RUNNING A WEBSERVER ON A THUMB/FLASH DRIVE
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Of all the good things we can do with a USB (Universal Serial Bus) flash drive, I think running a website is one of them. This is a perfect solution for web designers who need to cart along a whole bunch of designs to show potential clients.:... read more

WHAT IS THAT PORT ON MY PC?
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titleclick here hrefelectronicshub.org/types-of-computer-ports/Very helpful website with images and explanations here. A computer port is an interface or point of connection between the computer and its peripheral devices. Some common peripherals are the mouse, keyboard, monit... read more

COMPUTER USERS CREATE WORLD'S FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTER BY DONATING PROCESSING POWER
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Known as Folding@Home, the technology uses thousands of computers around the world to work through large sets of numbers and complicated problems....: dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8230595/... read more

TURN YOUR COMPUTER INTO A CHROME DEVICE
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From NeverWare.com at neverware.com/freedownloadneverware.com Ready to turn your computer into a Chrome device? You're in the right spot. The neverware.com/freedownloadHome edition is our free version of CloudReady, intended only... read more

BOGUS RANSOM EMAILS
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Just because the From is spoofed, it doesn't mean your email account is compromised. See: askleo.com/fromspoofinghowspammerssendemailthatlookslikeitcamefromyou/Ask Leo And here's a complete example, though they vary slightly:Hi, your account was recen... read more

45 PERCENT OF AMERICAN JOBS WILL BE DONE BY COMPUTERS IN 20 YEARS
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And then the third stage my words, not theirs will be when people realize how irritating and stupid these computers are. Consumers, otherwise known as people, will stop using services that are overly-computerized, and bosses everywhere will be forced to trash their computerized systems in favor of good old-fashioned humans. ... read more

TEN MORE WAYS TO DETECT COMPUTER MALWARE
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blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p1069&tagnl.e101blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p1069&tagnl.e101 ... read more

MAN LOSES $20 MILLION AFTER TAKING LAPTOP FOR REPAIR
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We promise to never do anything even remotely similar to this! itworld.com/security/127001/man-loses-20-million-after-taking-laptop-repairMan loses $20 million after taking laptop for repair .... read more

AOL THROUGH OUTLOOK USING IMAP FOLDERS
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PROBLEM:Can you tell me again how to move deleted emails to a deleted email folder? The AOL Imap folder just crosses them out but leaves them visible there. SOLUTION:It's under Edit, Purge Deleted Messages.... read more

DATA RECOVERY
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QUESTION: My hard drive has died, and I've lost valuable data. If you can't recover it for me, is there a service who can?ANSWER: Here's the best one I've found: gillware.comGillware Inc. -- gillware@gillware.com Estimated ChargesStandard fee for Microsoft Windows: $378.99... read more

WIRELESS NOT WORKING
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QUESTION: No matter where I go, the wireless is not working. ANSWER: I just had to enable wireless by right-clicking on the icon at the bottom-right of the task bar and choose Enable Radio. I could then connect right into the wireless network. Sometimes when a wireless network has no security on it, the wireless device will prompt you and m... read more

DUPLEX PRINTING
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QUESTION: isn't working, but it worked before. ANSWER: Click Start, Control Panel, Printers and Faxes, right click and choose Properties on that printer. Click Device Settings tab, choose Duplex toward the bottom, change it from Unavailable to Available or something similar on other printers.... read more

CONVERTING IP V4 TO IP V6
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This should be useful now that the world is converting to IP v6: emailtalk.org/IPV4ToIPV6.aspxemailtalk.org/IPV4ToIPV6.aspx ... read more

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