Google’s recent announcement at this year’s Google I/O event that its dominant search engine is set to become an Agentic AI has created a huge stir, with some pundits labelling it the worst thing to happen to the internet since social media. One thing is […]
I was once a dedicated Firefox user, but for some time now, I have moved on to Brave as my default browser. However, I wrote an article recently about Perplexity search in Firefox, and while revisiting Firefox, I discovered that the search bar was not
In the face of mounting criticism, Google recently stated that the AI summaries included in search results do not harm websites and claimed they actually do quite the opposite, albeit minus any facts or figures to back that up. Google uses AI to scrape the
The end of websites as we know them? I came across an interesting article recently wherein the author predicts that search results will no longer include links to websites and the dire consequences of that transformation. The author believes that with the advent of AI,
As I am sure you may have noticed, you can very easily forget where you have stored something in OneNote. The good news is you can use the built-in search facility to find specific text in OneNote. The search facility is found on the right-hand
Lots of folks have opined in the past that Excel has never been a user-friendly application. It is true that Excel has so many powerful features but it can be tough to keep track of them all. Microsoft has listened to these laments and in
Desktop Search For Windows 11 One of my biggest disappointments with the release of Windows 11 was the removal of the Taskbar Search next to Cortana. I seldom used Cortana but having the ability to quickly enter any text right into the search bar made
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As promised, below are more lovely shortcuts! Windows + E — Opens File Explorer CTRL + F or CTRL + E or CTRL + F3 — Will place your pointer in your search bar CTRL + L or Alt + D — Places your pointer
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I was working on an article called, How To Use New Facebook Activity Log. In this article, I wrote about how to use the new Activity Log. Then I had a question from one of our readers about being able to search by name or
It’s no secret that Microsoft is in the process of doing away with Control Panel altogether and migrating everything over to the Settings app. Personally, I dread the day when Control Panel is finally no more. The migration is proving to be a painfully slow
For many of us, much of our computer time is spent searching for things on the Internet. I have noticed others having difficulty getting the results they want. I can’t tell you how many calls or texts I get with a need. I open a
Word allows you to search not only for text, but also for special characters that do not print. If you are working with documents that use tabular material, you will find yourself searching for tab characters quite often. Searching For Special Characters Follow the steps
Search Index Windows has come bundled with a built-in search function for several versions now. Windows 10 is no different with the exception of using a different database format and algorithm which only power-users would ever notice. Some Windows users have complained that, over time,
