Full living color!

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Full living color!

1 Comment 20 August 2010

One thing I failed to reference in my previous column was printing pictures from your digital photo images. Some of us want pictures that we can hold in our hands or even place in scrapbooks. Unless you are in a hurry for a pic or two, let the pros do the printing. Professional photo services [...]

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Save, organize your pics

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Save, organize your pics

2 Comments 06 August 2010

So now you’ve taken your digital pictures! What next? Last week we talked about the mechanics and artistry of taking pictures. Oh, didn’t I mention the art of? Well there is an art to taking good pics, but this week we’ll focus on what to do with the pics once the images are captured in [...]

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Set it on auto – and shoot!

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Set it on auto – and shoot!

No Comments 23 July 2010

Last week, we talked about choosing a digital camera and I assume you all have one now. This week we’ll look at the mechanics of taking pictures with your new digital toy. First set up your camera with the correct date and time. This may be the one time you’ll have to read that little [...]

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Choosing a camera

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Choosing a camera

No Comments 14 July 2010

Let’s continue this week with our study of that technological elephant, Digital Photography (DP). I want to examine some of the hardware issues and give you some tips about choosing a digital camera. First of all, how important is the camera in relation to its operator? If I buy myself a $5,000 violin, does that [...]

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What’s a pixel?

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What’s a pixel?

No Comments 09 July 2010

After questions about PCs and speed the most frequent queries I get concern pictures or some aspect of Digital Photography (DP). Many of them start this way: “I just want to know how to …” It is the expectation of the asker that a good teacher could answer that question with clarity in 25 words [...]

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Viruses and speed

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Viruses and speed

No Comments 02 July 2010

This week concludes my four-part series about things that commonly affect the speed and overall performance of your PC. In order to maintain your machines at optimum condition, you must monitor all of these issues; but the topic covered today can often have dramatic consequences to the point of shutting you down or shutting you [...]

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House cleaning for speed

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House cleaning for speed

No Comments 25 June 2010

Housecleaning is the focus of this third in this series about speeding up your PC. To optimize your PC’s performance, you should clean your browser, your startup folder, your files (includes your documents, music and pictures), your programs and your desktop. These five areas can become clogged and slow you down.

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Update for speed!

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Update for speed!

1 Comment 17 June 2010

Continuing with our series about PC speed/security, this week we turn to updates and how they can affect both performance and security. The two most important kinds of updates for your PC are for your Operating System (OS) and for your antivirus program(s).

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Speed secrets

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Speed secrets

No Comments 11 June 2010

Almost two thirds of the questions I get from readers and clients concern speed or security or both. Interestingly the two are related. Too little security can allow infection of your PC with unwanted malware that tends to slow down your system. On the other hand, too much security can of itself slow down your [...]

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Is Facebook safe?

No Comments 03 June 2010

Are you afraid of Facebook? You’re not alone; the recent tech news has been full of concerns about privacy issues with the world’s largest social networking platform. Horror stories abound! The fact that Facebook has about 400 million current users is testimony to the notion that we want to share stuff with others; but how [...]

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