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Block these scam websites

You can help prevent spamming and uninvited advertising by blocking the following websites using your browser. Using an extension like Adblock Plus, you can prevent sites like these: operatingsystem-alert.us/ onlinecomputerhelpsupport.com/ app2update.super-update.com us.fps.pb.com You can also download Kaspersky Anti-Virus and also Norton to fight these scam advertising websites. Make sure to include these sites in your […]

The selfie stick frenzy

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The selfie stick frenzy

I wasn’t planning on buying a “selfie stick” to help take pictures with my iPhone 6. They seem more like “selfish sticks” and I thought the selfie was another way that technology isolates us as human beings from each other. But, I got one as a gift and now I can’t put the damn thing down. By […]

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Good things don’t last in computer technology

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Good things don’t last in computer technology

Technology speeds past us so quickly that you wonder if the ideas are flowing fast or if the people engaged in the industry simply have lost focus on what is good for consumers. The biggest problem is that the people in technology have a good sense of how to develop things but a terrible sense on […]

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A technology review of Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker software. They don’t work By Ray Hanania Everyone has an interest in tracing their family tree, which is why Ancestry.com and their software robber barons Family Tree Maker have come up with a way to fleece you of a lot of money each year and prevent […]

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LifeRun Emergency Alert System gives help wherever you are

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LifeRun Emergency Alert System gives help wherever you are

LifeRun Emergency Alert Systems offers you the peace of mind and fast medical assistance in an emergency It’s the only system that allows direct voice-to-voice communications from anywhere in your home It’s not enough to hope that someone reaches you in an emergency. You need to be sure. You need to know right away that […]

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Technology Review: How Zemanta screwed up a good thing By Ray Hanania Zemanta used to be one of the most essential services for WordPress news sites. They offered not only a great selection of public domain images that could easily be inserted into a story, but that also offered links to similar stories. Well, the […]

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Hightail says it will address issues and shows it cares about its users

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Hightail says it will address issues and shows it cares about its users By Ray Hanania One of the big problems with large software companies is that it’s impossible to “communicate” with them. They usually have a autocratic bureaucracy that keeps the bosses way above the normal people who work for them and who buy their […]

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Why Dropbox is better than Hightail in uploading and moving large files

Why Dropbox is better than Hightail in uploading and moving large files By Ray Hanania (Editor’s Note. Click here to read my updated column about Hightail by clicking here. A follow up to this column.) I’m a computer freak. I program computers, I design websites, and I write. A lot. One of the most important […]

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