Tag: computer

Organizing Business Cards for Effective Contact Management Now that you’ve had colorful new business cards printed, and have been distributing them diligently, what do you do with the cards you collect from other people? If you’re like most people, you have a stack of rubber-banded cards floating around you desk. Or you have been using…

The Great Underutilized Computer I am not a geek. So I was not surprised to hear a tech expert speak about how we underutilize our computers. I plead guilty. Not only do I underutilize it, but I regularly end up places that leave me wondering how I got there. I’m a poet, a philosopher, but…

Tunes To Go (ARA) – The digital audio revolution is in full swing as music lovers worldwide are using their computers as high-tech jukeboxes. But you’re not just limited to listening to songs on your PC while you check your e-mail. It’s easier than ever to manage your collection and listen to it in your…

Tech-writers – A Necessary Evil New to tech-writing, or thinking about starting? The key to success is recognising that tech-writers are a necessary evil. Tech-writers are necessary because someone has to write the user doco. The programmers and managers sure as hell don’t want to. This is actually part of the reason that you’re evil,…

Backdoor Programs It’s the ultimate nightmare for a computer user—the idea that someone outside the computer can take over. The official “technical” term is Remote Administration, but hackers are more likely to use the word Backdoor. With Windows XP, remote administration comes pre-installed. Windows XP has an option called Remote Assistance, where an XP technician…

Antivirus Software – Protecting Your Computer’s Data When you buy a new computer you must protect your investment from malicious software programs such as viruses, worms, spyware, and trojans. These programs can cause serious damage to your computer system by erasing data or providing your sensitive data to criminals. You can help protect your personal…

Vox Populi: Popular podcasts on the net The overwhelming popularity of portable MP3 players has brought with it all new innovations in using this new technology. The most popular application that has come out recently are podcasts. Podcasts are the automatic distribution of MP3 files via RSS or XML. With podcasts, a user downloads software…

Ten Careers For High School Seniors Who Hate School Let’s face it…not everybody likes going to school and high school can be a terrible experience for many students. Whether you’re the hands on type who preferred Shop class to English class, or an athlete who liked working as a team more than studying alone, or…

The Future Of Fundraising – Fundraising Software Fundraising has indeed come a long way from the good old days where people just set up long table among school yards or a vacant lot and kept track of profits using a plastic calculator or notebook and pen. Nowadays, the sucess of a fundraising event can be…

Computer Forensics Training Computer forensics is the investigation and analysis of a crime using a computer to help solve the case. Computer forensics is used to investigate crimes with high tech programs. Computer forensics can also be used to prepare digital data suitable for inclusion in a criminal investigation. A wide variety of methods are…