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Tip of the Week: Ways to stop laptop theft
If you run a small business, your biggest IT worry is probably not when or whether to upgrade to Vista; it's how to keep your valuable equipment--and the even more precious data it contains--out of the hands of thieves. PCWorld has posted an article of ways to stop this every increasing problem.
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Headwhack of the Week: Why is my hard drive smaller than I thought?
Do you know the difference between decimal kilobytes and binary kilobytes? Do you know how different the reported size of a hard drive will be between these two? Did you know that hard drive manufacturers use the one that is least accurate when they are selling you a drive? The mystery of the missing gigabytes will continue to baffle computer users until hard drive makers get in sync with the rest of the computer world.
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Geek Speak of the Week: Backseat Surfer
Those annoying people who stand over your shoulder as you use the Internet, trying to direct your navigation choices. ARRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!
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Security: How will the Real ID law affect you?
The Real ID law is touted by Homeland Security officials as an anticrime and antiterror measure, but is steadfastly opposed by some state governments on privacy and sovereignty grounds. Computer scientists also have raised concerns about how its creation of a national interlinked database would work in practice.
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News: Clearing the air about traveling with batteries
New air travel restrictions on lithium batteries, which are used in laptops and other devices, took effect on Jan. 1. What do you need to know before you fly?
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News: Like Apple, Intel Wants to Put the 'Internet in Your Pocket'
Intel is taking a decidedly different approach than Apple when it comes to putting the Internet in Your Pocket: Create a new, ultra-low-power processor, wrap some specifications for a new PC platform around it, and promote the hell out of it so that manufacturers will be inspired to create devices based on Intel's technology.
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News: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1); do you need it?
A little more than one year after its release, Windows Vista will receive its first service pack update in March. Microsoft says the pack will offer better compatibility with third-party hardware, increased reliability, tighter security, and better performance, but should you install it when it comes out?
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Opinion: The Trouble With Integrating Technology
From tech-smart cars to combining TV and your home PC, there are still a lot of roadblocks to a totally wired life according to the Cranky Geek, John C. Dvorak.
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Weekly Advice Column: How do I download YouTube videos?
YouTube and other video based websites are really cool, but how the heck to I download a copy to my own hard drive? Our advice on just how to do that is posted here!
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This Week's Show: Why is my computer so slow?
Whether you're computer is 6 months or 6 years old, you have likely noticed that it doesn't perform like it did when it was new. Why do all of us have the same problem of computer slowdown over time? Is it the Internet? Is it the computer hardware? Is it the operating system? Is it my programs? IS IT ME?
Most computer technicians don't have this problem and it isn't just because they know how to work on their own computers. It has much more to do with the choices that YOU make each and every day while using your computer!
Listen in as the Data Doctors bring their experiences of working on machines every day and how you can avoid the most common causes of a slow computer.
Join us (on most) Saturdays from 12:00PM–2:00PM (Mountain) on News 92.3 KTAR or listen LIVE via the Internet at KTAR.com as we discuss your computer questions at: 602.277.5827 or ask your questions during (or before) the broadcast using the ask a question page.
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