Have you experienced shutting down your computer, and then be surpised by it rebooting? Automatic shutdown and automatic restart are part of the Windows recovery settings. Whenever Windows encounters a fatal error, it will automatically restart. The cause may be any of the following: a software or driver incompatibility, a BIOS problem, or a change in the recovery settings. However, it is also possible that Windows has just automatically updated, […]

Dogs are Man’s best friend. They are the most preferred companions for humans because they are easy to train, feed, and get along with. Other than that, some dogs are really safe to have around children. They are also more intelligent, strongly loyal to a fault, and can return affection to their owners. The last mentioned, where an animal shows affection, is the reason why many owners loved their pets […]

For anyone who has been around computers a lot, the “blue screen of death” can be the most dreaded and hated of all computer errors. It’s called the “blue screen of death” because of its background color, which is a bright cobalt blue, and the nature of its error message, which usually informs the user of a  large-scale problem with the machine’s hardware. And then, if your PC runs on […]

It used to be the Blue Screen of Death that pushes an inexperienced computer user to anxiety attacks. Now, it’s the locking down or crashing of a computer’s system that besiege even the experienced ones. Crashing or locking down are not part of the Windows recovery setting. Instead of automatically shutting down and immediately rebooting, the computer just freezes up – the applications won’t close, the mouse cursor won’t move, […]

Children are very vulnerable to many diseases, the most common of which is skin disease. Because they often play outside, they are exposed to pollutants and other environmental hazards. Aside from that, one affected child can infect other children while playing. This kind of vulnerability makes protecting our children from skin diseases a priority for us as parents. But, sometimes, despite the precautionary measures we apply to protect our children, […]

Elbows, like knees, are joints made to rotate and flex, and support our weight when needed. However, repetitive action, too much pressure, and aging can hurt our knees and elbows. They will hurt when we lean into them or when we engage in activities that put too much strain on them. The most common cases of elbow pain are caused by tennis elbow, golfer elbow, and bursitis. Tennis Elbow If […]

Sometimes when we have been staring at the computer screen for too long, or we have been awake for too many hours, our eyelids would start twitching. This involuntary muscle movement can be caused by tiredness and stress, and will probably go away after a good eight-hour sleep. However, there are times when the eyelid twitching won’t stop, or the eyeball itself is twitching involuntarily. These are the times when […]

It used to be CD players, and then came portable MP3 players. Now, as microtechnology advances further, the iPod has replaced these bulky music players. Apple’s iPod models from classic to Nano and Shuffle is often used by joggers, teens, and college students to carry their files around. This small device is packed with a hard drive that can store music from iTunes as well as images, documents, and even […]

Just like any device, laptops generate heat. They already have a cooling system in place, but because of their small size, the cooling system is also small, and sometimes inadequate in cooling down the laptop’s processor. However, a laptop’s bottom can get so hot it can burn one’s skin. Why does this happen? Blocked Air Vent One cause of a laptop heating up is the inadequate air flow through the […]

When we think of pain in one’s breast we immediately think of breast cancer. Why else would it be painful? Breast cancer, however, does not choose the side it grows on. When we only feel pain on the left side of our breast, it may signify something else other than cancer. On the left side of our chest lies the lower end of the heart. Whenever the heart beats, the […]