tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648832011-11-23T16:15:40.969-05:00Dave's Computer World BLOGComputing news, editorial rants, new product info, items about computing, servers, networks, web sites. Join us here at our BLOG and see what's up!Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161463174137740332noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-19892384343031173392011-02-24T14:40:00.005-05:002011-02-24T15:08:26.323-05:00Need Your Data at Home, Office, Smartphone? Try Dropbox!By Ben MusallDropbox is a very useful tool that allows users to share data between multiple computers and mobile devices that can connect to the Internet. What's really cool about it is that the devices you want to share data with do not have to be on the same Local Area Network but can be anywhere in the world as long as the device has bmusallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835104169206828392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-54253227974229377132011-02-23T11:13:00.006-05:002011-02-23T11:55:36.397-05:00Microsoft getting serious about mobile (Finally!)by Ben MusallI am really excited about Microsoft's announcement regarding porting the next version of Windows to mobile processors. Your next phone, mp3 player, or "Tablet" may run a FULL version of Windows. Laptop computers will probably benefit from this as well meaning that battery life will drastically improve, maybe even all the way to 75 orbmusallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835104169206828392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-44221666551461235392011-02-10T10:03:00.001-05:002011-02-10T10:05:10.711-05:00Got Time to Save the Planet? by Dave Alm You're going to love this -- you save a heap of money AND do some good for the planet at the same time. Go to the bottom of our web page and click on the small green button that says "CO2 Saver".  This takes you to the CO2 Saver main page. Once there, click on the Install Now button. This will download this nice little program for. When you run it it Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161463174137740332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-49960771522750644312010-07-16T02:21:00.003-04:002011-02-10T09:41:13.759-05:00Microsoft Tries to Push Bing on Everybody by Dave Alm Bing is Microsoft's attempt to get in on the search engine business. It is terrible, especially compared with Google. (You can test sample Google searches against Bing searches at http://www.bing-vs-google.com/ if you don't believe me. It will open your eyes.) While there is nothing wrong with making a terrible product, what Microsoft has Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161463174137740332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-66091454067393956422010-06-07T17:35:00.001-04:002010-06-07T17:40:30.458-04:00Twelve Suggestions for Avoiding Malwareby Dave Alm 1. Avoid sites and discard e-mails offering anything “free” – i.e.: free games, free tunes, free wallpaper, free ringtones, etc. 2. Don’t unsubscribe to e-mails, unless it is a known. 3. Don’t use file-sharing services like Kazaa, gnutella, limewire, etc. 4. Run your anti-malware program weekly or any time you suspect you have a problem. 5. Don’Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161463174137740332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-84534822217644341902010-04-15T02:35:00.004-04:002011-02-10T09:42:43.186-05:00Marketing in Madison, Indiana by Dave Alm John Wanamaker said, " Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half." I just attended an excellent workshop on marketing at the City Hall in Madison, Indiana, down on the Ohio River. The workshop was led by Lisa Sirkin Vielee, owner of Gracie Communications, who works or has worked for The Childrens Museum of Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161463174137740332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-83771563571555051022009-10-04T22:19:00.010-04:002011-02-10T09:42:28.734-05:00Google Voice -- I Like It! by Dave Alm Google Voice is a new gizmo from the Google gang. It integrates all of your various telephones under one new phone number and adds a lot of very nifty features. It has a waiting list. I signed up for it over a month ago and just received an invition to join yesterday. What I most like about it so far is two things. First my family and friends and Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161463174137740332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-37266608078316670252009-09-21T18:50:00.006-04:002011-02-10T09:42:57.334-05:00The Sweet Little Intel Atom by Dave Alm Super efficient, cost effective, cute! The new Intel Atoms come on a 6.75" square motherboard, also made by Intel. With their low power consumption, an amazing eight watts(!), they are very economical, very green. The new N330 Dual-Core Atoms make for a zippy-feeling computer that is up to most office workstation needs. The small size of the motherboard Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161463174137740332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-22026324687260495772009-08-26T11:48:00.006-04:002011-02-10T09:43:13.911-05:00Dead Camera Memory Card, Flash or Thumb Drive? by Dave Alm Ever had a camera card stop working with all of your vacation pictures, birthday pictures, family reunion pictures on it? Urgh! Those little camera cards we trust with all of our memories often get clobbered, either from physical damage we can see, moisture, static electricity. At Dave's Computer World we have got in a new solution that Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161463174137740332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-65128116390948414632009-08-26T11:35:00.004-04:002011-02-10T09:43:42.904-05:00Intel’s New Core i7 Rocks!by Dave Alm Intel’s newest chip is the Core i7 and it is smoking FAST! These are around five times faster than the average dual core processor most people now have. If you do anything that requires real speed, take a serious look at this new speed demon. The i7 is a quad-core desktop processor with hyper-threading. This means it has four brains inside of the main Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161463174137740332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-31253227852617300232009-05-09T15:16:00.011-04:002011-02-10T09:45:35.241-05:00Sneaky Password Crooks from .HK! by Dave Alm One of our friends just sent me a copy of an email he'd just received and I thought I would pass it along because it looks very plausable. Here is how it read: Your Account Expires in 2 Day(s) The Help desk Program that periodically checks the size of your e-mail space is sending you this information. The program runs weekly to ensure your inbox does Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161463174137740332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-53000714698902646862009-05-07T10:18:00.004-04:002011-02-10T09:46:13.247-05:00With such a bad taste left in my mouth from Vista... by Ben Musall I'm kind of embarrassed to say I am starting to like Windows 7. The new "Start" bar on the bottom with its new way of handling open applications seems useful. It also seems faster than Windows XP - A SHOCKER. I guess something I am going to have to do is put it on older hardware (see vitals in previous post) such as a P4 bmusallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835104169206828392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-78028968712164973072009-05-06T16:50:00.009-04:002011-02-10T09:47:15.310-05:00Windows 7 Beta seems to be worlds better than Vista.  by Dave Alm  Admittedly I have only installed and used Windows 7 for about an hour - but so far it seems faster and more stable than Vista has ever been. I'll be updating this in the coming days and weeks as I have more experience. Test System Vitals: AMD 6000+ Dual-Core Processor Asus Motherboard Onboard Nvidia Geforce 6150 Graphics 3GB bmusallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835104169206828392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-74001510997346184302009-04-22T01:02:00.008-04:002011-02-10T09:47:46.395-05:00Help! My hard drive just died!!! by Dave Alm Your hard drive just failed! You have lost everything! Every vital data file is gone or totally scrambled -- all of your computer work for over five years GONE!What will you do? Will your business even survive? This is some serious pain you want to avoid. You need to have your computer up and running. You couldn’t bear to lose your bookkeeping Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161463174137740332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-15115700431034806202009-04-03T22:19:00.006-04:002011-02-10T09:48:11.580-05:00I have to tell you about the MAGIC JACK! by Dave Alm After seeing all the ads on TV for the last six months for a product called "Magic Jack'" I couldn't resist. I had to see if the thing really worked. I visited my local Walmart and found them in the special As-Seen-On-TV section of the store. The price was 39.95, though they advertise at 19.95 on TV. I later found out the price includes the Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161463174137740332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464883.post-14649262000-11-25T21:41:00.004-05:002011-02-10T09:49:03.787-05:00New DCW Techie Cam Be sure and check out the new Dave's Computer World Techie Cam. It is a web cam located in the shop at Dave's and it's turned on every day during business hours. It refreshes every fifteen seconds, so there is almost always something new happening. Open it in a little window on you desktop and check it out from time to time. See what we're up to -- sometimes Bosco our shop catDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161463174137740332noreply@blogger.com