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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 12:00 AM

Full Featured, Low Cost Phone Service

For subscribers to high speed internet, the time has come to switch to VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone service. In most cases, VoIP phone service costs less than traditional phone service, includes unlimited domestic long distance, very inexpensive
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Monday, July 30, 2007 12:00 AM

Photo Fun on your Mac

Mac owners who have systems with a built-in camera can start having some photo fun right now by snapping a few pictures in their very own Photo Booth. The Photo Booth program currently loaded on computers with the iSight camera allows users to take snapshots
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Thursday, July 26, 2007 12:00 AM

Removing Backgrounds from Pictures in Office

Often someone will find the perfect picture to use in a Power Point presentation, but it will have a white background. This is fine unless the presentation has a blue background. Today's tip will show an easy way to make any one color in an image transparent
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:00 AM

Virus Protection

With the number of viruses currently circulating, there is no question that every Windows computer should have high quality virus protection. However, a number of users have decided to operate their system without this protection. This leaves their computer
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 12:00 AM

Will Your Television Work in Two Years?

A number of television viewers may wake up to a surprise on Wednesday, February 18, 2009. Their televisions may no longer receive any channels. This is because of a federal law requiring only digital broadcasts from all full-power television stations
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Monday, July 23, 2007 12:00 AM

Is the Mac OS Really More Secure?

When Microsoft released Vista, one of the big selling points was improved security, and Microsoft still advertises it as the “most secure windows ever.” But what about Mac OS X? Apple claims “Every Mac is secure ... thanks to the proven foundation of
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Thursday, July 19, 2007 12:00 AM

Tip of the Week: Green Computing

There are several simple changes environmentally conscious home computer users can make to help reduce energy consumption and the impact of computing on the earth. Simple changes in usage habits and software settings can reap moderate returns. The
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:00 AM

Defending Against Spyware

Spyware is unwanted computer software usually installed during the installation of other wanted software obtained from the internet. The software monitors activity on the computer and either sends the information to someone else or causes actions to take
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:00 AM

Heavenly Radio

Satellite Radio is basically a number of worldwide radio broadcasts delivered via satellites to a variety of specially designed receivers available to consumers. The two original satellite radio providers in the United States were XM Radio and Sirius.
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Monday, July 16, 2007 12:00 AM

Take a “Quick Look” with Leopard

One of the new features of Leopard is an application called Quick Look. According to Apple, this application will allow users to preview “nearly every” file type. The application will only allow users to view the document so it should open much more quickly
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Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:00 AM

Tip of the Week: Context Specific Menus

Throughout Windows the right mouse button is very useful for providing commands related to what is selected. When an item is right-clicked, a context specific menu appears. For example, in Microsoft Word, if you right click a misspelled word a menu will
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007 12:00 AM

Backup Solution for Windows

As discussed Monday, backing up data is important, but, for a variety of reasons, many users do not do it. The best back-up solution would automatically back-up data to an off-site storage location and cost very little. A solution that meets all of these
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:00 AM

iWant

On 29 June, 2007 at 18:00 the mobile phone industry was changed forever, or at least that is what Apple would like everyone to believe. At that time, Apple released its much hyped iPhone in the United States. The iPhone does offer some new features, such
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Monday, July 09, 2007 12:00 AM

Leopard Makes Back-ups Easy

As previously reported, Apple is scheduled to ship Mac OS X version 10.5 Leopard in October. According to Apple, Leopard offers over 300 new features not found in its current operating system Mac OS X version 10.4 Tiger. Previously, Boot Camp was explored.
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