Category Archives: Personal computing
Backup Your Data
It doesn’t matter whether you are a IT support professional or a home computer user. The most important thing you can do for your peace of mind is backup your data! Unless you have money to burn (at this time), … Continue reading
How to Safeguard Your Personal Data
Would you give a stranger your social security card or a blank check? Of course not! You want to protect yourself, your money and your identity. You need to protect yourself while you use your phone, PC, the Internet, etc. … Continue reading
RAID – Protect Your Data
It’s always a good idea to protect your computer-based data. The first line of defense for data protection is backing up your data. See my earlier posts (http://www.davidrier.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=121 and http://www.davidrier.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=123 ) for advice in that area. Another way to protect … Continue reading
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Tagged data backup, data protection, RAID
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Personalize Your Browser
If you’re like me, you spend a fair amount of time on the Internet. As I have said before, my default browser is Mozilla Firefox. One of the reasons that I prefer Firefox is that it allows me to personalize … Continue reading
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Tagged browser. personalized browser, internet
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Where Was I? – Bookmarks and Favorites
Browser software lets you surf the Internet to your heart’s content. Whether by design or accident, you will run into pages that warrant a second look and/or are useful both now and in the future. You don’t have to mentally … Continue reading
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Tagged bookmarks, browser boolmarks, browser favorites, favorites
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Searching on the Internet – Making It More Exact
The Internet is a vast collection of information, files etc. that is growing almost exponentially. With so much available, how do you find what you are looking for? Here are a couple of suggestions for how you came make your … Continue reading
Protect Your Laptop from Theft – LoJack for Laptops
Laptop computers are a great invention. Their portability makes them especially popular to traveling business people and students. As well, people in general like to be able to use their personal computer without being tied down to a particular location … Continue reading
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Tagged laptop, laptop theft, lojack, lojack for laptops, protect your laptop
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Free Office Software
Microsoft Office is the premier applications suite for personal computers. It is the current standard in the industry. The “professional” version includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, database, email front end applications and more. However, not all people can pay or … Continue reading
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Tagged free office software, office, office software, open office
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Google Alerts
Do you like to keep up on things (customers, competitors, interesting topics, etc.) by searching for information on the Internet? Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a service that could automatically monitor the world of the Internet for you? … Continue reading
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Tagged Google, Google Alerts, Internet monitoring, monitor the Internet
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