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[ Comments Off ]Posted on June 12, 2010 by admin in Computer Technology
Saturday, June 12th, 2010The Windows operating systems already comes with a useful collection of pre-installed programs and even some games. But one of the first things that people do is download a butt-load of new programs as soon as a brand new system is plugged in the wall and connected to the Internet. This article looks at some [...]
Cheap and Fast Software
[ Comments Off ]Posted on June 12, 2010 by admin in Computer Technology
Saturday, June 12th, 2010Visit any computer store today and you’ll find what seems like miles and miles of software on sale. Certainly enticing buys, there are a few problems with buying software off the shelves. On the shelf, software – otherwise known as “commercial software” – can be expensive, and incompatible, and outdated when compared to what’s available [...]
Basic GUI Terminology
[ Comments Off ]Posted on June 12, 2010 by admin in Computer Technology
Saturday, June 12th, 2010Getting help with your computer software can be easier when you know the correct terms to use. One of the biggest problems that new computer users have with technical support is not knowing how to correctly describe the problem that they’re having. And it isn’t fair to expect a tech support person to automatically know [...]
Emulating and Programming a sinclair zx81 with 2009 Technology
[ Comments Off ]Posted on April 27, 2010 by admin in Computer Technology
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010EightyOne is an excellent Sinclair ZX81 emulator and can be downloaded in a zip file. Once the zip file has been unpacked then the emulator can be run without the need to install it (a shown in figure 1 at the bottom of this article). Then the user will find that, as well as the [...]
Networking Home Computers with windows
[ No Comments ]Posted on April 3, 2010 by admin in Computer Technology
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010Increasing Productivity With the Whole Family Have you ever thought about networking your computers at home? If you have a small collection of computers around the house (and a small collection of computer users), you can connect each one of those computers to one another and share data, software, and hardware including a single Internet [...]