Personal Technology Information

Personal Technology Information

Are You Putting Off Productivity?


I recently took a good look at what was keeping me from accomplishing what I needed to do. After all, I had my goals.

Protect Your PC from Viruses, Worms & Trojans


Each of the items in the checklist below is part of a broad and easy to implement security policy.Install all windows critical updates for your operating system from the Microsoft Update site - it's free! All that's required to keep your Microsoft operating system up to date is an Internet connection.

Windows Task Manager in English


You use Ctrl+Alt+Del to see what's running on your PC, to close crashed programs and processes, and to check performance. You probably avoid a few processes whose names mean nothing to you, but they're essential to Windows.

How To Search Your PC With Google Desktop


In this era of Internet, most people are frequent users of computers. Many of us use computers through out the day, accumulating morasses of information in various formats, which include email, digital photo, word document, spreadsheet, presentation file, ebook, article, other downloaded files, music, visited web pages, and many others.

A Peek Into the Near Future of Electronics Technology


How long do you think DVDs have around? 20 years? 10 years? Actually, they have only been around for about seven years, but it seems like they have been around much longer. Many of us can hardly remember life before DVDs.

Toshiba Wins Hollywood Support for the HD DVD format


What led them to this choice, as all four studios stated separately, is better performance for the price and copyright protection.The other standard in competition, the Blu-ray disc, unconditionally backed by Sony Pictures Entertainment, is also counting on support from Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Twentieth Century Fox (the latter has recently joined the Blu-Ray Disc Association Board).

The Many Benefits of Owning a DVR


Has This Ever Happened To You? OK..

Buying a Home Theater Receiver


Buying a receiver is one of the most important decisions you're going to have to make when building your home theater. The receiver has a number of functions including; connecting and switching audio sources; connecting and switching video sources; decoding surround sound formats; amplifying an audio signal and sending it to your speakers; tuning in to radio stations; and acting as the interface between you and your home theater.

Passwords and the Human Factor


Passwords have a strange dual nature. The stronger and safer the password the more likely it will be undermined by human weakness.

Looking For an MP3 Player?


If you don't have an mp3 player, and even if you do, you should check out all the new stuff that's going on. I'm hoping this article will give you some idea of what kind of mp3 player you want and some tips on what to look for in an mp3 player.

Computer Geeks and Garden Gnomes


First and foremost before I begin my ranting it is worth mentioning that there are many very helpful and considerate people out there in the cyber wilderness who devote much of their time to providing open source and free scripts of all variations from PHP, CGI and Java to name but a few. They provide dedicated support, do not insist on payment, and spend much of their free time helping you avoid having to part with your hard earned cash to get free programs and scripts up and running on your websites.

How To Safeguard Your Computer?


The following practice, if done regularly, may help you to safeguard your computer to some extent.1.

Password Nightmares


Good Morning Mr. Sampson.

Are You Well Protected?


Winter?the official start of the cold and flu season. Though, technically speaking, things got started a little early.

Basic Problem in a PC


I have a p3 500MHz PC with 128MB RAM, 10.2 GB HDD Sony CD ROM 48x with window ME edition operating system.

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Read the README.txt file at that site and follow the instructions for installation (moving RealThumb.DLL to the WINDOWS/SYSTEM32 folder). Send questions to personaltech@tampabay.com or Personal Tech, PO Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731.



Personal tech at work
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: When Karan, a fresh graduate from an engineering college joined his new job, the first question he asked the IT manager was: “Can I retain my smartphone and sync it up with my office network?”. A blunt 'no' from the manager wasn't taken favourably by ...



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Heres your open-comment thread, and the 10th anniversary Geek Gathering
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For you n00bs, it works like this: Leave a comment about something related to personal tech, and I'll approve it. Other folks will read what you said, and they'll respond. Come back later, see what they had to say, then say some more.

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Corrections: February 4
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An article on the Personal Tech pages on Jan. 19 about some lesser-known features of Twitter included outdated information for the way in which the site handles the link to a picture from another site. The photograph is displayed beneath a user's post ...



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Businesses Learn to Love Consumer IT
Baseline
By Dennis McCafferty on 2012-01-27 88% of executives say their employees freely use their own personal tech devices for business purposes. 60% of organizations are adapting their IT infrastructure to suit workers' personal devices.



CES: a hundred devices to rule them all
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Far from consolidating, personal tech grows ever more diverse. And that's a good thing. Beside reacquainting myself with proper tea and chips, writing this piece is the first thing I've attempted since stepping off the plane from Las Vegas, ...



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Parents and technology
Kuwait Times
I'm all for teaching my parents how to What's App their friends or download a new profile picture, but this should be used as a learning process and not as a personal tech service that is available to them at all times. Speaking to my friends and ...



Apple's Hidden Museum Reveals Clashes in the Jobs Interregnum
Mashable
A series of familiar follow-ups would ensue: how to get a job at Apple, personal tech recommendations and big ideas for future products. “After many years and many such encounters,” Whelan wrote, “it's become clear to me that EVERY APPLE EMPLOYEE IS ...

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Best apps for Australia Day
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Personal tech obsession: The quest for the next big... whatever http://t.co/fjzaKRg0 McDonald's #McStories gets 'supersized' with Twitter backlash: McDonald's Twitter campaign asking for #McStories... http://t.co/dSRcGhUM Fare Buzz can also help you ...



Forrester: One-Fifth of Enterprise Employees Use Apple
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Because of this, Forrester has made a decisive and divisive statement: This new Apple era could potentially “end [Microsoft] Windows' dominance in personal tech,” and outlast Google Android because “the wide variety of devices, features, and software ...

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