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“Wake up computer!”

Many computers have sleep options turned on by default. This means after a long period of inactivity you may have to wake your computer back up. If wiggling the mouse doesn't work, try using one of the arrow keys on your keyboard. These safe keys prevent accidental keyboard input when the computer wakes back up.

ChaCha’s incorrect answers continue to disappoint

ChaCha has gone from a really great service to a mostly entertainment service to completely useless to me. I have given them multiple opportunities to…

Beyond the Shopping Cart: Checking Out with PayPal.com

What Is PayPal If you shop at eBay, you may be familiar with PayPal as the preferred payment option. But you can make PayPal your…

Google is Broken [SMALL BIZ NOOBIES]

People ask me all of the time how to get to the #1 position in Google. I always give them the same answer. I tell…

YouSendIt.com Securely Sends Large Files

If you’ve ever clogged your email inbox with large files, exceeded your email storage limits, or hassled with burning and shipping huge media files on…

Lord of the Malware, aka “One program to rule them all”

I fixed a nasty problem on my brother-in-law's computer today. It turned out to be a rootkit (a program that infiltrates the system and hooks…

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