CNET News.com reports: "For those in the U.S., Microsoft is cutting prices only on the higher-end versions of Vista, and only for the upgrade version used to move from XP or another copy of Vista. The suggested price for Vista Ultimate drops to $219 from $299, while Home Premium falls to $129, from $159."If you have been waiting to upgrade your OS to the new Windows Vista Ultimate or Home Premium
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Firefox: Flash Player Won't Play (and how to fix it)
Posted on 11:15 PM by Unknown
Recently I had an issue with the Flash Player stopped working within Firefox. For example, if I went to YouTube the video would start for a few seconds then stop. I tried a few things to fix the problem, but only one of them worked.Ultimately what I had to do, was quit all the browsers and uninstall the Flash plug-in. To uninstall the Flash player, follow the instructions below:First, go to
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Software: Free PDF Creator Software
Posted on 4:27 PM by Unknown
If you need to share information on the Web, one of the best document formats for doing is called PDF. PDF documents are an application neutral format. This means once a document is converted to PDF, to view its contents you don't have to have the program installed that was originally used to create it.For example if you created a document in Microsoft Word, then published the Word file to the
Monday, February 25, 2008
Internet: Windows Live SkyDrive
Posted on 11:34 PM by Unknown
Microsoft is making available 5GB of free online file storage via their Windows Live SkyDrive service. Users can upload files that they want to backup, make available to themselves online, share with a few select people or make available to the world.Windows Live SkyDrive works on Windows or Macintosh computers with Firefox 1.5 or higher, or Internet Explorer 6 or higher. A Windows Live ID is
Friday, February 22, 2008
The Tax Man Cometh - PC Magazine
Posted on 8:27 PM by Unknown
PC Magazine reports: "Chances are you still have to file your income taxes. You could fill out a paper return, if you're ambitious and not too particular about how much the government pays you back. And tax-preparation services are open practically around the clock, though that usually means sitting in some dreary office while a clerk pries into your finances—and paying big for the privilege. No,
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Software: Microsoft to Provide Some Software to Students for Free - News and Analysis by PC Magazine
Posted on 10:27 PM by Unknown
PC Magazine reports: "Microsoft plans to allow college and high school students to receive key technical software for free, in a bid to familiarize students with Microsoft's software.The program, called DreamSpark, aims to make several programs available to students worldwide for free; Microsoft has begun rolling the program out to college students in several countries, and will expand the
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Browser: 10 Best Firefox Extensions for Web Development, Media, Information, and Better Browsing
Posted on 10:25 PM by Unknown
ExtremeTech reports: "Though Internet Explorer is still the most common browser today, Firefox is catching up, and it's only a matter of time before it claims the top spot. While I'm sure many people get the warm fuzzies when they use Firefox because they feel it's safer and it offers tabbed browsing (though IE7 has tabs now), I found more value in Firefox through its extensions and add-ons. Why?
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Security: PassPub (Strong Password Generator)
Posted on 10:02 PM by Unknown
Do you ever have problems coming up with passwords for all your different online and computer accounts, or devices (such as your wireless broadband router WPA key)? PassPub will generate strong unique passwords (with letters and numbers) for these accounts. All you do is just select the type of password (# of charactors, WEP, WPA, basic, Mnemonic, etc.) you need and wait a few seconds. If you
Monday, February 18, 2008
72 Tips for Safer Computing
Posted on 10:02 PM by Unknown
PC Magazine reports: "You might wonder if it's even possible to have a safe computing experience in this day and age, beyond unplugging your broadband connection and never installing any software. Of course it's possible, but it will take some work on your part. You need to install tools to protect yourself, learn good practices, and most important: Exercise common sense. Here's what you need to
Friday, February 15, 2008
Software: Nine Ways to Wipe Out Spyware
Posted on 9:25 PM by Unknown
PC Magazine reports: "The term spyware is actually a catch-all for a variety of nonvirus malicious software (malware, for short). Trojan horse programs masquerade as something useful—games, screen savers, utilities—but actually have their own sneaky agenda. One especially pernicious type of Trojan pretends to be an antispyware utility. These rogue antispyware programs tend to be alarmist,
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Hardware: Interface Guide
Posted on 9:09 PM by Unknown
I accidentally discovered that Western Digital has a great page that covers the different type of hard drive interfaces that are available.(such as: SATA, eSATA, EIDE, USB, FireWire 400 [IEEE 1394a, FireWire 800 [IEEE 1394b]). If you need some help identifying a particular connector for a hard drive or other type of peripheral check out this page.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Refurb Madness
Posted on 10:39 PM by Unknown
PC Magazine reports: "If the phrase 'refurbished PC' makes you think of sketchy parts of town, and of hardware with a shady past dealt by a guy with a funny nickname and shifty eyes, you can dispense with that notion. Refurbished systems today can be almost as new as new, and they can easily save a small business thousands of dollars."Are you looking for ways to find a great deal on your next
Monday, February 11, 2008
Windows Vista: Opening Ports in Your Firewall
Posted on 6:32 PM by Unknown
Sometimes you need to manually open ports in the Windows Firewall to allow remote programs on computers to talk to your computer over the your local network. For example, for Remote Desktop to work on the host computer, you have to open TCP port 3389 in the firewall.Warning: You have to be very careful about which ports on your firewall you open. Depending on what they're used for they can make
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Will Opera Mobile perform for free?
Posted on 11:04 PM by Unknown
CNET News.com reports: "Opera should be bracing for impact. Quite possibly for the first time, Opera Software will receive real pressure in the mobile-browser space from Firefox Mobile and Skyfire."I am eager to try out these new browsers.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Keyboard Shortcuts: Remote Desktop
Posted on 8:22 PM by Unknown
Below are some keyboard shortcuts that you can use in the Remote Desktop client:Ctrl+Alt+End: Simulates the Ctrl+Alt+Del keyAlt+Page Up: Switches between programs from left to rightAlt+Page Down: Switches between programs from right to leftAlt+Insert: Cycles through the programs in most recently used orderAlt+Home: Displays the Start menuCtrl+Alt+Break: Switches the client computer window to full
Monday, February 4, 2008
Windows Vista: Remote Desktop
Posted on 9:35 PM by Unknown
Both Windows Vista Ultimate or Business editions include a feature called Remote Desktop. This feature is also included in Windows XP Professional. The Remote Desktop service allows you to control a machine from another computer on the same network.There are two main parts to remote desktop, there is the service which runs on the host computer that allows to you to remotely log in to it. Then
Friday, February 1, 2008
Free Web Based Screen Cleaning Service
Posted on 8:27 PM by Unknown
Bonus Tip: Here is a free web based screen cleaning service. ;-) Its cute, so enjoy...
Windows Vista: System Health Report
Posted on 7:33 PM by Unknown
Windows Vista has some great diagnostic tools built-in to it. The System Health Report is one of the more useful ones. It gathers data from the Performance and Reliability Monitor, and displays in information packed report, and even highlights potential problems.To run a System Health Report:Open Control Panel folder, and open 'Performance Information and Tools'.In the Tasks pane on the left,
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