Easy PC Tips

I must confess, I’ve left the PC world behind pretty much.  I bought an iMac last year, have been thrilled with the simplicity and ease of use and have gone on to buying a MacBook Pro for work.  I’ve never looked back and I’m a changed man.  Now, when friends, colleagues and family approach me […]

Not for the faint of heart, but definitely worth a try.  Firefox version 3 Beta release 1 is available for download.  Go take a look…

Hey folks.  It’s been a heck of a drought here on easypctips.com and things are set to change in the coming weeks.  In the meantime, I’m clearing up a few things and so have a few attractive domain names for sale:

galoomp.com
linksandpages.com
hogtheblanket.com

If anyone is interested in any of the above, click on the links above and […]

Del.icio.us is one of those web services that at first glance I struggled to work out what kind of void it filled. Now I’m a del.icio.us user, and have been for a few months, I’m really starting to see the benefits. I think you just might want to take a look at this one…
Simply […]

PDF (Portable Document Format) is the pseudo-official document publishing format for the web. The advantages of publishing and using PDF files are wide and varied:

PDF files are smaller than the original file from which it was created so PDFs are quicker to email around and download from websites
The software needed to view PDFs is […]

Hot on the heels of the release of the latest version of it’s arch-enemy Internet Explorer, the guys over at Mozilla Corp. have delivered, as promised, the latest version of Firefox - version 2.0
Changes can be found in:

the inclusion of anti-phishing capabilities (much like Internet Explorer 7.0)
improvements to tabbed browsing - the ability to […]

Unfortunately, some problems with the databases at our hosting company put us out of action for a couple of days over the weekend, for which, we apologise. BUT, we are back now, and with a vengeance and hopefully the problems we experienced were just a one off and it won’t happen to us again.
Fingers crossed!
Internet […]

This will be a quick intro to an incredibly useful web based list-management site that helps you organise the lists of things in your life.
Ta-da List from 37signals does one thing and one thing very well - what does it do? It manage lists of your stuff of course!

If you read my earlier post […]

I’m regularly asked to help set up an email account on friends and colleagues PC’s. So here’s a quick how-to on getting Outlook Express set up to send and receive email using a POP3 email account provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
While this guide covers Outlook Express 6.0, much of the stuff covered here […]

The goal of Easy PC Tips is to *hopefully* offer a bit of helpful advice, guidance and how-to’s on getting the most out of your computer. I also hope it will make people aware of new services, software and other products that make it easier to achieve things in your life allowing you to […]