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How to Create a Google Alert

Basic Computer Information — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:45:50 +0000

Create a Google Alert to monitor your online reputation, your business name mentions, your backlinks and more! You can create a Google Alert with or without a Google Account. Learn how.

Create Account at Google

Basic Computer Information — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:17:30 +0000

Google has many services available for you to use for free. Some of the services provided require that you have a Google account. Learn how to create a Google account so you can take advantage of all these free Google services.

How to Email Photos in Windows

Basic Computer Information — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:56:40 +0000

How to email photos in Windows. Email a single photo or multiple photos from your email client without using the photo software you have.

The New Yahoo! Search

Basic Computer Information — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:34:30 +0000

Yahoo! Search has a new look as of September 22, 2009. Seems they have decided to go for a sleeker look.

Looks like Yahoo! has made some changes for the good. We'll post more as we try out each feature.

Sending Emails

Basic Computer Information — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:25:54 +0000

Once you have composed your email, it's time to send it. You'll need to set who you will be sending the email to.

Sending emails is a common business and personal task these days. Use your and your contacts time efficiently by only using this tool when really necessary.

Composing Emails

Basic Computer Information — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:17:15 +0000

When composing an email treat it with the same attention to detail as any other piece of correspondence. Select the right subject and format emails keeping in mind how it will be received.

Google Chrome Beta is Out

Basic Computer Information — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:04:38 +0000

Google has released their Google Chrome browser for download to Windows XP and Vista machines today in approximately 100 countries. Download Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows Google Chrome is available for download at the Google Chrome home page. Before installing, be sure to read the terms of service. ReadWriteWeb has an interesting post about a section of [...]

Web Mail vs Email Clients

Basic Computer Information — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:23:31 +0000

When new to the internet, the difference between web mail and email clients can be confusing to a person. You may have been shown how to use one way but don’t know how to use the other. We’ll explain here the difference between web mail and email clients. Both web mail and email clients [...]

ClearType for HTML

Basic Computer Information — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:33:59 +0000

One of the first things you might notice after installing Internet Explorer 7 is that the type on the page seems darker. Internet Explorer 7 has ClearType for HTML turned on by default (if you weren’t paying attention when IE 7 was being installed or didn’t know what ClearType for HTML was on the list of [...]

Internet Explorer 7 Released

Basic Computer Information — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:54:39 +0000

Today on the IE Blog it was announced that Internet Explorer has been released. “Today we released Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP. I encourage everyone to download the final version from http://www.microsoft.com/ie. …” Source: IEBlog : Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Available Now There is another post on the IE Blog regarding the release of Internet Explorer [...]