Geek Tip: The Ctrl + Alt + Del on Macs


Updated 06/05/07 8:04 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 8 comments

Geek Tip: The Ctrl + Alt + Del on Macs

If you came from a PC upbringing like me, you have probably been Ctrl+Alt+Del brainwashed when it comes to frozen screens and unresponsive programs. Now that I've graduated into the Mac world of computing, I've had to train myself on all of the Apple key commands. Rather than pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete to terminate unresponsive applications, on a Mac you press Command-Option-Escape (the pic to Read more

10 Things Worth Paying More For


Updated 10/11/11 6:24 PM · Posted by Bundle · 0 comments

Things Worth Paying For

We're thrilled to present this smart Bundle story here on Savvy! It is better to save, than it is to spend — that's usually a winning (and smart!) mantra to live by. But there are actually some things that are worth the extra dollars in cost. Here are 10 of them. Service. Consumers like to complain about the terrible service they get from certain companies — cell phone and cable TV Read more

From Medical Records to Credit Card Accounts: Store Your Personal Info in One Place


Updated 06/10/11 9:41 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

From Medical Records to Credit Card Accounts: Store Your Personal Info in One Place

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! In today’s day and age, many of us have traded in our little black books for little black Blackberries—but, regardless, these troves of information should contain more than the phone numbers of old high school crushes and college flings. The last time you needed your passport number or vaccination history, did you have Read more

Do You Know Your Keyboard History?


Updated 07/25/11 7:15 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Keyboard History

Have you ever thought about when the first keyboard was invented, or why keys are ordered the way they are? Everyone uses the keyboard, but few people know the history behind it, or why we have keys like shift, control, and command. Take the quiz and become keyboard savvy. Take the Quiz Read more

2011 New York Fall Fashion Week: Donna Karan


Updated 10/05/11 2:52 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Fall 2011 New York Fashion Week: Donna Karan 2011-02-14 17:34:05

Donna Karan designed Fall for the kind of woman “who commands a room.” Now that might inspire visions of power suits, but fear not. Karan is talking about the kind of woman so confident and elegant she needn’t dress like a man to indicate her strength. Thus, structured silhouettes were softened by artful draping that accentuated curves but didn’t exploit them. Luxe fabrics were part Read more