Computing
Mobile
Lifestyle
PC Guides
Reviews
Tech Explained

- Windows
- Linux
- Mac
- ChromeOS
- Android
- iOS
Internet
Tech Explained
News

Lori Cline

Lori is a web content creator (fancy title for freelance writer), a self-professed tech nerd and personal computer tech; some people regard her as “tech obsessed”. She’s a phone addict; you will see her with a new smart phone in her hand every other month and living mobile tech to the point of panic if she can’t take her phone to bed with her. You can follow Lori on Twitter and contact her 24/7 at lori@loriccline.com.

Lock Your Computer with Your USB Flash Drive and Predator

Predator turns your USB flash drive into a key. Literally. With it you can take your USB flash drive out to lock your computer, and put it back in to unlock it.

Windows – Oct 29, 2015

Firefox Stuck in Safe Mode? Un-stick It

Have you ever started Firefox in Safe Mode and can’t get out of it? Even worse, maybe every time you start Firefox, it’s in Safe Mode? If so, here’s how to fix that.

Internet – Oct 22, 2015

How to Get Your Menu Bar Back in Firefox for Windows

One complaint some often have about Firefox is that the menu bar has disappeared. If this has happened to you, here’s what you can do to get it back.

Internet – Aug 22, 2015

Three of the Best Teacher’s Apps Ever

There are a lot of apps out there for assisting teachers with their duties. Here are three of the best teacher’s apps that have gotten rave reviews.

Mobile – Jul 17, 2015

How to Fix the ‘MSVCR100.dll Is Missing’ Error

The “msvcr100.dll is missing” error is a Microsoft Visual C++ file issue that happens in Windows. Here are a couple ways to fix it.

Windows – Jun 9, 2015

In August 2006, naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor waded into a remote grove in Redwood National Park and pointed a laser rangefinder at a tree that turned out to be 380 feet tall, and the National Park Service has refused to disclose its location ever since, fearing the foot traffic alone would kill it.

Jun 2, 2026

Female engineer testing sound waves in an anechoic chamber with a monitor.

Inside a six-walled wedge-foam chamber on Microsoft’s Redmond campus, the background sound is so far below human hearing that visitors start to perceive the grinding of their own joints, the rush of blood in their ears, and eventually a faint ringing that turns out to be the firing of their own nerves.

Jun 2, 2026

Psychology suggests people who browse social media but never post or comment aren’t passive — they’ve simply opted out of the performance while retaining access to the information, which is a sign of quiet self-awareness

Jun 2, 2026

In 1964, IBM risked its entire corporate empire on the System/360, a chaotic gamble to make all of its future machines compatible with the same software — and the architecture proved so robust that modern enterprise mainframes today are still running sections of binary code written more than sixty years ago

Jun 2, 2026

In 1982, a Soviet pipeline suddenly exploded with the force of a tactical nuclear weapon, and the disaster was traced back to a stolen piece of Canadian pipeline software — and years later, it was revealed the CIA had intentionally allowed the KGB to steal the code, after subtly altering the software’s logic to trigger a catastrophic pressure surge months down the line.

Jun 2, 2026

In the early 1980s, a Dutch radio broadcaster figured out how to transmit video games over standard commercial radio broadcasts — and teenagers across Europe would sit with blank cassette tapes waiting for the local station to broadcast a series of high-pitched squeaks and buzzes that they could record and load into their home computers

Jun 2, 2026

Uncomplicating the complicated, making life easier

Make Tech Easier provides tech tutorials, reviews, tips and tricks to help you navigate the complicated world of technology. We aim to uncomplicate the complicated, making your life easier.

About
Contact
Advertise
Editorial Guidelines
Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
RSS Feed Terms

Lori Cline

Trending