Computer Tips: Email Contents and Encrypt Text to Secure Data

Previously, I wrote about a service called LockBin that lets you quickly send short encrypted emails to whoever you want. They have a free service plus some additional premium services and overall it works fairly well. The recipient has to know the secret password you create (and tell...
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Facebook Tips: Remove the News Ticker and Sidebar in Facebook

Along with the forced migration to the new Timeline feature of Facebook, you also have to deal with that annoying sidebar that is split into two sections: one is a streaming news ticker and the other is a chat window. I use a desktop app to chat with Facebook friends and I never use the news ticker...
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Computer Tips: Volume Too Loud while Playing Videos on computer

I’ve always found it really annoying when watching movies on my PC that some scenes are super loud and some scenes I can barely hear what is going on. I understand they are trying to make it as realistic as possible, but it’s really annoying if you can’t crank up the speakers all the way...
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Computer Tips: Open a File with No Extension

Have you ever run into the scenario where you end up with a file that has no extension? How do you go about opening it? One way it so simply guess and try to change the file extension to different file types and try to open the file. That sometimes works if someone says they are emailing you a Word...
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Computer Tips: Connect to Shared Folder in Windows 8 from OS X Mountain Lion

I recently upgraded one of my computers to Windows 8 and setup a shared folder so that I could easily transfer files from my MacBook Pro and Windows 7 machines to Windows 8 over the home network. I did a clean install of Windows 8, created a shared folder and attempted to connect to my shared...
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Computer Tips: In Windows 8 Check Disk and Run System Files

If you’re having problems with your Windows 8 install, there are a couple of tools you can use to try and fix the problems. For hard disk errors, you can run check disk (chkdsk) and for corrupt or damaged system files, you can run system file checker (sfc). You can run both from within Windows 8...
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Computer Tips: Complete Hybrid Shutdown in Windows 8

In Windows 8, when you shutdown your computer, you actually are performing a hybrid shutdown by default. What’s a hybrid shutdown? As you probably have heard, Windows 8 boots up a lot faster than Windows 7 and previous versions of Windows. This is because of the way it shuts down. Instead of performing...
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Computer Tips: Use Windows 8 Metro-style app called Camera

Windows 8 has a Metro-style app called Camera that lets you use your webcam to record videos and take photos. It’s definitely better than having to download spyware/ m a l ware-ridden third-party webcam recording software. In this article, I’ll walk you through the process of using the app and adjusting...
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