Oct 30 2009
Your office is flooded, your files/photographs/documents are lost, and the words come back to haunt you: “When is the last time you backed up?” Lost documents, viruses, the ‘read error’ message regarding your hard drive. And it always seems to happen right before an important project is due.Here is an option that requires virtually zero maintenance by you and better yet, it is free (up to 2GB).
Oct 27 2009
Before you call tech support:
If you’re calling technical support for help, there are 14 basic items of information you need to know or do before you call. I suggest writing down the first four items now while everything is working. The remaining items can be listed for the immediate issue.
Oct 25 2009
Does it ever pay to rent instead of buy a home? It turns out that sometimes the answer is yes, renting is preferable. Suze Orman has written several articles about the pros and cons. In The Buy vs Rent Decision she discusses the true cost of ownership and whether you can afford to buy.
Here are two calculators which you can use to compare the cost of renting to buying. Continue Reading »
Oct 23 2009
Forgetting tasks or assignments? Whatever your current life role(s), one of these five options may suit your needs. With the exception of optional upgrades, all of these online options are free. Continue Reading »
Oct 21 2009
Ever wonder whether you’re getting all of the information on cell phone, smart phone, Blackberry comparisons? Do you wonder whether other users are having the same issues with the phone that you have been having? I finally asked a Verizon sales representative to help me find a site where I could get the specifications on phones and compare them. Continue Reading »
Oct 20 2009
What do you need to make emergency situations more livable? You may want to add a few of these items to your emergency survival kits of food, water, blankets, etc. Here’s a slide show of ten tech tools that were found indispensable in the recent California fire evacuations.
If you live in an area which has tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, fires or unknown future emergencies, you will find information about these items useful. The author figured out what worked and what didn’t work, why each item is needed, etc.
Take a look because some of the items can be used for day-to-day routines or outings. Ten tech essentials for emergency evacuation by Steve Kovsky at eWeek.
Oct 18 2009
Today’s question of the day was: “Can I set up a viable working PC with only free software? The answer: yes. Here is a list of absolutely free and better than average software that you can download and install on a PC that already has a Windows operating system, e.g., Windows XP, installed. You will need access to internet service, for which you may have to pay. You will also need to verify the ’system requirements’ for each of the applications mentioned to insure that they will run on your specific CPU. Take a look at these free software applications. Continue Reading »
