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Author :: Bob Rankin  |
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| Article Title :: History of Linux |
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| "I know that Linux is an alternative to the Microsoft Windows operating system, but when and where did it originate, and why is it free?"A Really Brief History of UnixSometime in the mid 1960s, a bunch of geeks at AT&T's Bell Labs decided it would be fun to create a new operating system called Multics. (This was no small task, because computers at the time were about the size of a football field and two stories high.) Multics fizzled in 1969 when Bell cut the cord, but some of the geeks continued work on what became known as UNIX; and it became wildly popular inside AT&T.Since AT&T was not allowed to sell computer software at the time, it gave away UNIX (complete with (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: M Johnson |
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| Article Title :: PDA Palm Pilots for Everyday Use |
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| Have you ever wondered what a Palm Pilot can do? In this day and age almost anything a laptop can do. The only difference is a PDA(personal digital assistant) can fit in your pocket! Imagine storing contact information, writing notes and keeping organized throughout the day with something about the size of a wallet. The possibility is a reality.Palm pilots started out a few years back with the main concept of retrieving information at the touch of a button in a very compact and mobile handheld. That main theory has lasted and has been improved on several times over. The PDA got smaller, more lightweight, got a bigger memory and numerous added featu (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Jesse Harwell |
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| Article Title :: How to Make Sure Your Sales Rep is Selling a Laptop Based on Your Needs and Not His Quota! |
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| The Top Ways to Spot a Bad Computer Sales RepWhen going into the computer store, you begin to go through the aisles and suddenly he upon you. Is it Gilbert from Revenge of the Nerds or is it the cousin you avoided during your childhood because he was busy being on the Internet Al Gore invented? Whatever the case, you recognize “them.” It is the sales rep who is busy telling you about bits and bytes and RAM and ROM and CPU clock speed and access rates for hard drives… Stuff those who are not neck deep in the industry doesn’t ever think about. You need help finding the right computer… not understanding the whole process of the computer’s inception since 1973. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Eddie Miller |
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| Article Title :: Who is Behind the iPod? |
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| Apple Computers came out with their first computer on April 1, 1976. It was AppleI but this one did not go over very well, but when these two Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs, created Apple II, the computer became a success. Over the years they produced quality computers and computer accessories, but began to notice less sales and public demand decreasing.Then in October 2001, announced a non-computer product that would have them back on the top of charts once again. It was the iPod. The very first one, came with a large price tag but was a designed smart and was a great way to carry around your favorite tunes.Apple iPod now creates some of the most popular iPod’s you can fi (read full article) |
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Author :: Brandon Baumgarten |
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| Article Title :: Picture Viewers- 10 Multimedia Players and Portable Media Centers Reviewed |
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| Recently a friend of mine was planning a Photo Eurail Adventure. He said he was going to buy 4 or 5 more Compact Flash Cards, so that he would have enough room for all of his photos. "Eben," I said, "get a Multimedia Storage DVR. When you fill up a card just transfer your images to it." Then we really started to think of the possibilities. "You can even bring your entire photo collection with you on the trip to Europe. You may as well show off your artwork, instead of just talking about it. Put your Tunes, Movies and Lake Tahoe skiing videos on it." It was the perfect solution. He was flying back home before the trip, he could show everyone all of his photography and bring all of his mu (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Robert Bacal |
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| Article Title :: Portable Digital Audio MP3 Players - Are The New Technologies Better? |
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| There are now three different options available to buyers of portable MP3 and audio players. There are the newer hard drive based players, such as the Ipod. There are also memory based (flash or otherwise) players that store audio files in the memory in the players, like the Yepp, IRock, IRiver, and Iaudio. Finally, there's the older technology -- cd players that use regular cd disks for storage, and can play both MP3 and regular audio disks.Is newer really better? Or are the memory and hard disk based systems simply taking advantage of the "cool" factor. There's no absolute answer, since it depends on how you want to use the players, but there are some decided advantages to going (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: John Sollars |
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| Article Title :: Make the World a Better Place with your Empty Ink Cartridges |
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| Did you know that your empty ink cartridge can help you earn some money or fund your favorite charity simply by not throwing it away!Very often we do not know what to do with the empty cartridges and they invariably find their way to the trashcan. Given these cartridges are made of plastic, they are not biodegradable and end up polluting the environment in various ways.A recent study done by a US based agency the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has found that 67% of the empty cartridges are sent to landfills, 15% are burnt to ashes and a mere 18% are recycled.If the percentages don’t look intimidating enough, here are some actual figures, every year over 400 m (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Jake Gourd |
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| Article Title :: Poor Print Quality? It's not your Printer's Fault |
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| Designing a identity for your small business can be a daunting task when your budget doesn’t stretch to hiring a professional to help you do the job. Digital artwork files need to be created to a correct size, resolution and color mode. Providing poor artwork files to printers will result in a unprofessional looking final product which wont leave a positive mark on your customers.This tutorial goes over the basics of creating digital artwork files for business cards and marketing postcards. The following tutorial can be used to create business stationery including letterheads, compliments slips and label artwork files by adjusting the sizes.The dimensions mentioned are (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Rob C. Wood |
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| Article Title :: PDA Maintenance and Security |
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| A greatly overlooked element of owning a PDA is that you actually need to take care of them if you want them to last. For most people this will mean two things – getting some software protection for your PDA and getting it a physical case to stop it getting knocked around.As everyone knows, desktop and laptop computers need to be protected with firewalls and antivirus software. With so much malware, spyware and adware around it is pretty much a necessity. Unfortunately the same thing has to be done for your PDA. A good money saving tip is to search for software that can be used on both your computer and your PDA. There are tons of options available with Avast4 PDA Edition and Air (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Max Penn |
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| Article Title :: How to Erase Hard Drive Completely |
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| Your hard drive is being used within your computer to record all the things that you are doing on the web? If you are worried about the websites that you have visited, the movies you have watched, or the things that you have downloaded, you need an effective way to erase your hard drive completely.But how?Unfortunately, even reformatting your hard drive will not completely clean out your hard drive. You can still be at risk of this collection of data to be found and used against you. In fact, there are government agencies waiting for you to mess up so they can collect this data and use it against you. But, there are ways to erase your hard drive completely.By usin (read full article) |
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