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1 week ago | 
thepeterboroughexaminer.com | Ray Saitz
Technology and travelling seem made for each other. A laptop, smartphone, or tablet has become an essential item to take on almost any trip. There are many reasons for taking one or more devices on holiday, such as posting photos to Facebook, keeping in touch with family or friends, or using a mapping tool such as Strava to record your country hikes or city strolls.
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2 weeks ago | 
thepeterboroughexaminer.com | Ray Saitz
Summer weather and holidays are upon us and for many people it’s time to start planning a trip. In the past that meant getting a collection of maps, some brochures, setting out, and hoping for the best. But now, with the internet and a computer or mobile device you can use the best travel resources in history to plan an extraordinary holiday.
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1 month ago | 
thepeterboroughexaminer.com | Ray Saitz
Whenever someone insisted they didn’t receive an email from a me, I simply assumed that it was the fault of the recipient. The message had been overlooked or inadvertently deleted. However, two recent email incidents ended that assumption. An important email I was expecting never arrived. Previous emails from the same sender had been received without incident, so I phoned and was told the message had been dispatched to my correct email address several times.
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1 month ago | 
thepeterboroughexaminer.com | Ray Saitz
A computer is like a massive filing cabinet that has been shrunk to a small, manageable size. It’s filled with file folders arranged in alphabetical order, which are filled with subfolders, some holding hundreds of files. On a Windows computer, the main storage folders have the descriptive names Music, Pictures, Videos, and Documents. Theoretically, subfolders should be labelled by description and date and contain only relevant files.
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1 month ago | 
thepeterboroughexaminer.com | Ray Saitz
Two internet events during the past week were quite fascinating. One reminded me of the early days of the internet, and the other gave me a glimpse of an online future which could be quite threatening, or amazing, depending on your outlook. If you are middle-aged or older you probably remember “surfing the web.” Back in the ‘90s, the internet was a novelty, and the first effective search engine was Yahoo, where actual people manually catalogued and indexed websites.
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2 months ago | 
thepeterboroughexaminer.com | Ray Saitz
It might seem like an overstatement, but your internet or web browser is probably the most important piece of software on your computer, and you use it every day. In my last column I discussed the choices you have when selecting which browser you’ll use on your computer. Among the many free browsers, your choice could be Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Opera, depending on whether you value speed, security, or features such as a built-in virtual private network (VPN).
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2 months ago | 
thepeterboroughexaminer.com | Ray Saitz
The internet or web browser on your computer is one of the most important software programs on the device, and also the one most people rarely think about. That’s too bad, because there are many different internet browsers and, depending on your needs, you could be using the wrong one. An internet browser is the software that allows you to see and use the internet. It receives data from the internet and turns it into the websites, images and videos that you see and the music and sounds you hear.
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2 months ago | 
thepeterboroughexaminer.com | Ray Saitz
A computer problem often signals the onset of stress and a potentially expensive repair. However, sometimes there’s a fairly simple solution that doesn’t involve a lot of time, research, or money. Here are a few small fixes or tricks I’ve run across lately. I recently was asked to resolve a huge problem with a friend’s computer. All of the photos on her computer had apparently disappeared. When she opened the Windows Photos app to display the photos, all she got were black rectangles with no images.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
thepeterboroughexaminer.com | Ray Saitz
You probably don’t give much notice to the keyboard on your computer. Whether you are a skilled typist or peck away with a couple of fingers, the keyboard is pretty much taken for granted. However, hidden away on that keyboard are useful functions and shortcuts that can speed up many tasks that normally require several mouse clicks or fiddling around with menus. All you need to know is which keys or combinations to use.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
mykawartha.com | Ray Saitz
You probably don’t give much notice to the keyboard on your computer. Whether you are a skilled typist or peck away with a couple of fingers, the keyboard is pretty much taken for granted. However, hidden away on that keyboard are useful functions and shortcuts that can speed up many tasks that normally require several mouse clicks or fiddling around with menus. All you need to know is which keys or combinations to use.
