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Overcome the Limitations of Email Attachments with Box.net
Have you ever had a relative, customer or vendor ask, “Can’t you just email that to me?” Of course. You can email anything, right? Wrong. Attaching images and other files to emails has its limits, and when you exceed those limits, your recipient gets nothing. For those times when you need to share large files like graphics, photos, videos and presentation slides faster than you can format, burn and deliver a CD/DVD, be prepared with a more flexible and forgiving option: Box.net. Most email providers put limits on the size of email file attachments. Even Gmail, seemingly the most generous… Continue reading...
Get Great Google Search Results
When the World Wide Web is at your fingertips, search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and others are imperative for finding and organizing all that information. Each search engine works a little bit differently depending on how it indexes web pages, which is why the exact same search on different engines may yield slightly different results. As a fast growing company, Google has become a lot of things to a lot of people-actually, more than 128 million people-but it still excels at its original mission to provide users with quick and effective Internet search results. The intuitiveness of Google searches… Continue reading...
One Click, Two Clicks; Right Click, Left Click
For noobies, a mouse is usually the easiest way to navigate windows, programs, web sites, email and other computer applications. And, with an understanding of where, when, what, why and how to use your mouse, you’ll spend less time and energy getting the results you want from your clicks. The descriptions below assume default settings on a basic PC mouse for a right handed person. Keep in mind that there are options available for customizing settings on a mouse so it works differently than described here. You also can get a mouse with additional, programmable buttons. And, finally, if you… Continue reading...
When Your Life is on Your Computer, You Better Back it Up
Close your eyes for a minute (after you read this sentence) and think about everything that is on your computer right now. Chances are good that you rely on your computer for everything from simple, everyday tasks to mission-critical functions. Now, imagine that all your files have suddenly disappeared—all your photos, your financial records, your business-related documents. What else will you lose? With so much precious data in one place, it’s imperative to create backup files; however, it’s estimated that 43 percent of computer users still lose irreplaceable emails, documents, photos and other files every year. Why? Because hard drives… Continue reading...