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Tip of the Week: Making your documents feel blue
There was a time when the dominant word processing program of the day (Word Perfect) used a blue background with white letters and many contend that it was much easier on the eyes. Today's dominant word processor is Microsoft Word and the default display is a white background with black letters. If you want to relive the Word Perfect days or see if the blue background reduces eye strain, launch Word and click on the Tools menu, the on Options.
Click on the General tab, place a checkmark in the "Blue background, white text" option and click on OK. If you don't like it, go back in and remove the checkmark.
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Headwhack of the Week: Create your own Headwhacks
This week, we wanted to take a break from the usual and let you in on a pretty cool opportunity...create your own headwhack!
What we really mean is that you can create your own error messages if you are the practical joker type by going to Atom Smasher.org's "Make your own error message" generator!
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Geek Speak of the Week: Dodging
Selectively lightening part of a photo with an image editing program. This can be very helpful on under exposed subjects in your pictures or for creating really interesting effects.
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Security: Make sure your Flash player isn't bugged
Older versions of Adobe Flash Player, perhaps the most widely used software in the world, contain known bugs that are being actively exploited online.
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News: Best of the Media Extenders
Media Extenders are a large and varied category of devices that let you stream content to your home theater setup from either your computer's music, video, and photo libraries, or from the Internet. If you think that you might like to converge your digital media with your television, check out PC Magazines review of the Best of the Media Extenders.
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News: How 1993 jump-started the future
1993 was the year that brought us RuPaul, a cross dressing supermodel and classic anthems like "Whoomp...there it is", but fortunately 1993 had an amazing impact on much of what we enjoy in tech today. See how events in 1993 jump-started the future!
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Data Doctors Video on Cnn.com: Remote User basics
If you missed last week's radio show on telecommuting, you can see our quick overview on CNN.com as we discussed the basic ways to setup remote users!
Watch the video and help our rankings on CNN.com! You can watch us live every Saturday morning at 9:30AM Pacific, 12:30PM Eastern or watch the archived versions of our segments whenever you want at CNN.com/video.
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Opinion: Microsoft's Bizarrely Patronizing Anti-Piracy Campaign
Harry McCracken of PC World has an opinion on Microsoft's anti-piracy approach. "I have no sympathy for pirates. Just because I wish a pox on the houses of software thieves doesn't mean I'm an ardent supporter of Microsoft's anti-piracy efforts. Actually, they drive me bonkers."
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Weekly Advice Column: Digital Photo editing alternatives
Want to do more with your digital pictures without having to plunk down $650 for Adobe's full blown Photoshop program?
See our advice on several cheap but still powerful alternatives.
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This Week's Show: Digital Photography Round Table
Summer is right around the corner and summer vacations are when a lot of us use our digital cameras the most.
If you don't use your camera all that much, you probably don't know about all the features that can make your pictures brighter, sharper and clearer. Do you know when to force the camera to use the flash? Do you know the proper distance to be from your human subjects? Do you know what to focus on when you're snapping pictures of a landscape?
We know that many of you are avid digital photographers and know 1,000 times more then we do, so that's why this week's theme is a Round Table!
Listen in and call to share your tips and tricks with everyone!
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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