If You Want Flexibility And Portability Consider A Laptop by Gregg Hall
If you are one of those who works with a computer on a daily basis like me you should consider a laptop. I have actually owned three now and I think I would be lost without mine. I still use my desktop PC quite a bit at home but the laptop comes in extremely handy when I am away. ... If you need more space, you can do as I suggested and get a portable drive that will keep you from clogging up your main hard drive. ... I know that I sometimes need to be able to use the same programs that I would normally have on my desktop and thanks to the additional of a 30GB portable drive, I can keep...

I Have My IPod Nano, Where's Yours? by Jacob Loeb
Take out four credit cards from your wallet. Stack them and hold them in your hand. Apple’s iPod nano http://www.powermax.com/cgi-global/generate_css_temp.cgi? i=PM_MP_IN&t=The+iPod+nano is about the same weight and half an inch less wide than that stack of cards. ... Every iPod ever made has had flash memory, but it was used on most iPods as a data buffer. ... This was done by using flash memory for song storage. ... If your computer has only the older USB 1.1, the nano will still sync with iTunes but you are stuck moving files over at an extremely slow speed.

Dynamite Comes in Small Packages - Tiny Personal Audio MP3 Players Pack Powerful Music Enjoyment by W R Kirk
MP3 players are Hot! Playing music has come a long way since the transistor radio, portable tape and CD player days. Most players are no larger than a deck of cards. Eliminating the need to lug around tapes or CD’s, digital music players re-define convenience and portability. ... Micro-drive audio players — a tiny internal hard drive, like the one in your computer has up to 60GB of memory. ... Personal style - for occasional use and a limited playlist, an inexpensive flash player may be perfect.

Examining the Substance of Studio MX by Mart Gil Nash
To all web designers out there, this article is for you! I guess you already heard about Studio MX (I think so!) – the ideal bundle for professional web designers, bringing together Dreamweaver MX for page design, Flash MX for animation and interactivity, and Fireworks MX for editing and... Through a technology called Flash Remoting, Flash MX offers support for web services. ... Moreover, Flash MX also has potential as a rich client, with an interface driven by embedded JavaScript. ... The Studio MX bundle makes it relatively easy to set up ColdFusion to supply these services and for Flash...

Computer Backup - Easy Steps to Get Started by Roger DeReu
Day after day, I am forced to face computer users who have just lost some data that was important to them. Computer backup was the last thing on their mind, if on their mind at all. Almost every single one of them knew that they should have been backing up their data, but excuses abound and they... This can be as simple as buying a USB Flash Drive at Buy.com. ... Use Windows Explorer to copy your entire "My Documents" (or wherever your data is stored) to the USB flash drive. ... I highly recommend alternating between multiple flash drives.

Why Do Computer Users Need Backup by Makabongwe Maseko
First what’s the meaning of backup? Back up is the name given to diskettes, or disks that can store copies of programs and then stored elsewhere. Even with the best of care, any disk can suddenly fail for reasons you can’t understand. Many computer users have found themselves unable to retrieve... What you do is you insert your disk in the disk drive and with a single mouse click on the Colorado scheduler icon, the computer takes care of the backup. ... If you are backing up less than 10MB, you can use diskettes since that is the most they can take, if you are backing up more than 10MB,...

Life Without High Speed by Fran Watson
Was it just a few short years ago that life on the internet began to take on a life of its own? Was it just a few short years ago that I thought that a 2GB hard drive would be all I’d ever need? Well, in terms of the internet, it probably seems like a long time, but in actual fact, I purchased... My new computer is loaded up with 300 GB of hard drive, a CD/DVD burner, a floppy drive, a USB port, a good video card, cool blue lights and dual processor. ... Remember that 2GB hard drive I had back in 1997?

Review: 2GB SWISS MEMORY USB Victorinox by G Mo
I’ve had Swiss Army knives on my keychain for years, it’s come in handy on many occasions. Recently I always seem to have a USB flash drive in my pocket too. When I received the SWISS MEMORY USB Victorinox drive from Swissbit it was obvious that combining the two was actually a very good idea. ... Although the rotation of the USB stick does provide enough room for those tight USB ports we all know about, the ability to quickly and easily disconnect the flash memory all together is definitely a bonus…and Swissbit knows this as it’s a patented technology.

How Do MP3 Players Work? Digital Audio Technology Revolutionizes Music Enjoyment by W R Kirk
Millions have enjoyed recorded music since 1877 when Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. Then came radio, records, tapes and CD's. But today's digital audio players are a quantum leap forward in music technology. To understand what makes these music players so revolutionary, let's explore the... The digital file is stored in the mp3 player's flash or micro-drive memory. ... Flash Players - the smallest, least expensive, and most reliable. ... Micro-Drive Players - the tiny hard drives in these mp3 players have up to 60GB of memory and will hold thousands of tunes.

Backing Up Your Files by Bob Rankin
Sooner or later, something terrible will happen to your hard drive. That's not a very happy thought, but the good news is you can survive a hard drive failure with only minimal inconvenience -- if you back up your files. Hard Drives Are Not Forever They can fail without warning, a virus could... * Copy them to a flash drive or external hard drive. ... Look for a drive that supports a USB 2.0 connection, or the faster FireWire hookup if your system supports it. ... But be warned that recovering from a hard drive failure will be a nuisance if you opt to backup only your data files.