How To Set Up a Wireless Network in your Home for Beginners: Comcast High Speed Internet by Carlos Cabezas
Let’s just skip the intro and get straight to it. This tutorial is for the Windows XP Operating System. If you don’t have it I recommend you upgrade to it. This portion of the tutorial will apply to people with Comcast High Speed Internet. For other Internet Providers I will include another... Connect Your Laptop to the Wireless Network The following section applies to the following: I have a laptop and I want to connect my laptop to my wireless network. ... Laptop Computer that is fairly new If you are trying to connect a laptop computer that was bought after 2005 you most likely have...

The Bluetooth Adapter: What Can it Do? by Chonticha Marijne
Bluetooth technology is all the rage these days. Most recently, the Belkin Company has designed and released a Bluetooth adapter that can access your iPod, another current rage with all age groups. With this Bluetooth adapter, even your iPod becomes a wireless remote of sorts, enabling listeners... Such a handy function in this Bluetooth adapter allows travelers and laptop users to insert the adapter and not have to worry about disengaging it when packing that laptop back into its case. ... At a recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, a company known as Newton Peripherals...

Computer Repair or Junk? When Should you Give up on that Old Computer? by Joe Duchesne
Computers last only so long. Sooner or later you'll either have to do some computer repair on that old computer of yours or simply decide to abandon it. In this article I'll give you tips to help you decide when you need to send your computer out to pasture. ... This new laptop had many features lacking in my old computer laptop like a DVD player, more memory, a larger LCD screen and more. ... Last Thanksgiving, I would have been able to get purchase a brand new laptop for as little as $400. ... In that case, buying a new computer would in fact help you avoid software related problems in...

What's a USB Hub? by Iggy Quazi
Since the mid 90's we have seen the birth and growth of a connective technology called Universal Serial Bus (USB). Originally designed to connect computers and telecoms equipment, it has slowly become the primary means of connecting a whole host of other devices and has made significant... This device slots into the PCMCIA slot/port found on the side of a Laptop and instantly provides two extra USB ports without using up any of your existing USB ports on the Laptop. ... A USB Hub is a small unit with two or more USB ports, which plugs into an USB port on your computer, allowing you the...

Thin And Light - Ultraportable Laptops by Sean Nicholls
In recent years, the big players in the laptop arena (Sony, Toshiba, HP, IBM, etc.) have begun producing ever more portable laptop computers, weighing in as little as 2.8 pounds and offering as much as 9 hours playback. Often portability would come at the cost of sacrificing functionality in... Pros: Truly in a class of its own Carbon Fibre chassis High spec in a small package Integrated supermulti-drive Cons: Native resolution of the display is insanely high for such a small screen Trackpad is too small or inaccurate for the native screen resolution Expensive Score:...

10 Solid Reasons To Make Your Next PC A Notebook by Titus Hoskins
Notebook computers are becoming very popular. They seem to be popping up everywhere: on tv shows, on airplanes, in movies, or in your friend's lap. These sleek little machines are invading our daily lives like never before... and the invasion has just started. ... It's the main reason you should consider buying a notebook or laptop in the first place. ... Utra Portable (small), around 11" x 10", less than 1.3 inches thick, less than 4 pounds. ... Having a separate system stored on a laptop or notebook can be a good way of working around this problem.

Looking For The Best USB Flash Drive? by Niall Roche
If you're not already the proud and happy owner of a USB flash memory drive then it's about time you got one! These little devices are incredibly useful, portable and very easy-to-use. Whether you need to transfer files between computers or you're just looking for a small and highly portable... As a result, you can fit these in your laptop case, in a pocket, or even put them on a lanyard around your neck - no more lugging around dozens of CDs or DVDs on a business trip or to college for example.

WinXP Routing - Staying Online During Hurricane Wilma by Darren Miller
Hurricane Wilma Put Me Out Of Business For A While ----------------------------------------------- WinXP Routing - My consulting services business is heavily dependent on Internet access. Without it, I am pretty much dead in the water. Since I cannot afford an enterprise satellite backup... All routing devices, in this case my laptop, must have at least two Ethernet cards to route between networks, in this case, my home office network and the Internet. ... It's one thing to have a laptop with wireless Internet access anywhere, anytime, but quite another to have that same access...

How To Clean LCD Screens by Titus Hoskins
LCD screens are commonly found in laptops, PDAs, iPods and high definition TVs. If you look around your home, you will probably see 5 or more of these screens in your presence. They are everywhere! However, anyone who owns any type of LCD screen knows there is one minor problem with them. ... There are also stronger cleaning solutions to remove ink markings just in case your small child has confused your expensive laptop for an itch-a-sketch toy and created a modern masterpiece. ... This is one case where a little knowledge could save you a whole lot of trouble and disappointment.

Shopping Tips For Buying An External Harddrive by Cedric H. Dirose
When the first external harddrive first hit the market, it was large, clunky, slow and very expensive. Like most aspects of the world of computer technology, however, the prices of these external had drives have steadily fallen, even as the speed, reliability and storage capacity has increased... There are a number of reasons why a computer owner would opt to buy an external harddrive instead of installing a secondary hard drive inside the computer case. ... When you opt for an external rather than an internal hard drive you do not need to crack the case; you simply need to plug it in and go.