Reset Your Forgotten Ubuntu Password in 2 Minutes or Less

If you’ve ever forgotten your password, you aren’t alone… it’s probably one of the most common tech support problems I’ve encountered over the years. Luckily if you are using Ubuntu they made it incredibly easy to reset your password.

All it takes is adjusting the boot parameters slightly and typing a command or two, but we’ll walk you through it.

How to Reset Your Windows Password Without an Install CD

If you’ve forgotten your Windows password and you don’t have an install CD laying around, there’s no need to worry. Not only are there half a dozen complicated ways to reset the password, you can do it easily with the Offline Windows Password editor.

Of course, if you do have a Windows CD, you can reset your password the easy way with a simple trick.

How to Reset Your iPhone or iPad, Even if it Won’t Boot

You can easily reset your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to factory default settings. If you’re experiencing problems — even if it won’t boot — you can reinstall the entire iOS operating system.

There are several ways to do this, and we’ll go through them from the simplest to the most complicated. You’ll need a PC or Mac with iTunes installed to restore your device’s operating system.

8 Mac System Features You Can Access in Recovery Mode

A Mac’s Recovery Mode is for more than just reinstalling Mac OS X. You’ll find many other useful troubleshooting utilities here — you can use these even if your Mac can’t boot normally.

To access Recovery Mode, restart your Mac and press and hold the Command + R keys during the boot-up process. This is one of several hidden startup options on a Mac.

How to Locate Your Lost or Stolen Android Phone

How to Locate Your Lost or Stolen Android Phone and Wipe if Necessary

you can now easily locate your phone and (in a worst case scenario) perform a remote data wipe. Read on as we show you how to activate the feature on your phone.

How to Track, Disable, and Wipe a Lost iPhone, iPad, or Mac

Apple’s phone, tablet, and computer-tracking tools are the best in the business. You can remotely locate your device, disable it with a lock and message that persists through factory resets — the so-called “kill switch” — and wipe it.

How to Set Up BitLocker Encryption on Windows

Windows can encrypt entire operating system drives and removable devices with its built-in BitLocker encryption. When TrueCrypt controversially closed up shop, they recommended their users transition away from TrueCrypt to BitLocker.

10 Reasons to Use a VPN for Private Web Browsing

Why Personal Encryption and IP Manipulation Are Extremely Useful ?

A virtual private network connection achieves two technical results: 1) a VPN cloaks and encrypts your signal, making your online activity completely illegible to any eavesdroppers, and 2) a VPN manipulates your IP address, making you appear to come from a different machine/location/country. While your VPN will slow down your connection speed by 25% - 50%, there are many good reasons to cloak your activities and change your IP address.

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Guides For Families On Safe Smart Uses Of The Internet

There three wonderful websites that are perfect for families to learn everything that they need to know about using the Internet and keeping safe on it :

-Cybersmart

Cybersmart is a national cybersafety and cybersecurity education program managed by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), as part of the Australian Government's commitment to cybersafety. The program is specifically designed to meet the needs of its target audiences of children, young people, parents, teachers and library staff.

7 Tips to Improve iPhone Security

What follows are some tips that every iPhone and iPod touch user should follow:

1. Prevent Theft

2. Set a Passcode

3. Use Touch ID

4. Enable Find My iPhone

5. Antivirus Software

Introduction to Wi-Fi Network Security

A consideration on any computer network, security is especially important on Wi-Fi wireless networks. Hackers can easily intercept wireless network traffic over open air connections and extract information like passwords and credit card numbers. Several Wi-Fi network security technologies have been developed to combat hackers, of course, although some of these technologies can be defeated relatively easily.

Best Ultraportable Laptops

Ultraportable laptops are designed to be highly portable even at the expense of certain features. A typical ultraportable weighs less than 4.0 pounds making it extremely easy to carry while traveling. Screen sizes range from 11 to 13.4-inches in size. Some may completely remove or externalize components such as the DVD drive. Here are my selections for the best ultraportable laptops based upon a different tasks or features.

-Best Value - ASUS VivoBook Q200E 11.6-inch

Alienware X51 R2

A Slim But Powerful PC Gaming Desktop

Dell's Alienware X51 is still a great option for those looking to get a low cost and compact system that could be used in a home theater environment for PC gaming.

Best 24-inch LCD Monitors

24-inch LCD panels are now the defacto screen size for desktop computers thanks to their pricing and features. There are still a wide range of prices based upon the various features of each monitor. Here are my selections for the best 24-inch LCD computer monitors for a variety of different uses and prices based on my research and experience.

Best Budget PC Video Cards

PCI-Express Graphics Cards From $100 To $250

Graphics card performance has been amazing the past few years with many extremely affordable graphics cards available for those looking to PC game on the cheap. It is now even possible to get a graphics card for under $250 that can reach acceptable frame rates at resolutions as high as 2560x1600 but are still best suited for 1920x1080. Here are my selections for various graphics cards costing between $100 and $250.

Best Desktop PCs Under $400

With margins for manufacturers getting so slim and laptops being priced so close to a desktop, there are very few low cost desktops left in the market. Still, if you want a basic desktop PC to use around the house or office that costs under $400 you have a few options to choose from. Check out my various selections for the best budget desktops for a variety of different tasks or prices.

Share an Internet Connection Between Wireless Machines

When you’re traveling sometimes you don’t have a Wi-Fi connection available for your portable devices or need to share files with another wireless computer. Here is how to create a wireless ad hoc network in Windows 7 to solve the issue.

An ad hoc network is a local area network you can build spontaneously in a pinch. It allows computers and devices to communicate directly with each other within a small radius. The ability to create an ad hoc network has been possible since XP and is a way to quickly share data and an Internet connection to other wireless devices. For this tutorial you’ll need the host computer to be hardwired and have wireless capabilities such as a Netbook or Laptop.

How to Share Files Between Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs

Home file sharing used to be a nightmare, even between different versions of Windows — never mind Mac and Linux! These operating systems can now talk to each other and share files without any special software.

We’ll be using the SMB protocol for this. Windows uses SMB for file sharing, while both Macs and popular Linux distributions have built-in support for SMB. Microsoft even submitted patches to the open-source Samba project to improve it!

How to Access Shared Windows Folders on Android, iPad, and iPhone

Share a folder with Windows’ built-in sharing options and you can access it on an Android device, iPad, or iPhone. This is a convenient way to stream videos from your PC or access other files wirelessly.

You can access folders shared from Mac or Linux in the exact same ways. You’ll just need to share the folders so they’re accessible from Windows PCs. They’ll appear alongside your available Windows PCs.

How to Free Up Space on an iPhone or iPad

iPads and iPhones don’t have file systems you can see, but there are still apps and files eating up space. You can see exactly what’s consuming that limited space and free it up.

Each bit of data on your device is associated with an app. For example, downloaded Kindle eBooks are tied to the Kindle app. Music files are part of the Music app, videos are part of the Videos app, and photos are part of the Photos app.