Mac viruses up 75% over past 2 years

While reading through the news from last week, I came across this story at CNN about the increase in the number of viruses in Macs this year. The story gives most of it's attention to a story from last week about a PC viruses that was found on very few iPods (less than 1 percent). Reading a little further down, I saw this little gem: "Oliver Friedrichs, director of security response at Symantec, a leading anti-virus...

Know your Internet options

Picking out an Internet provider in the good ol' days of the Internet was easy. All you had to do was pick a company that wasn't owned by AOL and you'd be OK. Today the choice is much tougher because you must choose between dial-up and broadband. And if you choose broadband, you must choose which type of broadband is best for you. Here is a handy guide to help you decide. Dial-up – Dial-up Internet the...

The no porn approach to computer maintenance

There are many things that can slow a computer down, but nothing does more to negatively impact the performance of a computer more than spyware. Even many viruses run undetected, but almost all spyware prevents a system from running at top speed. Spyware comes from a variety of places, but there are three types of web browsing that will guarantee that you accumulate some of the worst forms of spyware. Online gambling sites:...

Walking stick and Tripod

                              A long time of customer of mine had this walking-hiking stick/camera tripod and I thought it was a great idea. I snapped a photo of the flyer with my Treo 650 so that I could remember the what it was and where to find it. This shows just one of the many hundreds of uses a Palm Treo 650 has. For a better photo than my Treo...

Norton causes problems…blah,blah,blah

This is going to be a short one because I have to get to the digital photography user group soon. I just wanted everyone to know that I saw two computers with exactly the same problem today. They were connected to the Internet, but couldn’t view the Internet. In other words, they could get windows updates and use programs like Yahoo! Messenger, but they couldn’t view web pages. Here’s what I did to fix the...

MSCONFIG: These items are unneccessary

We talk about the Microsoft Configuration Utility (msconfig) so much, that we have a t-shirt available for it in our store. Msconfig is accessed by: Click Start Click Run Type:   msconfig Click OK Once in the utility, you want to click the "Startup" tab. Here is a list of some the programs that can be safely unchecked. After doing so, click OK, and restart the computer as instructed and your computer...

Three Must Have Digital Photo Gadgets

It wasn’t long after I bought my first computer that my wife noticed an unspoken truth about technology – gadgets yield more gadgets. When you buy a computer, you also need a printer, monitor, scanner, power supply, software, digital cameras, etc., etc. While there are a few extras that you need when it comes to digital photography if you get the right accessories right from the start you will likely not need to...

External hard drives need USB 2.0

A few years ago the speed of USB ports moved from roughly 12mbps to 480mbps. In order to get the new speed, you much have USB 2.0 ports. USB 2.0 comes standard on all computers on the shelf today, but if your computer is three years old or older, you may need to add USB 2.0 ports to your computer if you are running a high speed device. Important devices to run on USB 2.0 ports are MP3 playes – like the iPod, external...

Digital Camera Mini Lab

Digital Camera Mini-Lab Important Camera Features The zoom lens: The zoom lens does much more than just bring the subject closer. It can also compress the photo, bringing the subject and background closer together. -NOTE: This effect does not work with digital zoom. Macro Lens: This feature, found on most cameras, allows the photographer to take extremely close-up shots. Some cameras have a macro that works fractions of an...

Learn about Your Favorite Hobby or Share your Expe...

With over a half billion people online worldwide and growing by more than one hundred million annually, the Internet is a great place to congregate and discuss hobbies, politics, sports and more. Are you interested in Model A Ford restoration, raising cockatoos, RV traveling, cross breeding tulips, or programming Access? These and thousands of other topics are freely available for discussion on the Internet. In the beginning,...

Digital Cameras

The Photo Marketing Association show was last week in Orlando, Florida and there were dozens of new cameras announced for the consumer level. If you have been putting off purchasing a new camera because you wanted to wait for the latest models, now is the time to consider making that purchase. This is also a great time to buy the older models at a closeout price. Here are the important features that you want to look...