I made the huge mistake of letting my son play with my iPhone and when I went back to check a note a few days later was horrified to find that they were all gone. Really not good! Is there any way to recover notes from my iPhone or from within iTunes? If it makes a difference, I'm running Windows 7 on a Dell laptop....

Continue reading about Is there any way to recover iPhone notes on my PC?

I keep seeing messages posted on my Facebook wall from friends of mine who are running Facebook applications like "Pillow Fight". How can I block these messages from being posted on my wall?...

Continue reading about How can I block Facebook apps from posting on my Wall?

My mom keeps checking out what sites I visit and I want to clean up my tracks. It's not that I'm going anywhere I shouldn't - of course - but I just really want some privacy and just want to be able to wipe my MSIE8 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0) browsing history. How do I do that?...

Continue reading about How can I delete my browsing history in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8?

I'm becoming paranoid about people tracing what I do online and have decided that one proactive step I can take is to delete all of my "cookies" in MSIE [Microsoft Internet Explorer]. Will that work, and if so, how do I delete these pesky cookies?...

Continue reading about How do I delete cookies in Microsoft Internet Explorer?

How can I use InPrivate Browsing in Microsoft Internet Explorer, to prevent other users of the computer from seeing my browsing history and knowing what websites I've visited?...

Continue reading about How can I browse the Internet privately and not leave traces behind?

I'm experimenting by switching from Safari on my Mac OS X system to Google's new Chrome system (well, actually I am running Chromium, the software build release that includes support for extensions) and the one thing I really miss is 1Password. Is there any way to add that to Chrome??...

Continue reading about How can I add 1Password to Google Chrome / Chromium?

I want to set up a private group on Facebook for my friends that works just like a regular Facebook group, but is only visible to us, not the general public at large. I also want to be able to approve members before they can join the list too. Can Facebook do that?...

Continue reading about How do I create a private, closed Facebook group?

My stupid little brother got into my Facebook account and sent friend requests to a bunch of his weird friends. Now some of them are my friends. Yech. How can I get rid of them?...

Continue reading about How can I unfriend people on Facebook?

I saw your earlier article about how to set up your Mac so that it requires a password when waking up from sleep or from the screen saver (see password required to wake Mac from sleep). Nice. Now, how can I do that with my Microsoft Windows Vista PC laptop?...

Continue reading about How can I require a password to wake from sleep or screen saver in Windows Vista?

On my Facebook home page, usually on the top-right corner, there is a bubble that says ___ requests, and ____ notifications, with the little sign-post logo next to it. The notifications alert on the home page is gone, and I don't know why!! Can you help me get it back onto my homepage?...

Continue reading about What happened to my Facebook Request update box?

A friend showed me how she can recover deleted files on her Mac OS X system using some utility or the other and it got me to thinking... how do I delete files on my own Mac so that she - or anyone else - can't recover them later?...

Continue reading about How can I securely delete files on my Mac?

Dave, is a retweet where you redo a message or retweet someone else's message in Twitter? Also, how do you do that...?...

Continue reading about How do you "retweet" a message in Twitter?

I've started to get involved with Twitter based on watching your tweets and am enthused, but anxious about people I don't know reading about what I'm doing. So I want to protect my Twitter updates. Is that a good idea? How do I do it?...

Continue reading about How can I protect my Twitter updates and messages?

I am just launching a new discussion forum that'll be only for people with valid account credentials (login, password, ya know) and I want to put Google AdSense ads on it. I have heard that's not possible, but I read that it is okay with Google now. But how do they know what's on those pages if the AdSense targeting engine doesn't have login credentials?...

Continue reading about How does Google AdSense know what's on pages behind a login?

I swear someone's logging into my Google Gmail account and reading my email. I know it should be impossible, but I dunno. Is there some way to check and see if that's happening?...

Continue reading about How can I check the last time someone logged into my Gmail account?

After two of my friends had information stolen from them through public wireless networks, I'm completely paranoid. Is there some way to connect to Google's Gmail service securely?...

Continue reading about Is there a way to force Google Gmail to use SSL security?

I got this question via Twitter, rather appropriately: How do you block someone from following you or even sending you @replies in Twitter?...

Continue reading about How do I block someone in Twitter?

My sister and I share a Mac computer and I'm tired of her looking at my files. Is there some way I can protect or hide my folders without downloading any software she'd notice?...

Continue reading about How can I protect private folders on my Mac?

My parents are always checking up on what Web sites I visit and it's getting really old. Is there some way to have Firefox hide where I go so they can't keep tab on me?...

Continue reading about Does Firefox support private Web browsing?

This is a simple question and I used to know the answer. In an office setting, I have many people coming in to ask questions. What is the keystroke command to darken my computer screen and/or bring up my screensaver. This would prevent some from trying to see what project I'm working on--dealing with human resources, etc. I'm using Windows XP....

Continue reading about How do I quick hide my Windows XP screen?