Thunder storms bring the flickering lights of electrical spikes and surges. These are not good for the delicate electronics in computers, TVs, and other modern appliances. Tiny but crucial computer parts can be severely damaged by what seem like little flickers to us. Sometimes they are so short that we won’t notice them at...
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  A good monitor is a surprisingly inexpensive way to dramatically improve your working relationship with your computer. A good monitor can make things easier, faster, and even more fun.   On the other hand, a bad monitor can really wreck things between you and your machine. A tiny or fuzzy display can make...
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  An earlier article talked about claiming your “space” for your business or organization in Google and Yahoo-local. Here’s another great free way to publicize your trade or club; a Facebook “Page”.   A Facebook Page is a Facebook presence for a business or organization. Facebook pages are a potent tool for publicizing or...
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Store Your Files Free “In The Cloud” As handy as flash drives are for backing up computer files or moving them from computer to computer; a lot of the flash drives’ usefulness is being eclipsed by “the cloud”. Several companies are offering storage, like disk storage, via the internet, “in the cloud”. As long...
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If you have a local business or lead any public organization with a street address, you have a “place” on the web in Google, Yahoo and Bing. Now, you need to claim it for yourself and spruce it up a bit. The major search engines all have special “local” features to help searchers looking...
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  If you’ve been using your cellphone for some time then there’s a good chance that you’ve saved up more than a few names and numbers of people that you call – AKA, your “contacts” list.   If you ask anyone who’s had the experience, you’ll hear that it can be quite bothersome to...
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WiFi (or Wi-Fi) is the trade name for wireless networking. It’s a very handy way to connect the growing array of devices in your home or office to the internet and to each other. Most commonly seen in computers, WiFi is now a common feature in TV sets and TV add-ons like DVD players,...
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  Keyboard Shortcuts Can Beat Your Mouse   A computer mouse is a powerful tool; amazingly easy to understand and to use. But, as easy as mousing is, there are times when sticking with the keyboard can be quicker and easier.   For example, when you want to copy some text on your computer,...
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