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I have put together a lot of information from various sources, to help you find answers to the problems some users have with Windows XP. I have also put together some commonly requested tweaks and tips to make XP work the way you want it to. Kelly Theriot Microsoft-MVP This site has some great information! …
From the New York Times: For Internet companies doing business in China, a piece of a booming market has not come without compromises. A series of episodes showing that the companies were bending to the restrictive demands of Beijing — filtering words like “democracy” or “human rights” from Chinese versions of a blog product, or …
From CNet News: A federal judge criticized Microsoft on Tuesday for what she called “foot-dragging” in regard to the company’s compliance with an antitrust settlement. At a quarterly status conference about the compliance mandates, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly echoed the U.S. Department of Justice’s latest concerns that the software giant isn’t moving fast enough …
From Wired News: “Don’t work too hard,” wrote a colleague in an e-mail today. Was she sincere or sarcastic? I think I know (sarcastic), but I’m probably wrong. According to recent research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, I’ve only a 50-50 chance of ascertaining the tone of any e-mail message. The …
From TechRepublic: Everyone has to search for a file now and then, either on a local system or on a shared network. Windows 2000 Pro provides a reasonably good search feature within the user interface, but sometimes it is easier to search from a command console. To help you accomplish these command-line searches, you can …
From TBO.com: Tiny silicon chips were embedded into two workers who volunteered to help test the tagging technology at a surveillance equipment company, an official said Monday. The Mexico attorney general’s office implanted the so-called RFIDs – for radio frequency identification chips – in some employees in 2004 to restrict access to secure areas. Implanting …
From PC World: People in the U.S. use the Internet for more everyday research than any other medium, a fact proven by the 55 percent year-on-year surge in online searches in December, according to market researcher Nielsen/NetRatings. And Google remained the most popular place for Americans to search cyberspace in December. The number of online …
From the New York Times: As digital electronics have invaded Toyland, putting video projectors and cellphones into the hands of 7- year-olds, companies that cater to preschoolers have deliberately sat on the sidelines, determined to hold up the wall between adult technology and children’s play. But the wall is about to come crashing down. At …
Chris is off on vacation this week, so I’ve chosen 5 of his tips that have been very popular. You can read those tips by clicking the links below, or you can view the entire Digital Photography Tips category on the PCIN.net Update blog. Shooting at Night, Part 2 Shooting At Night, Part 1 Curves …
I recently had someone email me asking for help with the built-in Windows XP encryption options. This lets you encrypt a file so that only you as the logged in user can see it. Another user, including an administrator, can’t read the file. The Encrypted File System (EFS) is not available in Windows XP Home. …