Technically Easy

Blog

  • Increase Online Privacy and Protection: Top Add-ons for Mozilla Firefox 4

    Increase Online Privacy and Protection: Top Add-ons for Mozilla Firefox 4

    Mozilla Firefox 4 is a great web browser to use—not only is it fast, but thanks to its strong anti-phising filter, it can help protect users from a variety of cyber threats, including hackers and viruses. But just because Fire Fox 4 is one of the leading web browsers doesn’t mean users shouldn’t take caution when surfing the internet.

    In fact, users should go one step further and boost their privacy protection by downloading add-ons—extensions that are designed to improve Firefox’s performance and efficiency.

    (more…)

  • W3 Total Cache Prevented FeedBurner Feed from Updating

    W3 Total Cache Prevented FeedBurner Feed from Updating

    A few weeks back I noticed that the RSS FeedBurner feed wasn’t updating for Technically Easy. Each time a post was published, the WordPress RSS feed would be updated, but the FeedBurner feed wasn’t updated to show the new post.

    I went through the troubleshooting page on the FeedBurner website, but the steps outlined didn’t correct the problem. I then started to look at the caching plugin that I was using: W3 Total Cache. The plugin cached the RSS feed on my blog, but for some reason it started to cause problems with FeedBurner.

    (more…)

  • How to Choose a GPS

    How to Choose a GPS

    If you find yourself on the road often then a global positioning system (GPS) could be a wise investment. A GPS uses a satellite to configure a location and then relays the information to you so you can find your way in unfamiliar territory.

    Long gone are the days of using paper maps or pulling over at the gas station to ask for directions … that is of course if you have a quality GPS system. Once you do decide to get one, you need to decide what functions to look for to ensure that you get the best GPS for your lifestyle.

    (more…)

  • Why Mac Users Need Anti-Spam Software

    Why Mac Users Need Anti-Spam Software

    Spam, unsolicited e-mail, junk e-mail — whatever you want to call it, has become the scourge of the Internet and a frequent complaint of Internet users. Not only is it time-consuming and annoying, it is an expensive and even potentially dangerous problem for individuals and businesses.

    (more…)

  • 5 Alternative Office Suites For Microsoft Office

    5 Alternative Office Suites For Microsoft Office

    Microsoft has dominated for a long time, but there are some new alternative office suites available. The world of freeware and open source applications has grown.

    There are now lots of alternatives that allow users to create documents, databases, and spreadsheets at lower costs. Many of the applications are free. It’s a growing trend for uses that are no longer interested in Microsoft Office Suites.

    (more…)

  • 10 Essential Things You Need to Build a Computer

    10 Essential Things You Need to Build a Computer

    Fancy getting a high spec computer for a fraction of the price you’d obtain it for in a shop? Then why not build one yourself. If you have the time, patience and interest to devote to building your own computer, it will prove a very rewarding experience.

    (more…)

  • Which to Choose: Laptop or Tablet?

    Which to Choose: Laptop or Tablet?

    Since the release of the Apple iPad in 2010, growth in this new consumer electronics market has been phenomenal. A number of market research and forecasting firms are predicting the market will grow to 57 million units by 2015.

    (1) JPMorgan Securities projects that the tablet market will be worth a whopping $36 billion by 2012. (2) The tablet market has seen competitors to the Apple iPad 2 emerge in recent months.

    (more…)

  • 5 Biggest Internet Marketing Scams

    5 Biggest Internet Marketing Scams

    Since the dawn of business relations in this world there have been scams. Most of today’s best scams are merely old scams with new wrappings. They have molded the original scam parameters to encompass new technologies.

    The Internet has become the most powerful and the biggest business medium in the world and it is full of grifters running marketing scams to relieve unsuspecting people of their hard won dollars.Read on to learn more about spotting scams and what some of the biggest scams are on the Internet today.

    (more…)