Shut Down or Sleep

When it's time to leave your computer at the end of the day, what do you do? Do you leave it on, put it into sleep mode, or shut down? In most cases we do what...

Cell Phones on Campus

An Essential Annoyance These days the mobile phone is both an essential part of our apparel and an unending annoyance. They help us keep in touch with our families, our friends, and the office. But...

Money Moving Online

Opportunity Knocks Even though most people today have no problem using their credit cards and services like PayPal to make online purchases, moving money from one person to another online still has a way to go. That...

Data Storage Solutions

No Excuses Today, there's no reason to be caught short with a fried computer and data loss. There are so many available storage options that it's just ridiculous not to have back up copies of everything that's...

Visual Computing

Press a Button It used to be that our computing world was flat, with not much more to it than word processing, spreadsheets, and email, but now our screens are pulsing with life and invoking all our...

No Strings Attached

Goodbye Cable The newest way to connect to the internet is wireless, employing radio waves and microwaves to sustain online interaction between computers. Unlike wired networking, wireless networks, or WiFi, doesn't require copper or fiber optic cabling...

Laptop Trends Choosing Cheap

Not long ago, the market was geared to providing consumers with lavish, expensive and oh-so-thin and lightweight notebooks (laptops). Now, with the dollar in dire straits, everyone's keen on inexpensive netbooks. The term netbook...

Free Online Adult Education

Worth Exploring If you're a single mother on a budget, or interested in finally making the leap to a higher level of education, but without wanting to invest your hard-earned cash, free online adult education is a...