Hate it or love it, Windows Vista is here to stay.
From the day it hit the shelves, Windows Vista has had a bad reputation, and for good reason. For the longest time, it didn’t work with a lot of hardware and software. I switched back to XP when some of my hardware wouldn’t work with Vista. Its release proved what consumers are willing to put up with in terms of software.
The most desired phone on the market is the iPhone, even though it’s one of the most expensive. It started off as a toy for geeks, but with improvements, and third party applications now available, it is growing in popularity, and for good reason, it’s actually easy to use.
With more people, especially the younger crowd, turning to the internet for most of their education and information needs, some may wonder if choosing to listen online is hurting local radio.
It seems local stations providing online audio streams isn’t hurting local listenership at all, in fact, it’s helped boost it to unprecedented levels.
Most people use Internet Explorer, which is built into the Windows operating system, to surf the internet, but there is a better and more secure choice, Mozilla Firefox, and it’s gaining in popularity, and the best part is that Firefox, like many web browsers, is completely free.
A virus, among other threats, can easily infect computers if solid home network isn’t secured. Not having some form of security leaves the door wide open for threats to enter a computer, and creates a large hassle that can easily be avoided with minor effort.
We have been using Microsoft Office over 15 years, some of us even longer. Very few of us question why, even though it slows down our computers and the majority of us only use about 10 per cent of the available features, even though we pay for them all. Maybe it’s time we take a look at what else is out there.
You may receive a new credit card in the mail to replace the one you have. It will require an extra layer of authentication, and it will be more secure and help prevent fraud, thanks to the technology built into them.
The same technology has been in use in Europe, specifically France, for nearly two decades, further encouraging Canada to follow suit.
The truth is, you can have all the security software in the world, but if you don’t follow safe computing practices, your computer will be at risk regardless of what software you use to secure it.
Contrary to popular belief, over-the-air television signals, otherwise known as ‘analog’ signals, will not suddenly stop broadcasting on February 17, 2009 in Canada. In fact, it’s looking like it won’t even happen in the United States for a while.
You may have seen it being talked about or used on CBC or CNN, or as a blue icon or bird logo on many popular websites or blogs. If you’re not tech-savvy, you likely just ignored it, thinking of it as just another tool on the internet, which it is, but it’s one of the more useful tools, and it’s seriously worth taking a look at.
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