noticed. One is the Easy setup button that has moved off the Speed Dial page and up on the bar in the top right-hand corner. It’s not really a new feature, just a moved one. Also, at […]
HTTPS Is Secure Browsing The green padlock you see at the top left of most browsers indicates that the website you’re visiting is using TLS encryption, meaning that any data passing between you and the server is encrypted– hence the HTTPS prefix. In other words, your browsing is safer from hackers, with more and more […]
We all love watching videos on YouTube, right? I know that my kids do a little too much. With watching those great– or not so great — videos we usually subscribe to their channel. I have certain channels that I subscribe to so I know when they release something new. After a while, I seem […]
The hardest thing about buying online is that you usually need a credit card which I don’t have but there are other options. PayPal comes to mind first but PayPal isn’t accepted everywhere, and not on Amazon (I believe it was at one time). So in the case of Amazon, you could use Amazon Gift […]
Brian Krebs is a friendly reporter of IT news who is willing to share with us. Thank you Brian… In the early days of the Internet, there was a period when Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses (e.g. 4.4.4.4) were given out like cotton candy to anyone who asked. But these days companies […]
A neighbour called me and her daughter had set up her Facebook account with the wrong birth date. So here’s how to change it. Sign in and across the top blue bar click on your name. Then About. You should see in blue letters Edit your contact and basic info. Click it. Find the section […]
Ah yes, Google ads. The very stuff of Google itself. It’s how it makes its money and knowing more about you is what makes it tick. But what does Google really know? How accurate is their information? You might be surprised at the amount of information they have gathered up by watching you click things […]
