August 21st is Backup Friday!

Daily Tech Tip: It's Backup Friday! Are you backing up automatically? If your backup plan requires your intervention, it might not work!

8 Handy Tech Tips from August, via @wgarth

• Daily Tech Tip: Attach the file as soon as you type "is attached" in an email. Simple and yet, so powerful. credit @AndrewCMiller  Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 9:01AM

• Daily Tech Tip: RAM=Memory and just like in real life, you need more! It's the single most cost effective upgrade. More RAM = Faster PC.  Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 8:57AM

• Daily Tech Tip: It's Backup Friday once again. Really, back up your Hard Drive before it crashes. They all crash eventually.  Friday, August 14, 2009 at 11:05AM

• Daily Tech Tip: Is your program list looking a little cluttered? "Right-Click" in your program list and choose Sort By Name to tidy it up!  Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 12:16PM

• Daily Tech Tip: You need to complete basic protection steps on your PC: 1 Anti-Virus program, and 1 Anti-Spyware program. Ask for details!  Monday, August 10, 2009 at 10:41AM

• Daily Tech Tip: Water and your gadget/iPhone/BlackBerry don't mix! Try Rice to revive it! http://tr.im/vUAw  Friday, August 7, 2009 at 2:41PM

• Daily Tech Tip: Care to try a powerful alternative to Adobe PDF Reader? Check out PDF-XChange http://tr.im/vzz1 Voted #1 on lifehacker.com  Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 9:58AM

• Daily Tech Tip: Do you have a multi PC household or small office? Try the Acer Home Server - easy shared data & backup http://tr.im/vr27  Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 9:41AM

Dropbox for Backup Friday!

Daily Tech Tip: It's Backup Friday! Have you heard of Dropbox? It's a sync(backup) program that works on all of your PCs. http://tr.im/uUhS

Try Firefox for improved connection speed

Daily Tech Tip: Tired of slow internet browsing? It might not be your connection. Try Firefox as a great alternative to Internet Explorer.

Google Map Search on iPhone

I wanted to call my favorite Chinese restaurant on Broad Street and this is what iPhone Maps came up with ...

Computer Woes

Be careful with your technology. Geeks have known this for years.

Get More Real Estate on your PC Screen

Screen space is a precious commodity these days with email, Twitter, IMs, internet, and work programs all competing for screen time. Here are two quick tips to squeeze a bit more space from your screen:

Auto Hide Your Taskbar

1) Right-click on the taskbar and select "Properties" from the context menu. The "Taskbar and Start menu Properties" window should open.

2) Right-Click Taskbar Properties

3) With the "Taskbar" tab open, put a check in the box labeled "Auto-hide the taskbar".

4) Also make sure there is a check in the box labeled "Keep the taskbar on top of other windows".

5) Click "OK" to save the changes and exit the properties window.

Maximize Your Browser Screen

1) Simply Click F11 and your Browser Screen will hide menus and the Address Bar. Click F11 to bring them back.

Now you have two simple tools to squeeze every ounce of space out of your monitor!