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Mariola Czerkawska
If you use gmail and haven’t heard of Boomerang, it’s time to check it out. Boomerang has a ton of useful features for Gmail…
Read MoreMore and more of our personal information is protected by passwords: Your email account, your banking information, your online shopping accounts etc. Why do we use passwords? To protect our personal information and data. Why do passwords matter? Anyone who has your password can: Read your email Find your home address Get your bank or…
Read MoreIf you’ve been reading (or watching) the news lately, you may have heard of a new security vulnerability called Shellshock. You may have also heard that it’s very serious. But what is it really, and how does it affect you? How serious is it? The Shellshock vulnerability lets an attacker execute arbitrary code on an…
Read MoreDo you enter the same transaction every month in QuickBooks? You can eliminate the repetitive entry. QuickBooks has the capability to memorize recurring transactions (invoices, bills, checks, etc.) and set them for automatic posting daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually. To memorize your transaction: 1) In any transaction, click EDIT –> Memorize Transaction 2) Name…
Read MoreHave multiple screens? Juggling a dozen windows? You can easily set up split screen views or move windows between screens using the following shortcuts: Windows Key + Left Arrow Key or Windows Key + Right Arrow Key This will move the active window to the left or right half of the screen, or if there…
Read MoreEvery web browser has a toolbar you can enable that gives you quick access to your most frequently used bookmarks. What this toolbar is called depends on your browser: Internet Explorer: Favorites bar Google Chrome: Bookmarks bar Mozilla Firefox: Bookmarks Toolbar This toolbar normally shows up right under the address bar. Instead of placing bookmarks…
Read MoreHave you ever seen an image online and wondered what it was, or where it came from? Well, wonder no longer, with Google’s reverse image search. To find the origin of that captivating (or just really weird) image, all you need to do is: – Open a new tab and go to http://google.ca – Click…
Read MoreFor those that haven’t heard the news: we finished in the runner up spot in the GVCC Awards. The winner in our category was our good friends at Cairnview. Congratulations to Cairnview for the well-deserved recognition! And, of course, congratulations to all the winners in all categories. A special congratulations to Terry Farmer for his…
Read MoreOutlook email delay Delay delivery of that delicate Outlook email! Want to send an email, but don’t want it to be delivered right away? Choose when, with delayed delivery! To choose when an email gets sent: – From inside the email, choose Options – Click Delay Delivery (in more options) – Choose the time you…
Read MoreThe IT industry is always full of change and excitement. Most of the time that’s a good thing. Sometimes, not so much. Currently we are looking at the beginning of a global component shortage. Hard drives are going to be in limited supply over the next bit. It seems that some of the world’s top…
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