I once worked for a small magazine publisher with a unique personality. One day I suggested we bring in an expert to help us solve a problem with our subscription management. He looked at me with stark blue eyes and calmly advised me that we are the experts.
It is true you are often the expert [...]
Many people prefer the do-it-your-self approach before having someone else look at their problem. Sometimes this can work to your advantage and then again, you could make more trouble that you first had. Developers create hundreds of software applications to fill this self-help need, and you have a choice of many programs in [...]
The wonderful World Wide Web can be a great place for users to find millions of pages of information, download music files, take surveys, and network with your pals from around the world. You can buy your uncle’s favourite t-shirt from auction sites, check out the latest holiday prices, or even know the weather forecast [...]
You don’t have to pay for everything, sometimes the best programs on the Internet are free. Many expensive programs are clones of the open source technology. The program authors copy the code, which is free, and add new features to it, before selling it to the public. You can have your pick of free data [...]
Are you at the point of deciding what to do next? Your computer crashed and you are behind on an important project, or you accidentally deleted your wedding pictures. Or you may have tried every trick in the book to get your exercise DVD to run again.
You even bought special data recovery software [...]
Most computers users like to plug and play. They don’t have to worry about how the system works, they just want to start working or playing on their computer. So using USB ports means most computer users don’t have to keep their computer in the box because they can’t get it [...]
You make me sing! Yes, my online backup service gave me a great surprise today. It made storing my data online just get easier and with a whopping saving in price.
Despite what I write about savings, I am as cheap as the guy next door. I buy value and hesitate when buying something [...]
It is not a pleasant feeling having a digital camera loaded with photos you can’t see. Besides, how can you show off your vacation highlights if your friends don’t believe you. Well, you are in luck, because you can recover those photos you thought you lost. The good news is you can usually recover most [...]
You can’t keep money at a bank unless you open an account. Similarly, you need a storage holder to keep your data. When we think of data storage, we normally think about our personal computer, but there are several data storage holders in use today. So let us consider a few of the storage [...]
You may already be aware of all the different threats to your computer out there, and you may even have experienced them first-hand. Perhaps, you are now trying to repair the damage after some low-life sent you a malicious program that turned your life upside down. And you feel like there is no way to [...]