Posted by Joan Reeves on Apr 11, 2010 in
Pop Culture,
Technology,
This Writer's Life
Today I read an article that had me laughing. It was from a software vendor’s newsletter, and it was about being nice to your computer equipment. The article alleged that some people battered their computer. No! Horrors! Say it isn’t so! Actually, I’m surprised more people don’t fling the frustrating pieces of electronics through the [...]
Tags: computers, eric porterfield, keyboards, mitch ratcliffe, Technology
Posted by Joan Reeves on Sep 16, 2009 in
Consumer Smarts,
My Literary License,
Technology
Is there anything more frustrating than buying a new computer with a new operating system only to discover that your old peripherals won’t work with the new PC? A lot of people ended up with Windows Vista and then had to upgrade every component they had. If only they’d done a little research, they’d have [...]
Tags: computers, drivers, PC, pc performance, software
If I throw around these initials, RDP and VNC, and you understand what they mean, then this blog’s for you because you know you need a stable remote desktop connection to access someone else’s computers to diagnose problems, access data or files on another computer, or to collaborate on a team project. There’s a new [...]
Tags: computers, file_sharing, Internet, project_collaboration, RDP, remote_desktop_troubleshooting, VNC
Remember a few years ago when spam email was the biggest headache we had with our computers and the Internet? Those were the good old days because now we have the constant threat of viruses, worms, and spyware to contend with on a daily basis. Fortunately, good spyware removal software is to our computer the [...]
Tags: adware_removal, computers, computer_security, Internet, spyware_removal