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Tech Thursday: iPhone Battery – Make It Last Longer
If your iPhone battery seems to be holding less and less of a charge here are some ideas to help make it last longer.
Push e-mails: If you have a number of emails accounts, your phone could be checking them as often as every fifteen minutes...
Tech Thursday: That Download could be Malicious!
The next time you are asked to download new software to view a movie or fix some type of problem, think twice. It could be malicious.
Studies have shown about one of every fourteen programs downloaded by Windows users turns out to be malicious. Better known as a Trojan horse.
Instead of hacking your browser, the bad guys try to hack the people using them. In what is called “Social Engineering” and
Tech Thursday: Enabling Network Mapping in Windows 7
Here is a tip showing how to enable the network mapping features on Windows 7 machines. The network map feature (which was introduced in Vista) is handy for finding other computers and devices on the network and getting a visual representation of them in the Network and Sharing Center...
14th Annual Tony Borowicz Memorial Blood Drive This Saturday
Victoria Harley-Davidson-Five Points Chapter Harley Owners Group in conjunction with The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Blood Bank Center invite you to the 14th Annual Tony Borowicz Memorial Blood Drive and Victoria Harley-Davidson’s 9th Anniversary Celebration...
Tech Thursday: Hurry to the Door – It Might Be the FBI
If you have not heard this story about a mistaken FBI Porn Raid, and if you have Wi-Fi then you should read on about privacy risks with your wireless network.
What happened? It goes like this. This fellow left his home Wi-Fi network unprotected, and a really bad neighbor piggy-backed on his "free" wireless network to visit thousands of child pornography images.
Tech Thursday: News out of Microsoft
The word is IE 10 reportedly won't support Vista
Only a few weeks ago IE 9 was released. March 14, as a matter of fact. And the IE team at Microsoft hasn't been taking a break - they've already unveiled the platform preview for the next version, IE 10, at this week's MIX conference in Las Vegas...
Tech Thursday – Windows 8??
WAIT!! I’m still learning about all the features available in Windows 7 and now word has it next year Microsoft will be offering a new OS... Windows 8! Unlike me, maybe you haven’t upgraded to Windows 7. Well, that’s okay since word has leaked that work on Windows 8 is well underway...
It’s a Relay to ‘Boot Out Cancer’
A walk of hope—a community gathered together to “Boot Out Cancer.” As Goliad County participates in its sixth Relay for Life, Saturday, April 2nd, a community will once again unite.
Please join them downtown on Goliad’s historic courthouse square at 6 p...
Tech Thursday: Tips and Tricks for the iPad
Last Thursday, I mentioned a few tips for Windows 7. So, this week thanks to PCMag.com, I thought I would give equal time to Apple and the IPad. So, here you go…
Yes, you can reveal hidden keyboard characters
Holding down certain keys provides additional character options. A long tap on the Comma key brings an apostrophe. Next door, the Period key offers up a quote mark too. On the numeric keybo
Tech Thursday: A Few Tips for Windows 7
If you like to learn new things, here are a few more tips that might help if you use Windows 7.
Have a laptop that you connect to your home network and other times to another network? You would like to use the same IP address on your home network, but the other assigns addresses via DHCP. Well, now you don’t have to go in and change the TCP/IP properties each time to switch networks.
Home Products Show Returns For 2011
If you're looking to build a home, remodel your home, sell a home or purchase a home, or just to improve your home the Home Products Show in Victoria, March 26th through 27th, is the place to be. Come out and see the latest trends in home decorating and remodeling ideas, energy efficiency products for your home, and the latest in home design...
Tech Thursday: Patch For A Pack
If you are using the recently released Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) then you need to apply a patch. That’s right; you will need to patch your operating system applying one of the security updates that Microsoft released.
The patch is included in Microsoft’s Security Bulletin MS11-015 which is designed to resolve two vulnerabilities...