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361) Four Ways to Make Your Word File "Slim"
Author:
Evinco Solutions Limited
Category:
Computers
We will talk about some related to your office daily work. Did you encounter the following situation? You want to send an email with a Word file attachment, but the email cannot be send out cause the Word file is too large. And you waste many efforts in making the file slim. You can try the following methods, which can reduce the size a lot.
1. Save as
In Menu, choose "File > Save As", and save the file with a new name. You can compare the new file with original one; you will find that t...
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362) Three Dimensions to Protect your Computer
Author:
Evinco Solutions Limited
Category:
Computers
Step 1 - Strengthen the defense of your computer
- Install Firewalls
"Firewall" is an isolation technology to separate the internal network and the Internet. The firewall carries out some filtering when two networks communicate. It lets the data/person that you "agree" to enter your network, and also block the data/person you "do not agree" from your network. It can prevent they changes, copy, or destroys your material. To ensure the firewall get into work, you must keep it update.
- In...
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363) Network Time Synchronisation Using NTP Servers
Author:
Dave Evans
Category:
Computers
Network Time Protocol, or NTP as it is most commonly known, provides a mechanism to synchronise the time of computer devices and other network infrastructure. The protocol was originally developed for the Linux operating system by Dr D Mills of the University of Delaware. For more than two decades, NTP has provided time synchronisation of critical devices on the Internet making it one of the oldest protocols still in continuous operation. This article provides a brief overview of NTP and som...
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364) The Art of Imitation
Author:
Tricia Morente
Category:
Computers
In a nutshell, an Emulator imitates or copies; it is something that impersonates something else. Technically speaking, it is a simulation of the functions of one system using a different system, so that the second system appears to behave like the first system. An important by-product of modern technology, an emulator gives users the capacity to obtain better control of the product/service it specifically serves.The impact of emulators is most felt in the world of com...
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365) Digital Signage - The Growth and Reach of Narrowcasting Technologies
Author:
Dennis Goddard
Category:
Computers
We've all seen the proliferation of digital signage popping up in retail outlets, department stores and gas stations everywhere. You know, the ubiquitous screens that range in size anywhere from the small display screen right above the gas pump to the big, LCD monitors that overhang the aisles in department stores and big retailers, like Wal-Mart or Sears. Ever increasingly, or so it seems, we see these digital signs running messages outside store doors, in parking lots, office lobbies and...
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366) How To Run Great PC Audio
Author:
Bryan Benson
Category:
Computers
For some people this area is the least important, for others it's everything. Whether you're a hardcore gamer, web surfer or general PC user you can usually get away with using a cheap set of speakers plugged into the motherboard. This provides adequate sound and media that is needed for day to day computing. If you wish to take your audio to the next level, there are a number of ways to go about it. Upgrading the sound from your computer doesn't have to cost a fortune, a simple set of $80 -...
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367) The Joys of CD Duplication
Author:
Matt Murren
Category:
Computers
Today, anyone who is planning to get songs, pictures or other information transferred from disc to disc can take comfort in knowing they can have CD duplication done on their media discs. CD duplication is a process which involves copying data to a blank disc from another disc. If you happen to be using an outside service to do the job, what they will do is take two discs which you provide - an original disc containing the information you want transferred, and a blank disc - and process...
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368) Computers vs. Money
Author:
Aki Horie
Category:
Computers
So, I've been going on different computer forums, and every single day I see at least one post, saying something like "$1500 budget. Need help with Build". So I go in the thread, type out my opinions and personal experiences, some suggestions, and wallah, I try to help them.Now, what bugs me is when there's a thread that says something with an outrageous budget, like "$5000 Budget. Need Build suggestions". So, I go in there, and they have all of these super-expensive computer parts, j...
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369) NTP Security - Authentication and Trusted Time References
Author:
Richard N Williams
Category:
Computers
NTP (Network Time Protocol) synchronises networks to a single time source using timestamps to represent the current time of the day, this is essential for time sensitive transactions and many system applications such as email.NTP is therefore vulnerable to security threats, whether from a malicious hacker who wants to alter the timestamp to commit fraud or a DDoS attack (Distributed Denial of Service - normally caused by malicious malware that floods a server with traffic) that blocks...
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370) How to Run a Network Time Server in Windows XP
Author:
Richard N Williams
Category:
Computers
Time synchronisation in modern computer networks is essential. It not only provides the only frame of reference between all devices, it is critical in everything from securing, planning and debugging a network to providing a time stamp for applications such as data acquisition or email.Microsoft Windows XP has a time synchronisation utility built into the operating system called Windows Time (w32time.exe) which can be configured to operate as a network time server. It can be configure...
