Google Result Types
What are you looking at when you have performed a search in Google? There are typically two sections to the results. The first section is listed towards the lefthand side of the screen and is known as...
View ArticleInternet Privacy
Are you concerned about the privacy of your internet activities? A lot of people just shrug their shoulders at this question. They just don’t care what information is being collected about them or...
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A lot of business users and home computer users automatically turn to Microsoft Word every time they want to create text that needs to be saved. Word is a great fully-featured “word processing package”...
View ArticleFirefox Bells and Whistles
One of the great strengths of the Firefox web browser is the ability to bolt on goodies – bells and whistles, if you like – that add useful features to the browser. These “bolt-ons” are usually free...
View ArticleInternet Privacy Developments
Last month I was appalled – but not particularly surprised – to learn that your credit rating in the future could be affected by who you hang around with on Facebook. A company called Lenddo claims on...
View ArticleWhy mourn the lost Start button in Windows 8?
You may be thinking of buying a new PC and be wondering how you will get on with Windows 8 Window 95 Start ButtonIn particular, you may have heard that Microsoft have done a strange thing by removing...
View ArticleSome Easy Refinements in “Google Search”
Have you been missing some helpful refinements to “Google Search” that are right in front of your eyes? Working one-to-one with my computer support clients, I often have the opportunity of watching how...
View ArticleGoogle Instant Answers
As well as searching websites, Google Search can also offer instant answers to common questions I did try searching Google to see if they publish a comprehensive directory of “Instant Answers”, but...
View ArticleOutlook Search – Where Did it Find the Results?
Outlook Search may be good at finding things – but not so good at telling you WHERE it found them Figure 1.If you have a lot of email folders in your Outlook and can’t find something that you are sure...
View ArticleThe default search engine in Microsoft Edge
You can’t change Edge’s “new tab” search engine away from Microsoft’s Bing Well, that’s not completely true. You can change the default search engine that is invoked when you type your search term into...
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