A lot of users come into our shop with virus problems and one of the most common ways of getting a virus is by clicking on the wrong link. It also seems like every one of these clients have the same question, “How am I supposed to know what’s safe to click on?” The short answer is that you won’t KNOW that something is safe to click on. There are some steps you can take however to help protect you.

One way to help ensure you are on a safe site is by looking for the little lock symbol near you address bar an ensuring that your surfing using SSL. Don’t know what SSL is? You really don’t need the details; you just need to know that if you have it, the website is operating on a secured connection between you and the computer you are connecting to. This is one good step if you are doing some online shopping. 

There are also a few browser add-ons that can help you determine whether a link in the search results is safe to click. Some antivirus programs also include such add-ons so they would be a good place to check.

If you’re interested in reading more click here.

Everyone loves the way their phones can navigate places for them, tell you what items are, give you times for events, etc. Now Google is working to bring that technology to your eyewear. Much like the futuristic scenes in many movies where the character looks around and a computer is analyzing everything they look at; Google’s new glasses are aiming to do the very same thing.

Google’s glasses will be able to set appointments for you and remind you about them, give you directions to somewhere you would like to go whether while walking or driving, or even help you meet up with friends using intergraded features of Google’s social media tool Google+.

While this futuristic technology seems far-fetched it was only a matter of time before Google, or another company invented a better, more hands free method of interacting with everyday life. This new design is meant to easily integrate into someone’s life and give them more readily available access to the Internet’s resource’s than ever before.

If you wwant to see a short clip of this cool new technology click here.

Google, the world’s leading search engine and arguably one of the world’s leading technology company is going to be making some drastic changes to the way their search engine works. Google has decided to update their search engine to stay on top of their game. Google normally makes changes in the way their search engine performs and what it uses to pull up websites within its searches but this time is completely redesigning their system.

Many people feel that these changes are going to favor websites of companies that pay Google money for advertising more so than those that do not. Google however claims this is not the case and says that they are just trying to make their server results more relevant to what its users are actually searching for.

To read more on this click here.

After months of delay, Google this week will let people use Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar even when they're offline, a key feature for making the company's cloud-computing vision more practical. 

Gmail Offline is a separate Web App that runs only in Chrome for now.  It stores about three to seven days' worth of messages right now and lets people read, write, and organize messages even when there's no Internet connection.   Years ago, the company had enabled offline access to the applications using in-house technology called Gears. This time it's trying a different route that uses a variety of Web standards--some descended from Gears--but some proprietary elements of Chrome, at least for now.  Along with the ability to have your email stored for offline use, you will also be able to view / edit your Google Calendar and, Google Docs as well.  Right now this feature is only available to limited users but soon will release to the public.

Yesterday Google release a browser extension for their popular Chrome internet browser that is designed to make the internet a safer place for its users. Google release an extension they call “DOM Snitch”. DOM Snitch is designed to check websites software for possible exploits and/or common security issues within webpages. This extension is still in its experimental phases but when completed will allow users to browse the web and have this “program” check the websites they browse to for various security issues. The goal is to catch websites that are trying to deploy malware or other security risks to your computer without your knowledge.

If you’re interested in reading more or downloading the extension in its early form click here.

With the way Google is moving everything to the “Cloud”, comes a new feature called “Google Cloud Print”.  Google’s new Could Printing service allows anyone to print to any printer via the web by connecting your printer with the Google Cloud service.   With this service enabled you are able to print from any computer or smart phone, regardless of where you are as long as you have network capabilities.  In order to use the new Google Cloud Print service you must download and install Google Chrome and the Google Cloud Print connector.  After those two are installed your printers attached to your Computer will become available automatically through the web.

Google Cloud Print is currently in beta right now but you can go ahead and try it out. Click Here to continue. 

Looking for a nice tool to install to manage other applications and tools on a flash drive? LiberKey is software that installs on a flash drive and allows you to have many portable applications that can be taken to any computer and used without installing them. Basic version has only 12 Apps, standard has 90 Apps, Ultimate has 168 Apps and then is also a Platinum version for people who would like to customize which apps are installed. http://www.liberkey.com/ 

Most of us have experienced grazing the touchpad on our laptop as we are typing up a long story, then looking up at your screen and realize that the cursor has jumped around several times. Yes it is very frustrating and there is a easy fix for it. Touchfreeze is a free open-source utility that disables your touchpad as soon as you start typing, and then it will re-enable it as soon as you stop typing. Yes you can go into your Control Panel and disable your touchpad, but when you want to use it next time you have to go back in there and re-enable it. This tool saves you alot of time and no longer will you have to worry about that cursor moving around on you when you are typing.

 Touchfreeze sits in the system tray and you can have it auto start when your system boots up. Touchfreeze works with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003/2008, and Windows 7.

Google has now announced in the latest Chrome dev channel release 4.0.201.1 they are going to add bookmark synchronization without needing any special add-ons. This feature needs to be activated though and then you will also need to have a gmail account. This feature works very well if you use multiple computers and want your same bookmarks on every computer. Also a nice because it acts as a backup for your bookmarks.

What does Google Chrome web browser have that IE8.0 doesn't? THEMES!!!

Google has now released the ability to switch themes in Google Chrome by just clicking 1 button. Currently there are only 29 themes and 90% of them are actually great looking themes.

I am assuming that once widely released to the public they will allow third parties to create new themes.