Portable Applications

Most everyone who uses a computer has a few favorites that they wished was always available to them on every computer that they use. That is where Portable Apps comes in handy. They have a list of applications that you can run from any virtually any storage device (i.e., USB drive, thumb drive, etc.) or cloud [...]

Soluto

Soluto: Provide PC support with ease Do you maintain and support computers for your friends and family? Ever wanted a simple, free solution to maintain them from one place. That is exactly what Soluto provides. Soluto is a free web service that lets you help your friends, family and colleagues with their PCs no matter [...]

Carrier IQ

Does your phone have the Carrier IQ rootkit on it? Don’t know? It’s tracking your activity on your phone. You might want to read this and learn how to remove it.

Internet Speed Tests

There are times that you may feel like your internet speed is moving at a snail’s pace. Did you realize that there are ways to test your connection speed with out calling your ISP? I will cover some of the online tools that I have used in testing as well as how to test your speed from the command line.

Suggested Software

Everyday someone releases new software. Some you may hear about in the commercials and others you may not. While not everyone is able to afford the latest, most marketed software. There are alternatives, which I will list here.

What’s a CMS?

A Content Management System is software whose main purpose is to manage a website’s content. With the help of a CMS, you can add, edit, or delete the content of your website.

Free and Open Source Software

FOSS Excerpt from Wikipedia Free and open-source software (F/OSS, FOSS) or free/libre/open-source software (FLOSS) is software that is liberally licensed to grant users the right to use, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code. This approach has gained both momentum and acceptance as the potential benefits have been increasingly [...]

Why update your website?

That is probably one question most businesses ask themselves when approached by a web designer. The answer simply put — revenue. We are all in business for that reason. But let’s break this down even further.

Steps to optimizing your Windows PC

Over time your computer becomes bogged down with unneeded files and and other issues that cause it to slow to a snail’s pace. While most general users know of a few steps that help they are not aware of the essentials. This post will take you a step-by-step through the process that I use as a computer technician.