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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. I had them written down. I read my affirmations daily. And still, I was not achieving what I wanted to do. Leaving town was a major... Read More

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... Read More

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. svchost.exe sure likes to appear all the time and multiple times at that.... Read More

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.... Read More

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. That can be attributed to how rapidly we can... Read More

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... Read More

The Many Benefits of Owning a DVR

Has This Ever Happened To You? OK.. it's Friday night, the kids are asleep, and a movie you've been waiting for is on Pay-Per-View for the first time. You buy the movie, grab a bag of popcorn, get all comfy on the couch, and ten minutes into the movie "RINGGGG"... Read More

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... Read More

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.It is widely known that passwords are the most common means of access control. It is also common knowledge that passwords are the easiest way to compromise a system.... Read More

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... Read More

In The News:

End User 2.0: When Employees Have All The Answers
InformationWeek
It's the most-often cited barrier to people using their personal technology for work (cited by 84%, up from 72% a year ago). Are we really less secure than ...
Practical Analysis: The Great Laboratory Of DepartmentsInformationWeek

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Top 10 most promising digital camera releases this fall
ZDNet (blog)
She appeared weekly on CNN Headline News' Hotwired segment for several years, recommending personal tech ranging from digital cameras to notebook PCs, ...

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Panasonic intros 8GB and 16GB UHS-I SDHC memory cards
ZDNet (blog)
She appeared weekly on CNN Headline News' Hotwired segment for several years, recommending personal tech ranging from digital cameras to notebook PCs, ...

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Support.com Provides Tips to Ensure Tech-Dependent Students Are Back-to-School ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Support.com's live online tech support is conducted over the phone and the Internet by highly qualified Personal Technology Experts(TM) who are 100% based ...

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Small Business Tech Needs Revealed At Last
Portfolio.com (blog)
Support.com, an online personal tech support company based in Redwood City, California, released the findings as part of its report on what small companies ...
Support.com Research Reveals What Small Business Owners Want and Don't Want ...MarketWatch (press release)
The Eight Reasons Your IT/Tech Support Guy Hates YouHouston Press (blog)

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Sony S-Frame digital photo frame series boasts AVCHD video playback
ZDNet (blog)
She appeared weekly on CNN Headline News' Hotwired segment for several years, recommending personal tech ranging from digital cameras to notebook PCs, ...

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http://howto.techworld.com/personal-tech/3237729/how-to-update-the-firmware-on ...
Techworld.com
These days, most of your electronics have miniature computers built-in: Home theatre gear, hand held devices, phones, ...

Netflix's iPhone app adds another personal movie option
Sacramento Bee
"With these advancements in personal tech and media, we face greater dangers of isolation and the further fragmentation of cultural consumerism," Jones said ...

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Brief enjoinders, from personal-tech dos to Facebook don'ts
Globe and Mail
Dear Mr. Smith: How does the dapper gentleman properly accommodate a lumpy but essential personal electronic device in a well-cut suit? ...

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CNET
Tech's role in post-Katrina recovery (podcast)
CNET
He also writes a personal-tech column for the San Jose Mercury News. You can e-mail Larry or follow him on Twitter @larrymagid. caro: En route to ...

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