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Question from Keegan L. I read an article on Internet security last night and they kept talking about a computer’s “Public IP Address” and its “Private IP Address”. I never could figure out exactly what those terms mean.
Can you tell me the difference between the two types of IP addresses? And how do I find out what those IP addresses are on my computer?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
I was looking through the referral logs for this blog a couple of hours ago and noticed something very interesting. Internet Explorer is no longer the web browser that most people use when they visit RicksDailyTips.com.
The last time I checked my logs (which was the 2nd week of May) I.E. was still well on top with 61% of the visits. Chrome was second with 19% with various other browsers rounding out the remaining 20%.
However, this is what I found this morning… [Read more…]
Are you confused about the entire “Net Neutrality” thing that’s been in the news recently? If so, you certainly aren’t alone.
The big advantage that the Internet has always had over other methods of media and content distribution is the way the playing field was level for everybody who wanted to play the game. All players had equal access at all times.
If you wanted to open an Internet-based business, all you had to do was build a website and then you could immediately start selling your goods or services to the public. [Read more…]
How would you like to be able to see a preview of the web page a link will take you to before you click on it?
Or how about being able to quickly preview the images in online photo galleries just by hovering your mouse over the thumbnails?
A wonderful free Google Chrome extension called SwiftPreview will let you perform both of these tricks!
SwiftPreview is extremely simple and easy to use. Simply install the add-on, then whenever you hover your mouse over a link or thumbnail image, a preview image will be displayed on the screen. If you like what you see, simply click the link or photo and it will open in your browser as usual. If you decide the content being linked to doesn’t interest you, simply remove the mouse from the link or thumbnail and the preview goes away. [Read more…]
Most of us are used to refreshing the current web page in our browser by either clicking the Refresh icon or pressing the F5 key, but there is a better way to refresh a page: Press the Ctrl+F5 key combination.
Why is pressing Ctrl+F5 to refresh the current page better than the other two options? Because it clears the browser cache for the page before reloading it into the browser. [Read more…]