Tag: tech

Obsessed with Cars – Turn your Dream into Reality by Car Wallpapers Wallpaper – very commonly used term of these days, have made all the populate revolve around it. People, who are tech savvy and those who know the least about computers are all fantasized with the vivid looking, eye catchy wallpapers. The desktop wallpaper…

Buying A New Computer 101: The Basics Ok if your reading this I’m going to asume that you already have a computer but lets face it, in todays computing enviroment the power (speed) of computers doubles about every 18 months. We like to joke that when you get a new computer its obsolete before you…

Wi-fi Wireless Internet Made Simple Just what is all this Wi-Fi wireless internet stuff they are trying to confuse and torment me with? It is actually quite simple, useful and most of all convenient. All you probably want to do is to share your internet connection throughout your home whether it be to other computers…

The Modern Day Car: A Sophisticated High Tech Gadget Little did Mr. Ford know that the little black buggy he was making back in the early 90’s would a 100 years later be as sophisticated as the cars of today. Modern day cars are extremely complicated and high tech with some having the computing power…

New Computer? What To Do With the Old One Did you get a new computer? Everyone loves a shiny new tech toy, but the question comes not long after the box is opened: What to do with the old one and all the information stored on it? Consider the following options: * Re-use. With all…

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…