 Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Jamie Plenderleith  |
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| Article Title :: PC Owners - The Largest Criminal Gang Ever? |
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| The year is 1981. IBM has just released the Personal Computer; a low cost machine it hopes will create a winning brand. Several models are produced in quick succession accompanied by an ad campaign featuring a Charlie Chaplin figure. The message is clear: It’s cheap and it’s cheerful.The growth vector for the product turns out to be a software application called a spreadsheet. Its many early forms - VisiCalc, Multiplan, Lotus 1-2-3, along with WordStar word-processing and of course games all help drive hardware sales.Nobody seems to question the rapid and promiscuous spread of these programs by copying onto 5.25” floppy disks and passing them from person to person. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Deborah Anderson |
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| Article Title :: Freezing - Time To Warm Up Your PC |
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| Freezing is also known as crashing or hanging. It's frustrating. The computer locks up and the mouse and keyboard do not respond. You may lose data and you certainly lose time and patience. Typically, you need to press Ctrl+Alt+Del to see the programs that are running and to try to close the program that is not responding, or you need to force a restart. So why does your computer freeze up?Common causes of freezing:Low memoryLow disk spaceFragmented diskToo many programs open simultaneouslyLow CPU speedCorrupt filesSoftware bugsOverheating - random lockups that start several minutes a (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Iulia Pascanu |
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| Article Title :: JVC's First Three-Layer Combo-Disc Blu-Ray / DVD |
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| JVC developed and used a high-performance reflective film to produce this revolutionary three layer structure. The outer Blu-ray layer can be read by the blue light laser but it is transparent for the red light laser which therefore has access to the inner dual DVD layer.The JVC disc sums 33.5 GB in total storage capacity of which: 8.5 GB are allocated to the standard video content; 25 GB hold high definition content.JVC unveiled its intentions to promote its disc to the Blu-ray Disc Association, in the spring of 2005. Mass production will begin when BD-ROM players are available, early 2006. The combo disc will be available for a 30% higher price than standard DVDs.Th (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Chris Bryant |
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| Article Title :: The Hidden Value Of Computer Certifcations |
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| The web is covered with stories regarding the benefits of professional computer certification, and most of them are backed up with salary surveys and the like. While there’s certainly nothing wrong with making more money and having better job prospects, there’s one benefit of certification that many candidates forget about.Confidence.You can’t pay your rent with confidence; you can’t pay for gas with confidence; you can’t pay for ANYTHING with confidence, right? So who cares, right?Wrong. The confidence you build from truly earning a certification, whether it’s an MCSE, CCNA, or CCIE, cannot be purchased, borrowed, or stolen. It has to be earned. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Chris Cameron |
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| Article Title :: An All Too Familar Pain |
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| Lost & Found for the 21st CenturyIn today’s hectic world more and more people are turning to those handy gadgets and mobile products that can be taken with them anywhere they go. The more things consumers own, the more they're prone to lose them. This in mind we actually went out and tested a new service on the UK market from Want it Bak. Lets see what Londoners are really made of.We left a Palm m130 PDA on the Jubilee Line of the London Underground, a Sony Ericcson Mobile on the number 15 bus route, a Blackberry “email on the move” gizmo down in a local pub in South West London and a rucksack sitting in Starbucks Chancery Lane area. Lastly we left a digital camera sit (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Hristo Lozanov |
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| Article Title :: How I Started Working With 3D Modeling Programs |
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| So I'll start from the very beginning.One day I was surfing in the web and I found one site -- www.digitalblasphemy.com and I browsed it. I was inspired by the 3D graphics' realism and suddenly I noticed the "My tools" button. My heart stopped for a moment and after that I entered the section and some time later I already had the tools and started working.In the beginning I don't know why I thought it would be easy but later on I realised that I was wrong and it seemed impossible to create what the author had already did. But when I created my first render I compared it with some other from that site and I noticed that I had a female figure and he did also, so I am on the (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Doug Partridge |
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| Article Title :: Is Your Web Browser Putting You At Risk? |
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| It's free, it comes with Windows and it's used by approximately 94% of the Internet population. It also poses an unacceptable security risk. What am I talking about? If you guessed Internet Explorer, you're right on the money. So, is your web browser putting you at risk? If you're one of the 94% using Internet Explorer, the answer is a definite *yes*. By my math, quite a few people require critical information for protection.What's the problem with Internet Explorer (known as "IE" from here out) and how does it put you at risk?The main problem with IE is the numerous security flaws. As an example, between April 2001 and June 2004, Microsoft documented *153 security flaws* in (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Linus Chang |
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| Article Title :: Quick System Restore with ASR Backups |
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| ASR (Automated System Recovery) is a feature available on the Windows XP Pro and Windows Server 2003 operating systems for quick and efficient system backup and restore.Typically, the restore process involves reinstalling the operating system and configuring all physical storage to their original settings before restoring data and settings. Rebuilding the system in this way is a time-consuming and often problematic task, causing many headaches for administrators and technical staff.ASR significantly automates the process of rebuilding the system, thus allowing you to fully restore your system quickly and efficiently in the event of an emergency or complete system failure, ev (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Vickie Scanlon |
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| Article Title :: Maintain Your Computer – Keep Your Business Running |
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| Maintaining your computer is extremely important –
especially if you are an Internet Marketer. As you
know, without your computer, your business can
come to a screeching halt. There are 4 important
steps in which you can perform on a regular basis,
to help protect your computer and your livelihood.First line of defense, invest in quality virus software.
Be it Norton AntiVirus, McAfee Virus Software
or another software program, protect yourself and
your computer.I personally have set Norton to run every evening.
It may seem like a hassle when you’re trying to
get a project done, however, a 10 minute break in
the action is far better than a one or two days of
down time (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Gary Hendricks |
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| Article Title :: How To Buy An MP3 Player |
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| Are you looking for an MP3 player but am not sure which type and model to buy? There is a wide variety of MP3 players out there, from flash memory based players to hard drive based players. Choosing a good player from the market is no easy task. What features should you look for? What are the key considerations? This article aims to answer those questions and more. Now, let’s see how we can pick the perfect MP3 player.Types of MP3 player
There are essentially four types of MP3 players in the market today. These include flash-based players, hard-drive based players and MP3 CD players. Let’s look at them in turn.Flash-based MP3 players
Flash-b (read full article) |
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