Ever lose track of the tiny mouse cursor on your big Windows desktop? I certainly have—and when I do, I usually have to swipe my mouse back and forth to find the pointer again. Effective, but annoying. Well, there’s another, easier way to find a lost cursor: by...
Is your PC running out of hard drive space? Has it been ages since you backed up your Mac? Ready to declutter your desktop? Get your system back under control with these 11 tips and how-tos. 1. Back up your Windows PC Windows 7 boasts an easy-to-use utility that’ll...
You know the web is rife with viruses, Trojans, and other nasty bits of malware, but for whatever reason, you’ve yet to install virus protection on your PC. (Hey, I’ve been there.) Well, here’s the thing: sticking our heads in the sand and hoping for...
Have a Facebook friend who can’t resist posting photos of their every meal, or who loves fishes for comments with those cryptic (as in, “I can’t take it anymore!”) status updates? If so, here’s a little something to post on their profile:...
There’s already a $5 app that lets you play Flash videos on the otherwise Flash-less iPad, but now there’s a new game in town: OnLive Desktop, the clever new service that “streams” Windows 7 to the iPad touchscreen. The catch? It ain’t so...
Frustrated whenever your favorite program slides off the Start menu? Wish you could make the Start menu icons a tiny bit smaller? And what about swapping the “Shut down” button with, say, “Restart”? Read on for six of my favorite Start menu...
One of my favorite features on Apple’s Mac operating system is “Mission Control,” which lets you create and easily switch between multiple desktop “spaces”—perfect for anyone who, for example, wants one virtual desktop for work and...
A four millimeter-thick HDTV, a toddler-proof Android tablet, and a Facebook-friendly baby scale were among the gizmos that got the most attention at this year’s edition of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Read on for more eye-popping gadgets that...
