Boost PC Performace in Seven Easy Steps by Willie Long
Many people wonder why their computer seems to get slower and slower as time passes. Just like a car, a computer needs routine maintenance to continue running properly. Here are several steps to get your system back in order. Check Your Hard Drive for free space If you are running out of... Spyware and Adware are programs installed on your computer that track the sites you visit and send you unsolicited ads related to your frequently visited sites. ... You can simply double click My Computer, right click your hard drive, and select properties to view your used space and free space.

Avoid Air Travel Troubles With A Flash Drive by John Retzer
With the latest terrorist scare, many flights no longer permit you to travel with your laptop and other electronic devices. That's understandable -- no one wants to be blown out of the sky -- but it makes things difficult for the business traveller. Of course, when you get to your destination,... CoSySys’ Carry it Easy software lets users synchronize, consolidate and access Firefox Bookmarks from any computer and store them on flash drives. ... The problem, however, is that to be productive, you need your files, applications, internet bookmarks, and other things that your normally keep on...

Internet Explorer Shortcuts for Mouse-o-phobes by Steve Singleton
If you're like me, you occasionally find the ubiquitous mouse inconvenient. Here are keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft's Internet Explorer (I.E.), the default browser for most personal computers in the business environment. Of course, learning them all would be far more trouble than it's worth. ... More keyboard, less mouse -- it often makes your Internet experience more of a pleasure and less of a pain. ... SHIFT+TAB -- Move back through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the Links bar.

9 Year Cycle; El Nino and Super Computers by Lance Winslow
Super computers, weather prediction, fuzzy logic, valuation of events and the reality of randomness; what does it all mean? How far have we really come? Well we are done with El Nino and ready for LA Nina right? Not so fast. After all this El Nino was not within the proper 9 year cycle right. ... This is true and though we have had weather people and TV Media blow out of proportion storms for the simple fact they wanted higher ratings, it is possible that the best possible super computer may render irrelevant data based on faulty assumptions on valuations of mirco trends on the macro...

Computer Forensics Methods For the Home User by Buzz Scott
Many homes today have more than one computer or even a home network. Homes today have: parents who use the computer for work, gaming and entertainment and also their children use it for schoolwork, gaming and socializing with their friends. If you need to find out what's happening on your... If you prefer the long way, you could try sifting through files on the desktop to look at history, cookies, websites visited and images caches but this method is long and tedious and won't tell you everything.

Free Software: How Not To Get More Than You Bargained For! by William Riopelle
I completed an experiment recently. I wanted to find out exactly what software I could get free on the Internet. My main focus was for software to include utilities and useful home business applications. I completed various searches for free software and related keywords on the leading... And applications seemed to open and close a little slower than usual. ... I had spent four and a half hours using these spyware programs to scour my computer for spyware. ... This resulted in me having to spend several hours scouring the Internet for Adware and Spyware removal programs.

Basic Diagnosis Guidelines for Your PC by Priyanka Agarwal
Simone is exasperated. She has to work on her university assignment but her PC is not working properly. For example: She would like to open a single Internet Explorer window but a whole series of windows are opening up. Simone is not alone when it comes to this sort of problem. ... When running Windows 2000 the error is logged under the file "drwtsn32.log" or "user.dmp", and when running Microsoft Windows 95, 98 or ME the file is logged with a .WLG file extension and stored under the \Windows\Drwatson or \Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\DrWatson folder.

The Benefits of the New Firefox Browser by Jakob Jelling
You probably heard of the new Firefox browser version 1.0 recently released by Mozilla. If you are currently using Internet Explorer or Netscape, you are probably wondering if Firefox is better and why is it better. In order to answer these questions it is necessary to take a look at all the... Your Firefox toolbar will also include usual features like bookmarks, history, and text size and is customizable to include additional tools and features. ... The installation and setup are very simple and straightforward and were designed to minimize the amount of work that needs to be done by the...

How To Search Your PC With Google Desktop by Nowshade Kabir
In this era of Internet, most people are frequent users of computers. Many of us use computers through out the day, accumulating morasses of information in various formats, which include email, digital photo, word document, spreadsheet, presentation file, ebook, article, other downloaded... At present Google Desktop Search works only with the full text in Outlook and Outlook Express email, text, HTML, Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, AOL chat, and Web pages viewed through Internet Explorer.

What Is The Right Amount Of Computer Time? by Sandy B
In a country that settles each night in front of the television, it just seems strange that more and more people are finding the allure of the computer screen sometimes more important. There is no doubt that children do as their parents do. They enjoy exploring the vast world of the Internet. ... This can be done for a number of subjects like spelling, science, history and language. ... By giving them a computer game like these, they can make their computer time, well, worth it in your eyes. ... Most kids are going to find and play a game that interests them with flashing colors and graphics.