You see it everywhere these days, “Earn Money Online”, “Earn an Online Income”, “Want to earn $$$ from your PC?”  But how many of these schemes are actually legitimate offers?  It is impossible to know.  I know I like earning money online, but I have two simple rules that I follow:

If I have to pay [...]

Just recently, my laptop became extremely slow, freezing up every few minutes and basically driving me totally insane.  As you can imagine, I’ve been busy downloading programs, deleting programs, moving files etc. etc. etc, the usual carry on we’re all at on a daily basis.  “Time to pay my dues”, I thought, so I put aside [...]

A number of people are having problems with mywebsearch, a toolbar that comes with applications such as Tattoodle, Smiley Central, Zwinky etc. In particular, users of facebook have come to us requesting help on removing this from their computer. 
mywebsearch has been reported as a source of malware/spyware/adware and can be difficult to remove .  That [...]

Sounds exciting, doesn’t it?  With all the great software that is available now, it is so easy for you PC and laptop to get bogged down with it all, slowing you down in the process.  But all that is about to change!  With the new ‘Spoon’ plug-in, you can run popular programs directly from the web.  [...]

This little hint can save you oodles of time.  If you have a problem and you are searching for help in forums etc., include the word ‘solved’ in your search.  This will take you to forums where a similar query was answered satisfactorily and marked ‘solved’.  Otherwise, you will waste time, like I have done [...]

Have you ever sent a message and then realised that you made a mistake?  Well, if you do this in Gmail, all is not lost, you still have a chance to stop it from being delivered:
1. Click on ‘Settings’ in the top right corner.
2. Go into Google Labs and enable the option ‘Undo Send’.
3. Click [...]

Although Gmail is relatively  new compared to Hotmail and Yahoo Mail, 10 years younger to be exact, in its few short years it has managed to become one of the most popular webmails of the day and has easily become the email of choice for many users.  And I have to admit, I’m amongst its fans. Yes, I [...]

Another handy little number from Piriform is CCleaner.  CCleaner is their system optimisation, privacy and cleaning tool that removes unused files from your system.  By getting rid of these you free up valuable hard disk space which  in turn allows windows run faster.  It will also clean traces of your online activity.  As an extra, [...]

Have you ever accidentally deleted an important file?  Have you ever deleted an important file and then emptied the recycle bin? If you’re anything like me then the answer is yes!  Piriform have kindly produced Recuva, a file recovery software that recovers files deleted from your windows computer, recycle bin, digital camera card or MP3 [...]

Well, first let me say that all three are malicious programs that can cause damage to your computer and a common mistake people make is assuming they are all the same.  This is not the case and knowing the differences between these threats can help you better protect your computer from their potential damaging effects.  [...]