The Video Sharing Software Explosion by Brian Peters
Video Sharing: A Boon in the Media Revolution Methods The natural evolution on the Internet from text and pictures is to video. Video quality and video sharing software on the Internet has improved by leaps and bounds as underlying technologies like operating systems, browsers and browser... Typical formats in use are MPEG, Audio Video Interleave (AVI), Digital Video File (DV), and Intel Video Format (IVF) among hundreds of others. ... Technologies Video is stored in a file format based on the video sharing software that a publisher supports.

Data Recovery 101 by Natalie Aranda
Almost all computer users have experienced this at least once – the need to get back a deleted /lost data file. This could happen as a result of a software failure, hardware failure, human error, power related problems, damage caused by flood / water, vandalism, virus damage, damage by fire /... Mac data recovery software recognizes and preserves long file names when recovering Mac files and folders as well as provides full support for IDE, EIDE, SCSI and SATA drives. ... Mac data recovery software recovers HFS and HFS+ File System Data.

How to Create PDF Files without Adobe by Greg Doucet
When dealing with other companies electronically, you will want to keep the integrity of your files. One solution is using a type of file called a PDF file. These files end with .pdf extension. PDF file are used by businesses to send important documents like contracts and proposals to other... A postscript file is just your document being printed to a file on your hard drive instead to your printer. ... You will have to set up your computer to create this file. ... Now that you have your postscript file, you must convert it to PDF format.

Computer Forensic Experts by Marcus Peterson
Computer forensics is the process of preserving, identifying, extracting and documenting valuable electronic data. The term was first used in 1991 in a training session of the International Association of Computer Specialists (IACIS). Computer forensics has been used in law enforcement and... Computer forensics involves the creation of a backup of all the data in the computer. ... Data is retrieved from the mirror file rather than the original file, so as to not alter date stamps or other useful data.

Electronic Data Discovery Guidelines by Marcus Peterson
Electronic discovery is the retrieval of data in the electronic format. These days, information is being increasingly created, stored and transferred in the electronic form. Computers, hard disks, CDs, DVDs, floppy disks and tapes are some of the most commonly used storage devices. ... If disclosures of electronic information are being made, counsel shall also identify those individuals with knowledge of their clients’ electronic information systems who can facilitate the location and identification of discoverable electronic information; 3) A party seeking discovery of computer-based...

Data and MP3 Compression: Why Do We Compress? by Matthew Bredel
In the last article (Data and MP3 Compression: Understanding "Digital"), I explained what a "digital" signal is. Remember, data can be stored as raw, or "analog" signals (like cassette tapes, VHS, or records) or they may be digitized (converted into a series of 1's and 0's) which we can later... I remember about 7 years ago having to buy a big internal computer hardware card to fit inside my computer to watch DVD's from my new DVD-ROM. ... DVD data is coded in an MPEG-2 format (similiar to MP4).

Data Loss - The 7 Most Common Symptoms of a Failed Hard Drive by Jason Perry
If your hard drive is clicking or making grinding noises, you are experiencing system blue screens or system freezes, an error message greets you with ‘drive not formatted’ or ‘operating system not found’, or lastly you are in a never ending loop of computer reboots…there is a very good chance... Computer Keeps Re-Booting The most common reason a computer keeps re-booting over and over is because the boot sector has been hijacked by a virus that creates a continuous loop. ... System Freezes or Hangs When your system freezes or hangs while trying to boot or while accessing a file or...

How To Download Music To My iPod and Watch iPod Videos In 3 Easy Steps! by Pauline Masale
How to download music to my iPod and watch iPod videos is a question that so many people are asking because it’s so popular to watch your own selected videos on your iPod. There are so many options available today for iPods it’s simply amazing. And they are very simple to use with features... #3 Open the file in QuickTime Alternatively, you can also find out if your video is iPod compatible if you open the file in QuickTime. ... If you’re really sick and tired of grabbing movies from your DVD collection or you’ve used up all your movie file space in your computer, then it’s a great time...

Recover File and Recover Deleted File Tools by Sam Robert
Data recovery software is a very effective way of retrieving data from a worn or damaged hard disk drive. Data recovery will easily and effortlessly recover files you have mistakenly deleted from your computer or have lost after formatting the drives, and it will work for up to three formats. ... The best part is that it does not take up a lot of system resources, so you can still use you computer while the scan is running. ... Data recovery software performs a deep scan, a quick scan, a file scan or a scan over your entire hard drive.

Choosing a Portable MP3 Player: Part 1 by Jason Kohrs
MP3 players are everywhere! It seems that the number of makes and models in this market is growing daily, with features and capabilities intended to appeal to just about anyone shopping for one of these devices. MP3 players have been around much longer than the Apple iPod , but there is no... Less common formats are also supported by some devices, such as AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) and AAC (Advanced Audio Coding). ... This series of Tech Tips will attempt to simplify things by taking a look at eight basic features of a typical MP3 player that may be important to a potential...