Apr 07 2010
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 »
Apr 07 2010
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.
Apr 03 2010
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.
Apr 01 2010
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).
Mar 23 2010
Did you know that Apple loads multiple languages for many software applications? There is a great little program called Monolingual that will delete all languages you do not use. It’s a quick download and gives you the option of which language(s) you wish to retain. I freed almost 2.8GB. Who knew?
Mar 21 2010
Blackberry sent out a newsletter with instructions on how to change the ‘sent from‘ address so that all of your email messages match — regardless of where you are when sending them. The steps are clear but you will need to know which version of the Blackberry internet service you currently use. Blackberry newsletter instructions for changing the ’sent from’ address.
If you want to disable the auto-signature on your Blackberry, here are the instructions from Blackberry.
Mar 19 2010
Is your Gmail slower than usual? If you don’t use chat, be sure to turn it off. You should notice a bit more speed in your Gmail loads. To check the status of chat, look at the very bottom of your screen directly under the statistics for how much (or little) of your Gmail storage is in use. If you see Turn Off Chat, click on it. If you see Turn On Chat, the chat function is already off.
