Windows Networking by Justin Oswald
Windows Networking at Home You’ve set up a home network and all your computers share the same internet connection. That’s great, but now lets get everything else sharing. Modern versions of Windows are shipped with an easy to setup and use method for sharing printers and files. ... Some programs can even be run from another computer over the network. ... Printer Sharing Usually the most helpful and timesaving feature of a home network is the ability to share printers. ... Either type the name preceded by two back slashes, or browse My Network Places to the computer.

Johnny Discovers The 7 Activities You Must Accomplish Before Getting A Laptop or Notebook Computer by Steve McArthur
If you will just slow down and take time to look around at all of the laptops or notebooks that are available, you'll find that is time that is well spent. If you are like me, then you want to buy the best laptop for your specific needs that you can afford. ... Do you need this new laptop or notebook to be used mainly in the home, on the road, or at school? ... There will come a time when you'll want add this to that to your computer and you want to make sure that it will be of upgradable. ... But you are probably better off if you stick with lithium batteries.

Iggy Discovers an Integral Splash Drive by Iggy Quazi
My cousin's birthday was coming up fast and I had no idea what to get her this year. I was out of gift ideas for her about 5 years ago, I couldn't possibly give her another offering of chocolates, teddy bears or any more kitchen utensils. As I like most men, really have no idea about handbags... As a teacher, my cousin Sam always travels to and from school, carrying books, folders, floppy disks and CD's, in an effort to finish off her day's work at home. ... The Splash drive is perfect for moving data between work and home, the security software is pre-installed on the Pen Drive itself...

Remote Monitoring of your Child by Jonathan Stromberg
In order to combat the ever rising tide of websites that can be unsuitable for children and teenagers, the sales of filtering software has soured in recent years. Filtering software is used not only by parents who are concerned about what there children can be exposed to on the net. ... It means that as a parent, you no longer have to wait until you get home from work to find out what your children have been doing on the Internet. ... Remote monitoring means that you do not need to have physical access to the computer that you want to monitor.

Pros and Cons of Self-Paced IT Training by Natalie Aranda
Educational computer courseware has come a long way in recent years. In many ways, it has changed the whole face of education. The idea of self-paced and distant learning has met with some resistance from traditional educators in the past but this is slowly being overcome. ... Most schools have recognized this and the increased use of PCs in schools and at home will produce new generations of students that have become used to self-paced and computer aided training. ... The cost of computer training courseware is generally much less than the travel time, lost work hours, and tuition of an...

Superhuman Senses: How Wireless Sensors Will Keep You Safe, Healthy, and Successful by Bruce Kasanoff
You have superhuman senses, but you don’t know it yet. You can detect the presence of a tiny speck of anthrax in a vast public space, or count the fish in a 4,000 square mile area. You can hear a gunshot hundreds of yards away and use your super-powerful vision to zoom in on a criminal as he... Thanks to sensors, Air Force pilots in Colorado Springs now control drone planes that run bombing missions in Afghanistan; the pilots’ biggest problem is coming home to a normal family life at 5 pm, after operating in a war zone.

RFID: When You Don't Even Know It's There by Andy Reed
RFID (Radio Frequency ID) enables wireless data capture and transaction processing. Our last column discussed proximity applications, used primarily for access control. This time, we'll take a look at what are broadly defined as vicinity, or long-range applications, used for product tracking,... Some school boards are issuing RFID tags to students to control access to buses and school facilities, and it would be equally simple to install RFID systems in homes, replacing traditional locks and keys and even touch-key access control systems.

The Ink Cartridge Refill by Michelle Bery
Part of the joy of computer owning is managing the equipment that goes along with it. Those of us who have a computer in our homes often have a printer on which to print the myriad of projects that have made computer ownership so necessary; business reports and graphs, school projects, shopping... Large office or computer supply stores will more than likely have the ink cartridge refill that is needed by your printer. ... Also included within the compartments are small metal receptors that communicate with the partnering computer.

Video iPod Users - Now What? by Greg Meares
Imagine, you just received a new video iPod and the thought of having a completely mobile movie player is exciting. You think of all the places that this little device will keep you entertained. Hmmm, school? Ok, maybe not, but the places and events will be endless. ... As a result, you'll want to make sure you have DVD burning software loaded on your computer. ... Once you download the movie or video you can simply transfer it to your iPod, however if you want to be able to watch the movie on your DVD player while at home then you might want to think about this.

The Removal Of Sin: Post-Infection Cleaning by James Monahan
Computers have become a central part of our daily lives since the first personal computer rolled of the assembly line. It has been doing most of our encoding and word processing chores since then on. Schools, libraries and classrooms have deployed computers to be an aid in teaching children the... The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool scans your computer for a prevalent malicious software that has been running around your computer. ... The computer must be running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000, You must log on to the computer by using an account that is a...