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Perhaps the most popular satellite provider in the United States, DIRECTV� has a long and impressive history under its belt. So, just who is DIRECTV? And how did they get to where they are today? DIRECTV - The Early Years Satellite as we know it today actually started back in 1984, when Hughes Elect...

Leave prepared when traveling with your notebook computer. Internet connectivity at your destination is one thing to think about when taking your portable office with you on your next trip. You might want to consider some of the following options: Make sure you have a dial-up access account. Dia...

Sometimes your PC will start acting strange for no apparent reason or a program which you use regularly will all of a sudden stop working as it should. This can be a frustrating experience especially if you have no idea where to go for help. If this happens to you, don`t panic! Here are some simple ...

For the holidays this year, more people will be getting mobile computing options than ever before in history. With so many various ways of staying connected through computers, people seem to not be able to get enough. This is great news for all of those out there that love new technology as it is ...

Thieves find laptops easy prey because they are small, light and easy to handle. Anyone who takes their eye off a laptop in public, even briefly, may never see it again. While special theft protection devices are offered for mobile computers, experienced thieves often view this as little more than ...

In today?s business world it?s all but impossible to escape Microsoft. Either you`re using MS applications, developing your own, or negotiating your company?s acquisition by this techno-behemoth. I must that the company is a daily part of my life (in fact I?m typing this article on MS Word). I?ve...

Notebook computers are becoming very popular. They seem to be popping up everywhere: on tv shows, on airplanes, in movies, or in your friend`s lap. These sleek little machines are invading our daily lives like never before... and the invasion has just started. Find out why they have become so popu...

Occupational Therapy Made Easier Medical downloads for the pda have improved the life of both patients and doctors of all kinds. These freeware software downloads make many types of medical conditions much easier to manage. For instance, occupational therapy and pdas can now be synonymous. Occupatio...

Home networks are becoming more common. People want to be able to share a single broadband Internet connection to several computers in the house. There are many different devices that you can use to make up your home network. If you have never heard network terminology device names like router, hub...

Most of us tend to think of laptops in the same way: a fairly small portable computer that can open and close like a suitcase, with all of the capabilities of a desktop. In fact, the term ?laptop? is really very generic. There are currently four main styles of these portable PCs, each offering som...

We?ve all seen them, you?ve been browsing a website and you click a link and nothing loads apart from the words ?404 Error? along with the usual stuff. So what is a 404 Error page? The 404 Error page, basically informs the user that the server cannot find the file they are looking for. However, inst...

When it comes to accessories for computers there are many things that fall under this category. Some of these accessories are necessary for your computer to work property, while others are just for pure enjoyment. You start with your fundamentals which are your keyboard, mouse and the basic software...

HTTP Protocol The web is run on port 80. You are probably wondering what "port 80" is, right (whether you actually are or not is irrelevant)? Well, the answer is easy (not really). See, the Internet and the web are different. The Internet is the infrastructure (ie the physical wires, the server hard...

The most important part of knowing CORBA is, you should know the full form of CORBA, that is Common Object Request Broker Architecture. You dont even have to necessarily understand this full form, if you are only planning to see where it fits in a software solution. To understand CORBA, let us start...

Wallpaper, as my grandmother describes, is something that you can use to make your room look good and leave a lasting impression on anyone visiting. You should really choose the paper with care, so as to reflect your taste and temperament. The concept of Wallpaper has evolved drastically since those...

If you have Microsoft Great Plains as main accounting and ERP system you need to know some technical details on Great Plains version upgrade and what is going on behind the scenes, which options do you have in case of Dexterity, VBA, SQL customizations, ctree/Pervasive migration to MS SQL/MSDE.� As ...

E-mails now have a connection back to their servers. I will leave the technical aspects out of this article. Instead, I will walk you through how information from your computer is getting back to them. You have probably experienced this already, an e-mail lands in your box with many symbols in the...

As most small, medium and large businesses in this country have seen the SPAM Emails have hurt our productivity and caused excessive costs. Here are a few very interesting web links on this issue and the FTC report on SPAM to Congress. http://www.ftc.gov/reports/dneregistry/report.pdf http://www.tec...

Identity theft is one of the latest buzzword within our society in recent times. Identity theft refers to hiding one?s original identity and illegally misusing someone else?s identity. The person pretending to be someone else tries to make money at the cost of others and makes an abusive use of fake...

Spam. Those annoying, time-consuming emails that clog your Inbox and ruin your day. You wonder: How did it ever get so bad? While it`s not possible to completely eliminate spam, there are quite a few things you CAN do about the problem to reduce your burden. Spam is defined as an unsolicited email t...

