Don't allow your computer to suffer from "downloaditis"
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:16:42 -0800

On the radio program this past weekend, we talked all about computers and how seniors can best use them to stay connected. Jeff Morris, the owner of Call Your Help Desk, provided tips and useful information about PCs and laptops. ...

Get started 'On' the weekend: Older Americans finding plenty of jobs, personal ...
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:17:13 -0800

Computer sales tanked last year: The American market for personal computers shrank in 2011 for the first time in a decade, according to new reports by research firms Gartner and IDC. Overall, the year was the second-worst in the industry's history, ...

IDrive Offers Universal Cloud Backup For Unlimited Number Of Devices
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:57:33 -0800

With a single account new customers can back up as many computers and mobile devices as they want and then view their files from any of those connected devices or on our website. Plus, the mobile app can now back up contacts, photos and videos and ...

10 years after Bill Gates' Trustworthy Computing memo: What it meant for ...
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:13:40 -0800

I am one of a handful of people who knows what the security world was like at Microsoft before Chairman Bill Gates' Trustworthy Computing memo on Jan. 15, 2002. I was also part of the growth and transformation that memo brought about over the years. ...

Sign Into Your Google Account on Public Computers Without Typing Anything
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:07:41 -0800

If you ever want to log into your Google account when you're at a public computer , where you're unsure whether or not there's a keylogger installed, there's now a simple solution. And it's from Google! First, point the (insecure) computer's browser at ...

Madison County school board goes online
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:21:02 -0800

The Madison County School District has gone paperless, using computers to keep up with work rather than relying on a notebook filled with key information. The Clarion-Ledger ( reports that last week was the first meeting at ...

Computers and Software : VOB to i Movie Mac - How to convert VOB to i Movie on Mac?
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:57:24 -0800

Have got some VOB rippers from a DVD file and want to import them to i Movie for editing? If you have tried that, you may find that no matter how many times you have tried, you can not realize your goal, for i Movie does not support VOB formats. ...

Fate of Kansas elections law tied to computer issue
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:37:20 -0800

TOPEKA | Progress on modernizing the Kansas computer system for issuing driver's licenses is six months ahead of schedule and could mean that some potential voters will be required to show proof of their US citizenship during this year's presidential ...

How Computers , Curators, And Users Create Pandora's Playlists
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:54:30 -0800

BY Christina Chaey Today In this extended version of the talk from our new issue, we speak with Tom Conrad, the CTO and Executive VP of Product at Pandora. Why does it take so much input from so many sources for the company to build perfect playlists? ...

Police: $6K In Laptops Stolen From Walmart
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:41:12 -0800

Nearly a dozen laptop computers valued at a total of $6000 were stolen from a Washington County Walmart on Friday, police said. According to police in South Strabane Township, the robber put 11 Toshiba laptop computers into an empty office chair box at ...

NMSU researcher helps computers anticipate human reactions
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:10:32 -0800

By Tonya Suther For the Sun-News Khoi Nguyen is working in NMSU's Knowledge Presentation Lab where he and other software engineers are creating new ways to optimize search algorithms and create planners to help computers make decisions more like humans ...

More than just hype, Ultrabooks are the future of laptop computing
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:36:10 -0800

Initial ultraportables were always too expensive, and netbooks generally weren't powerful enough to serve as primary computers . It's just now that the hardware to make Ultrabooks powerful and useful is actually affordable. So what's the big deal? ...

New Program Gives Vets Refurbished Computers
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:44:26 -0800

Michael Baker, a semi-retired businessman from Minnesota, started a program that takes used computers , refurbishes them and then gives them to veterans. Baker said it felt like the right thing to do. "I could not believe we have veterans out there ...

Janam Introduces XG105 with New Motorola Laser Engine
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:57:53 -0800

16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Janam Technologies LLC, a leading provider of rugged mobile computers that scan barcodes and communicate wirelessly, today announced the release of its new XG105 gun-shaped rugged mobile computer . ...

Crime Report for Monday, Jan. 16
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:54:36 -0800

Two laptop computers taken. diplomat drive: 1600 block, reported at 7:55 am Friday. Keys reported stolen. randolph avenue: 300 block, reported at 9:20 am Friday. Electronics and an air rifle stolen. breezewood avenue: 2700 block, reported at 9:03 am ...

ICT lessons in schools are 'highly unsatisfactory', says Royal Society
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:14:15 -0800

British schools have more computers per pupil than almost every other European country, but our computing lessons are still "highly unsatisfactory", a group of leading scientists has warned. The Royal Society, one of the country's most eminent ...

Lenovo To Seek Partners For US Growth
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:15:17 -0800

Lenovo expects to continue using Microsoft's Windows on its computers , and Google's Android on its tablets and smartphones, Yuanqing said. Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft may try to court the Chinese electronics giant to help with its US mobile efforts, ...

Free computer literacy class offered to No. Carolina farmers
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:13:24 -0800

Farmers, ranchers and others in the ag industry have the opportunity to be competitive and up-to-date in this era of high-speed communication thanks to a free computer literacy class at the Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, North Carolina. ...

San Fran College's Computer Network Compromised
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:45:29 -0800

The computer networks of a San Francisco community college have been infected with software viruses that illegally transmitted personal data from students and employees overseas, school officials said Friday. Administrators for the City College of San ...

If The i Pad's A PC, Apple Sells More Computers Than Anyone Else
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:54:49 -0800

It's a tablet, yes, but it's replacing people's needs for traditional computing environments in the home and office, and people are buying it in record numbers. If The i Pad's A PC , Apple Sells More Computers Than Anyone Else.