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371) How To Permanently Delete Files - The Quick, Dirty, And Correct Way
Author:
John Cao
Category:
Computers
You may or may not know that when you drag items to the trash on your computer, they aren't permanently deleted. Just watch an episode of your favorite CSI show, and you'll see that its possible to recover files that haven't been deleted properly. And while I'm sure you're not guilty of any CSI type crimes (or are you???), I'm sure you want to figure out how to permanently delete your files and keep your private things private -- after all everyone has to have some secrets!<u...
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372) Apple Computer, Incorporated - A Historical Summary
Author:
Steve Jay
Category:
Computers
On April Fool's Day back in 1976, 3 entrepreneurial young guys created Apple Computer, Inc., with the intent to create and distribute truly personal computers. Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne began with a dream of making computers smaller and more available to the public. They built their computers in Jobs' parent's garage & rolled out the Apple I personal computer kit in 1976, the same year they founded Apple. Eventually, 200 of these computers would be sold.Steve Jobs ap...
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373) Shielded 10GbE TP Copper Rescues Trauma Center or Did It? - Why They Should Have Installed Fiber
Author:
Bob Ballard
Category:
Computers
I recently read an article in a major networking magazine announcing that, St. John's Health System, in Springfield, MO was on Hospitals & Health Networks' list of "100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems" for six years in a row. It also stated that this hospital had the never-ending habit of upgraded its UTP network over the years to keep up with technology and bandwidth demand. As we all know and should well remember the 25-year history of building copper cabling systems includes com...
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374) Managed Small Business and End-User Training
Author:
Keith Charles
Category:
Computers
The small business owner and worker of 2008 has been placed at a disadvantage in that they are asked to overcome the steep learning scale for modern office computing. Applications, although becoming more user friendly has become more and more feature rich, thus resulting in unneeded spending, decrease in productivity due to lack of training and in instances I have seen, being sold services that are irrelevant or even non existent. A small business owner I recently worked with was sold a $499...
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375) History of Horology - Sundials to Atomic Clocks
Author:
Richard N Williams
Category:
Computers
Mankind has always been preoccupied with measuring and recording the passage of time. Timekeeping has been essential for the development of civilizations; from knowing when to plant or harvest crops to identifying important events in the year.Time has historically been measured in relation to the movement of the Earth; a day, is one revolution of the planet; while a year is an entire orbit of the Sun. Calendars were developed from as far back as 20,000 years ago when hunter-gatherers...
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376) Timing Is Everything - Ntp And The Importance Of Accurate Network Time Synchronization
Author:
Richard N Williams
Category:
Computers
On occasion we all need to know the time and we have a multitude of different devices to tell us it; from our mobile phones and wrist watches to the office wall clock or the chimes on the radio news.But how accurate are all these clocks and does it matter if they are all telling different times? For our day-to-day business it probably doesn't matter too much if the office wall clock is faster than your wrist-watch your boss probably won't fire you for being a minute late. But in some...
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377) Modernizing Onsite Safety Inspections
Author:
Antonio Ransom
Category:
Computers
Abstract: The sheer number of safety inspections to be performed by a limited pool of trained safety inspectors places a considerable strain on the inspection process, with inspectors spending a significant amount of time on travel and administrative tasks managing inspection data. This paper focuses on a Virginia Tech study describing how modernization of inspection data management with mobile computing can lead to a highly efficient inspection process. The key being that onsite e...
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378) Working With Graphics
Author:
Woei Yu Choo
Category:
Computers
In this day and age, anybody who is anybody has, or has toyed with the idea of having, a Web site. Any good Web site has to have graphics, which is why I am going to delve into the world of Web graphics today.Since the graphics started appearing in Web pages, graphic formats, compared to other various web technologies, really haven't changed much. Despite its short history, however, Web graphics itself is both an art and a science and there are numerous Web sites that devote their who...
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379) Just What The Heck Is Spyware, Anyway?
Author:
Scott Drinkard
Category:
Computers
What Is Spyware?It goes by different names. Spyware, adware and malware are some of the more popular monikers. It really doesn't matter what you call it, though. The bottom line is that you don't want it on your computer.
First of all, let me state for the record that I think the internet is a wonderful thing. I think a majority of people would agree that the World Wide Web has made life for all of us a little more convenient. Whether it's reserving a hotel room, buying music online,...
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380) Defrag Your HDD! (It's Not As Painful As It Sounds)
Author:
Scott Drinkard
Category:
Computers
One of the easiest ways to boost overall performance from your PC is to do regular hard disk maintenance. It's not glamorous or even exciting, as a matter of fact, it's downright boring. However it is relatively painless and easy to do. In this article, I want to discuss defragmenting your hard drive. I'll give you a moment to finish yawning before continuing.....OK feel better now? Let's get to it. Most PC users, even a lot of beginners, know about the defrag utility built into Windows. Som...
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