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How
2 ... fix balkiness of iPhoto software 06-26-09
Apple's iPhoto software lets people easily organize
and edit pictures on a Mac, but the program can sometimes get a little erratic
over time, especially with large photo libraries. How do you fix that?
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Finder
of lost files 06-26-09
Nothing is more frustrating (save for freeway
rush-hour traffic) than losing an important file. Word-processing documents,
photos that you've worked on for hours, letters that need to be mailed today
— if you're not careful they'll disappear into a dark corner of your hard
drive. How do you find them?
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backup is good for your image 06-26-09
Let me tell you a scary story about your computer.
One day, you turn it on and nothing happens.
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Retrieving
data off floppy disks poses challenge 06-19-09
Question: I bought a Macintosh Performa 636 in
1994, and I have kept using it without upgrades. I never connected it to the
Internet, and have relied on a printer to make paper copies of about 1,400
poems and 18 short stories I've written using a program called ClarisWorks.
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Gaga
for Google calendars 06-19-09
Question: Just in the last few weeks, I have
noticed a plethora of people using Google calendars. First I encountered one
for several people who own the same piece of beach property. They live in
far-flung places, so this was a perfect way for everyone to take part without
thousands of e-mail messages and mixed messages.
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Tweet
success: It's easy to lose interest in Twitter,
but there are reasons to stick with it 06-19-09
CHICAGO - You've created an account and started
following some users. You may have even sent a few tweets out into the world,
expressing how you feel about the economy or the weather or the season finale
of your favorite TV show.
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Windows
7 to hit market in October 06-14-09
SEATTLE — To attract holiday
shoppers, Microsoft said it will begin selling Windows 7, the next version of
its flagship operating system, on Oct. 22.
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Google
may rule, but Bing shows zing 06-14-09
Bing won't replace Google as the
world's default search engine, but it does a few things well.
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Alienware
expands, offers new laptop 06-14-09
MIAMI
— Alienware — a company that started making its
elite line of gaming computers in a Hialeah, Fla.,
garage — is expanding its reach from six countries to
35 and unveiling next week the new M17x, marketed as the
most powerful 17-inch laptop in the world.
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Windows
7 to hit market in October 06-07-09
SEATTLE — To attract holiday
shoppers, Microsoft said it will begin selling Windows 7, the next version of
its flagship operating system, on Oct. 22.
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Google
may rule, but Bing shows zing 06-07-09
Bing won't replace Google as the
world's default search engine, but it does a few things well.
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Alienware
expands, offers new laptop 06-07-09
MIAMI — Alienware — a company
that started making its elite line of gaming computers in a Hialeah, Fla.,
garage — is expanding its reach from six countries to 35 and unveiling next
week the new M17x, marketed as the most powerful 17-inch laptop in the world.
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How
2 ... display the classic menus in Office 2007 05-31-09
The first time you use
Microsoft Office 2007, you'll quickly notice that
familiar menus such as "File,"
"Edit," "View" are gone from Word,
Excel and PowerPoint.
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'Keyboard
Cat' puts tail on bad moves 05-31-09
Oh, those wacky computer kids. They love
viral videos involving animals, especially the meowing kind. Their latest fad
is "Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat," which involves tacking some old
footage of a musical feline onto various videos of painful, embarrassing,
awkward moments.
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How
to uninstall IncrediMail 05-31-09
Q. I would like to know how
to uninstall IncrediMail. I did not subscribe to this
e-mail service, as I inadvertently clicked on the
IncrediMail icon at the end of an e-mail message I was
reading. If I am able to uninstall IncrediMail, will I
be able to retain the messages that are on the
IncrediMail messages received list?
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Re-rip
music so songs will play on the chopper 05-25-09
Q. I recently purchased a motorcycle
with an MP3 player, and I've been trying unsuccessfully to transfer my music to
the player. I used a flash memory device to copy music from my PC's Windows
Media Player software, but the MP3 player couldn't read it.
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Not
an easy time to pick a computer 05-25-09
If you're shopping for a computer now,
it may feel like purgatory.
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60-second
review: The Palm Pre 06-18-09
Product: The Palm Pre, sold by Sprint
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Palm
Pre: It's almost an iPhone 06-18-09
The new Palm Pre from Sprint is the best
attempt yet to create a phone that is as powerful, elegant and simple to use as
the Apple iPhone.
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iPod
Touch gets touchy about upgrade 06-14-09
Even apparently simple
tech improvements can go awry.
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60-second
review: TomTom Go 740 Live wireless GPS 06-07-09
Product: TomTom Go 740
Live
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iPod
Touch gets touchy about upgrade 06-07-09
Even apparently simple
tech improvements can go awry.
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Palm
faces 'make-or-break' event with launch of the Pre 05-31-09
SAN FRANCISCO - Few businesses rise or
fall on a single product, but Palm Inc. has essentially banked its future as a
company on a small, touch-screen wireless phone set to hit the market in just
two weeks.
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Smart
phones become tiny boom boxes 05-25-09
If you've visited a major city during
the past decade, you've surely seen the people riding the train or walking the
streets with a content but glazed look on their faces, seemingly oblivious to
everything around them.
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Latest
Flip is bigger, but better 05-09-09
Since its debut in 2007, the Flip video
camera has turned millions of people into filmmakers by providing a foolproof
way to shoot videos and upload them to the Web.
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Amazon
expected to lift wraps on large-screen Kindle 05-09-09
SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com is widely
expected to lift the wraps on a new large-screen Kindle device this week, which
could be the first in a line of electronic reading devices geared toward
newspapers and textbooks.
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RingCentral
lets people work in a virtual office 04-22-09
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Andrea Chavez works
for a law firm with nearly 40 other attorneys. But she rarely sees her
colleagues, because Virtual Law Partners isn't based anywhere - it's
everywhere.
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Card
downloads your memories before you forget 04-22-09
If you tend to forget or neglect to move
photo treasures from your digital camera to your computer, an Eye-Fi card
should interest you. This clever photo memory card handles that meddlesome task
for you - and now it does the same for video too.
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Device
can track your stray pet 04-17-09
RALEIGH, N.C. - For owners of lost pets,
the frantic search for Fido does not always end happily.
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iPod
speakers: New offerings cute, compact, colorful 04-10-09
So many iPod speaker systems are
available that finding the "best" could take a year. But you can sort
speaker systems by style or function, so today's theme is cute and portable.
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HD stands
for high demand
If your home is your castle you
probably prefer a night in to a night out. Staying in to catch the
latest DVD release is probably the comfort food of entertainment. Now,
many homes feature a theater room that comes as close as possible to
seeing it on the big screen.
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Wired and waiting
You’re driving home after work on a
dark, freezing, snowy day. So you make a call to your house and tell
it to turn on the driveway defrosters and the outdoor lighting. You go
to bed that night and the house wakes you up in the morning with soft
music, a hot shower waiting and a carafe of steaming coffee in the
breakfast room.
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