Geek Fact for November 20th
In 1889, Edwin Powell Hubble was born. A pioneer in extragalactic research, he died on September 28th, 1953. Learn more at http://www.biography.com/people/edwin-hubble-9345936.
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Fraser Island: A natural wonder
This has absolutely nothing to do with computers or technology so I do apologize in advance for that. My lovely wife and I recently spent several days on Fraser Island and I thought some of you might be interested in learning more about this little
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Inserting Pictures in your MS Word Documents
Many folks insert pictures into their Word documents. If you are one of those people inserting JPG images, you should consider using the Picture option on the Insert tab of your Ribbon, rather than copying and pasting and I will tell you why. Word handles pictures differently when
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Geek Fact for November 19th
In 1981, Radio Corporation of America (RCA) launched the SATCOM 3-R satellite. This satellite was a replacement for SATCOM 3, which vanished upon firing of the apogee motor. SATCOM 3-R was the first of two RCA satellites to be exclusively dedicated for use by the
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Fix The Windows 7 Amnesia Problem With ShellFolderFix
Windows 7 Amnesia I was excited about the Windows 7 release and purchased a license right away. It didn’t take long for me to notice that it no longer remembered window Sizes and Positions. XP didn’t have that problem. I thought for quite awhile that
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Quotation Marks Not Printing Properly?
I have have readers write to me in the past because when they print their document, they notice that the quotation marks are not printing properly even though they look fine on the screen. There could be a couple of causes of this behavior. To
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BlazeVideo Giveaway: VideoFlick FREE for everyone
BlazeVideo is currently running a Thanksgiving giveaway for its very good VideoFlick software… giveaway ends 30th November. 1) Visit the GIVEWAY PAGE and click on the “Get it Free” button: 2) Download and install the software. 3) Register the software using the license code from
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Digiarty Giveaway: WinX DVD Ripper Platinum FREE for everyone
Digiarty is currently running a Thanksgiving giveaway for WinX DVD Ripper Platinum… expires 27th November. WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is a Windows-based DVD ripper software capable of ripping both DVD disc and DVD ISO image to mainstream videos, such as rip DVD to AVI, DVD
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Geek Fact for November 18th
In 1962, Danish physicist Niels Bohr died at the age of 77. Neils Bohr is best known for his model of the atom. With his model, Bohr explained how electrons could jump from one orbit to another only by emitting or absorbing energy in fixed
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Geek Fact for November 17th
In 1970, Douglas Engelbart received a patent for the first computer mouse. The patent, titled “X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System,” is for a simple hollowed-out wooden block with a single push button on top. Learn more at http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa081898.htm.
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Geek Fact for November 16th
In 1963, the touch-tone telephone was introduced. The Western Electric 1500 model featured 10 push buttons that replaced the standard rotary dial. The first commercial service was available in Carnegie and Greensburg, Pennsylvania, for an extra charge. Learn more about the history of the telephone
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Digiarty Giveaway: MacX DVD Ripper Pro for Mac
Digiarty is currently running a Thanksgiving giveaway for MacX DVD Ripper Pro… giveaway ends 30th November. MacX DVD Ripper Pro – ultimate DVD backup and ripping software brings you the best DVD ripper for Mac to rip DVD to iPhone/5/4S, iPad/2/3, iPod, Apple TV, Android,
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uRex Giveaway: iPad DVD Ripper for everyone
uRex is currently running a Thanksgiving giveaway for uRex iPad DVD Ripper… giveaway ends 22nd November. uRex iPad DVD Ripper is a powerful DVD ripping program for the new iPad and iPad 2, iPad with its in MP4, H.264, MOV, MP3 files. Professionally in DVD
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Wondershare Giveaway: DVD Slideshow Builder Standard for everyone
Wondershare is currently running a Thanksgiving promotion for its DVD Slideshow Builder Standard software… giveaway ends 25th November. Want to show off your latest vacation without putting everyone to sleep? DVD Slideshow Builder Standard lets you combine your photos and music to: Breathe new life
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