In most cases, a high-speed Internet provider will need to install a modem in your home to provide access to their high-speed network. Typically, just one modem is installed per home as one modem meets the networking needs of most customers. Some customers do choose to add an additional modem to their account. Writer Bio
Hewlett-Packard is one of the world’s largest producers of computers and computer components, including laptops. But even with the cutting-edge technology and high performance of today’s laptops, it usually becomes necessary to replace the hard drive. Understanding the “whys” and “hows” of replacing an HP laptop hard drive can make this upgrade a no-brainer. Replacing a laptop’s hard drive will improve performance in two ways: First, a larger hard drive will allow for the storage of more documents, programs and other information on your laptop....
Podcasts are audio recordings that have been made in or converted into a digital format. They are intended to be downloaded from the Internet and played either through your computer, a mobile device or a personal media player. Podcasts are typically talk shows, but may also contain music. Podcasts containing images or video are often called vodcasts. Podcasts can be entertaining, informative and convenient; however, they don’t have all the advantages of the traditional radio broadcasts they’re based on....
Over the last few years, many cell phones have become available that allow users to access the internet while on the move. This mobile internet is enabled via technology, such as WiFi (Wireless Local Area Network) and WAP (Wireless Access Protocol). Recent figures from analysts at the Internet Data Center suggest that some 450 million people in the world use mobile internet. Writer Bio
In its early days, the Web was largely text-based. As Internet connections have improved and computers have become more powerful, it’s now rare to find a Web page without a selection of images, video, or audio files included. Using multimedia in this way has its advantages and disadvantages, which should be weighed carefully when deciding how to structure your own site.
When choosing between big and small speakers, there are a discernible number of pros and cons. Affordability, convenience, and performance are taken into account in the presentation of whether big or small speakers are better. Those in the market for speakers will find a number of drawbacks to either choice, which must be recognized for the potential consumer. Writer Bio
Credit card terminals provide the ability to make charges to credit cards. In order to use a credit card terminal you first need to have a Merchant Account that identifies you as an authorized charger and provides a way for the credit card use fees to be charged. Some providers charge a flat fee while others charge a percentage of the sales. You can connect a terminal to a mobile phone through Bluetooth, hardware add-ons or by using a virtual terminal....
Staying in touch has never been easier now that most people carry mobile phones wherever they go. No matter where they are, your friends, family, colleagues and others are never farther than a phone call or a text message away. When it comes to texting, however, many people still use ordinary cell phones that don’t have the sophisticated abilities of smartphones. If you want to forward an email to an ordinary cell phone as a text message, be considerate of the phone’s technical limitations to keeps things hassle-free for the recipient....
Adobe offers several versions of Photoshop designed specifically for iOS devices, including the iPad. Provided you have an up-to-date iPad, you can download and install an official Adobe Photoshop app directly on your device using the App Store application. If possible, connect to a Wi-Fi network whenever you download large apps. This way you avoid consuming too much of your monthly data transfer quota if your iPad has cellular capabilities....
Updated September 01, 2017 Craigslist Craigslist doesn’t provide any program or application for you to track your Craigslist ads. Basically, all that you can do after you post your ad is edit, renew, repost or delete it. Furthermore, Craigslist doesn’t rank ads by popularity. So where your ad is placed relative to other ads on Craigslist isn’t an indication of how many times it’s been viewed. Rather, ads are time-based....
The term “MP3 player” is somewhat deceptive and causes some consumers to believe that the device plays MP3 files exclusively. In fact, these players can play multiple formats of music files and may offer additional functionality such as video playback. Because multiple audio file formats are usually supported, you must determine which format best suits your needs. Writer Bio
Many tasks that you perform on a computer, such as creating documents, can also be performed on mobile devices and tablets such as Apple’s iPad. The iPad in particular has options that make it possible for you to type and edit a paper directly on the iPad. Whether you need to create simple text documents or more complex ones with graphs and images, you can accomplish this on your iPad....
The Daewoo DSL 801 is a skid-steer loader built by Daewoo’s Machinery and Commercial Vehicle Team. Skid-steer loaders are small, powerful and agile vehicles used to load materials on construction sites and factories throughout the world. They are especially useful in areas where space to maneuver a vehicle is an issue. For instance, the Daewoo DSL 801 would be useful to dig a basement under an already constructed house where larger loaders would not fit....
The AVR-1800 was a basic five-channel audio receiver introduced by Denon in 1999. It was replaced by the 1801 model in 2000. The receiver can put out 75 watts per channel and has basic video connections (composite), plus digital connections for TOSLINK and S/PDIF inputs. For audio, in addition to standard left/right analog audio connections, the AVR-1800 has two TOSLINK optical connections and one S/PDIF digital connection. Use the S/PDIF for the DVD and the TOSLINK for your HD cable or satellite box....
The data transfer speeds you can expect from your router are largely dictated by the type of connection running between it and your computer. Both Ethernet and Wi-Fi comprise a range of data transfer standards, meaning that two similar-looking routers may transfer at markedly different speeds. In addition, speed differences between LAN and WAN technologies may result in internal traffic running faster than Internet traffic from the same device. Writer Bio
Open the Tumblr website and log in to your Dashboard. Click the gear icon, and then click the “Edit Theme” button. Click the “Edit HTML” link to open your Tumblr theme’s HTML code. Search for the “{block:Photo}” tag in the HTML code. To make it easier to find, press “Ctrl-F” to open the Find function, and then enter “{block:Photo}” (without quotes) into the search box. Delete “{Caption}” between the “{block:Photo}” and “{/block:Photo}” tags....
Junk mail, spam e-mails and telemarketers–these are unfortunate nuisances in the information age. Nobody likes to be interrupted in the middle of their evening dinner by a phone call only to find that it’s someone trying to get you to upgrade your long distance plan. If you have a Mediacom phone plan it’s easy to block these calls. Writer Bio
Ami Pro was a popular word processing program in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was the predecessor to the Lotus Word Pro application, which was a major competitor of Microsoft Word until the early 2000s. Microsoft Word has since become the dominant word-processing application for Windows users. If you have Ami Pro, you can convert the files for use in Word by saving the document in the Rich Text Format (....
As an inducement for people to buy their Office software product, Microsoft offers a free trial for a limited time period. During that time the product has full functionality, but at the end of the trial it will only work with a reduced set of capabilities. The trial is available on a CD, by download of the software from Microsoft’s website or it may have been pre-installed by the supplier of a new computer system....
Updated February 09, 2017 Shut Down Shut down your computer completely. Do not make it hibernate or reset. You need a fresh startup to enter the BIOS settings. Waiting Period Wait about 10 or 15 seconds after shutdown to allow the computer to become completely dormant. Rebooting Turn the computer back on and immediately begin pressing the “Delete” button on your keyboard at regular intervals (every two seconds). Eventually the BIOS settings appear....
