CyberStreams Blog

Most people have likely had a run-in with spyware by now.  Either at home, or at work, or had a conversation with a coworker who had it happen.  Figuring out exactly how it got in is always a difficult task.  Usually all we can say is it’s just from a little too much random internet browsing.  But for preventing the spyware, or removing the spyware, there are some very well-made tools that do the trick.
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Microsoft has been slammed by a plethora of users from the MacWorld Keyboard Cowboy to the Microsoft Gold Partner.  I want to shine some light on some of the great functionality brought forth by the handy people in Redmond.

Who has the same love/hate relationship with Print Screen and MS Paint? .. “I do… I do” (I hear you all out there).  Let me open the pearly gates and welcome you to Screen Shot Heaven!

The following will allow you to:

- Take shots of any section of the screen

- Take shots of right click menus

- Use OneNote to copy text out of screen shots

Try:

1.) “Windows Key” + “S”

2.) Use the snip-it tool to select your screen selection

3.) OneNote will open with the screen shot

4.) Right click the screen shot and choose “Copy Text from Picture”

5.) Paste to destination email, document, etc.

Windows 7 had brought an array of new keystroke shortcuts and hot keys for your computing pleasure.  The new ones are really useful, so take a gander at this msdn blog:  http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2009/01/12/the-bumper-list-of-windows-7-secrets.aspx

Last week, the latest version of the alternative browser, Firefox, was released.  While initially planned as a smaller update, it grew into a fairly robust upgrade.  A number of new features have kept it even, if not past, the new releases of other browsers. 
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