by Joseph Forbes | Mar 17, 2013 | DATA, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technical Support
from the government-happy-to-keep-your-money-a-while-longer dept. Tax refunds for about 600,000 taxpayers claiming an education credit will be delayed, the Internal Revenue Service said on Wednesday, citing a software glitch at some tax-preparation companies,...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | Blog Entry, Internet Scam Notices, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
Below is written by a Microsoft MMPC person, to which I had to copy it because it is verbatium the same situation I encountered awhile back. The FTC and FCC have made it clear that these are scams, even going as far as shutting down the money flow for these scams to...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | HACKING, HAPPINESS, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, Technical Support, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY, Web Hosting
Your video game console is great for playing games, but you might not realize it’s also one of the best media centers around. Here’s how to set up all of the modern consoles so you can stream videos and music to them right from your computer. The PS3 and...
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by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE, KnowledgeBase (KB), Technical Support, Technicals
Windows 8 brought a brand new task manager with tons of new features, but it can be a little bit confusing if you were accustomed to the old way of doing things. Here are a few ways to customize the interface. The task manager was redesigned to be easier to...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, Technical Support, Technicals
from the be-a-dear-and-install-the-cloud-on-my-computer dept. My mother uses a recent enough PC running Windows XP and has a broadband connection, but her primary method of interacting with the online world remains the AOL software. She also likes to download and use...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | INTERNET, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
On its March Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released 7 bulletins to close 20 security holes. Four of the updates are rated critical; they affect Windows, Internet Explorer, Silverlight (including the Windows 8 version), Office, and the Microsoft Server software....
