Guide to Buying a Laptop Computer by Andrew Gates
With the many different brands and models on the market, buying a laptop or notebook computer may at first seem confusing. But simply breaking down the process into a few key areas and using Myshopping.com.au to search for the most suitable features and pricing makes it much easier to access... Upgrading memory can achieve better performance, and quite a number of vendors offer higher RAM configurations as a 'deal sweetener' at the time of purchase. ... On-screen graphics are affected by both the size and type of screen as well as the graphics card.

Picture Viewers- 10 Multimedia Players and Portable Media Centers Reviewed by Brandon Baumgarten
Recently a friend of mine was planning a Photo Eurail Adventure. He said he was going to buy 4 or 5 more Compact Flash Cards, so that he would have enough room for all of his photos. "Eben," I said, "get a Multimedia Storage DVR. When you fill up a card just transfer your images to it." Then we... A Compact Flash reader slot is built in and with an adapter the FlashTrax XT transfers images from all popular flash memory cards. ... With an optional Compact Flash WiFi card, the unit can become a node on a wireless network allowing sharing of files with other users.

Password Nightmares by Ieuan Dolby
Good Morning Mr. Sampson. Please type in you Personal Identification Number XXXXXX Sorry, Mr. Forgetful Idiot! That is not the correct password. Please slap yourself three times around your head and then apply for a new card and number – we are keeping this one. ... Passwords are now required for Banking, shopping on the web, switch cards, visa cards, store cards, petrol cards and any other card that you may have. ... Well, I must admit the thought of having just committed to memory over 600 passwords, numbers and codes and then having to throw them all out and input new ones every month...

Windows XP for Tablet PC: Memory Leak Fix by Nikki Saco
What is up with Microsoft? Lately? WXPNews recently reported a "new" fix for a well-known memory leak in the tablet pc edition of Windows XP. Most tablet pc users know the longer you use it, the slower it gets. Some desktop owners have probably seen similar symptoms with their systems, but this... This article resulted from my Internet search for "tablet pc memory leak," which in turn was prompted by my desire to see if anyone had already posted the fix for the memory leak so that I wouldn't have to sit on the phone with Microsoft support (my time) at $35 an hour (my money).

3.5" FDD (Floppy Disk Drive) is Dead! Long live the USB Drive! by Akhilesh Singh
Do you remember the last time you used the FDD drive of your computer, and for what? Chance is if you have used it then it would be for some emergency booting of the computer, or for recovery of your broken OS. Meaning you would have not used it for data transfer using this medium. ... Example includes: - USB Hard Disk Drives - Zip Drive with USB interface - digital camera acting as an USB drive for accessing the photographs directly on any computer - PDAs like Palm that already connect to the computer using USB acts as a USB drive for accessing the data stored in its memory and SD/MMC...

5 Ways To Backup Your Data... by Jason Kohrs
The data on your hard drive is the most critical item inside your computer, and the only item which can not be replaced. It may be an unwanted hassle and expense to replace a defective memory module, monitor, or processor, but there is no replacing data once lost. ... A combination drive, such as the NU Technology DBW-521, will provide the user a high speed CD reader/writer, as well as a DVD reader, for under $40. ... Many motherboards now come with RAID controllers onboard, but the addition of a PCI slot controller card, such as the Silicon Image Sil0680, is an inexpensive purchase that...

Is Your Laptop or Home Computer Wireless Enabled? by Kevin Erickson
Built in wireless capabilities are becoming almost standard equipment on most laptop and home computers these days for a couple of reasons. One of the primary reasons is cost. Adding wireless capacity is so inexpensive that it would be silly for the manufacturers not to add it. ... Intel Centrino Mobile Technology is a marketing name for a combination of the Intel Pentium M processor and Intel's' Pro Wireless card. ... If you're like most people you probably can't even check how much memory your computer has, let-alone if your computer is wireless enabled.

MSINFO32 by D. David Dugan
Want to know more about your computer? Many software download websites offer all kinds of tools, many of them are freeware or shareware that will help you learn more about how your computer functions or that help you change your settings. However, most of these tools are already built into... The next choice is “memory”. ... This is the memory blocks that your hardware uses and again your hardware is usually set up so that it automatically configures this for you. ... Next is “DMA” which according to http://www.x-emi.com/tech_terms.html, DMA is defined as “Direct Memory Access.

System Buses Explained by Alan Ogden
System Buses Explained I don't know about you, but I for one, despite thinking to myself that I had it all under my grasp always get confused when thinking about the array of buses in a modern computer. Bandwidth of the CPU, memory, AGP plus new technologies such as Hypertransport always leave... PC133 SDR Memory Using the same forumla as we did for PC100 SDR memory we can easily calculate theoretical memory bandwidth for PC133 SDR memory. ... Take this for example (we will cover the calculations later on): Technically: PC2100 DDR Memory / DDR266 Memory 64 (bits) *...

Software For Your Hard-Drive by John Deprice
All your software is stored on a hard-drive. But how about software FOR your hard-drive - private disks, partition managers, disk defragmenters? Here is the scoop on the latest tools. Paragon Partition Manager The program is suitable for both professionals and home users. ... Dekart Private Disk allows you to store your information on a host of media such HDD, FDD, CD, CD/R, CD/RW, MO, MD, ZIP-disks, flash drives, all types of flash memory cards, PDAs, and even digital cameras. ... You have the flexibility to allow multiple users to share a single PC.