Say Cheese!

There are a couple of reasons you might want to take a screenshot (a.k.a., screen capture or screen grab) of your desktop or an application window. One of the most common is to send the image to tech support to show a problem you're experiencing. Whatever your motive, here's how to take a screenshot on both Windows and Mac.

Slow Motion

Your computer's feeling a little sluggish lately and you want to boost its performance if possible. You see ads all the time for PC optimization programs, but they all look spammy. Are there any easy and reliable tools you can use to check your PC and tune it up?

Cloudy Days

On June 19 there was a four-hour security glitch at Dropbox. During that four-hour period anyone could log into any account with any password. If someone knew the email you used to login they could supply any password at all and it would work. Essentially it didn’t matter how powerful the encryption scheme Dropbox was using to secure your files was as the security flaw temporarily allowed anyone to login to your account and be authenticated as though they were you—a procedure that would bypass the strongest encryption in the world since the system believed the interloper was a valid user on the account. Here's a fix.

Next Webinar

Are you thinking about a new practice management software? Wondering if yours is still relevant? Then my next webinar is for you as we'll explore this and many other considerations. You can register for the free webinar on Thursday, August 18 at 5 PM PST right here.

Music to My Ears

Whether you prefer free streaming at your computer, paid streaming on the go, or the ability to host your own music in the cloud, there are more streaming music services coming online now than ever before. Here's a look at five of the most popular ones. Keep in mind that if you have limited bandwidth with your Internet connection, these services will eat that up and affect your overall network speed.

Lost and Found

While we've discussed ways to hide your data, and even methods for utterly destroying your data, there's a far more important thing everyone should know: how to recover lost data.

Silver Lining

With so many applications now moving to the cloud, it's natural to wonder about the security of these applications. Well, the king of web-based applications is Google, so here's how they protect your data.