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A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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I love to use technology in creative ways. Take for instance earlier today when I was helping my aunt set up her new computer. We were on the phone and she was asking me which port she needed to plug the monitor cable into. After a few seconds of trying to unsuccessfully describe the port, an idea hit me. So I asked, "Can you take a picture of the back of your computer and send it to me?" I knew this would be easy because I had just recently helped my aunt upgrade her iPad 2 to iOS 5 which… Continue reading...
I've been a happy Carbonite user for a couple of years now. I like the whole set-it-and-forget-it backup mentality. Plus, Carbonite takes care of the whole offsite storage issue. But the last few times I talked about Carbonite on my blog, a couple of readers mentioned another backup service called CrashPlan. They said enough good things about it that I made it a point to check it out. And wow, am I impressed! CrashPlan does everything Carbonite does and a whole lot more. Here's a quick list of advantages it has over Carbonite: CrashPlan has much more diverse pricing plans,… Continue reading...
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Have you heard? I have a brand new job. It's not the most fulfilling but it consumes hours and hours of my time. I'm referring to the incessant hours I now spend updating apps and other software. A typical work day goes something like this: Log into my computer. Oh, there's a new version of iTunes. Better download and install it before I forget. [20 minutes] Oh yeah, and my Java is out of date. But I just made the coffee fresh this morning? [2 minutes] What? There's a new version of Adobe Air? What's that for again? [2 minutes]… Continue reading...
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What do you do while you wait for your computer to power on (boot)? Grab a cup of coffee? Work on the daily crossword puzzle? Make a few phone calls?
Well, if the preview video I just watched on Windows 8 becomes reality, then all of your boot-up activities are about to disappear.
Unless of course you are really good at getting something done in 8 seconds.
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Recently, Noobie conducted a poll on its website asking How do you back up your computer? Most of the results were typical but one particular statistic did stand out to me. I'm referring to the I back up to CD or DVD option which garnered exactly zero votes. In other words, not one person who answered the poll backs up their computer data to a CD or DVD. This shocked me as I thought this would still be a popular option with some people. But I guess the widespread availability of USB hard drives and flash drives has all but… Continue reading...
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