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(Credit: Sharon Vaknin/CNET) Spring has sprung, and while your neglected garage might be beckoning, the tech you use in your daily life could also use a little cleaning love. Over the last week, our How To superheroes put together spring cleaning guides for all the tech in your life.
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Dear Lifehacker, I love technology, but in my attempts to keep up to date I feel like I'm in a constant struggle with my home. I've got bad Wi-Fi reception, limited outlets, and despite all of this my power bill is through the roof. How can I make my home more 21st-century tech-friendly?
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Looking at the number of information bits that go into the makeup of a screen only gives a partial picture of how much processing is involved. To get some inkling of the total processing load, we have to talk about a mathematical process called a transform . Transforms are used whenever we change the way we look at something. A picture of a car that moves toward us, for example, uses transforms to make the car appear larger as it moves.
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Tom's Hardware and Que Publishing are partnering up to give you four chapters from Scott Mueller's Upgrading And Repairing PCs, 20th Edition . We're also giving away copies of the book to 10 lucky Tom's Hardware readers. To enter, please fill out the contest form . The first chapter we're making available is from the beginning of Scott's book, covering the development of the PC. From the humble beginnings of mechanical adding machines to today's multi-core processors, we recount the events and innovations that took us where we are today and wrap it up with a convenient timetable showing the complete history of the PC! A physicist named John V.
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70 Things Every Computer Geek Should Know. | Arrow Webzine
The term ‘geek’, once used to label a circus freak, has morphed in meaning over the years. What was once an unusual profession transferred into a word indicating social awkwardness. As time has gone on, the word has yet again morphed to indicate a new type of individual: someone who is obsessive over one (or more) particular subjects, whether it be science, photography, electronics, computers, media, or any other field. A geek is one who isn’t satisfied knowing only the surface facts, but instead has a visceral desire to learn everything possible about a particular subject. A techie geek is usually one who knows a little about everything, and is thus the person family and friends turn to whenever they have a question. If you’re that type of person and are looking for a few extra skills to pick up, or if you’re a newbie aiming to get a handhold on the honor that is geekhood, read on to find out what skills you need to know.LAN 101
Tom's Hardware and Que Publishing are partnering up to give you four chapters from Scott Mueller's Upgrading And Repairing PCs, 20th Edition . We're also giving away copies of the book to 10 lucky Tom's Hardware readers. To enter, please fill out the contest form , and remember that you can only enter once (if you entered when we published Computer History 101 or Hard Drives 101: Magnetic Storage, we already have your entry). This third chapter we're making available from Scott's book covers the basics of a Local Area Network (or LAN). Don't forget to check out the previous chapters published on Tom's Hardware, Computer History 101: The Development Of The PC and Hard Drives 101: Magnetic Storage . In the days to come, we'll also present comprehensive looks at LAN Hardware and Assembly, and Power Supplies.
Tom's Hardware and Que Publishing are partnering up to give you four chapters from Scott Mueller's Upgrading And Repairing PCs, 20th Edition . This forth installment is a continuation of the third chapter we're making available from Scott's book, which covers Local Area Network (LAN) hardware and assembly. Don't forget to check out the previous chapters published on Tom's Hardware, Computer History 101: The Development Of The PC , Hard Drives 101: Magnetic Storage and LAN 101: Networking Basics . In the days to come, we'll also present a comprehensive look at Power Supplies. The choice of a data-link protocol affects the network hardware you choose. Because the various flavors of Ethernet and other data-link protocols use different hardware, you must select the architecture before you can select appropriate hardware, including NICs, cables, and switches.
LAN 102: Network Hardware And Assembly : Hardware Elements Of Your Network
Windows 7: The Top 10 Hidden Features - 1. God Mode - Slideshow from PCMag.com
1. God Mode It may be hyperbolically named, but Windows 7's God Mode is indeed omnipresent. It conveniently puts hundreds of settings from all around the operating system all in one place. To turn on God Mode, create a new folder on your desktop--or anywhere you'd like--and name it: GodMode.How do I… Add Macs To A Windows Workgroup? | TechRepublic
Love 'em or hate 'em, Macs are making a comeback. Apple's OS X has proven to be popular. So, as a result, Macs are again appearing within business workgroups . Fortunately, advances within Apple's OS X operating system simplify connecting Windows XP and Macs on the same network.
Select the checkbox next to the user account that will be used to share files with Windows users, and enter the password for that user and click OK. Give Windows users your computer’s address and the name and password they should use to share files with your computer. Your computer’s address is visible in the Sharing pane. You’ve bought your first Mac, but you are not ready yet to kick your PC to the curb? But how do you use both side by side and share files between them? The simplest way is to network them together and share files from one computer, but you can set them up so you can use shared folders on each of them at the same time.
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I'm sorry for reviving an old thread, but it deals exactly with what my issue is. When I had windows XP, my Mac would automatically detect my windows shared folders. I didn't have to go to Connect to Server and type in my samba address. After having installed Windows 7, my other Windows 7 and my Windows XP machines still automatically detect the shared folders, but as has been stated in this thread, now I have to go to Connect to Server. Does anyone know how this could be made automatic?