With all the new digital formats out there, it is of little surprise that there exists considerable confusion about EDTV and HDTV. First of all, EDTV stands for Enhanced Definition Television, while HDTV stands for High Definition Television. TVs equipped with either of these formats are capable of ...

For many people the computer industry is a seeming unsolvable jungle filled with mysterious words. Here is a guide to help you understand the personal computer and to give you the information needed to make a shopping decision you can live with so you can enjoy your PC for years to come. A few year...

The secret to combating jet lag, and arriving at your destination with little or no jet lag, lies in sound preparation well in advance of your date of travel. This, however, is only the foundation of your "anti jet lag" plan and all of your sound preparatory work will be wasted if you don`t also en...

Identity theft! We`ve all seen them. The commercials use the voices of people clearly not the ones speaking to relay what can happen when someone else becomes you. Almost everyday another story is reported on this growing intrusion into our lives. No, we`re not going to talk about that kind of ident...

In recent days, I was one of the unfortunate persons to receive the "Mydoom" worm emails. Not just one, but at least forty appeared in my popserver mailbox. As frustrating as it was deleting all of these nasty little boogers, I realized that some of these "worm" emails even came from persons I knew ...

According to the US National Archives, ?31% of PC users have lost all of their files to events beyond their control.? Look at the person on your left. Now look to the person on your right. If it?s not one of them ? IT?S YOU. It hurt didn?t it! And if its not you, you know a guy, right? While not all...

Protecting Data in Today?s Fast-Paced & Uncertain Environment
Great Plains Dynamics on Pervasive/Ctree support ? overview for consultant
By Andrew Karasev - 04/01/2008

All of us know that Microsoft bought former Great Plains Software and formed Microsoft (Great Plains) Business Solutions in the earlier 21st century. It was total success for GPS, we guess, but for Great Plains Dynamics / eEnterprise / Dynamics C/S+ clients it was the time of change. First of all ...

Practical Suggestions for Protecting Yourself From Identity Theft
By Bryan Mjaanes - 04/01/2008

It`s no surprise that thousands of Americans are victimized by identity theft each year. Last year more than 9,000,000 people were victims of identity theft amounting to some $45 billion dollars. By the time the average person realizes they have become a victim of identity theft; it is much too late...

Do You Have Computer Panic Attacks?
By John Beagle - 04/01/2008

Computer Panic Attacks can happen at any moment. -You need 10 computers for training in Chicago. You only have 5! -You need a flat plasma display for sales presentations in Washington DC, Las Vegas and Boston on the same day! -20 computers on order are delayed by the manufacturer, and you have 20 te...

Great Plains Accounting Migration to Microsoft Great Plains - Overview for IT Specialist
By Andrew Karasev - 04/01/2008

This is a short article, written in question/answer/FAQ style to give IT Specialist/developer/programmer balanced top level information on Great Plains Accounting migration to Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains. If you have Great Plains Accounting as main accounting and ERP system you need t...

Mac Printer Reviews
By John Gibb - 04/01/2008

You?ll find that many of today?s printers, which utilize USB, will let you print from a Mac, you have to be sure drivers are included with the printer which were written specifically for a Mac. Mac Printer Reviews Hewlett Packard PSC 2410 Photosmart I?ve included an all-in-one that will work with ei...

Oracle Financials Implementation: Brazil - Notes for International ERP Consultant
By Andrew Karasev - 04/01/2008

Oracle E-Business Suite, also referred as Oracle Applications/Oracle Financials is competing with other high-end ERP products, such as SAP R/3 or mySAP. Microsoft with its Microsoft Business Solutions subdivision is also coming into the competition arena with Microsoft Dynamics AX/Axapta. In this ...

Great Plains Customization Upgrade? Overview For CIO/IT Director
By Andrew Karasev - 04/01/2008

Around the same time Microsoft made its move with .Net introduction and tried to gain portion of cheaper databases market: Pervasive SQL/Btrieve, Ctree/Faircom - and launched free MSDE database program. General direction for all its accounting systems was chosen - Microsoft announced future release...

Jet Lag ? Coping on Arrival at Your Destination
By Donald Saunders - 04/01/2008

With the best preparation in the world before leaving home, and having taken a few simple precautions during your flight, you will inevitably suffer the effects of jet lag, unless you also continue your "no jet lag" plan once you arrive at your destination. Here, however, we need to sound a word of ...

Sorry! No Bill Gates Article Today - Word Took Over
By John T Jones, Ph.D. - 04/01/2008

Dear Reader: I won?t be writing an article today. I thought that you would like to know. I decided to put the article in letter format. Although Microsoft Word� asked if I would like help in writing this ?letter,? I declined. If I let Word� help me pretty soon it would take over all of my writing. I...

