Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category

How To Enable Avast Active Scan Protection

Late last night, while trying to tweak the hard drive partitioning on my notebook, I turned off Avast’s On-Access Scanner, the  program’s active scan protections against viruses, malware, and hack attempts.  Turning it back on turned out to be a much harder task than anticipated and it took me a while to figure it out.  [...]

Robotic Future a Reality, Today?

We have all seen movies like The Matrix, Star Wars, I Robot, and Short Circuit that feature robots that can think and feel like humans or having robotic arms and legs.  These movies generally go in the Sci-Fi categories, but should they? We used to think these were things that were going to happen in [...]

PC Security Tips – Best Computer Protection Software Against Viruses, Malware, & Hack Attempts

I am going to share a little secret with you: how to completely secure & protect your pc and do it for free. In this post, I will cover pc security & protection software that you can use to protect your computer from viruses, trojans, keyloggers, spyware, malware, and even hack attempts.  All of these [...]

The Most BS SPAM to Ever Appear in My Yahoo Messenger

This is just plain BS.  It should be illegal to send SPAM like this.  Most SPAM’s I can just ignore without even giving it a second thought…. Why the (*&# would someone send me a SPAM that said something like this? highlyregardedsalmon: Hey, I know this is weird, but I don’t know who else to [...]

My Sidebar Widgets Disappeared from My WordPress Blog – How To Fix It

Just this morning, I noticed that my sidebar had disappeared from my WordPress blog.  My research yielded solutions that were, in my mind, not the easiest for most people to understand and easily follow.  As such, I thought I would write something that is very easy to follow for vast majority of us bloggers who [...]

Move over, Quicken & MS Money! There is a New Best (free) Personal Finance Software in Town

While browsing Business Week, I ran across what I now think as the best personal finance software.  It actually is an online money management tool.  The product is great: it is easy to use and has all the necessary functionality.  And, the best thing is that it is FREE.