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Tip of the Week: Hotkey for System Properties
The "System Properties" in Windows is where you can make changes to many of the utilities that control everything from error reporting, to virtual memory to Remote assistance. You can right-click on the My Computer icon to access it, but only if you can see the My Computer icon. You can open System Properties through the Control Panel, but that is a lot of extra clicks. The next time you need to get to System Properties, simply hold down the Windows Logo button and press the Pause key!
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Headwhack of the Week: How to photograph fireworks
Fireworks are the highlight of the Forth of July celebrations around the country and getting great photos while you are lying on the ground watching the display of pyrotechnics can get pretty difficult. If you are tired of blurry, dull and downright useless photos of those amazing tributes to our great nation, you are not alone!
Equipped with a few photo tips and the right camera, you can take amazing fireworks of your own.
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Geek Speak of the Week: Wii-kend
A weekend devoted to playing on a Nintendo Wii. More of us are taking Wii-kends because of $4+ gas!
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Security: Laptop Bags to help pass air security easier
If you carry a laptop when you travel, you know the hassle of getting the unit out of the laptop bag while you are pulling your shoes off and taking off your jacket, emptying your pockets, etc.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has given the go-ahead for passengers to use newly designed carry-on bags that will let them pass through security without having to take their laptops out for the X-ray inspection.
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News: Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom
Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users' names and IP addresses, to Viacom, which is suing Google for allowing clips of its copyright videos to appear on YouTube, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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News: Tune out co-workers, other noise online!
Do you work in a cube farm next to a host of noisy co-workers that constantly distract you with their noise? If you want to escape by drowning out the environmental, you should learn about the wonders of "white noise".
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NEW FEATURE - MacLife: Weekly tips for Mac users
As more of you become dual operating system users (Windows and MacOS) we figured that we should start including some tips for those of you that have already gone to the dark side...
For that, we tapped our old buddy from the Mac world, Louis from MacMediaInc.com to provide some tidbits in our newsletter and on our radio show.
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Opinion: The Return of Ma Bell
PC Magazine's Sascha Segan laments: "Remember Ma Bell? Well she's coming back and this time she's wireless. With the government asleep at the antitrust wheel, we may be headed for a world where you get two choices for phone and wireless Internet access: Verizon and AT&T."
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Weekly Advice Column: Why isn't the Do Not Call list working?
The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Do Not Call list was supposed to keep those pesky telemarketers from calling us at dinner time, but have you noticed that these calls are slowly creeping back into our lives?
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This Week's Show: Let FREE-dom ring!
As we celebrate the FREEDOM made possible by the events on the 4th of July, 1776, we wanted to make sure we honored this historic day in a technological way.
FREE is the root of FREEDOM, so what better theme than sharing all of the great FREE stuff that is available on the Internet (sorry, that's the best we could do!) The adage that "you get what you pay for" is generally true in technology, but there are a plethora of great free products and services on the Internet that can make your computer life more enjoyable.
Listen-in as we discuss our favorites as well as invite all of you to share your favorite FREE STUFF ON THE INTERNET!
Join us Saturdays from 12:00PM–2:00PM (Pacific) on News 92.3 KTAR or listen LIVE via the Internet at KTAR.com as we discuss your computer questions at: 602.277.5827 or ask your questions during (or before) the broadcast using the ask a question page.
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