Do we really know what security is? Is it freedom from all our worries, or just a pipe dream? Security can mean many things to many people, but when it comes to computers, what do you think it means? Does it mean never having an […]
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As you know, you can use the Find and Replace tool in MS Word to look for and find just about anything in your documents. But why do it the long way??? Besides, that pesky dialog box very often gets in the way! Anyone who
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Here’s the scenario; you have a hard copy of a typed document you want to edit but there is no digital or editable copy available. Your scanning software does not include OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and only saves scanned documents in non-editable image format. Your
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In a previous article I explained how to remove your ‘Lock’ screen. If you want to take it a step further and speed up Windows 8’s boot time even more, you can bypass the logon screen quite easily. This procedure will automatically logon to your
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While most major manufacturer’s have been largely concentrating on SSD (Solid State Drive) technology over the past few years, Seagate has pursued a rather different strategy. Instead of releasing stand-alone SSDs, the company has been focused on producing a range of hybrid hard drives which
Seagate SSHD Hybrid Drives combine speed + large capacity + affordability Read More »
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Ah, politicians… the people we love to hate. Why is it politicians always seem to be so devious and untrustworthy? Maybe because they are often following some sort of personal agenda? Perhaps because many decisions they make appear to be illogical or biased in the
Hey People – Leave our Internet alone!! Read More »
I cannot tell you how many times I have received a document from a client who cannot correct the problems that he/she has encountered in it. For this reason, I instruct all my students to have the Show/Hide feature enabled in MS word. I would
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Since the release of the Sandy Bridge line of processors, Intel has shown no signs of loosening its grip on the control over the high-end CPU market. And, their strength in the most important market in the computer industry (processors) will strengthen even more with
Haswell CPUs – The Next Line of Intel Processor Architecture Read More »
If you like to change the little sounds associated with various Windows system events, such as starts and stops, logging off or shutting down, then you probably will have noticed that in Windows 8 you can’t! I say you can’t but that’s not strictly true,
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This is the ninth, and last, in a series of articles looking back over ‘Geek Facts’. Today’s topic is ‘Geek Firsts’. Each day last year, I posted a Geek Fact for that day. A Geek Fact is something geeky that happened on that day in
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Digiarty is billing its latest giveaway as a “Spring” promotion. The giveaway involves the very good MacX iPad DVD Video Converter Pack (Mac only), which would normally sell for $59.95us, but is currently available free to everyone… expires 20th March. *Note: Giveaway is limited to
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Apple is coming for your wrists, but not this year Apple got where it is today by climbing the industry ladder with great technology. In the early 2000’s, the company had a knack for entering an emerging device market and creating a near-ubiquitous “need” for
The iWatch makes a lot of sense for Apple, likely won’t see 2013 Read More »
