June 26th, 2010

When it comes to upgrading Ubuntu, people often question what are the differences. Furthermore, people often will question if it is worth upgrading.
Fortunately, I will explain the differences for those that are curious.
When it comes to installing packages, going online and downloading the latest and greatest program such as [...] Continue Reading…
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June 11th, 2010

When a document gets sent to the Samsung CLP-315 printer, it is no longer in the printer queue. Therefore, canceling the job while it is being printed is not possible that way.
The only way to cancel a print job is to:
pull out the paper tray.
wait til the printer [...] Continue Reading…
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June 10th, 2010

Using Firefox, I have seen an odd printing problem. When I print an article on the Internet, the 1 page article stretches out to 4 pages or more. I have to put 2 pages on top and two pages on the bottom to read the article. Therefore, I had [...] Continue Reading…
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June 1st, 2010

When people purchase a computer, there are some people out there that do not understand why desktops are always faster. Therefore, I will explain.
When a person buys a car, it always has a radiator. The radiator’s purpose is to keep the engine from overheating. The Bugatti Veyron has 10 [...] Continue Reading…
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May 28th, 2010

I still remember the days when I would connect to BBS boards using my 2400 baud modem to play games and talk to other people. I also remember seeing billboards many years later with a new word that I did not understand. Well those days are long gone. All [...] Continue Reading…
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May 15th, 2010

For the ones who want to know what is the best way to overclock a computer, I provide a video courtesy of Youtube and the user AMDUnprocessed.
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May 15th, 2010

Being around since the dark ages of black and white(monochrome) computer monitors, I know quite a bit about computer hardware. Therefore, AMD’s Vision does not appeal to me. Although, when it comes to people who know little and/or do not care about the hardware, AMD’s Vision makes sense.
Many people [...] Continue Reading…
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May 11th, 2010

Updated on July 30, 2010 with Intel I3, I5, I7 CPU’s which will also be Sandy Bridge
Updated with AMD Fusion CPU code-named Ontario APU
When I first read the article on this CPU/Video card combination, I was skeptical. A video card and the CPU on the same chip? When I [...] Continue Reading…
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May 8th, 2010

As fascinating as it may seem, computers are becoming the tool of choice for many. For example, in order to buy premium domain names that have expired, one can create a program that will try to purchase the domain name at the exact moment that it expires. For example, [...] Continue Reading…
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May 5th, 2010

Some free webspaces can support PHP. Unfortunately, there are very few that support a database. Therefore, there are 2 options available for those who would like to host a blog, wiki, and/or other CMS on a webspace that has PHP but no database support.
Look for CMS’s that use SQLite. [...] Continue Reading…
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