The Computer Guy: Fancy Word Processing – Free, Online!
Online word processing programs have become a terrific alternative to the usual software that you can only use on a single computer. With an online word processor you can create and save any regular...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: Browser Search Hijack!
Mac or Windows; a new wave of “search hijack” malware is making the rounds. Also called “browser hijack”, the basic issue is that when you ask to go to one website, your browser takes you to a...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: Lookout For Fake “Tech Support” Scams
Cybercriminals have a new scam – making fraudulent phone calls proposing to service your computer. The way it works is, a fake operator calls and claims to be from a well-known company, like...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: Lookout For Fake “Tech Support” Scams
Cybercriminals have a new scam – making fraudulent phone calls proposing to service your computer. The way it works is, a fake operator calls and claims to be from a well-known company, like...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: Public WiFi – To Hotspot or Not
Public WiFi hotspots are popping up everywhere – which is a good thing. “WiFi hotspots” are where you can find a wireless connection for you to use with your laptop or tablet or smartphone to...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: Homeland Security Warns “Turn off Java”
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is urging all computer users to temporarily disable or uninstall Java software on their computers. That includes Windows and Apple Macintosh computers. This...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: Android Tablet or iPad or Smartphone?
Your Tablet & Pad Questions Answered Here! It’s like we’re living in a science fiction movie! Right in front of our eyes, bulky personal computers are transforming into graceful pieces of magic...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: Tech Support Search Shams
Be wary, please, when you search for “official” tech support phone numbers on the Web. The results are filled with bad guys. The problem is that a search for a tech support number will very...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: Block Adult Content on the Web – Free!
With nearly every household electronic device connecting to the Web these days – including cell phones, iPods, video games, TV add-ons like Roku, and even TVs themselves – there may be times when you...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: Firefox, Chrome or Explorer – Which Browser is Best?
This question, of which web browser to use, troubles a lot of folks, but it really shouldn’t. The simple answer is that, for most web sites, any browser will work just fine. A “Web browser” is a...
View ArticleSharing Files With Yourself
Computers at work and at home, smartphones, I Pads, and tablets everywhere. It’s pretty common to have more than one computer or computer-ish device in your life these days. These things are supposed...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: Your Smartphone is a Document Scanner!
Have you ever been out somewhere and needed to grab a quick copy of a document of some sort but didn’t have a copier handy? Or, even if you could find a copy machine, it would be so much easier to...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: An Online Calendar Beats the Fridge Door
Keeping calendars online or in-the-Cloud is great! For work, for family, or just for yourself; they’re about as easy as keeping it on the refrigerator door, and much more flexible than an...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: Net Neutrality Is Important To You
Your daily routine is at risk. I said that to get your attention; but it is correct. Stick with me and I’ll try to make this brief. Almost everything we do, service we receive, purchase we make,...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: Goodbye Windows XP & Super Computer Deals!
Windows XP is officially on its last legs. Microsoft announced a couple of years ago that it would end support for XP in April, 2014 – and it did just that. That means no more security updates from...
View ArticlePublic Internet at the Welcome Center in Pawling
Hikers and Visitors coming to the Welcome Center in Pawling Village have a new place to connect to the internet. The Pawling Chamber of Commerce is providing this new, open WiFi hotspot free to all...
View ArticleCan A Tablet Be Your Main Computer?
Tablet computers are multiplying like crazy, so this question is coming up a lot more often now. The answer is a cautious “yes, but it depends….” It depends a little bit on which type of tablet...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: Turn Your Photos Into Movies
If you have hundreds or even thousands of photos stored on your computer and you keep meaning to organize them – first, you’re not alone, and, second, here is a super fun and easy thing to do with them...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: Tips For Better WiFi – the Update!
WiFi is everywhere! You see signs for public access WiFi on the street. The library has it; restaurants have it, hospitals have it, some shops have it. And most everybody with an internet connection at...
View ArticleThe Computer Guy: One Antivirus at a Time
A frustrated CEO of a major antivirus company said recently that antivirus programs are losing the war against computer malware. That was just his frustration speaking – because the bad guys always...
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