What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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Q: I just bought a new laptop with wireless access but I can’t get it to work in my house. It keeps asking me for a network key. What is a network key? A: A network key is, in a sense, a password that is required to gain access to your wireless network in your house. You should congratulate yourself for having one as a lot of people that set up their wireless networks neglect to secure the network with a password meaning neighbors can easily access their wireless network. If you do not remember or did not write down… Continue reading...
Q: Is there any place on the Internet that I can sell my gift card I received for Christmas? A: There are several web sites that will buy your gift cards or allow you to swap your gift card for another one of similar value. One such site is GiftCardBuyBack, which can be found at www.giftcardbuyback.com. To sell your card just go to the site, find the merchant and enter your gift card’s current value. I entered a $25.00 Chili’s gift card just for fun and the site told me they would give me $20.00 for the card with no… Continue reading...
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A few years ago, when the iPod first became popular, I referred to it as a CD killer. What I meant was that with the ease of purchasing digital music, the iPod was giving me fewer and fewer reasons to purchase a traditional CD sold in a store. Well, if that’s true, then Apple TV may be the first DVD killer. Apple has already reported that millions of TV shows and full-length movies have been downloaded from its iTunes Store. The problem though with downloaded movies is that many people really don’t want to watch them on the tiny iPod… Continue reading...
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On Tuesday, Apple announced its much-anticipated iPhone. The iPhone is a combination mobile phone, iPod and Internet communications device. One of the first things you will notice about the iPhone is the lack of any physical buttons. That’s because the new iPhone boasts a brand new multi-touch display which means you can control everything by using only the touch of your fingers. Now I know a lot of people will be wondering what Apple could do to a cell phone to make it any better than any of the hundreds of other cell phones already on the market. Well, the… Continue reading...
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