Wondering how your mobile hotspot-connected laptop ate half of your monthly cellular data allowance in a single gulp? Well, both Mac and Windows PCs come with a handy feature that may unwittingly gobble up a big chunk of your monthly mobile data: the ability to...
Frank writes: I just read your tip about viewing what’s on the virtual clipboard. However, the article just related to Mac. How can you view on a Windows PC? Hi Frank! I wish I could tell you there’s a simple “Show clipboard” menu item in...
Using your smartphone or a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot to access the Internet on your Windows 8 laptop? If so, careful—you’d be surprised how much mobile data your notebook PC can burn through in a matter of minutes. Streaming videos on Netflix or Hulu is an obvious...
Getting tired of the same old Windows wallpaper, or can’t decide which baby picture to plaster all over your Mac desktop? If so, try this: just set your Mac or Windows PC to shuffle some or all of your favorite desktop wallpaper (or “background”)...
The tiled, multi-colored Start screen is perhaps the flashiest new feature in Windows 8—and it’s also a feature that (for now, at least) you can’t skip. Indeed, if you’re a Windows 8 user who just wants to get to the familiar, “classic”...
Even though Windows 8 doesn’t have a Start menu anymore, I still find myself clicking in the corner of the screen to open programs, search my PC, or do anything else the Start menu used to do. Of course, without an actual Start menu, I usually end up click the...
If you thought the snazzy new Windows 8 Start screen—you know, the one with the dazzling patchwork of clickable, multicolored tiles—was just for apps, think again. Indeed, you can add—or rather, “pin”—tiles for your favorite contacts, folders, and web...
Who says the Windows taskbar—you know, the strip along the edge of your desktop with buttons for your open windows, the tiny icons on the far side, and the little digital clock—has to sit at the bottom of the screen? Well, no one, really. Not only can you move the...
