Here’s a little known but groovy trick that lets you send your friends a link to a specific spot in a YouTube video. While watching the video on YouTube, when you get to the spot you want to share, pause the video. Then right click where where the time indicator is and click Copy Video URL at Current Time. Now send off your link to your friends of colleagues or post it on a blog or forum....

When people hear the “G-word,” they hiss, draw their gums back in a grimace, and haul out the crucifix. But bear with me. Google Drive has a lot going for it, the main one being the price. Their sync tool (Backup & Sync) is just as good as Dropbox’s. Plus, of course, it all integrates into the Google ecosystem. So if you use Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and so on, you may want to use Drive and keep everything together....

Before we begin, note that any keyboard shortcuts are based on the US keyboard. They may not work the same in your keyboard layout. You can try shortcuts from one Office 365 app in another one, and it may work there too. There are hundreds of shortcuts, and we can’t list them all here. Let’s get going. You probably knew about these shortcuts… But did you know about these Word shortcuts?...

How to Get to Advanced Startup in Windows 8 Getting to Advanced Startup in Windows 8.x also allows you to boot into Safe Mode. Getting there can be somewhat annoying though. To get to Advanced Options (shown below) you need to hold down the Shift key, and at the same time click Restart from the power button. Use the Command Line Instead of going through all of those steps to get to Advanced Startup – use the command line!...

From the Start screen, use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + C to bring up the Charms bar. Then click on Settings. Then select Tiles. Now click the switch to yes to Show Administrative Tools. The Administrative Tools tiles like Disk Defrag, Computer Management, Windows Firewall and more will now display on the Metro Start screen. To see them you’ll need to scroll the screen over to the right....

For example, adding items to the right-click Context menu. By default, there might not be the commands and other items you want. We’ve covered several articles on how to add or take things away from the Context Menu, here’s just a few of them: Add Copy and Move To Folder Commands to Context MenuAdd Print Directories to Context MenuAdd Dropbox to Context MenuHow to Add Any Program to Context Menu...

Then download the app which is just under 75MB in size. You can also easily add shows to your Watchlist and access them from the Xbox 360 or any other supported device. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

Price: Available now for pre-order at amazon.com Display: Seven-inch color display uses in-plane switching technology, 1024 x 768 display, capable of showing 18 million colors. Weight: 14.6 oz (for our international readers, that’s 413 grams) No System Requirements: The Kindle Fire Tablet requires no computer. Wifi Connectivity: The Kindle Fire tablet supports 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11g, 802.11n or the 802.1x standards. Support for WEP, WPA and WPA2 security is available. No support for ad-hoc (p20) Wifi as I noted above....

To find the version of iPhoto you have installed, click iPhoto » About iPhoto. The version you’re running will display. Here I’m running 8.1.2 – an upgrade is required. Open the Apple Mac Store and search for iPhoto. Because the upgrade is from version 8 it’s not free. Click Buy. Wait while iPhoto ‘11 installs. It will take several minutes – the download is 727MB. When the new version is done installing, relaunch iPhoto....

First tap and hold an app icon until they start to wiggle. Then drag an app to the other to create a folder and name it. Next, drag that folder into the dock. The folder you’re creating stays in the dock. Now scroll through your screens and drag the apps you want into that folder. Then you can move that folder to the home screen or keep it in the dock....

This was posted on YouTube by ooJLEoo. To learn what the differences between the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S really are – check out our groovy comparison chart. Watch the real iPhone 4S promotional video. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

Here’s a video of huge lines outside of an Apple retail store in Japan. Here’s a look at the line outside a retail store in Sydney, Australia. If you already have an iPhone 4, dealing with huge crowds to get the 4S may not be in your best interest. Check out our iPhone 4 and 4S comparison chart to help you decide. Good luck! Comment Name * Email *...

Whether it’s a simple utility, favorite media player, browser addons, games, or expensive programs like Photoshop, everyone has favorite applications that they can’t live without. Here’s a list of five programs that must be installed on all of my computers, in no particular order. Of course there are several more, but these are the first five that popped in my head right away. Google ChromeVLCWinSnapCrashPlanLastPass Also, when you are about to install your favorite free and open source programs, use Ninite....

Originally, I was using SyncToy to keep my main multimedia library in sync with the network drive library. But for inexplicable reasons, SyncToy has been running monstrously slow ever since I upgraded to Windows 7 and Windows 8. Since Microsoft stopped supporting SyncToy about four years ago, it’s unlikely that it’ll be fixed. So, I’ve started using Robocopy instead. And so far, it works great. I can sync a folder pair consisting of my main photo library and a folder on my network drive....

Did we mention that Ron also has a famously irreverent sense of humor that drew a huge number of fans to his columns and features while he was executive editor of PC Computing magazine? His writing has been described as both “lucid” (The New York Times) and “outrageous” (his wife). Ron will also be contributing off-beat news and software reviews. He has studied criticism at the O’Neill Critics Institute and at the National Endowment of Humanities, where he is one of 12 fellows in criticism, he’s been writing reviews of everything from art, movies and books to computers and software for 30 years....

Portable solar panels and solar generators are great to keep you powered up when enjoying outdoor activities, camping, or using your RV in a spot with no power (sometimes those are the best spots!). With the new advances from BLUETTI, solar panels can even provide power at home during power outages at home — no smelly gas generators required! The BLUETTI solar panel product line has a shorter history than its power stations....

Photo Credit: liewcf First, on your iPad go to Settings » General » Bluetooth. Now switch the slider to ON. The Devices field will display and is now searching for Bluetooth devices. I’m connecting a Bluetooth keyboard that came with my iPad case. Verify you have batteries in the keyboard, power it on and press Connect. Keep in mind each Bluetooth keyboard is different, but the process is essentially the same....

The Microsoft Surface includes Bluetooth 4.0 which is the latest version of the wireless protocol and more energy efficient. It’s is backward compatible and allows you to connect your Bluetooth devices easily. Here’s how to find and add Bluetooth devices to the Surface. Bluetooth Microsoft Surface By default, the Bluetooth icon appears on the desktop Taskbar. After turning on the Bluetooth device, you want to pair, click or tap the icon and select “Add a Bluetooth Device....

To access the theme, hit the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + R and type: C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\aero then hit Enter or click OK. Now copy aerolite.msstyles. Then paste it to the Themes folder (the parent file one level up). You’ll get the following message about admin permissions – just click Continue. After that copy aero.theme to the Clipboard. Then paste it to the desktop (so you have the ability to edit it)....

But in Windows 8.x, the feature basic feature is already built-in, sans some the extra features a third-party utility will give you. Here’s a look at how to use it. Different Wallpapers on Each Monitor in Windows 8 Having a different wallpaper on each monitor is easy to set up in Windows 8. In this example I am setting up a different background for a dual-monitor configuration. Right-click an empty are on the desktop and select Personalize....