Tip of the Week: Alt-Tab

Switching between open programs in Windows is a breeze with your keyboard!  Don't reach for that mouse, instead simply hold down your 'Alt' key and then cycle through all your running programs with the 'Tab' key (keep holding the 'Alt' key while you do it).  You'll be amazed at the time you can save with this quick tip. Heck, you might even want to spend all that new found time researching tips just like this one and submitting them in our suggestion box (hint, hint)!

For other time-saving keyboard shortcuts, see Microsoft's website.

Headwhack of the Week: Power 'Bricks' that you can't plug in!

OK.  I found it.  The most annyoing thing ever!  Well, maybe not most annoying ever, but at least a winner of the Headwhack of the Week award! What I'm talking about is that transformer that you try to plug into your surge protector that doesn't fit.  Well, luckily there's a cure out there for this (see the link).  For those of you that manufacture and design this stuff - cut it out already!  If you can't figure out what this rant's all about, or you want a link to a product that solves the problem, here it is!

Geek Speak of the Week: SATA

SATA: In computer hardware, Serial ATA (SATA) is a computer bus technology primarily designed for transfer of data to and from hard disks and optical drives. It was designed as a successor to the legacy Advanced Technology Attachment standard (ATA), and is expected to eventually replace the older technology (retroactively renamed Parallel ATA or PATA). Serial ATA adapters and devices communicate over a high-speed serial link.