Your Google search and web history (via cookie and/or Google account)Google+ friends and contactsYour IP address derived geo-location. Regardless of whether Google is tracking me or not, I’ve finally gotten fed up with these personalized results interfering with my real search I had previously. Today I sat down and figured out how to disable them completely. I feel like the “personalization” isn’t helping me find relevant information at all. Rather it’s just censoring and makes it more difficult to find what I need....

Make Kindle Fire Bluetooth Discoverable Note: This article was originally written when the first generation Kindle Fire tablets were released. Now, enabling Bluetooth on your Fire HD tablet and connecting to other devices is easier than ever. Simply swipe down and tap the Bluetooth icon from the menu. When Bluetooth is on, your tablet is discoverable. To connect to other devices, make sure the device you want to connect to is discoverable and then head to Settings > Wireless & Bluetooth > Pair Bluetooth Device....

Password Protect Office 2003 Documents Using passwords, you can prevent other people from opening or modifying your Microsoft Office documents, presentations, workbooks, and databases. It’s important to note that this password protection/encryption process is excellent if done right, which makes it hard to crack. Open the Document you wish to encrypt/password-protect. Click Tools, then click Options. Click the Security tab, and then click the Advanced button. Scroll down and click RC4, Microsoft Enhanced RSA, and AES Cryptographic Provider....

Password Protect PDF Files in Windows and macOS Method 1: Use Microsoft Office to Create Password Protected PDFs When you encrypt and password protect a document you created using a Microsoft Office program (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint), you can save it as a PDF that is also password protected. That’s it! When you open the document in your PDF viewer, you will be prompted to enter a password. If you don’t have Microsoft Office installed, you can use this method with Microsoft 365 (Formerly Office 365)....

Now Google has added a fun Tennis game in celebration of the Wimbledon tournament. Here is a look at how to find and play it. Play the Hidden Tennis Game with Google Search To get started, open your browser and head to Google and type “Wimbledon Scores” into the search box and hit Enter or click the “Google Search” button. When the results come up, you’ll find a purple box with the current scores in the nav bar with different categories like “Men’s Doubles and more....

Mozilla Thunderbird is arguably the best open source email client you can find. While it’s lush with must-have features and conveniences right out of the box, some of the default behaviors can be a pain. Namely, when you delete or archive a message in Thunderbird, it automatically moves you to the next message. If you’re determined to churn through all of your emails in one sitting, automatically opening the next email after deletion in Thunderbird makes sense....

You’d think that simply accessing that contact’s profile would provide you with a link to get rid of them, but it doesn’t. Here’s how to properly remove a connection you no longer want. Remove LinkedIn Connection Log in to your account and select Contacts on the top menu of your LinkedIn homepage. Then click Connections. On the next page, use search and/or filters to find the contact you want to remove....

Required Downloads for PC Kindle for PCCalibreAlf’s DRM removal tools The first thing you need to do is download and install Calibre and Kindle for PC. Then setup and download your books onto Kindle for PC. Once you have those two programs installed, you need to configure Alf’s DRM tools for Calibre. Unzip the tools_v#.#.zip folder that was downloaded from Alf’s, and then put the Calibre_Plugins folder somewhere you’ll be able to easily find it....

Note: Before you start, I highly recommended you FIRST disable the Recycle Bin. Click Here to read the step by step article. Begin by clicking the Start button on the bottom-left hand corner of your Desktop. 2. Click Run from the Start menu 3. Click in the White box and Type: gpedit.msc then click OK. Welcome to the Group Policy Window! 4. Click the plus sign to expand User Configuration....

Reset Your Windows 10 Account Password From the Log-in screen, click the “I forgot my password” link under the password field. The email address for your Microsoft account will be in the account field. If you have multiple Microsoft accounts, make sure you have the correct one typed in. And then verify the Captcha code to verify you’re not a robot. Then you will need to select the recovery address from the drop-down list and complete the hidden part of your email shown on the screen....

Use the physical Apple TV remote or the Remote app for from your iDevice From the main Apple TV menu go to Settings » General. From the General menu scroll down to Reset. Next, on the Reset screen, select Restore. Select Restore on the next screen asking if you’re sure you want to restore it. Now wait while the Apple TV restores to factory settings and downloads the latest software update....

Protect Accounts from Social Engineering A social engineer can be anyone who can gain access to devices or a network by tricking people into providing the necessary information to cause damage. A social engineer may obtain the confidence of an employee to convince them to divulge username and password information or may pose as an employee in an attempt to gain entry to a facility. That is why it is important for companies to inform users about security policies such as never giving out your password, even if you get a call from your IT department....

When you’re driving down the road, it’s never easy, safe or legal to reply to a text message. On Android, you can write text messages using Speech-to-text, and voice recognition is surprisingly accurate. To some, this feature might seem basic, but being a first-time Android, it took about a week before I found it on my phone so this quick guide should take the guess-work out (and show off a groovy Android feature at the same time)....

Note: Make sure to update to the latest version of iTunes and iOS on your device. Send a Gift from iTunes On Mac or PC, launch the iTunes Store, and click Buy iTunes Gifts under the Quick Links on the left. You’ll need to verify your billing info if it hasn’t been already. On the next screen select the amount you want to send. Enter the recipients email address and an option message....

Why Use IMAP? As Steve Kafla writes on the Outlook blog: Set Up Outlook.com in Mozilla Thunderbird for Windows A noted above, Mozilla’s Thunderbird email client doesn’t have support for EAS, but it does for IMAP and setting it up is easy. Here’s a look at setting it up, and the process is similar in other desktop clients too. One interesting note is that unlike configuring Gmail for IMAP, you don’t need to worry about configuring anything on the website before using it....

Sign in to Windows 10 with Fingerprint To set it up, open Settings > Accounts > Sign-in Options. Then select “Windows Hello Fingerprint” for the way you want to sign in to the device and click the “Set up” button. Next, it’s just a matter of following the onscreen instructions to make your way through the setup wizard. Kick it off, and you’ll be asked to enter your PIN or password first....

What are Windows 7 Libraries exactly? By default Windows 7 provides four different libraries: Music, Videos, Documents, and Pictures. These are an excellent primer for the new feature; however, for me, this was just the start. Each library doesn’t actually contain any data. Rather they allow you to access all your data from one folder which you pre-configure based on category or using metadata (date and author information) found in the files themselves....

We first saw this new feature in Microsoft Edge when Windows 10 Preview Build 10576 was released. It made it to the final version, and here we’ll take a look at what it can do and how to use it. Is My Device DLNA or Miracast Certified? The first thing to note here is that for this to work, you’ll need a streaming device that’s Miracast or DLNA compatible. Examples are streaming set-top-boxes like Roku, game consoles, and select Smart TVs and Blu-ray players....

Well, if you’re using Internet Explorer 8 as your web browser – there is a setting within Outlook that easily allows you to exchange Feed subscriptions between the two programs. Let’s take a look at how to set it up. The Common Feed List (CFL) is in Internet Explorer under the Favorites > Feeds tab. When you subscribe to a feed using Internet Explorer, this is where you find it stored....

Note: This article is using screenshots from a OnePlus 6T. The steps for tracking your data usage may vary slightly on other devices. This will show you what to look out for, though. Track Data Use on Android To get started open Settings by swiping down from the top of the screen and then tap the gear icon. The following step is where things vary the most from phone to phone....