Gone are the days when you had to visit a site or use a certain piece of software to get the information you're looking for. Google is taking over the entire computing world by transforming their inconspicuous "search field" into one of the most powerful tools online. It's now the "starting line" if you will for all sorts of information - weather, facts, scores and tons more. And all it takes to access these is to know the "shortcut," a code typed into the

A lot of IT and other tech-savvy people will perform a defragmentation of a hard drive to boost performance. When asked what it does, sometimes it is easy to say that it helps your computer run quicker, without elaborating on the process behind the program. We’ll look at how to defrag a hard drive, why it is important to defragment your hard drive regularly, as well as a few things to remember before running the scan. How to defragment

For whatever reason, Microsoft always seems to neglect to develop or simply leave out features that should seem commonplace in the Windows operating system. In Windows 8, you can’t just delete Wi-Fi networks not in range from your networks list. Even if you’re not in range, those networks are still there and this can be annoying when trying to find the right network to manually connect to that’s in range. We’ll show you how to delete

It’s hard to count the number of jaws that hit the floor after the last Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. When Apple revealed the new look of iOS 7, it met and exceeded everyone’s expectations. Sir Jonathan Ive did not only remove the skeuomorphic elements from Apple’s mobile operating system, he cleaned them out with the flamethrower from Aliens. We were fortunate enough to know someone tech-savvy who installed iOS 7 Beta 1 on his iPhone 4. He

Do you love to sing along with songs? Or are you a fan of looking up lyrics? If you ever find yourself thinking, "What were those lyrics again?" then these three lyrics plugins are for you. Designed for everyone's favorite music player Windows Media Player, these plugins automatically display the current song's lyrics in Windows Media Player's interface. All three have built-in search engines to find the song's lyrics without you lifting a finger, and some even display the lyrics in real-time.

Giving kids an unrestricted internet access is a scary thought for any parent. The internet is littered with websites that are unsuitable for kids, and better parental controls are needed more than ever. KIDZY enables very strong restrictions to web access, but not based on the regular content filtering mechanisms. Parents can add websites to the favorites and enable an administrative option which restricts access to just those domains. Children can

Browsing whilst on the go using your iOS smart phone or tablet is essential for both business and leisure. It goes without saying that we all want our mobile browsing experience to be just as responsive, fast and capable as our day-to-day desktop web surfing. Currently, Safari are dominating the mobile browser market, holding a 61% share of the market. but competing browsers are constantly knocking on the door, offering new, unique and exciting ways to browse. Is there a need to switch iOS web browsers? The two main reasons

ReadyBoost came to the Windows operating system in Vista. ReadyBoost allows users to take advantage of removable media to help speed up your OS. ReadyBoost isn’t foolproof, but under the right circumstances and PC setup, ReadyBoost can make a difference. But does ReadyBoost really improve performance in Windows? Can it make such an improvement that you don’t need more RAM or a PC upgrade? Let’s take a look at what ReadyBoost is, how it works and whether it’ll

Sometimes you just need a better way to access your bookmarks and important tools within Firefox, and vertical is the way to go. Vertical tabs have been a feature people have been enjoying for awhile, and now it's possible to display bookmarks vertically. And the Vertical Toolbar extension for Firefox is all you need to make this a reality. Why vertical? One of the biggest reasons to consider this extension - anyone with a wide-screen monitor will instantly be

It happens to the best of us. When we’re caught up in a moment recording a video on our tablets or smart phones, we don’t realize until afterwards that we shot it the wrong way. The video is now sideways or at another rotation and may have diminished the magic of that moment. Luckily, there are several ways out there to rotate a video, and we’ll show you how to do it just to