How to Solve Your PC Issues Without Swearing

WTAM 1100 – Geek Squad – November 8th, 2011

Any time you deal with a piece of misbehaving technology, the temptation will be to be very creative in your swearing when describing the state of the issue.

I had a chance today to talk to Bill Wills of WTAM 1100 Newsradio in Cleveland about how you can reduce that techno-stress when dealing with your PC this holiday season with a few tips from from the Geek Squad.

How to Love and Care for Your Laptop Battery

One of the more common questions I hear is whether it is okay to leave your laptop plugged in all the time. Battery technology has changed over the years, resulting in some conflicting advice coming from friends and family around how to best charge that laptop, smartphone or tablet.

Most current portable devices have switched over to Lithium-ion batteries for power from older nickel-based battery technologies. One of the outdated tips given around the older NiCad batteries was to always fully discharge and recharge the batteries whenever possible. Partial charges, along with age and overcharging issues, meant shorter lives for NiCad batteries. The newer Lithium-ion battery technology has addressed many of these issues, so the advice around them has changed.

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10 Tips for Improving Your PC’s Performance

WTAM 1100 – Geek Squad Tech Tips for May 17th, 2011

It’s almost a truism that as soon as you get a new computer, it will start a process of slowly losing performance over the following months. Fortunately, there are ways to combat this, and help bring your computer back into shape.

I shared 10 tips around improving your PC’s performance on today’s WTAM 1100’s Wills & Snyder radio show.

Spring Cleaning and Home Computers

WTAM 1100 – Geek Squad Tech Tips for April 25th, 2011

When you start your Spring cleaning routine this year, don’t forget about your technology. Your computers can pick up a lot of dust over the Winter, so clearing out the debris can help your PC’s performance.

I had a chance to talk to Bill Wills from the Wills & Snyder radio show on Cleveland’s WTAM 1100 this morning about the best ways to clean up your desktop, as well as how to the local Geek Squad can give your laptop its annual hardware checkup.

Connecting Your Laptop to Your HDTV

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One of the more common questions we see at Twelpforce are laptop owners wondering how they can connect their computers to their HDTVs. I created this overview of how to determine which connections you have available to you, along with what cables you’ll need to get your computer display onto that big screen television in the living room.