Tech Tips

February 2006

Pop-Up Blockers

by Barbara J. Feldman February 28, 2006

Pop-up blockers that stop most of those annoying popping ads are built into the newest versions of the Internet Explorer (Windows Service Pack 2) and Firefox browsers. If your browser doesn’t include pop-up blocking, you can get good pop-up blocking from the Google or Yahoo! toolbar. When using a pop-up blocker, there will be times [...]

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Tone of Messages

by Barbara J. Feldman February 21, 2006

Be careful of your tone in instant messages and email, because a recent study shows that the recipient has only a 50-50 chance of correctly understanding whether you were being sarcastic or honest, or what you really meant by your message. Research conducted by psychologists Nicholas Epley of the University of Chicago and Justin Kruger [...]

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Finding Short Answers

by Barbara J. Feldman February 14, 2006

When you are looking for a single fact or an answer to a simple problem, here are three sites to search in addition to the usual Google and Yahoo. Answers.com delivers definitions and explanations on over one million topics. Amazon.com Search Inside the Book delivers millions of pages from print books. And Wikipedia which is [...]

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To Improve Search Results

by Barbara J. Feldman February 7, 2006

To improve search results, try using more than more keyword, use quotes around exact text such as the title of a book, and use the “+” sign for important keywords. More search engine tips can be found at Google Help: Search Features and Yahoo! Shortcuts .

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