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Tired of Your Slow Computer? How to Speed it Up

by Barbara J. Feldman January 21, 2010

Freezing, crashing, shut downs, if you are tired of dealing with a slow computer, now is the time to speed it up. As you use a computer, you will add files to it, delete and add programs, and install a number of cookies on it when you browse the Internet. Without a regular clean-up of [...]

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Can My Camera Get a Virus?

by Barbara J. Feldman December 31, 2008

As with any computer media, it is possible for your camera memory card to get infected with a computer virus if you connect your camera or your memory card to an infected computer at a friend or relative’s house. When you return home, it is then possible to infect your own computer by attaching the [...]

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How to Choose an Anti-Virus Program

by Barbara J. Feldman May 27, 2008

When choosing an anti-virus program for Windows, the independent Virus Bulletin’s testing and review program provides invaluable information about which programs pass muster. The top 100 antivirus programs (along with those that didn’t make it) are found in this VB100 summary ( . To view the test results, you will need to register. Registration is [...]

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Need to Know: Updating Your Computer

by Barbara J. Feldman March 24, 2008

It seems like in today’s society, we are all about the latest and greatest. We are always trying to improve what we already have. We have magazines that tell us what styles are cool. We have commercials that tell us how we should think. We want to be cool and up to date. What can [...]

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Update Your Computer With the Best in Online Safety

by Barbara J. Feldman March 23, 2008

If a father buys his child a brand new sports car, instead of buying his child a forty year old tin can car, what is he expecting? He is expecting the car he purchased to run faster, be more reliable, and last a long time. It’s the same thing when you are getting computer programs [...]

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Update Your Computer with Antivirus Protection

by Barbara J. Feldman March 20, 2008

Computer viruses are nasty things that can do all sorts of damage to your computer. They can destroy RAM, slow connections, and lots of other stuff. Although, they are very harmful, they can be stopped and defeated with anti-virus protection. What is a computer virus? A computer virus is a computer program that can copy [...]

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