Trying to sell a car? Do you have a house for rent? Looking for a used washer & dryer? Why not check out KIJIJI, one of the leading and fastest growing online classifieds. Best of all, the service is FREE to use! (more…)

“Junk Mail” as it is called in the world of regular mail is the equivalent of “spam” in the email world. Spammers send out millions of emails in hopes of luring just a few of their victims into the scam. Don’t become a victim! (more…)

Sending cards by snail mail can get expensive. They cost upwards of $5 each, and postage is certainly not cheap either. Send out 20 cards, and this can really pile up. Well, the good news is that times have changed. If you are seeking something different to the old “send-a-card-by-mail” routine at Christmas, look no further. There is a great website that allows you to instantly send animated greeting cards by email for any occasion! (more…)

Every house on your block has an address. An address uniquely identifies a house situated anywhere in the world - there is no confusion. The unique combination of house number, street name, city, and country can unambiguously identify any house on the planet. A similar analogy that comes to mind are phone numbers - every telephone line in the country has a unique telephone number. So when I call Bob across the street, I can be sure that I’m really calling Bob’s house; his phone number is unique. You get the point already! So, what is an IP Address? (more…)

Cuil is the latest search engine to rival juggernaut Google. Pronounced “Cool,” Cuil claims to be able to find 3 times as many pages as Google can; as of today, 121617892992 webpages. This fact alone does not make Cuil a superior search engine. The vast majority of users are only looking at the first 10 results anyways, so anything beyond those lose their significance rapidly. Cuil’s management team claim the search engine ranks pages by their relevance as opposed to their subjective popularity. (more…)

In the introductory blog entry about RSS titled “What Is RSS?,” I made a promise at the end of the post. As stated, I’m now going to show you how to setup your very own RSS Reader! This is a piece of software which allows you stay up to date with websites that update their pages on a frequent basis. An RSS reader is also known as an RSS aggregator. So now you know. Are we ready? Ok, lets gets started (more…)

E-Book is a short form for “Electronic Book” (I bet you can guess what the “E” stands for in E-Mail). E-Books come in a variety of file formats, but all share one common characteristic - there is no paper to be found in these books. E-Books are read on the computer, and are distributed via the internet. Some E-Books cost money - you must pay to download them. The authors make money on the books just the same as if it was bought from a store at the mall. Fortunately, other E-books are available FREE on the web. How cool is that? (more…)

The Non Techie is intrigued, yet bewildered by the concept of a webpage existing on the web. Many computer beginners often wonder about websites - who chooses the website address? How do they exist? Are there any costs involved? Although this is only a basic guide, it will give you the necessary instruction on how to setup a website in 5 easy steps. (more…)