If I was asked this question say...15 years ago then my answer would be, "Yes, do switch off your computer at night because you will save electricity and money."

Computers have come a long way over the years. The technology in modern computers uses less power compared to the computers a couple of decades ago. Computers automatically run on low power mode when the user is away for long periods of time.

We have received reports from computer users from UK, USA and Australia that they answered a phone call where the caller claimed to be a technician from YourPCmatters.com and tricked the user by telling them their home or office computer is infected with a virus.

The caller provides the user with instructions to gain remote access into their computer in order to perform some diagnostics and convince to purchase an antivirus program to fix their virus infected computer.

Home renovation is the most complicated and also the most significant exercise after you have bought a house. Time and again, people opt for remodeling either a room or some parts of a house to its entirety. Home renovation can be a highly daunting challenge, especially if you are doing it for the first time and do not have the luxury to choose the best home remodeling company in your city or state. Home renovation can become very easy these days, courtesy the range of amazing apps that are widely available on iPhone, Android phones, Blackberry and even for PC, Macs and other notebooks. Here are 7 amazing apps which are also free that can help you with your next home renovation.

Most bloggers know that publishing an article on your blog is just one small piece of the puzzle. You're probably asking yourself, "How can I get more readers to my blog?"

Here's the answer. For a little while now Google have created a search category called Blog. The Blog category indexes blogs. So...

Are we in a “Post-Pc”  or “PC-Plus” era?  Here are two opposing point of views causing quite a stir these days.  With the rise of touchscreen gadgets like tablets, smartphones, cloud-power, some predict the the age of PCs are numbered.  

Hmmm... We’d like to take sides this time, by presenting Laptopmag.com‘s arguments as to why PCs still uphold their staying power.

I think I might have a simple solution that stems from the first time I saw the frustration on a friend’s face when her computer went down—I wanted to help. 

If you are a laptop computer owner you may want to pay close attention because what I am about to reveal to you may save you thousands in service fees, warranty expense, and unnecessary repairs.

Tech and DIY website, Lifehacker.com, gives this amazing expose-of-sorts about Google’s best features that aren’t really kept a secret, but many of us have yet to unearth its wealth of apps, programs and tools. Google’s Gmail, Google Search, and Chrome are the superstars widely used by many. Over time, Google has come up with a vast array of products that are as cool and could work wonders for your online productivity yet, are still under-utilized.

It is best used in tutorials where you need to provide a step by step illustration of a procedure or instruction. Some use it for posterity’s sake -- like capturing that moment on screen and have bragging rights when a big shot celebrity commented or ‘liked’ your post or ‘followed’ you in your social media account.

Certainly, the Print screen key on your computer worked as easy as a pie, and yet at one point, you may find it too limiting; you want more tricks and features that are customizable to your screen capture needs.

You must have gotten the shock of your life when Apple announced that the MacBook Air and the New MacBook Pro do not have a DVD drives. Soon after, other laptop and netbook makers followed suit.

This is no reason the bite your nails. Fret not. You will survive. Ultra-thin and ultra-light weight laptops are like manna from heaven. They’re beautiful, thin, light-weight, thus easy to carry and very portable; and above all, they’re ultra-powerful too. With such great power and sophistication, ask yourself do you still really use the DVD drive that often these days? Have you noticed that you seem to store and retrieve most files, media, software, and applications online, nowadays?

For users who have multiple devices and want access to their files across these devices without having to lug around and get entangled with their external hard drives and USBs, the cloud storage services and online backup services, are like manna sent from heaven.  Dropbox has been running this race with a mile-long advantage against it newer competitors in the field.  Yet tech biggies like Apple, Microsoft, and Google would like to play catch-up and are pretty much gung-ho on taking home the prize.  Microsoft, for one, is pulling all the stops for Sky Drive; while Google is banking on Google Drive to get attention from its user base, by offering it as an upgrade to Google Docs rather than a separate service altogether.

In this digital day and age, we are getting more and more attached to the internet, and staying connected online, is now evolving into becoming a necessity. Wi-Fi zones or hotspots have grown in numbers. While the possibility of Wi-Fi coverage for the entire planet is still a distant work in progress, way have to discover our own ways in means on how to capture wireless internet access, through resourcefulness, research, creativity, and helpful tools and devices.

News broke out a few days ago about the reportedly 6.5 million password leakage from professional social networking site Linked-In.  This was confirmed by Linked-In themselves in a update report posted Linked-In’s blog.

When the new Ipad was launched over a month ago, a lot of you probably considered upgrading, yet were hesitant to do so because your good ol’ Ipad2 was still in shape.  No one can blame you, there’s always something to drool about those tablet upgrades and new features.

Are you surprised that one, or perhaps most of your friends are now into photography-- posting artsy, retro, Polaroid-like photos as of late?  Chances are, they’ve already been bitten by the shutter-bug called Instagram. All of sudden, more people have been snapping pictures through their smartphones, and tinkering with a variety of filters that can set different moods for the same photograph.

The internet is a big magical world full of wonder and fascination. Yet lurking among the marvelous sights, sounds, and amazing functionalities, dark forces are on the prowl, looking for innocent prey that could easily fall into traps set by trolls, phishers, hackers, and other malicious minds. And when you come to realize that you have fallen into this black hole, it all seems too late that you could nothing but shake your head in regret for one stupid mistake. It’s never too late, you can get another shot at rejuvenating your internet life!