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How to quickly find a word or phrase on a web page

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The amount of information available on the Internet with just a few clicks of the mouse boggles the mind.

If all that info was published in a single book it would probably be thick enough to reach all the way to the moon.

That’s why Google and other Internet search engines are so important for helping us find the info we need in a timely manner.

But a single web page can hold a lot of information as well, and if you need to find something on a large, congested page it can be like finding a needle in a haystack.  [Read more…]

Do this to prevent your Facebook account from getting cloned

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Substack…

By now you probably know that Facebook accounts are getting cloned by scammers right and left these days.

Luckily, having a scammer clone your account isn’t as bad as having someone hack into it, but it’s still bad – especially for the people on your friends list.

In case you’re unfamiliar with account cloning, it’s where a scammer creates a completely new Facebook account in your name and populates it with photos and personal information they’ve copied from your real account.

They then use the new fake account to send friend requests to all the people on your real account’s friends list.  [Read more…]

Here’s my best tip for choosing a new computer

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If you’ve been using computers for a good while, chances are you’ve had to replace one or two along the way.

If so, you know that shopping for a new PC can be about as bewildering as shopping for a new car.

And while it’s always a lot of fun unpacking and setting up a new computer, you probably wonder if you made a good choice when picking it out.

Well I have a little tip that can help you feel better about your choice when it comes time to pick out a new computer. [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I make Chrome stop filling in my old email address?

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Question from Peyton:  I recently dropped my old Yahoo email address and switched to Gmail.

But every time I load a page with Chrome the old email address keeps popping up in forms that ask for my email address.

I can delete the old address and type in the new one but I’d prefer not having the old one to pop up at all.

How can I fix this?  [Read more…]

How to give your phone or tablet a fully-functional clipboard

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Just like desktop and laptop computers, all smartphones and tablets have a very basic clipboard that allows you to “copy” and “paste” text from one app to another.

Unfortunately, that’s about all you can do with it. Even worse, the contents of the clipboard are overwritten every time you “copy” something else.

The good news is you can download a handy third-party clipboard app that will give your phone a fully-functional clipboard.  [Read more…]

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