Registry Cleaners: Why do you need one? by Joseph Tierney The registry is the place where your computer stores the configuration information about your computer and your installed programs so that your operating system can use them. Maintaining the registry is an important step in keeping your computer healthy. Registry problems can include slow performance, computer crashing, and the annoyingh Microsoft Windows error messages. If any of these describes you as a computer user: - Has old drivers on their system that have not been removed. - ... 7 Ways GPS Can Save You Time, Money, Your Mind, and Even Your Life by Simon Wyryzowski Here are 7 ways to save with GPS: 1. Have a personal trainer at a fraction of the cost! Devices such as the Garmin Forerunner GPS provides a way to keep track of the time, speed, distance, and pace information for athletic activities. It also provides a way to measure the amount of calories burned based on a variety of customizable personal options and factors. 2. Save on Gas, brake wear, etc on your car as you drive more efficiently. 3. Find where you want to go faster: impor ... Interlace vs Progressive Scan: What's the Difference? by Mitchell Medford Interlaced scanning Interlaced scan-based images use techniques developed for CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) TV monitor displays, made up of 576 visible horizontal lines across a standard TV screen. Interlacing divides these into odd and even lines and then alternately refreshes them at 30 frames per second. The slight delay between odd and even line refreshes creates some distortion or 'jaggedness'. This is because only half the lines keep up with the moving image while the other half waits to be ... Computer Backups by Jack Back COMPUTERS AND HALLOWEEN, DO THEY MIX? Computer backup is so important to your computer that to ignore it is to risk its damnation. Computers require care and feeding. They require that you attend to their needs. If you don't, then they will most surely be sent to Hell. Halloween means Hell. What! What do you mean that Halloween means Hell? Well, if your computer is given the option of trick or treat, which will it accept? Will it accept the trick or the treat? What do you think? ... Wireless Networks: How Do They Work? by Ron King Wireless networks use radio waves instead of wires to transmit data between computers. Here's how: The Binary Code: 1s and 0s It's well known that computers transmit information digitally, using binary code: ones and zeros. This translates well to radio waves, since those 1s and 0s can be represented by different kinds of beeps. These beeps are so fast that they're outside the hearing range of humans. Morse Code: Dots And Dashes It works like Morse code, which is a way to transmit th ... 7 Simple Reasons Why You Need a Network Security Camera for Your Home by Herman Lee 7 Simple Reasons Why You Need a Network Security Camera for Your Home Pros 1. Easy to install: Most of the network cameras on the market are plug and play and/or have very simple to follow instructions for both the hardware and software end. 2. Comparatively cheaper than other security systems: Instead of paying a highly trained technician to install a complex CCTV system, and pay him on an ongoing maintenance arrangement- you can have a network camera security system that can stand on it ... Out on the road traveling at high speed? Now we can hook our laptops up to high-speed, mobile, wireless Internet. Future Internet 6 by Jesse S. Somer Backup -- But Where To? by Lynn Chan We all know we have to backup regularly, but those backups files can get huge. Add that to your existing your files and your notebook computer hard drive seems to have shrunk overnight. No matter what size hard drive you have on your notebook computer, space is a premium. Besides, it's not exactly a good idea to store your backups on the same hard drive since you can't retrieve it -- rather defeats the purpose of backing up don't you think? So what do you do, what are your options? Backup to ... Google Bowling: How Competitors Can Sabotage You; What Google Should Do About It by Michael Pedone Have you heard about the latest Author's Biography: ... Sex, ICANN, and Your Domain Name by Lois S. It's your domain, or so you say. One morning, you wake up to find that it's registered in someone else's name. Can you prove it's yours? Can you get it back? The sex.com story One morning, Gary Kremen woke up to find that the domain name sex.com, which he'd registered in 1994, had changed hands and was registered to ex-convict Stephen Michael Cohen. In 1995, Cohen had allegedly written a fake letter with a forged signature to Network Solutions, the registrar. He stated in that letter th ... I’m new to Ebay, What Scams Are Out There? by Vickie Scanlon I have been looking at the possibility of doing some Ebay trading. And, since I have been on the Internet for a while, I decided that I should see what Ebay scams, if any, was floating about. Why? It is always good to be aware of the good, the bad, and the ugly of any online venture. And since, I’ve seen all sides – it’s wise to have cautious optimism. Wholesale List Scam With this scam, the wholesaler gives you a photo of say, a computer monitor or DVD – the buyer is under the assumpt ... Top 5 Reasons To Go Wireless by Ron King Wireless networking is 1 of the greatest new computer technologies in terms of convenience. If you're weighing the pros and cons of wireless before taking the leap, here are 5 to put in the Author's Biography: ... Spyware - now a problem for Mac users as well by Jason Frovich Fortunately for the Mac users, the Adware and Spyware industry is still, as of 2005, heavily focused on the PC users. Adware and Spyware developers are particularly found of targeting PC users through DILLs and ActiveX controls, and can therefore only attack computers running Windows. This does not mean that Mac users are completely blessed from Spyware and Adware. There are several Spyware and Adware software capable of infesting Mac, and every Mac user should take a look at the Adware and Spyw ... Wireless Home Networking - What You Should Know by Lynn Chan Are you suffering from home wireless networking nightmare? There are so many options. 