Archive for the ‘Computer Advice’ Category
Saturday, June 21st, 2008
The beauty of bookmarks, is that they almost eliminate the need to print web pages. However, no matter how you feel about the need to save the trees, sooner or later you are going to have to print a web page.
I hate when I have to print a web ...
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
It's really exciting when you finally make the decision to pony up a few hundred (or thousand) dollars to buy a new computer. You usually end up with the latest operating system and a pretty good speed bump, so all is well, right? Not quite.
If you are using ...
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
You can find PDF files all over the internet since they are frequently used by companies and government agencies to distribute information. Content providers like the files because they work on any computer. Unlike other file formats, such as the Microsoft Word DOC files, the formatting of ...
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Its been 30 years since Gary Thuerk sent the first spam e-mail promoting a new product from his company Digital Equipment. The message was sent over the Arpanet, a government-run network that later became the Internet, and the reaction from the other users was fiercely negative. However, Thuerk's spam ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Every time I think I have Firefox tricked out as much as possible, I discover some great new feature that is buried in the code. The other day, I found some notes I had made about Firefox so I though I would share some of my favorite tweaks.
If you ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
I love my iPod and I normally have either my third gen or my Shuffle with me most of the time. The one thing I don’t like is the inability to copy songs from the iPod to my computer. I hear horror stories all the time about people ...
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
You don’t need to buy a new computer in order to speed up your computing tasks. You may be able to increase your productivity by learning to use your computer more efficiently. For instance, most newer computer keyboards have a Windows key located between the Ctrl and Alt ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Just when you thought it was safe to play on the internet, the AP is reporting you may not be as safe as you thought.
If you are like most computer users, you probably thought you were safe when you visited a website where a small padlock appeared in the corner ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
If you use the free Firefox browser (like I recommend) and you could use a little speed boost, I have a tip for you. Thanks goes out to Patrick Norton of the Tekzilla podcast on this speed enhancement tweak.
First, open Firefox and type “about:config” (no quotes) in the browser ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Are you considering shelling out a bunch of money to buy a high powered computer to help you work and play faster? Well, the secret to faster computing may not lie with a new multi-core processor. You might be much better off learning to use the software tools ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
If you had important personal information, naturally you would keep it locked up in a secure location. However, more and more of our important information is stored on a computer. Now you can secure your important digital information using My Lockbox.
My Lockbox gives you the ability to password ...
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
Thumb drives are handy little gadgets. They let you carry around music files or even programs and they are much more convenient than floppy discs or CDs.
Thumb drives are also durable but they must be treated properly. You can't just yank them from your computer’s USB port.
Unfortunately, the Windows Safely ...
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
You never know what is going to percolate out of the labs at Google but it is usually something useful and free. When I was growing up, if you needed a telephone number, you just dialed 411 and an operator provided the number, for free. Somewhere along the ...
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
Working with tables in Word can sometime be a real pain. However, there are some included features that can help you smooth out the wrinkles if you know where to look.
If you set up a table and then decide that you would like to have the columns fit evenly ...
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