Category Archives: Technology
What Type of Printer Should You Buy?
There are many types of printers available such as ink jet, laser, dot matrix, thermal transfer, etc. They range in size from small label printers to huge plotters. I’m going to concentrate on general-use printers that would be used in … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing printers, ink jet printer, laser print, printer
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Setting Up a Small Office or Home PC
So you’re finally going to get a PC for your small business or your home. Good for you? There are lots of factors to be considered I making the right choices for your hardware and software. As well, you want … Continue reading
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Tagged home office, home pc, small office pc
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How Does That Work?
I’m a very curious person. I love to find out new things, even if they don’t help me right away. As a result, I find new bits of knowledge fascinating and fun. One interesting site that I’ve found to be … Continue reading
Free WiFi
Wireless access to the Internet is becoming almost ubiquitous. Laptops, smart phones, e-readers and tablets are all using WiFi as a major and/or default method for reaching the Net. As you travel around, it is useful to know where free … Continue reading
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Tagged free wifi, wifi, wififreespot.com
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Right Down to the Second
Every PC has its own time clock that maintains its date and time. Overall the clock is pretty accurate. However, it can stray from what it should be over time. One way to make sure your PC (and/or network) has … Continue reading
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Tagged atomic clock, NIST, PC clock, sync, time
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Keep Talking to Your Computer
A computer driver is a piece of software that allows hardware to work with operating systems and applications. Each driver is specific to the piece of hardware that it works with. Operating systems and application programs are constantly being updated … Continue reading
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Tagged driver maintenance, driverguide.com, drivers
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Recover Your Wireless Key
Here’s a nightmare scenario: You lose the connection to your wireless network and don’t know the security key to re-connect to it. What do you do? Do you rebuild your wireless network and reconnect all its PCs and devices with … Continue reading
No More Typing!
While the title above may be an exaggeration, it is possible to greatly reduce the need to type your documents into your PC. I know that I’m not the fastest typist out there, and I only use about 6 of … Continue reading
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Tagged dragon, dragon naturally speaking, typing
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Viewing Crystal Reports – Crystal Ease
In my opinion, Crystal Reports (www.businessobjects.com) is a great program. It allows you to design, display and print reports made from virtually any data sources. You can smoothly merge information from any number of sources (E.g. networked databases, Excel spreadsheets, … Continue reading