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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Faster, Safer Surfing with OpenDNS

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Even with a high-speed Internet connection, you might find that getting to certain Web sites takes a lot longer than you want it to. There are a lot of reasons for this, but one of the bottlenecks is the DNS server that your Internet service provider runs.

You can get around this bottleneck, though, by using a Web-based service called OpenDNS.

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Sunday, January 04, 2009

Tech Tips 2008 - The Year in Review

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The beginning of a new year always presents us with a perfect opportunity to reflect on the year that has passed and look forward to the year ahead, make plans (call them resolutions if you must), and set goals.

As always, a year is a long time in the tech world, and a lot of things happened in 2008. Our own little corner of it (Tech Tips) is no exception. In this issue of Tech Tips, we’ll take a look back at some of the articles we brought you in 2008.

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

So You Want To Be a Tech “Insider”

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First and foremost, you need a good foundation. For myself, for some disturbing reason only my subconscious can answer, I have a deep and unabated interest in all things electric – but particularly computers. More than likely, if you’re reading this Tech Tip, you probably have such an interest too. If you are looking for something that’ll give you a good background in computer components, I’d recommend the book Upgrading and Repairing PCs by Scott Mueller (QUE Publishing).

You’ll learn more than you ever wanted to about the ins and outs of computers and how they and their components work. You’ll also pick up many of the building blocks needed to catapult you into computer stardom. You can pick up a book directly from the publisher or, of course from Amazon. For those of you who want to try before you buy, you can take a look at portions of the 15th edition of the book (it is up to the 18th edition now) on Google Books Search.

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Sunday, July 20, 2008

3G – Hype or Hot?

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Recently, the word fanboy was added to the official Merriam Webster dictionary as one of the new words for 2008.  A fanboy is defined by Merriam Webster’s as “a boy who is an enthusiastic devotee (as of comics or movies)” or of cell phones for that matter.  Conversely, there is the word hater - a hater is, according to dictionary.com, someone who has an “intense dislike or aversion toward something”.  Why bring these up in a Tech Tip about 3G cell phone technology?  One word: iPhone. The cell phone world was pretty set with its proponents and opponents to a particular carrier or even technology – but it was the Apple iPhone which seemed to propel the cell phone world into the land of the fanboys and haters. With so much fanfare about the recent launch of the second generation iPhone, we thought it would be appropriate to try to clear up some of the muck.  What exactly is 3G? Also, just what is all this GSM and CDMA stuff anyway?  Finally, does it all really matter?

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