How to Make Sure to Save Money and Headaches on Your Next Used Laptop Purchase by Jesse Harwell
Anyone who is in the retail sector of the computer business will recognize the following dilemna. Before buying, the consumer desires to know everything about the technical aspects of the laptops, rather than the practical aspects. It seems the customer will try and find out all of the technical... You do not need to be a computer geek to save a bundle. ... Store pictures? ... Plan on going online? ... 8) How long does the battery have to work for? ... 7) What’s your price range? ... 6) Do you plan on using Wi-Fi?

Putting it All Together: The search for a Pocket PC Phone by Michael A. Keenan
When I decided that I needed to replace my terribly out of date mobile phone – an old Nextel i1000plus - my thoughts eventually wandered toward a pda phone. For those that know me this probably seemed like a no brainer. I have a long history of pda dependence going back years to a Palm 3X. ... I’m talking about the full blown, “why are you talking into your calculator?” Pocket PC phones – the uber-geek, pocket protector included kind of micro computer powerhouse. ... I had a different experience at the Cingular store.

Fix a Slow Computer - There's No Need to Endure Such Computer Pain by Steve Faber
Is your computer slow? Do you have problems with it freezing up completely? Do you sometimes get the dreaded “Blue Screen of Death”? That one can be especially troubling, as I’m sure you can attest to if you’ve ever had the misfortune of witnessing it. ... Weather you’re having problems with a computer that’s running much slower than it did when it was new, or going off into it’s own world every once in a while, the problems you are experiencing can probably be traced back to problems in your computer’s Windows registry.

A Guide to Digital Cameras by Mike Bryant
When my wife and I first found out a few years ago that we were going to have a baby, we both automatically shifted to baby-prep mode. She spent her time buying pretty things for the nursery and shopping for cribs and car seats. Like the ultra geek that I am, I started shopping for a digital... You simply download the pictures onto your computer and then reuse the memory to take more pictures. ... Digital cameras store pictures either into internal memory or an external memory card. ... There are a number of memory card formats on the market today.

PC Repair Using The Tools Supplied With Windows by Douglas Titchmarsh
When your pc goes wrong it is usually time to pay someone to fix it, or call in a big favour from your favourite computer geek of a friend. Sometimes though it's not always necessary to fall back on these two alternatives to repair your pc. There are an abundance of tools supplied with Windows,... This can be extremely scary the first time you use it with all kinds of warnings and texts to read, but basically it will roll back your computer to one of the previous dates it has stored. ... As your pc is starting up, keep tapping the "F8" key and you should get to a screen where you can...

Free Software - Powerful Alternatives to Budget-Busting Software by Kevin Savetz
When you buy a computer, it most likely comes with Microsoft Windows preinstalled. And when you need a word processor, spreadsheet, or other software, you probably buy it from a computer store. That software is vital. Without it, a computer is just an expensive paperweight. ... But free software is entering the mainstream, thanks to faster Internet connections and easier-to-use installers that don't require a degree in computer science. ... The next time you need software for your computer, you might consider free alternatives.

Online Data Backups for Newbies by Harald Anderson
How long have you been doing business online? Whether you are new or an old timer you need to understand the one important truth of the e-world. That being that the largest threat to business survival is data loss. Online data backup is not just for huge multinational corporations and computer... More and more everyday computer users are saving important data to their hard drives. ... These packages take care of the complicated details such as server IP addresses, encryption levels, and secure logins for you so you can concern yourself with the important choices of what and when to backup.

A Portable Office Set Up by Martin Coleman
The office that follows you everywhere and is always there when you need it, and not there when you don't. But how does this wonderful portable office come about? Is it some weird set up with strict rules? Hardly! I'm going to show you how to set up a portable office using computing accessories... Another of the advantages is that if you can't use your desktop computer or laptop for whatever reason, you can just use a friend's computer or visit an internet cafe, plug in your drive and continue working.

Internet Security Threats: Who Can Read Your Email? by Mark Brooks
Before being able to choose a secure Internet communication system, you need to understand the threats to your security. Since the beginning of the Internet there has been a naive assumption on the part of most email users that the only people who are reading their email are the people they are... Once a hacker has access to one computer in your network, or one computer on your ISP's network, he can then use a sniffer to analyze all the traffic on the network. ... Until FileCourier was first released in December of 2002, all secure email and file transmission systems relied on encrypting...

Hard Disk Drive Recovery by Tony Newton
Computer has become a necessity for most of us, but almost everyone who has ever used a computer have encountered that bothering feeling of having erased a file that is so important. The less fortunate users may have also had the experience of losing an entire hard disk drive. ... Hard disk drive recovery is basically the process of restoring the entire hard drive that had failed due to some factors like software problem, computer virus, or a deliberate human act. ... This is no doubt the reason that most wise geeks or those computer security experts tell you that simply erasing a file...