It happens even to the most experienced of users: the accidental keyboard shortcuts. No matter how often you use your computer, weird things can start happening when you’re going too fast, when you lean on your keyboard, and of course, when you’re cat or child decide it’s party time, and your keyboard is a dance floor/drum set. Very experienced users know how to fix each and every problem, but many of us sometime encounter a weird problem we’re not sure how to fix, mainly because we’re not sure how it happened.

Has your cat ever walked on your keyboard just for a second, causing the entire display to flip on its side? Have you ever tried typing your password over and over again, getting an error even when you were sure you’re doing it right? Have you ever tried changing your keyboard language, and managed to close the entire program you were working on by mistake? If one of these things or something similar ever happened to you or someone you know, this guide is for you.

Bookmark, save, and share with friends. Next time you’ll know what to do, and more importantly, how it happened!

My Display Is Flipped!

A malicious worm has been spreading quickly among Skype users which may take over your computer and ask for ransom in order to release its content. The worm is spread through a Skype instant message which reads: “lol is this your new profile pic?” followed by a link to the supposed profile pic. When a user click the link, it will download a ZIP file which opens a back door, allowing remote control of the affected PC.

Not only does this worm take over your PC, it also sends the link to your contact list, so the message can come from people you know and trust. The malware can take over your entire PC, demanding $200 within 48 hours to release it and threatening to tell the US government that you’ve been downloading prohibited material unless you pay up.

 

Skype is already aware of the problem, and in an official statement, recommends “upgrading to the newest Skype version and applying updated security features on your computer”. As expected, they also recommend avoiding links that “look strange or are unexpected”, even when they come from people on your contact list.

So upgrade Skype, update your anti-virus software, and most importantly, use common sense when clicking links. This is not the first or last fake link you’ll receive from a friend, don’t be the one who sends it along.

Source: GFI

Image credit: GFI

Creo que la mayoría de nosotros conocemos esa horrible sensación que recorre el cuerpo cuando nos percatamos de que hemos borrado por equivocación un archivo importante del disco duro de nuestro ordenador o de la memoria de nuestro teléfono móvil, tableta, etc… Cuando esto sucede algunos corremos a buscar ayuda en Google; otros simplemente dan su información por perdida y solo se limitan a lamentarse. Pero, por increíble que parezca, existe un alto porcentaje de probabilidad de recuperar los datos que han sido eliminados.

Hace algún tiempo les comenté sobre un par de métodos para recuperar información borrada del disco duro de un ordenador, incluso si estos habían sido formateados. Hoy les quiero hablar sobre una útil herramienta para recuperar imágenes borradas de la memoria de nuestros dispositivos Android.

La aplicación en cuestión lleva por nombre, DiskDigger, y puede ser descargada de forma gratuita desde Google Play. Su funcionamiento es -ridículamente- simple y lo más importante de todo es que, a diferencia de otras aplicaciones disponibles en el mercado, de verdad funciona. Eso sí, requiere que el dispositivo haya sido rooteado.

Como Community Managers, una de nuestras tareas –no la única, algo a recordar- es moderar los comentarios que puedan surgir en las redes sociales. Dentro de estos comentarios, y sobre todo si manejamos las cuentas de marcas masivas, nos vamos a encontrar con usuarios que no están felices con nuestro servicio, o que simplemente se están comportando de una forma que no va en línea con las reglas de la comunidad. ¿Cómo podemos lidiar con ellos?

Nos dan esperanzas y nos desesperan. Nos dan tiempo para hacer otras cosas. Nos hipnotizan. Se mueven y se mueven, pero nunca parecen llegar al final. Su mera presencia nos pone sobre el aviso de que algo está pasando...

Hablamos de las barras de progreso, elementos gráficos presentes en casi todas las aplicaciones que efectúan operaciones largas, como cargar grandes archivos, modificar imágenes o convertir clips de vídeo a otro formato.

El tiempo que pasamos contemplando el crecimiento de las barras de progreso suma días enteros, pero rara vez nos hemos preguntado quién creó las barras de progreso y cómo funcionan. Vamos a verlo.

"¿Cómo va esa tarea, computadora?"

¿Cómo sabemos si un ordenador está pensando? No hay rostro que podamos observar en busca de un ceño fruncido. Tampoco podemos hacerle preguntas. Lo único que nos indica que el ordenador está ocupado haciendo cálculos es la demora al contestar. Pero esa demora ni es constante ni tampoco es atribuible siempre al avance de un cálculo.

Are you constantly being asked for computer help? Or perhaps you’re the one doing the asking. Either way, seeing and controlling screens remotely can save time and confusion on both ends. Remote access programs aren’t just for helping someone or being helped with a computer problem, they can also be very beneficial in assisting in holding meetings over the computer without actually meeting in person.

We at MakeUseOf have covered article after article about remote access and screen sharing applications, but I’m going to consolidate some of the potentially less common ones that you may not have heard of. We have all likely heard of the popular programs in the game - TeamViewer and LogMeIn. But perhaps it’s time to consider some equally-solid contenders.

 

The two terms “Internet” and “World Wide Web” have been used interchangeably ever since the Internet itself became a household “utility” as common as electricity or cable TV. People talk about “surfing the web” and “searching the Internet” like the two terms are one and the same.

Are you one of those people? It may be surprising for a lot of people to learn that the basic foundation of the two terms are very distinct. They were defined at a time when the Internet was first being formed, and despite the fact that people use them to refer to the same thing, they are actually very different pieces of the overall network we call the World Wide Web.

In this article, I’m going to separate these two terms into the pieces of the global network they represent. On the one hand, the Internet represents the hardware of the net – the infrastructure that is laid out and operates with a common protocol that makes everything all work. On the other hand, the World Wide Web is the software of the net – the vast network of applications and protocols that make everything communicate and “talk”. It is almost literally a “web” of links between not only the individual Internet access points, but also the millions, billions or trillions of individual links that form the massively growing network.

Internet vs. World Wide Web

So, basically, picture the global network we know as the Internet as made up of two layers. Picture a “solid” layer made up of all of the wires, servers, routers, switches, computers and everything else that makes up the physical networks across the entire world. That’s what we’ll call the “Internet”.