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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Software: Password Management Applications (Updated)

Posted on 1:00 AM by Unknown
About a year ago I wrote the original article which this one is based on, but I recently decided it was and important subject and it needed to be expanded with more information.

The problems is that most of us are swimming in passwords, and we have a hard time remembering all of them.  To deal with the password overload, people will use different unsecured methods like writing them down store
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Monday, November 26, 2012

Special Offer: Carbonite Update and $20 Amazon Gift Card for Signing Up

Posted on 9:46 AM by Unknown

I have talked about the Carbonite cloud based backup service in the past, see the excerpt below from an article that I wrote back in July.  

Recently I found out two new things about the Carbonite service, and I wanted to share it.  First, they extended their service to include protection of your Android based cellphone. They currently offer backup, location, and remote lock and wipe (if your
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Hardware: Introduction to RAID Arrays

Posted on 1:00 AM by Unknown
Did you know if you have multiple drives on your computer, and your hard drive controller supports RAID you can make them appear as one drive? RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. Some motherboard and hard drive controllers support the ability to create a RAID array out of two or more disks.

You might wonder what are some of the advantages to RAID arrays? The first
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Article: If Windows 8 baffles you, here's some free training

Posted on 10:44 PM by Unknown
 CNET Reviews reports: "People new to Windows 8 can get a helping hand via a special course from the online training site Lynda.com. Dubbed Windows 8 Essential Training, the four-hour course is available for free to the public until November 23." (read the rest of the article)
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Bringing 'Minority Report' touchless gestures to Windows 8

Posted on 10:38 PM by Unknown
CNET News reports: "Elliptic Labs wants to bring the touchless gesture controls seen in the science-fiction film "Minority Report" to everyday consumer electronic devices, starting with Windows 8." (read the rest of the article)

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Monday, November 12, 2012

Windows 8: Windows Key Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted on 4:43 AM by Unknown
With every new version of it operating system, Microsoft updates the keyboard shortcuts.  Sometimes it changes the functionality of older shortcuts, and it also adds new shortcuts as appropriate.

The Windows Key (WinKey) keyboard shortcuts below are for Windows 8




Key Strokes
Description




WinKey
Displays the Start screen.




WinKey + Pause/Break
Displays System Properties page.




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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Windows 8

Posted on 10:10 PM by Unknown
Most people already know that Windows 8 has been released, and those that installed it on they're systems are experiencing Microsoft's new "Modern UI".  Personally I like the new OS, it modernizes the Windows user interface which really has not changed since 1995 with the introduction of Windows 95.

The Windows Modern UI incorporates some new user interface metaphors that were designed to allow
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