How To Speed Up Your Aging PC And Make It Healthier Too
By John Deprice - 04/01/2008

With a little tweaking and with proper tools, you can get a faster, healthier PC, virtually immune to spyware infections and browser hijackers. How is this possible? Find out about the latest tools and how they work. System LifeGuard 2 This simple to use product is designed to be used frequently t...

GPS Systems and How They Work
By Michael Russell - 04/01/2008

GPS stands for global positioning system, a system that has been established and is managed by the Department of Defense. The GPS system utilizes satellites that have been put into orbit that help people determine their exact positioning on the plane t- whether it be for the purposes of navigation,...

iPod Wireless Speakers and Headphones
By Dale Ewans - 04/01/2008

The iPod seems to have induced a certain trend in the consumer electronics industry as many companies on the market rushed to manufacture accessories for the little device that allows you to take music with you wherever you go. Speakers and headphones were among the first choices as iPod accessories...

Why Over 90% of VoIP Services Are Vulnerable to Attack
By Dee Scrip - 04/01/2008

John Ashcroft, Attorney General, in remarks at the High Technology Crime Investigation Association 2004 International Training Conference held on September 13, 2004 stated, ?We have seen worms and viruses attack?disrupting basic services?And with the increased use of the Internet and especially peer...

An Introduction to RAID
By Gary Hendricks - 04/01/2008

Capacity, reliability, and performance are important for file servers or other machines where you?re storing large or important files. Disk drives are vulnerable to failure, though, and when they do fail, data written since the last backup is lost. Disks have limitations on how fast they can go, alt...

Is Your Laptop or Home Computer Wireless Enabled?
By Kevin Erickson - 04/01/2008

Built in wireless capabilities are becoming almost standard equipment on most laptop and home computers these days for a couple of reasons. One of the primary reasons is cost. Adding wireless capacity is so inexpensive that it would be silly for the manufacturers not to add it. The perceived value o...

Trouble-shooting Hard Drive Problems - Part 2
By Sarah Lake - 04/01/2008

A common problem with hard drives is the error message "MISSING OPERATING SYSTEM." Typically what this means is that critical data is missing or damaged in two possible locations. The first is the Master Boot Record (MBR). This data area contains error messages and pointer information that specifies...

The Bluebird Project
By Cecil Tharpe - 04/01/2008

The objective for Zandi Digital is to make available clever programs to end-users that want and need something more diverse. Bluebird is the current application being developed by Zandi Digital. Bluebird will have the ability to compress multimedia(image, audio, or video) and text into one single fi...

Audio Conferencing
By Alison Cole - 04/01/2008

These days, when businesses are going global and everyone wants to have a cutting edge over their rivals, Audio Conferencing is very useful. Due to this technology, people can now communicate with clients situated anywhere in the world. Audio Conferencing is generally used to hold group meetings or ...

Groupware and Online Collaboration: Collaboration Series #4
By Joe Miller - 04/01/2008

This article is the fourth of a series of articles exploring specific aspects of groupware. The brief informational articles in this series discuss some of the technologies associated with groupware, as well as some of the characteristics of groupware. Some of these characteristics may go hand in ha...

The Anatomy of a Brain Cramp; The Retainer and the Lavalava - Communication
By Paul Pulley - 04/01/2008

In life, you have to successfully work with people to get anywhere. You can?t avoid it. Some people are fun, good, and wholesome, and others can feel like a thorn in your shoe. Some will be there to boost you up and be a savior, and others will be there to take advantage of you, sometimes without ...

Recognizing Common Cellular Phone Problems
By Tim Gorman - 04/01/2008

Cellular phones are in schools, banks, malls, and homes across the country. While cellular phones have been an important technological advancement, they?re not without their drawbacks. Reliability is one of the most significant disadvantages of cellular phones. Many people have replaced their land...

How To Save On Cell Phone Bill
By Steven Chang - 14/02/2007

Seems like everybody`s got a personal cellphone. Heck, my young cousin who`s only in elementary school has one! Cellphones are convenient and mobile, however, you can get hefty charges when you go beyond your minutes allowed. I have personally had cellphone bills that are over $200 in one month! K...

Five Tips For Buying a Home Entertainment System
By Ross MacIver - 24/01/2007

Looking for a new home entertainment system? Here are five tips for choosing the best model for your home environment. 1. Choose a system that can be expanded. Most of your music collection may be on CDs, but with the growing popularity of DVD audio you don`t want to be left behind. Even if you ar...

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