Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
I know the world is all about the digital data being saved now days but I still print out a number of draft pages from my computer related to work projects that I review while in the process of writing and they contain some sensitive information. How should I handle the ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
I hear friends talking about a new hard drive they purchased that sits outside their computer and gives them a whole bunch of extra space to store their family photos. Are they easy to use?
They are referring to an external hard drive (external because it sits outside of their computer ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
I know a lot of people now download music and talk about playing their MP3's. Can you tell me a little bit about what this means?Â
MP3 is special format that compresses (reduces the file size) of digital audio. This format works especially well for digitally recorded music but is applicable for any type ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
I know I have a router in my home because when I signed up for Internet access via my cable company they said I had to buy one in order for the service to work. What does a router do?
A router is simply a piece of equipment that is connected between your ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Can you provide me with some simple info on GPS? I know a couple of my friends use it on their cell phone.
The acronym GPS stands for Global Positioning System.  It functions to provide an accurate position of where the user is anywhere on the global planet.  To operate, the system depends on a ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
I hear the web guys in my office talking about 4 acronyms, SEM, SERP, SEO, PPC. Can you provide some insight into what these are and what they mean?
This is number 4 in the 4 part series. Let's lastly look at PPC which is short for Pay-Per-Click. This term refers to advertising displayed ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
I hear the web guys in my office talking about 4 acronyms, SEM, SERP, SEO, PPC. Can you provide some insight into what these are and what they mean?
This is number 3 in the 4 part series. Let's next look at SEO which is short for Search Engine Optimization. This term refers to ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
I hear the web guys in my office talking about 4 acronyms, SEM, SERP, SEO, PPC. Can you provide some insight into what these are and what they mean?
This is number 2 in the 4 part series. Let's next take SERP which is short for Search Engine Response Page. This term ...
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
I hear the web guys in my office talking about 4 acronyms, SEM, SERP, SEO, PPC. Can you provide some insight into what these are and what they mean?
I'll take them on one at a time in a 4 part series. First let's start with SEM which is short for ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
I have heard people talk about Client-Server systems. Can you provide some simple background on this concept?
Client-Server design is something you use every day but probably just don't realize it. In fact you are using it to view this blog entry right now. In its simplest implementaion, somewhere there is ...
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