Recently, I was working on my computer, and all of the sudden the address bar showed the Yahoo! icon. This was at the front of the address bar of my Google Browser. What this meant was that it was using Yahoo to search when I […]
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Email Discipline Email has become an evil necessity in today’s electronic world. Email is used by just about everyone “as of 2021 4.26 billion people around the world use email” (Source: 99 Firms Blog) with a mobile device or computer. Understanding that “Spam comprises 85%
CPix is a small, free portable photo viewer that can also encrypt, resize, edit, convert from one format to another, and much more. For a full rundown on all CPix features visit FileFriend CPix Feature List You also might like: How To Edit Photos With
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I was reading on quora.com that someone was trying to add a “lambda” symbol (λ) into a document. Sometimes you can use Alt codes. That is, hold down the Alt key and then type a series of numbers on your keyboard number pad. If you
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Should you want to edit your subtitles file in a PowerPoint that has already been inserted into a video, simply remove the file from your video first. Make certain that you have an original copy of your subtitles stored on your computer prior to removing
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Upgrade Your Fire Tablet Quick And Easy I have been a fan of Amazon’s Fire Tablet for several years. My first was a 7-inch early generation. A Black Friday deal for $49 that was impossible to pass up. I wanted something to view Netflix and
Someone wanted to know how to split up a multi-page document into individual pages. For this example, I going to use a document I have called “198Owners_manual_CP920.pdf”. It’s eleven (11) pages long. I’m going to use a program I’ve used before. Download PDFill PDF Tools 15.0
If you’re one to scour tech sites, you will undoubtedly have come across many recent articles discussing the rapid advancements in AI (Artificial Intelligence) and the impact of ChatGPT in particular. ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in
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This is Part 1 of a 2-Part article. In Part 1, I’ll explain why most passwords are not very strong and the methodology hackers use to crack passwords. In Part 2, I’ll explain how you can create passwords that are much harder to crack, how
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This week I wanted to take a little break from the PS5 console and talk about my Android phone. The reason I want to go over this device is because I learned something new. During my work last week (the one that pays my bills),
Buyer Beware Normally when you talk about cheap electronics you are talking about “cheap” chipsets, features, and usually a shorter life span. “Inexpensive” vs “Cheap”. That is a meaningful distinction. Retailers selling the same product where one is $169.99 and the other is $139.99, then
Why would you use subtitles in a PowerPoint presentation? A very good question and I will answer it here. Subtitles are a great way to reinforce your ideas, break up large amounts of text, and make your presentations more accessible to folks who may not
