Category Archives: Computer Advice
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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Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter leave many companies worried about wasted time and loss of productivity. Is there a social media web site that has strong utility for business people? In a word – yes – and that … Continue reading
Social Media and Networking in Business
Social Media is all the rage in the computer world. Facebook (www.facebook.com) alone has over 500 million users in just over 6 years of operation – that’s about 7% of the world’s population (and counting)! Depending on the demographics of … Continue reading
Mass-Installing Free Software – Freenew.net
Setting up or re-building a PC can take lots of steps. The basic steps are pretty routine – I.e. format the drive, install the OS, apply all the updates, and install your business software. All of those steps give you … Continue reading
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Email is the life blood of a lot of peoples’ jobs. Many of them use Outlook as their email manager. As such, any new tool that makes Outlook more useful is very valuable. I very recently heard of a free … Continue reading