Technology Articles
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
The Mobile research firm Flurry this week estimated that the Nexus One, failed to have a strong debut, despite all the buzz that surrounded its announcement. The 20,000 week one sales fell far behind Apples iPhone which sold an estimated 1.6 million 3GS handsets in June. However, Apple’s iPhone handset was a third-generation product selling in eight countries, while the Nexus One was a first-generation handset on sale in just the U.S.
With that said, the Android myTouch 3G and Motorola Droid were also first-generation hadsets with U.S.-only launches, and both had sales much stronger than the Nexus One. ... [
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
According to rumors going around in the Computer INternet community, the next GPU's being released by NVidia will be the 9900 GTX and the 9900GX2.
Now, nVidia just released the 9800GX2 and 9800GTX GPUs a few weeks before. So why would they keep releasing more and more new ones? Well, nVidia is releasing the 9900 series to replace the 9800 series. The 9900GTX will replace the 9800GTX, and the 9900GX2 will replace the 9800GX2. But again, why would they do this?
Frankly, I don't really know what the heck they're thinking. Doesn't that sound familiar though? That's the same thing they did ... [
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
Nixie Tubes can be fun to play with. Here are some ideas to get you started. Once you get into the zone, you won't be able to stop. The nostalgia of these vintage nixie tubes is a great way to learn about science and history at the same time. They have long been out of production since the Cold War ended, but their popularity has maintained a steady climb!
#7 - Build a Clock
Sure its the most common thing to do with Nixie Tubes, but you gotta start somewhere. Get Started!
#6 - Build a Watch
Similar to a clock, but smaller and ... [
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
There are a number of ways to speed up Windows XP boot time. One way is to make small changes to the system BIOS. However, you want to be extremely careful with this. One mistake on your part can totally screw up your system. If you're not 100% sure of what you're doing, get someone to help you who does.
Below is a step by step process to speed Windows XP boot time via the system BIOS.
First of all, your computer must be completely powered down and turned off before starting this process. You won't be able ... [
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
If you are using PDF Creator to create your PDFs, for your paperless office or other endeavors, you will want to know how to set up the security features. I think you will understand why I like this part so much after you see what you can do!
Here is how you set up security when using PDF Creator.
1. Click Start
2. Go to Programs
3. Select "PDF Creator"
4. Then select Security
A window with an extensive list of options will pop up. Your first option will be to "Add security to generated PDF documents." If you wish to apply any of the security settings, ... [
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
I have been an Administrative Assistant in many offices throughout my life. One of the banes of my existence has been filing. Between the paper cuts (and file folder cuts!) on my fingers, organizing the files, storing the files, and the keeping up with the files, it's a pain in the you know what.
The world is moving forward with technology and you hear the term paper-less office quite often. What does this mean, really? It means no dang file folders, that's what it means!
The last office I worked in was a really small organization; a mom ... [
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