JKDefrag is a file defragmentation utility for Windows. It is free and very ugly-looking but does the job very, very well. When you download this application it doesn’t get any easier as far as ease-of-use is concerned. There is nothing to install. Just double-click the JKDefrag.exe executable file and it starts doing its thing. This [...]

One thing this 30 day series will make clear by the time it is complete is that there are many ways to generate an income online. However, there is no better way (in my opinion) than selling information.
People go online in the first place to gain information. They want to learn about something. They have [...]

Periodically I get asked how to get videos uploaded to YouTube to look better. The easiest possible way to do this is to simply capture/import and export your video file as 640×480 resolution for great video quality.
Here’s a quick tutorial for those who use Windows Movie Maker:
Import at 640×480
If you are importing from a camcorder, [...]

At work, I have a network location set up and have pointed each user’s ‘My Documents’ folder to a folder with their name on this server. The benefit to this is I can backup just a single location nightly and it includes each user’s documents in the backup automatically. Of course, users love to put [...]

A recently conducted study has proven that those who choose to use dial-up internet (yes, the agonizingly slow method of getting online) do more so by choice rather than lack of choice.
Explained: There are more than a few people out there (35% of all dial-uppers in the USA - a huge chunk) that just don’t [...]

If there is any be-all/end-all blog writing utility out there that classifies as the best, it’s Windows Live Writer. For all the bungling that Microsoft does with its other products, WLW is one that actually shines and does so very well.
Why is this? Because it does what any good blog authoring tool should do - [...]

Buying low and selling high. It has been a basic concept of business since the beginning of time. And the concept doesn’t change when moved to the Internet. Most of the sellers on Ebay are making their money doing exactly this. They buy a product at one price and then resell it on Ebay at [...]

Firefox 3 was recently released by Mozilla and they broke a world record in doing so for the most downloads in a 24 hour period. There is a reason the browser is so popular: it is flexible and well thought out.
Out of the many new features available with the new version, one of them is [...]

While trying to recover a long forgotten SQL password and exhausting the common/typical password selections, I had the need to seek a recovery utility (I couldn’t reset the password as a certain application depends on the current value). After looking for a bit I came across a great utility: Cain & Abel.
This free tool offers [...]

With the now mainstream use of broadband, it is no longer a novelty to stream audio and video over the Internet. It is now par for the course. If the data is coming to your computer as it is, it is safe to assume you can record it for later use, right?
Yes, you can. [...]

Recent studies have shown that your keyboard is probably harboring more germs and bacteria than your toilet seat. This actually makes a lot of sense if you think about it. Most of us probably do everything from eating to blowing our nose without ever washing our hands before we start typing away.
There is no need [...]