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Social Networking Safety

Social networking Web sites like MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and Windows Live Spaces are services people can use to connect with others to share information like photos, videos, and personal messages.
As the popularity of these social sites grows, so do the risks of using them. Hackers, spammers, virus writers, [...]

10 Tips for improving your wireless signal

If Windows ever notifies you about a weak signal, it probably means your connection isn’t as fast or as reliable as it could be. Worse, you might lose your connection entirely in some parts of your home. If you’re looking to improve the signal for your wireless network, try some of [...]

What is a Computer Virus?

Computer viruses are small software programs that are designed to spread from one computer to another and to interfere with computer operation.
A virus might corrupt or delete data on your computer, use your e-mail program to spread itself to other computers, or even erase everything on your hard disk.
Computer viruses are often spread by attachments [...]

Windows 7 resources

With Windows 7 now available worldwide, I wanted to share some resources available to help IT Pros become more proficient with Windows 7 and consumers more savvy about new support resources for Windows 7.

Windows 7 at-a-glance

As the launch date for Microsoft Windows 7 approaches (10/22/09), the guardians at Redmond have closed the gates on the RC version. Having thoroughly tested it, here are our initial opinions:

The good: Strong design and Microsoft don’t always go together, but they do in Windows 7.
Users might take a while to get used to the [...]

Put your PC maintenance routine on auto-pilot

Most people do one of the following when their computer begins to slow down (besides get angry). They either:

buying more memory.
Decide to tweak their computer’s settings.
Figure that their computer is old, there’s nothing else they can do, and that it’s probably time to buy a new computer.

Making your website work for you.

Many people are taking part in the Work-From-Home craze where the internet is an integral part of sucess. Whether you are making a solo-effort, or part of a larger organization that hasn’t yet made the leap to the internet, we have a few simple tips that will help you with the task.