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OperaGX recently updated and the thumbnails for the speed dials are just letters. They select the first letter of the website address and make it the thumbnail. So, davescomputertips.com gets a D. Facebook.com gets an F. Youtube.com gets a Y. And so on. So, the […]
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Here is a very simple way to help increase online security in Edge and Chrome. Most experienced users will most likely already be aware of these settings. However, it won’t hurt as a reminder and less experienced users might not even be aware of them.
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This is an important notice for all Gmail users: Google has announced that as of 30th September, it will implement the OAuth method of authentication for all Less Secure Apps (LSAs). This includes any third-party apps, such as email clients, currently being used to access
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A woman called me because her games were not loading on Facebook. She also wanted her computer cleaned out. She was using Chrome in Windows 10 on a Dell desktop. When I used the computer it didn’t seem slow or anything. I opened up Chrome
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Caveat: You must have a Microsoft Subscription Account You should always start your work in Word for the Web so that your work will automatically save in OneDrive. This will allow you to share your files with your co-workers so you can collaborate immediately. If
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A short while ago in that faraway land known as YouTube, I came across a video talking about the Brave browser. Mainly about the built-in option “Copy Text From Image”. You can right-click on a picture in Brave and have it converted to editable text.
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Email aliases protect your privacy and your security. When using an email alias, a hacker cannot learn your real email address or any other details about you from a data breach. In addition, email aliases can reduce SPAM. What Is An Email Alias? An email
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Microsoft Edge browser now includes a free VPN. Back in July 2023, Jim Canfield explained how the free VPN was available in experimental builds: How To Get Free VPN For Edge This new feature in Edge has been gradually rolled out and, by now, the
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uBlock Origin, the popular broad-content blocking browser extension, will soon no longer work with the Chrome browser. The reason being Google‘s impending move from Manifest V2 to Manifest V3 extension architecture. At this stage, no one has definitely stated that all Chromium-based browsers will be
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PineTools is a website that provides a multitude of free online tools all sorted into categories. Calculators, image tools, color tools, text tools, timer tools, randomness tools, programming tools, and more. Way too many to list here. Here is a sample: Clicking More will open
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In the end, we were only disconnected for about a week, but even that’s quite enough nowadays, especially since so many daily interactions are processed online. For example, my wife, being an accountant, is currently bogged down with clients’ tax returns, all of which are
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Warning – this post contains much ranting! Last Wednesday at 11.15 am, our Internet service unexpectedly went down and my immediate thought was that it was a glitch and it would probably come back in a few minutes. Five days later and we still have
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Many of you will already be aware of URL shorteners, such as TinyURL and Bitly, which extract a lot of the junk from URLs. However, Link Cleaner is a different sort of URL shortener in that it not only extracts all tracking, affiliate, and other
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I received the following email about updating my authentication method for my Hotmail account using the Thunderbird email program. Google made us jump through similar loops not too long ago. I went online to determine the proper settings for my Hotmail account and tried to
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