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Top 15 Computer Tech Tips of 2009 from HTS Tech Tips

by Mike McEvoy on January 7, 2010

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2009 was a good year and a very busy year at the HTS Tech Tips blog. It was our first full year providing useful computer tips, technology news and computer support in an online format. To kick off 2010 we figured we would start with a quick overview of “best of the best” articles from [...]

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Gmail – 45 Timesaving Keyboard Shortcuts

by Mike McEvoy on November 5, 2009

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Keyboard shortcuts are a great way to increase your computing performance. These small combinations of keystrokes can be a real productivity booster and help you avoid having to move your hand from keyboard to mouse as frequently. Our previous posts on keyboard shortcuts have included Firefox shortcuts, Internet Explorer shortcuts and Windows shortcuts. Here are [...]

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Microsoft Outlook Data Backup Utility

by Mike McEvoy on September 16, 2009

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Email continues to grow in importance to many people’s daily life. As part of that growth millions of people use Microsoft Outlook everyday for reading and managing their email. To help individual Outlook users protect their valuable data Microsoft provides an Outlook data backup utility named “Personal Folder Backup.” This free, easy to install utility [...]

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Google is a powerful tool for searching the web and locating relevant links and content to explore. Google also provides a quick way to make your searching more efficient and a bit easier by customizing how your search results are displayed through Google Search Preferences. To the right of the Google Search Box are three [...]

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AOL Layoffs – Cutting 700+ Employees

by MikeM on March 12, 2009

AOL, once the nation’s leading provider of dial-up Internet access service, recently announced that it was paring its workforce by 10% or roughly 700 people. The bulk of the layoffs will be in the US. Main reasons given for the layoffs were the tight economy, a substantial drop off in advertising revenue and a refocusing [...]

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Send Email Messages to Mobile Phones

by MikeM on March 8, 2009

Cellular carriers provide a service that many people are unaware of — the ability to send email messages to mobile phones from a standard email program. Carriers assign an email address to each phone number utilizing a format that varies with the specific carrier.  Using this format you can compose email or text messages with [...]

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