Computers
Caution that bill may be just an advertisement.
The practice is not new, but there are domain-registering companies who routinely send out a document to the domain name owner, that appears as a bill to re-register your web name. It is their way of having you transfer the registration of your web address from your current register to them. In some ways this [...]
Desktop Clutter
There are more things to cause desktop clutter than the items that the eye can see. There’s always the cable mess that seems to arrive with computers and other electronic items needed to perform your job. The electric cords and the large ‘bricks’ that accompany some items seem to always be in the way or [...]
Office Energy Savings Tips
When looking at the standard monthly costs of many businesses, three of the areas that has a great portion of those cost are lighting, office machines and the heating and cooling (HVAC) system. Lighting: Reduce lighting. There are a couple of ways to do this, one of the best is to take advantage of natural [...]
Conserve Energy – A Top 10 List
10 Ways to Conserve Energy It doesn’t matter whether you consider Global Warming a fact or a hoax. The one thing for certain is that we do harm the environment every day. These are things we can do to not only save and conserve energy but also help the environment. 10) Follow The Three ‘R’ [...]
Hold Onto Your Laptop
Can you afford to lose your laptop? A laptop can be easily replaced. But that’s only a small part of your business. For those who use their laptop as the primary business computer it is full of important data. Does it hold your idea that is just about ready to send to the patent office? [...]
Create Your Gravatar
You post a comment on a blog. Everyone else who commented has a picture of themselves or something other than a blank. This is called a gravatar. Now you may be wondering, How can I get one and how can I have it show? The following gives a very good detail procedure on how it’s [...]
Five Technology Habits to have!
1) Backup your data files and store the back up at a separate location. Multiple backups at multiple locations should be considered. 2) Use virus detection software and keep the software up to date. 3) Scan computer for hidden spyware and adware. These can and will cripple computer performance. 4) Secure the data that has [...]
Office Email Tips
For most of us we will send a few, or a few hundred, emails a day. Following these tips may help eliminate some common mistakes. Enter the addresses after the message is composed. Many messages are sent before they are finished. Waiting to add the addresses will keep the message in your draft bin until [...]
Be Safe on the Information Highway
While we are on the Internet, either doing business or for fun, I’m sure the question has come to mind, How safe am I? To put it bluntly, as safe as you want to be. In some ways you could compare the Internet to walking the streets in a big city. Most of the time, [...]
Strange Technology Quotes
Over the years there’s been many people have said things that if they had to say it again, they would have just kept their mouths shut. Here are some of those quotes. “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to [...]
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