A Computer and Internet Glossary by James Calvin
When you use computers and the Internet in your business, it's all too easy to start feeling like you're drowning in a sea of nonsense. Computer-related things tend to have a language all their own, and while you don't need to know all of it, there are many confusing words and phrases that... Hardware is computer equipment that physically exists. ... Transferring data from a website to a computer. ... Cookies are data files that your site can save on the computer of someone who visits that site, to allow it to remember who they are if they return.

Mac or PC by Michael Kaye
For the longest time, people would just walk into a computer store and buy a PC because that is what everyone else seemed to be using. With the success of the iPod people are beginning to take notice of Apple and their very eye catching products. Now there seems to be a choice, which computer... We will use the term PC to describe a Windows based Personal Computer and we will use Mac to describe Apple's OSX-Unix based Computer. ... PC: -Extensive selection of software and hardware to choose from.

IBM's Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov by John Gibb
In recent years, computers have been getting better and better at chess. In 1996, a computer, IBM’s Deep Blue, beat chess master Garry Kasparov in the first game they played – the first time a computer had beaten the world champion. Despite Kasparov going on to win the match overall (by three... As the pieces are moved many times on each turn, the computer cannot ‘think’ as far ahead as a human can, and the computer cannot store strategies as the opening positions are random each time. ... Some have embraced it, creating a game known as advanced chess, where players are allowed to use...

You Can Prevent Computer Slowdowns & Issues by John Daniell
Most people understand preventive maintenance like changing the oil in your car will help your car run better and last longer. The same principle holds true for your PC. Based on the computer repair services we do on computers in Cincinnati, we believe 80% of computer slowdowns and problems can... A hardware firewall to protect all the PCs on the local area network provides the best protection. ... E-mail from strangers and unexpected attachments may contain adware or spyware waiting to install on your computer.

Do We Really Need A Registry Cleaner by A Singh
The answer to that question regarding the need of registry cleaner is an obvious ‘yes’. If you clean your registry on a regular basis your system will run faster and more efficiently. But if one asks such a question then the possibility is that the person really does not know what the system... The registry is a central database where windows, the operating system of the computer, keep a record of all the changes that are made on the computer. ... This may be related to hardware or software of the permissions given or withdrawn from the profile of a user.

The Wonderful World of USB Devices by Iggy Quazi
USB stands for Universal Serial Bus and was first rolled out on new PC's back in November 1995. It wasn't until 1998 and the release of the USB 1.1 standard that USB really started to take off. Since this time USB has grown to be one of the most popular ways of connecting devices to your computer. ... If a message is returned from your computer saying “USB Device cannot be stopped now”, then you may need to close any files being accessed by your computer from the USB Device. ... Your computer should then tell you that it’s “Now safe to remove the USB Hardware”.

Data Backup for Beginners by Niall Roche
It's 10pm. Do you know where your data is? Data. Small bits of information clustered together to make Word files, documents,pictures, MP3s, HTML etc. We work on our computers every single day never sparing a thought for all those millions of chunks of data spread all over our hard disks. ... You sit at your computer, turn it on and nothing. ... Human error and hardware failure account for 76% of all data loss. ... The cost of recovering from a major hardware failure such as a hard disk crash can be massively reduced by keeping a backup of your data.

The Computer Hunt by Brenda Fleen
In this day and age, professionals, homemakers, and students alike want a computer that could do it all. Computers have taken over more and more primitive tasks over the years such as sending or receiving correspondence (email), storing huge loads of files or documents (archive), drawing blue... Big names in computer hardware manufacturing such as Dell, *Apple Computer*, and Hewlett-Packard have also come up with online discount coupons that consumers may use during a specific period of time for them to get the latest and most-advanced technology at a reasonably lower price.

Clean Up Your Act With Internet Fax by Brandi Cummings
If you own a small business or home based business, you can appreciate the evolution of technology that has allowed computers to function as a PC and a fax machine. With the immergence of internet fax providers, small and home based businesses can take advantage of the numerous benefits that... Having an internet fax provider also eliminates the need of having expensive and cumbersome fax hardware that's hard to use. ... Some internet fax providers even offer a web access panel so that faxes can be viewed online from any computer with internet access.

Colocation and Disaster Recovery Facilities by John Tourloukis
How valuable is your data? Does it mean the world to you? If yes, your worst nightmare is probably loss of all or part of the data. And if just the thought of that makes you cringe, it’s time you educated yourself about the existence of disaster recovery options and how collocating your data can... Some of the main reasons you could face a disaster of data loss are: Deformity in the firmware Tampered tape Undesirable formatting of hard disk drive Logical failure Dropping of a storage device Disturbed semiconductor While these examples are mostly hardware...