Mike's Tech Blog

How To Save A Wet Cell Phone

The other day, a friend of mine dropped their cell phone into a bucket of water. If you have ever done something like drop your cell phone in the sink, or toilet (yuk!) or gone swimming with your cell phone, you know that sinking feeling you have when this happens.

How to Clear the AutoComplete Cache

Operating Systems - Microsoft / Windows

Recently I had accidently set up an Outlook email account with the wrong Reply To email address. As a result, when someone would reply to them, the email would bounce. This situation continued even though I had corrected the email account.

How To Secure a Wireless Network

Networking - WiFi - Wireless

With wireless networks popping up everywhere from coffeehouses, businesses, and our own homes, the convenience of a wireless network is quite wonderful. However practically all wireless routers come out of the box in an insecure state. This means that it is very easy to not only use your wireless network, but also hack into your

Recover Data from a windows computer that won't boot with Ubuntu

Operating Systems - Microsoft / Windows

So your Windows computer won't boot up, and you get the dreaded "Hard Drive Failure" message. Not only that,

FaceBook Videos and MySpace Player Won't Play in Ubuntu / Firefox

Operating Systems - Ubuntu Linux

Having recently moved to Ubuntu, I noticed on my FaceBook account that I couldn't watch videos that people would post. Curiously,