I saw a statistic recently that 70% of 4-year-old children have been on a computer. I’m happy they have exposure to the computer at such an early age. On the other hand, there's the feeling that we're letting our kids drift too close to the big black hole known as the computer and internet. It's pull is difficult (if not impossible) to res

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Yesterday, I was planning to relax when my dad mentioned he had something weird on his computer. A new program called Virus Heat was giving him false information. He did not installed Virus Heat. Thinking he was infected with a spyware, I started to removed it. Just my luck, I had to deal with Smitfraud-c also. Smitfraud-c is

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this is an interesting post on why this blogger buys apple stock. Agree with it or not, He makes a few points on the fact that Apple is setting some standards and that many programmers are making a transition to Mac. He discusses the price of Apple stock but why he still pays for it. Whatever the case, I feel this is good reading material and

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This is a follow up to my previous two posts “Helping the Neighbor Surf Porn” and “Failure to *Educate* or ?”. Dealing with computers everyday is quite a task. I think most users have a love hate relationship with computers. Then you have computer savvy people. What would they say their biggest frustration is, the computer or the user? I have

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Computer mice are gadgets we are using daily and they come in all shapes, designs and forms. Some are a plain and simple two button scrollwheel device but others really kick ass! Like these 26 extraordinary computer mice you don't see everyday... including some fantastic homemade projects. These will make your pc mouse look so pathetic! So h

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Apparently Dell (DELL) has finally decided to rid of its “exclusivity” role and start offering its products to more retail stores.

Personally I have been wondering why they took so long to do this. I am pretty sure they lost many potential customers due to its lack of presence in retailers. It started with Walmart, and now working its way

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This article shows you how to configure Wake on LAN for a computer. It also discusses different free software to use for this purpose including a brief line about the application needed for Linux. This article is mainly concerned with Windows.

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Time is your most valuable asset as a blogger. You need to work as efficient as possible if you want to succeed.You should not waste your time with computer related problem. Just like your car, your computer also requires monthly periodic tune ups.

I recommend you to use CCleaner, a freeware system optimization and privacy t

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Watching what my younger daughter gets up to in geekland is always interesting. She is one of the early adopters of digital technology. Thanks to her I have been a Twitter member since January 2007, months after she had joined of course, and had a page on Facebook before most other Old Timers. An iPhone made its way into our UK

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Guild Wars, the highly successful MMO developed by Arenanet, is celebrating its 3rd birthday this weekend. I've been playing this game since the beginning and Arenanet is certainly making this year's birthday celebration exciting! The major cities on all continents are enjoying firework displays, there are prizes being given

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Really good in dept article about what to do to properly work at your desk.

From the article:

"Most people nowadays working in offices across the globe are spending the vast majority of their day at a desk in front of a computer. The average is 4.5 hours per day that is spent at a work desk. This adds up to more than 46

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Today, more and more people are using their computers for everything from communication to online banking and investing to shopping. As we do these things on a more regular basis, we open ourselves up to potential hackers, attackers and crackers. While some may be looking to phish your personal information and identity for resa

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Dreambook has just entered the market in competition with Asus Eee PC's crown, with its all new UMPC, which has a 7-inch display (800 x 480), 1GHz Via C7-M processor, maximum 1GB RAM, either a 2GB, 4GB or 8GB flash storage or a 40GB HDD. The Pioneer Computers Dreambook Light IL1 seems like a worthy competitor to the Asus's Ee

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"Could not initialize the browser’s security component". If you get this message after going from Windows XP to Vista while using Firefox for the first time, I have the solution for you. I lost time and the solution that was on the Internet did not resolved my problem. Even if you don't use Firefox, you might get into the sa

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You thought, when you purchased your new iPhone, that it belonged to you? Wrong: Steve Jobs himself has a kill-switch and can stop you running any piece of software at his discretion!

This is not just Apple's CEO being a control-freak; it's also another impingement of your civil liberties and an attempt to control how you

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A humanoid baby robot able to pick up language skills and interact with humans will be released next year. Scientists at the University of Hertfordshire’s School of Computer Science in collaboration with an international consortium led by the University of Plymouthon ITALK (Integration and Transfer of Action and Language Knowle

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Lenovo Group Limited is the largest in the world and China is the fourth largest producer of personal computers, after Hewlett-Packard and Dell in the U.S. and Taiwan of Acer.

Lenovo produces desktop computers, laptops, servers, portable computers, imaging devices, mobile phones and mobile phones. Lenovo also provides for th

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