Clicking a mailto: link in any browser typically opens up the default email client your PC got bundled with (usually Windows or Mac Mail). But Firefox allows you to change how these links are handled in just a few steps. Once changed, you’ll open all mailto: links in the client of your choice, whether it’s...Read more

When you visit web pages, download components or view images, you web browser stores the information on your computer as cache, so that you can be able to locate the same content or websites again much faster. If you have too many files stored in the browser history folder, you may also run into occasional...Read more

Skype added an interesting new feature that allows anyone to use the free version of the messaging app without an account. To use it without an account, you must use Skype for Web; however, account holders can still join in using a regular Skype client. This is an extension of a feature Skype rolled out in...Read more

Photoshop, the graphics program available as part of the Adobe Creative Suite, offers tools to transform your digital photographs, but the program is also a complete drawing and sketching tool as well. Consider Photoshop your artist’s canvas or school chalkboard when you need to brainstorm diagrams. ...Read more

There are a lot of ways you can speed up your browsing and reduce the amount of memory that it’s using, but possibly the most important is Chrome’s Task Manager. Much like the Windows Task Manager, you can use this window to see which tabs and extensions are using the most memory and close them to free up ...Read more

We live in a world full of advertising and Windows 10 is no exception. You’ll find them on the lock screen, Start Menu, notification area and many other places. And it seems the number of adverts are increasing. You shouldn’t have to put up with that in an operating system, so let’s walk through how to dis...Read more

One of Photoshop’s most handy tools is the Clipping Mask. Buried in the complicated program’s layers, you can use this tool to create a frame for an image, revealing only the part of the image you want to display. This can be a great way to crop an image in your Photoshop project without cropping the actua...Read more

Let’s face it: Windows 10 isn’t a perfect OS. Like any operating system, it has some problems. Some problems can be easily ignored or worked around, and others are a dealbreaker. Some users are reporting just such a problem in the form a flashing or flickering screen in Windows 10. This leaves them unable ...Read more

Do you share your computer with other people? One of the best ways to keep your files secure when other people are using your PC is to encrypt them. Windows makes it easy to do this, but there is a slight drawback. By default, when you encrypt a folder Windows displays a little lock icon over it. Generally...Read more