“I can’t believe how many professional offices still insist on sending and receiving documents by fax. It’s like they’ve never heard of email or the Internet. I’d love it if you could give me a list of reasons why people should stop using old fashioned fax machines. I’ll e-fax it to my accountant!”
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Are you running out of space on your hard drive? Maybe you’re getting that annoying “low disk space” message. Don’t ignore it, or your computer could soon begin to malfunction. Here’s how to clean your hard drive and make sure your computer is running smoothly…
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“I’m buying an external hard drive for my backups, as you have often recommended. But I’ve bogged down in the details – capacity, transfer speed, USB vs. Firewire, etc. Can you give me some tips on choosing an external drive for backups?”
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Last week I heard from a friend who thought she might have been infected by a virus. When she visited her own website, it was redirecting her to another web address. It sounded like a simple Javascript redirect, so I assumed it would be safe to visit her site and see where the problem was. Turns out that was a BIG mistake! Find out what happened to my computer, and how I finally managed to recover from the damage…
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“I notice that my Internet connection seems to slow to a crawl at certain times, for no apparent reason. Is it likely that I have a virus, or are there other possible explanations for the slowdowns?”
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Do you feel like you’re slowly being buried under a pile of unread, unanswered email? Are you starting to run out of free storage space in your Gmail account? It’s time to go on an email diet and shed a few gigabytes…
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So, you finally replaced your computer’s old 80 GB hard drive with a faster, more spacious one. Great! Now, what do you do with the old drive? One option is to convert it into a handy, portable external hard drive. It’s easy, here’s how…
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Do you trust your web browser to warn you before you stumble into a malicious Web site? A recent study of six major browsers indicates that you probably shouldn’t.
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“I’ve purchased a bunch of music from iTunes and have enjoyed listening to them on my computer. But my portable music player is not an Apple iPod, so I can’t take my songs with me. Is there any way I can get around this unfair restriction and convert my Itunes tracks to good old MP3?”
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“I’m building my own home computer from the motherboard up, and I want the best and fastest hard drive available. But the lingo is confusing – should I be looking at RPM, seek time, transfer rate or some other combination of drive specs?”
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