Awesome Tips and Advice for Technophobes

 Working on a computer all day, and having been brought up with a ZX Spectrum in by bedroom, I consider myself fairly adept at using computers. It is for this reason that I can’t really understand when someone struggles to understand the how something works. Or when they insist on reading instructions before trying something. [...]

Would You Suit an UltraBook?

This Christmas, many people will be eagerly looking forward to sitting round the tree with carols jangling away, ripping the paper off their brand new super fancy tablet PC. It is the gift of the year as Apple’s iPad gave way to a swath of rivals rushing into the market with their own versions, implanting [...]

Technology’s Role in the Quality of Social Interaction

 Few can argue that technological advances haven’t made their lives easier or more efficient in some way. But where social interaction is concerned, some are not so sure. Even though tools like social media have the mandate of allowing us to nurture existing relationships or create new connections, there is also evidence that this type [...]

5 Tips to Help You Pick the Picture Perfect Kids Digital Camera

Kids these days are growing up in a digital age, and it’s sometimes shocking how quickly they pick up on how to use technology. Kids as young as 3 are learning how to play with tablets, smartphones, and yes, even cameras. When it comes time to give your kids their own camera, there are several [...]

Using Windows Live Writer with your Blog

Posting something new to your online blog is very simple… Sometimes too simple. The pictures come out funky, the title doesn’t look right, or the text comes out all over the place. Wouldn’t you love an alternative to reformatting once you’ve already posted or a way to stop switching between preview and the editing box? [...]

3 Simple Ways to Conquer your Inbox

You may feel like just bunging the whole lot in the junk mail folder, but there are better ways to deal with a constantly choc-full inbox. In my experience, the best form of attack is prevention – to stop those irrelevant emails appearing in your inbox full stop. After all, it can take around half [...]

Understanding Common Computer Error Messages

Face it: as much as you may not like to admit it, you are probably highly dependent on your computer. On top of that, it is likely that if something goes wrong with your computer, you have no idea of where to even begin to fix it. For that reason, seeing computer error messages can [...]

Giveaway: Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder Standard

Mom’s Day of this year is due on May 13th. Wondershare wants to take this opportunity to express their thanks and repect to all moms in the world by giving away (for a limited time) Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder Standard, which allows you to drop-in your favorite photos and music, and instantly create a compelling photo [...]

Giveaway: PearlMountain Image Converter

PearlMountain Image Converter is a photo converter as well as batch image converter, which helps you convert images to other formats, resize, rotate, crop, add watermark, apply effects and add border to thousands of images at a time. Some of the highlighted features include: • Convert thousands of files at once in batch mode. • [...]

Powerful All-in-one MP3 Utility: MP3 Toolkit (Freeware)

There is a new freeware product that has just been released – MP3 Toolkit From a press release: Free Music Tools to Help Users Convert Audio, Rip Music CD, Edit MP3 Tags, Cut and Merge Audio Files MP3Toolkit.com today introduced MP3 Toolkit, a powerful suite of free music editing tools, allowing users to convert between [...]