Jan 16
In a previous post, I discussed how useful web browser keywords can be for setting up customized search engines that can be evoked through your browser’s address bar. Now, a clever poster at Lifehacker’s forums has suggested an additional function that can improve the quality of your Google searches. Read more
Shortly after Windows 7 came out, a handy utility, Connectify, was released, which unleashed the ability of the operating system to turn your computer into a WiFi hotspot. While very useful, the application may have been too complicated for novice users.
If you’d like to add this functionality to your PC, but want as seamless a process as possible, try Maryfi. Read more
Although you may reap the benefit of a decreased price point, PCs that ship with Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic editions are sure to disappoint, as they lack many of the attractive improvements that Microsoft introduced in their venerable operating system.
If you are lacking the funds to upgrade to a more feature-complete version of the OS, you might benefit from today’s tip. Read more
Almost every online service requires that you sign up for an account to get started. As a part of the process, you need to provide a valid email address, which is usually confirmed through the receipt and response to a verification email.
While many sites state that they will not sell your address to third parties that are continuously searching for new business opportunities (i.e., spammers), you may often find yourself on the receiving end of unsolicited, irrelevant emails.
If you’d like to be free to use online services without the omnipresent threat of spam, you might want to check out Not Sharing My Info. Read more
This is the second entry in a multi-part series. Part 1
Now that we have gone over the importance of the web browser and how to customize it to your preferences, it is time to explore some of the features that make them powerful research and information organization tools.
We’re going to focus on three key areas:
1. The browser interface
2. Bookmarks
3. Search functionality Read more
Windows only: Tabbed browsing, whether in a web browser or in an operating system’s file navigator, enhances your ability to attend to and shift between multiple tasks. After spending some time with it, it is hard to go back to applications that lack this useful feature.
If you use Microsoft Office for Windows and you’ve either had a clandestine desire for tab implementation, or you’re simply looking for a novel way to get things done in your favorite productivity suite, you might want to check out Office Tabs. Read more
Advanced Users Only: Although the tenability of marketing a laptop with just a web browser as an operating system is debatable, Google’s Cr-48 did have at least one novel, provocative feature. Unless you have a proclivity for screaming at people in chat/IM discussions, you probably rarely use the Caps Lock key on your keyboard.
Wouldn’t it make sense to convert the button into something relevant to modern computer users? Google did, and transmuted the anachronistic Caps Lock key into a Search button. Depressing the key would bring up a Google Chrome search box, a convenient feature for indulging your insatiable curiosity.
Since Google’s first attempt at a post-PC machine received a lukewarm welcome from the digerati, let us see how we can attempt to replicate this functionality with our current computers. Read more
Aug 3
The rumors of RSS’s death are greatly exaggerated, as it remains a viable way for many people to keep up with content from their favorite websites. Unfortunately, many content creators, usually in an attempt to drive more traffic to their websites to increase ad impressions, trim their RSS feeds so you only get a few lines of their posts at a time.
At TechEdified, I believe that you should be able to consume content in a variety of unencumbered formats of your choosing, but many on the interwebs do not feel the same way. In case you come across such a site, here’s a tip to get you back to full RSS feed glory. Read more
Whether you need to correct a colleague’s mistake, or you forgot the password you secured a file with, getting locked out from mission critical data can be a frustrating experience.
If you’re using Microsoft Office and are looking for ways to regain access to a protected Excel file, you might want to give these options a shot. Read more
No matter how attractive shifting our computing to the cloud becomes, we are still tied to certain client-side applications, at least for the time being. While we are experiencing this transition period, it is beneficial to try and find ways to take advantage of the benefits of both cloud-based and local computing platforms.
Microsoft Office and Google Docs demonstrate this phenomenon well. Office is powerful and comprehensive, but was developed with local computing on the Windows OS in mind, and is behind on collaborative functionality. Google Docs was designed from the ground-up to be light, dynamic, collaborative and platform independent.
Instead of making an either/or choice, wouldn’t it be nice if you could somehow utilize both of these office productivity juggernauts? Read more
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