Number 315 - August 2009

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Beginners    In Before Computers--The Tab Card Epoch the author Charles Bovaird of the Danbury Computer Society takes us back to the days when alot of "computing" involved sorting, colating and tabulating data--often financial transactions using machine that manipulated 80 column punch cards. Remember?    In Computer & Internet Tips and Tricks by Gregory Westof the Sarnia Computer Group presents several short items for your edification. Communications    In Drive-by Infections by Brian Lewis of the Sarasota Personal Computer User Group points out that while virus protection software cab protect against malware that tries to Push its way into your computer, other malware from which you generally are not protected cam Pull malware into your computer. There's more. Read it and learn.    In Performing Better Searches the author reminds us of several use ful techniques to expand or limit our onl-ne searches./ This is becoming more and more important as the Internet expands and some of the searches seem to yield less and less accuracy. Check out the article. There may be some key features thet you have forgotten--or never knew.	General Interest    In How To Send An Email Message to Any Cell Phone the authordiscusses sending e-mails with your cell phone. He also shows the addresses of cell phones using nine different cell phone companies. Hardware    In Are You Considering a Notebook? author Vinnie LaBash discusses this new type of computer that does not have a very large hard drive and other features on regular computers but does what Brian Lewis wrote about in last October's issue, namely Cloud Computing. That is most files are kept at off-line locations, not on your computer, so the need for large storage capacity goes away. It does if you want to operate that way, that is. Here Vinnie discusse the features of computers designed with Cloud Computing in mind.    In The Myth of Width: When Wide Screens Don't Work the author provides another viewpoint stating: "For most people the world of work is in the portrait mode.." He agrees that the wide screen is great for displaying landscapes and such, but not for every day work. Take a look and see if you agree.
Number 315 - August 2009