Dear Readers and Visitors: This morning, I finally finished composing a free e-book that describes the basics of a fine utility program that is available as a free download from CNET’s website download dot com, called Advanced System Care v3.6.1. This remarkable program inspects and repairs your computer (desktop, laptop, netbook, etc.) system and works [...]
Recently, I was reading my Computer Magazine from the IEEE Society (where I am a member) and there was an advertisement for Google Code University. Amazing? You bet. Google now is featuring this website so that programmers and developers, students, and entrepreneurs can all collaborate, discover, and mutually benefit from sharing code, coding and software [...]
This post is dedicated to Chapter 4 of Joan Lambert’s book Windows 7 Step by Step, published by Microsoft Press. What I would like to discuss in this post is Chapter 4 which tells you about (1) working with Windows, (2) understanding files, folders, and libraries, (3) finding your way around the computer, (4) connecting [...]
1. In general, a Web Service is any online service delivered from a Web site. Since there are countless applications and services that emanate from the Web, such usage of the term is commonplace in articles from non-IT publications. Although the term may also appear in technical journals to refer to any offering on the [...]
CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, www.comptia.org) Formerly ABCD: The Microcomputer Industry Association, it is a membership organization of resellers, distributors manufacturers dedicated to business ethics and professionalism, founded in 1982. It is involved with many issues including product returns, freight and warranty claims and price protection. CompTIA is also well known for [...]
In the same way that a waterfall survives many hundreds of years, just like the image above, so “the waterfall process” of software development survives generations of software development and technological change. Essentially, in my fifteen years of software development experience, there are four “tiers” which a software program much pass on its journey to [...]
Today’s Technical Daily Word (Term): Hardware Profile Definition: Settings that define a specific configuration of peripherals and drivers. Multiple profiles let you set up more than one hardware configuration, which is commonly done when a laptop also serves as a desktop computer. The desktop profile activates one set of peripherals, the laptop profile another. A [...]
Documentation is always considered important by organizations. At the same time, few people enjoy spending time to actually create meaningful and helpful documentation. Our world today is on the move. However, like the age-old expression goes “haste makes waste”, the very same holds true for documentation. There are many people creating, developing, testing, and implementing [...]
For those of you who are always trying to improve your technical vocabulary, there is a website that I recommend. It is PC Magazine’s website. Specifically, visit their own encyclopedia. It is quite impressive. Here is the URL. http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/ Wishing everyone in the USA a restful and relaxing Memorial Day Weekend. Regards, Keith
Dear Readers: Positive thinking is the source of success. This is the conclusion of not only great philosophers and motivational speakers, but also by great spiritual leaders and even doctors. Recently, I wrote a book called The Power of OM, which is an ancient Sanskrit-language word affirming health, love, compassion, wisdom, success, and all that [...]
