Basic Changes to Make in Your Internet Explorer Options by D. David Dugan
Most people get their computer with Internet Explorer already installed and set to all the default settings. The default settings are what Microsoft calls “recommended settings”. These settings are not always the best for your usage. One size does not always fit all. ... You can add websites to either area that you wish to allow or disallow no matter what other settings are on your computer. ... If you are using a computer at work you might want to set this to 1 day. ... It also records the history of all the websites you or anyone else on your computer has visited.

Get Your Free Karaoke Software by Nan K. Edemann
Karaoke is a pastime that continues to grow and you have to agree it's got great entertainment value. And now that you can easily turn your computer into a karaoke machine with free karaoke software there's no reason why you can't give it a try. You can create your own songbooks, organize your... You can even record your sing songs with your computer mic. ... MicroStudio Vogone & Hoster Make backups of your CDG disks, play your CDG disks off your computer which has now become your karaoke player.

The Concept Connection by John Dir
The process of human learning is very complex. We have the ability to turn thoughts into abstract symbols like letters of the alphabet. Letters become words, words become sentences, and sentences become complete concepts. As we absorb information, all these processes go to work in our education... Binary code is the primary building block of all computer actions, composed to represent a type of switch which is represented by a 1 for “on” and a 0 for “off.” For many people, it is difficult to grasp how using various combinations of “on” and “off” could lead to the rich variety of computer...

10 Reasons Why Vista is Much More than a Spoon Full of Sugar by Paul W Wilson
Every new operating system comes with advanced and much improved features. What is exciting to some is not so to others. Basically within a new system each user has his or her own individual preferences. Windows Vista or Longhorn as it was first known is a replacement for XP and is the “new”... The WIM format allows a single image to be used or accessed by different computer hardware irrespective of individual language requirements, you can easily add or remove drivers, include updates and windows components offline without having to boot the operating system image.

Protect Your Computer! by Michael Antonucci
To start this article, a joke: Why did the programmers mix up Halloween and Christmas? Because 25 DEC = 31 OCT. Haha! Well… if you got that, you probably don’t need to read this article.   It is often said that there is no such things as 100% security. ... If a person has local access to a computer, it is only a matter of time before the data on the computer will be extracted. ... To view a webpage, for example, your computer connects to the website’s computer through port 80. ... Programs called Trojans can open ports on your computer and let people get into your computer and do...

Your Friendly Neighborhood Database by James Monahan
For the lay person, the term database is just another geek word that is just so prevalent in today’s society. From the office, to the home, and to just about any industry, people refer to their information as being kept in a ‘database’. So somehow, we all get this idea that the database is some... Online databases—that is, databases available to anyone who could link up to them by computer—first appeared in the 1970’s. ... The SQL or Structured Query Language is used to manipulate and derive data from such databases.

Free Internet Software by Bob Rankin
The Best Internet Software I've scoured the online world to find the best Internet software in several categories, and I tried hard to find Macintosh equivalents for Windows programs when available. Most of the Windows programs are FREE, as are most of the Mac versions, but there were a few... LogMeIn offers full access and remote control of your computer via a web browser. ... http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/ REMOTE CONTROL LogMeIn (WIN) FREE Access your home or work computer via the Internet.

OpenGL Terrain Generation - An Introduction by Vahe Karamian
Introduction NOTE: For the HTML version of this article with graphics and downloads please visit the following link: http://www.codeproject.com/opengl/OPENGLTG.asp I have always been interested in computer graphics and their applications. Data representation and visualization is one of the... Some books I have used for learning Computer Graphics and OpenGL programming: Books I used while attending the California Polytechnic University: OpenGL Programming Guide, or better know as the Red Book.

Why Easy To Use Software Is Putting You At Risk by Darren Miller
Can Easy To Use Software Also Be Secure --------------------- Anyone who has been working with computers for a long time will have noticed that mainstream operating systems and applications have become easier to use over the years (supposedly). Tasks that use to be complex procedures and... For instance, back in the old days when I started as a developer using assembly language and c/c++, I had to write pretty much all the code myself. ... Almost every computer I have compromised during security assessments has had MS-Word installed on it.

Overview of HTTP by Chris Inga
If you have been using the internet for a while, you have probably typed into your browser something that starts with "http:" and ends with ".html", hit "Go", watched your modem lights flicker on and off, and a couple of seconds later you are magically looking at page of todays news or a page of... This computer, and all the other computers on the internet, have layers written by programmers and designed by computer architects, that follow strict and detailed specifications of what to do with the numbers coming out of your computer.