Weekly Newsletter

  • Tip of the Week: Calibrate monitor colors in Windows 7 
  • Headwhack of the Week: A better way to search Craigslist
  • Geek Speak of the Week: Airplane mode
  • Security: Using Facebook & Twitter safely 
  • News: Verizon prepares for iPhone? Don't believe the hype 
  • News: Texas County to Name Drunk Drivers on Twitter
  • Data Doctors Video on Cnn.com: Best Photo Sharing Websites 
  • Opinion: Tech headlines we'll be reading in 2010
  • Weekly Advice Column: Backing up infected files
  • This Week's Show: The Decade in Tech 

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         Poll of the Week:  Which device would you most want to get in 2010?

 

Tip of the Week: Calibrate monitor colors in Windows 7

If making sure that the colors on your computer's display are accurate & you are running Windows 7, you have a new tool to help you.

The Calibrate Color option is buried deep in the Control Panel, but you can launch it very easily by typing dccw from the Start Menu search box. You can adjust gamma, brightness, contrast, and color balance, ensuring that colors are displayed correctly on your screen!

 

Headwhack of the Week: A better way to search Craigslist

Craigslist has been around since 1995 and it looks like it!  The Internet's de facto classified ad website still looks like it is stuckin the late 90's.

It's a wonderful resource, but navigating the outdated user interface is a bit inefficient.  The next time you use Craigslist, try looking at it through the eyes of Craiglook.com; it is substantially more useful

 

Geek Speak of the Week: Airplane mode 

When someone cuts themselves off from the world by not logging on to Facebook, not posting on Twitter or checking their cell phones. Usually occurs after a breakup, during a vacation or during a rough work week.

Security: Using Facebook & Twitter safely

Here's a look at some of the specific threats users of the sites face and what they can do about it.

News: Verizon prepares for iPhone? Don't believe the hype

You've got to love the headline on the Business Week piece that went live last week: "Verizon Wireless Prepares for the iPhone." Talk about enticing readers to click. 

Unfortunately, the piece is not what you expect.

News: Texas County to Name Drunk Drivers on Twitter

If you get busted for drunk driving in Montgomery County, Texas, this holiday season, your neighbors may hear about it on Twitter.


Data Doctors Video on Cnn.com: Best Photo Sharing Websites

During the holidays, we all tend to take lots of pictures and sharing those memories with your family and friends on the Internet has lots of benefits.

Watch this video from last year on what to look for when considering photo sharing websites before you start uploading this year's memories!

Opinion:   Tech headlines we'll be reading in 2010

Lance Ulanoff of PCMag.com thinks "Next year's biggest technology stories could be stranger than fiction."

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Weekly Advice Column: Backing up infected files 

Backing up your precious data files is a critical part of owning a computer, but what happens when you backup files from an infected computer?  Read this week's advice column to get a better understanding of how to deal with this common scenario.

This Week's Show: The Decade in Tech

The last 10 years is being reported as the worst decade for owning stocks by the financial markets, but from the tech perspective, it was clearly one of the best.

When the decade began, Apple was a struggling & insignificant computer maker, Google had no meaningful revenue streams & the much hyped Y2K bug had just passed.

Today, Apple has reinvented itself, Google stock is trading at $600 per share and Social Media sites have dramatically changed how we connect with others.

Listen in as the Data Doctors take a look back at the tech stories that made the last 10 years one of the most interesting in history.

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