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Alan is an expert in the area of email with a wealth of knowledge in Exchange and Outlook. Alan has been an IT professional for over two decades and co-owns his own business which focuses on delivering tech support to the SMB market.
Alan Hardisty
Andrew is a computer technician who has seen many people's computers at their worst state. The majority of issues he deals with are either performance or security related and he will be sharing some of his trade secrets on these topics.
Andrew Duncan
Brandon is web developer with over five years of experience doing Wordpress theme development. His area of expertise spans multiple web programming languages and backend database systems including PHP, ASP.NET, MySQL and SQL Server.
Brandon Campbell
Daniel Park is a guru in the field of media creation. He produces many of the slick videos found on this site. Daniel was part of the talented team at TechSmith, the company that develops the popular applications Camtasia Studio and SnagIt.
Daniel Park
Kelly is a marketing expert that prides herself at being efficient with her time. This has allowed her to manage multiple projects simultaneously without sacrificing on quality. Kelly will be providing Mac and Windows tips for those looking to be a little more effective with their time.
Kelly Lynn
Jessica is an award-winning graphic designer and web developer. She runs her own successful business developing quality brands for organizations around the world. From logo design to illustrations to business cards, she does it all!
Jessica Greenwalt
Laura is an IT support manager for a mid-sized development shop. She has a tremendous amount of experience dealing with hardware, software and infrastructure concerns within a corporate environment. Laura will be discussing various software, solutions, and more.
Laura Reynolds
Michel lives and breathes JavaScript and has been using it since 1996. He has read over 10,000 pages of Javascript books and has even co-written one by O'Reilly publishing. If there was ever an expert in this area, it's Michel!
Michel Plungjan
Tracy is an Excel Extraordinaire! She has a masters in information systems and is currently employed full time as an Excel and Access developer. If there is a complex Excel issue that needs solving, Tracy is as good as any in the industry!
Tracy Broome
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Love Windows 8.1 but Not Its Reliance on the Cloud? Here’s How You Disable It
Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella is said to have been tapped for CEO because of the great job that he did setting up Microsoft's cloud presence. Indeed, the cloud emphasis is apparent on Windows 8.1 - it is deeply integrated with OneDrive, Bing and all of the other online services that Microsoft offers. Many users aren't completely enthusiastic about the Microsoft Cloud, though. They are simply not comfortable having Microsoft be an intimate part of their everyday lives, freely sending their files to Microsoft and having the company view information about their searches and other activity all the time. If you are one of these people, you would probably be interested in disabling some of the connected features on Windows 8.1. Here's how you do it. OneDrive When you allow … Continue reading
How About Using Google Drive as Your Online Movie Repository?
Paid storage on Google Drive is now cheaper than ever - $2 a month buys you 100 GB of space and $10 a month buys you 1,000 GB. At first, you might wonder what you could possibly want 100 GB for - your home videos, photos and music collection would barely take up 10% of the space you get. Here's an idea, though - you could turn the space available into your own personal online movie storage. Your first step - get all your content on Google Drive Before you are able to stream movies from Google Drive to your TV, you first need to upload your movie collection there. You have a few ways of achieving this - the most obvious one being to use Google Drive desktop … Continue reading
Is Your Wi-Fi Performance Always Slow? Here’s What You Do
Mass-market Wi-Fi has been around since 1999, the year that the term Wi-Fi was registered. While the standard has seen impressive improvements since then, wireless technology still isn't completely reliable. You can still run into slow speeds, poor signal quality, drop-outs and so on. People tend to have more trouble with these hiccups in some locations and with some equipment than others. If you've had enough of having your Wi-Fi stall for no apparent reason, here are three ideas that you can use. Diagnostics software If your broadband plan is fast enough but you don't see any of it over Wi-Fi, you could have a problem with how crowded the airwaves are in your neighborhood are. A free utility called ViStumbler helps you get around this problem -- it … Continue reading
Can the Websites That You Open on Chrome Use Your Camera to Spy on You?
In January 2014, Google was informed of new Chrome vulnerability that could allow any website to turn the microphone or camera on your computer on and spy on you. Google hasn't so far taken the vulnerability seriously. If you aren't comfortable with having this security hole on Chrome, here's what you can do. How does this vulnerability work? Any time you give permission to websites to access your camera or microphone, Chrome makes a permanent record of your preference - every page on that website will be able to access your camera and microphone any time you visit in the future. This is a threat not because the website could suddenly decide to go rogue one day and begin to listen in on your conversations, but because it could … Continue reading
What Can You Do to Sidestep Internet Censorship?
Depending on the part of the world that you live in, access to the Internet is nearly always restricted by the government -- and not always to protect the population from websites that most would see as criminal (websites enabling child abuse, for instance). In the US, for example, the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 prohibits access to websites that promote tourism to Cuba. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act bans using the Internet to even discuss pirating copyrighted content. Even if such censorship doesn't bother you, you can still have trouble with your employer banning access to certain websites on your office terminal. The question is - what can you do about the freedoms that you lose to Internet censorship? You can try using a new DNS … Continue reading
Can Anyone on Google+ Now Send You Email Through Gmail?
Have you ever looked around on the Internet for the email ID of someone important and come up with nothing more than their Google+ profile? As hard as you might have looked around on their Google+ profile, though, you're unlikely to have turned up their Gmail ID - all Google+ has traditionally allowed you is the ability to contact the person you're looking for through a Google+ message. In January 2014, Google+ came up with a feature to help with this problem - one that will probably get people earnestly discussing social networks and privacy issues all over again. It allows anyone arriving on your Google+ account to send you an email directly to your Gmail inbox (rather than your Google+ account). It won't matter that you've never shared … Continue reading