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g – what is all that? All you want is to get online on your notebook computer in your living room without tripping over wires. First thing you should know is, all of them will get you online or network your computers together. The difference lies in speed, connection quality and more important today, security. 802.11a offers one of the fastest wireless home networking speeds becaus ... Do You Have An Evil Twin? by Lynn Chan What you don't know can hurt you. Next time you connect to one of them, be very observant you're connecting to a legitimate one and not an evil twin. What is an evil twin? They are fake Internet gateways posing as a legitimate wifi hotspots. Supposing you visit the local Internet cafe who has a paid hotspot. You boot up your notebook computer, your wifi connection software seeks out available networks and gives you an option of two (maybe more) networks you can get online with. One of them i ... Is Your VOIP Service Secure? by Ron King For individuals, VOIP security is primarily a matter of preventing others from eavesdropping on their conversations. Some VOIP service providers offer voice security through encryption or separate data routes. Regular precautions for transferring files should, of course, always be followed. A firewall should be in place for protecting your computer from the internet and any data or program that is downloaded should be checked for viruses. But users should reealize that VOIP hardware devi ... Adwords, Adsense, SEO – Common Denominator, Keywords by Vickie J Scanlon If you have just put up a website, you probably all ready have heard words like: keywords, Google Adwords, Google Adsense, SEO. Adwords, Adsense, SEO have one thing in common – Keywords. How important are keywords? Very Important. Google Adwords Adwords, be it through Google, Miva,or any pay-per-click search engines, you need keywords. With Adwords, you create a three-line ad – 25 word title, with two 35 word lines of ad copy – then you create your keywords. To get the hits, you have to ... Email Management and Email Archiving by Marci Crane The necessity for better email management and email archiving grows everyday. Email (electronic mail) changes and evolves with technology. In order to understand the email management technology that will be best for you or for your business let’s take a step back and look at the origins of email itself. Where Did Email Come From?1 Believe it or not, email actually existed before the Internet did. The use of email began as early as 1965 when users of mainframe computers (huge computers tha ... Setup a home wireless network: A short tutorial. by Wallace Renckers For homes with more than one computer, it would be wise for you to setup a wireless network and share your high speed internet connection, as well as the scanner, printer, and other computer devices. Wireless networking, Author's Biography: ... The Science Behind DLP Television by Mitchell Medford DLP televisions are based on a technology invented by Texas Instruments back in 1987 called Digital Light Processing. The technology is based on an optical semiconductor called DMD (Digital Micromirror Device) chip. It is a highly reliable, all-digital display chip that delivers the best picture across a broad range of products, including large screen digital TVs, and projectors for business, home, professional venue and digital cinema. The chip consists of over one million mirrors to process ... Finding Places To Access The Internet For Free by Ron King In an increasingly wireless world, there are lots of places where you can connect your laptop to the internet when you are out and about. These places are called Author's Biography: ... What is Spyware? Find Out Now And Protect Yourself! by Joe Borges Spyware and Adware viruses have rapidly become the number one threat to your computer with over 90% of computers already infected. These include Author's Biography: ... VOIP-Voice Over IP at Home: Is it Right for You? by Andrew Kelly VOIP AT HOME What is VoIP? Chances are you've heard of VoIP, or Author's Biography: ... Consumer Beware... Identity Theft Tools & Techniques by Elizabeth Ward The Tools Used In Identity Theft Identity theft is very quickly becoming the crime of choice for thousands of criminals worldwide. With online Internet access to just about any kind of database you want becoming easier and easier to acquire, the crime of Identity Theft is becoming so easy, a child could do it, if they are even mildly adept at using a computer. So how does identity theft occur? Below are some of the ways you can become a victim Identity Theft From The Dead: The goal h ... Five reasons to do wireless networking. by Guy Ames I believe that wireless networks represent one of the most significant inventions in human history – almost as important as sliced bread. Now, seriously, bread is certainly easy enough to cut yourself, but try to wire up a network and you will think of this invention in a different way. Just to make the whole picture clearer for you, let me give you five reasons why using a wireless network is definitely worth it. Sharing Web Access With wireless networking, you can easily and chea ... |
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