How to Improve Your Typing Speed by Lisa Croydon
Typing is a skill that I never took the time to learn in high school. I never thought I'd need it. As an adult, I have found that typing is a necessity. For an at-home business like medical transcription, typing well and accurately could mean the difference between an average business and... Typing speed tests to increase your speed are available free on the Web. ... To improve your typing speed, invest in typing tutor software. ... Two programs on the market today are MacMillan Typing Tutor 9 for the PC and Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 for PC and MAC.

Mercury Automated Testing by Tom Millichamp
What’s all this test automation about? Since the millennium bug there has been an explosion in test automation. The expansion of automated tools from vendors such as Mercury Interactive, IBM Rational, Segue and others has really delivered automated testing into the heart of just about every... Test Management Tools such as Mercury’s TestDirector or Quality Center offer Test Management facilities; a central repository to store test requirements, test scripts, execution results and defect tracking, integrating seamlessly with the automated tools such as WinRunner, LoadRunner and QuickTest Pro.

Learn the Lost Art of Touch Typing by Dick James
Computers have replaced typewriters, but two-finger, hunt-and-peck typing can never replace the touch typing of a trained professional. A recent report by Robert Johnson in the Boston Globe highlights the decline of typing skills. Human resource managers are finding it surprisingly difficult to... You will find a free typing test on the UK Training News website. ... You need to look for a program which won’t bore you to death with tedious drills, won’t frustrate you with poor design or US spelling and which provides enough scope to let you achieve your target typing speed.

Want To Speed Up Your Computer? by John Dow
Being in the computer repair business, I often get asked, “How do I speed up my computer?” This is a tough question to answer without any knowledge of the computer and software that a user might have. But I do have one recommendation that usually helps out most people. ... And the speed on boot up and day-to-day operations does speed up. ... That’s right, it’s free for the using. ... Did I mention that this great little utility is also free? ... That’s a good way keep this and other great software free.

It's Not Rocket Science, It's Programming by Duane Hennessy
Anyone can write a program these days, whether macro driven via wizards or using a powerful but simple syntactic language like Python. After all if software companies made languages too cryptic and difficult to use then their product would not market effectively through lack of support and... This is for a number of reasons: When you are touch-typing code, your are looking at the screen as you are typing which makes it easier to concentrate on the flow of your algorithms, using the intellisense feature, if there is one, at the same time only increases the speed and therefore your...

Increase Your Internet Speed Fast by Andy Mangano
I'm sure you've come across tons of articles and even suggestions from some of your friends on how to get your computer to work faster. Everyone seems to give you advice, but your still having issues and your fed up! Relax, take a deep breath and let me give you some basic pointers. ... Most free computer software will bombard your computer with spy ware and other terrible stuff which will eventually bring your Internet speed and computer to a screeching halt! ... Make sure you test your connection speed whether its broadband or dial-up, before and after you make these simple changes so...

PIC Microcontroller Timer Calculation by John Main
Do you get stuck doing PIC microcontroller timer calculation juggling between datasheet, calculator and your design requirements? If so then you need some tools to automate the process. Calculations Typically you will need to focus on the end result which is usually to make the timer generate... From Timer 2 the closest I could get is 15.136 (took 1 minutes to test) - perhaps I'll try timer 1 - Ah that gives an exact 15ms (took 30 seconds to test). ... Just check with Timer 0 - this gives 15.040ms (took ~30 seconds to test).

Marketing Your WinRunner Team by Danna Henderson
It won’t matter how effective your WinRunner Team is if no-one outside your immediate organization knows about your accomplishments. For this reason, marketing your WinRunner Team is vital to your success. When times get tough, executives look for cost-cutting measures. ... While the script is running, explain how long it takes to manually run one test case verses how long it take WinRunner to execute one test case. ... Mention that the manual testers, who used to perform this testing, are now free to work on other projects, while this one is testing it’s self.

How To Download Music Video To iPod With 3 Easy To Use Software Programs by Pauline Masale
After so many years of consumer speculation and anticipation iPods are now a reality for music, movie and games lovers alike. This is why so many people are asking how to download music video to iPod. Apple’s iPod does much more than just play music and display photos. ... Conversion speed is subject to the quality of DVD discs and speed of hard drivers. ... • The speed figures depicted in Lenogo website’s diagram are test data which may differ from computers. ... Super fast conversion speed with high quality plus advanced video editing features give you everything you need to turn iPod...

DVD Recorders: Getting Started by Bear Cahill
IMO, these sd work 'like a VCR' as far as recording and playback. There are models w/ harddrives, VHS players, etc. built in, but to me that's overboard. Bells and Whistles The VHS option is not bad, but you most likely already have one you can plug into the inputs of the DVD recorder. ... Test the waters w/ a 'good' model and upgrade when the time is right. ... Also, it has TimeSlip which lets you watch something while it's recording (start recording "24" at 8pm and start watching it from the begining at 8:20 to speed thru commercials like a TiVo).