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Mar 6, 2010, Working In The CLoud

This year has seen more and more offerings of services "in the cloud". Does that sound a little, (or a lot) strange to you.?It is one more evolutionary change in the way we do things with computers.

Simplest explanation is: Instead of storing a file or document on your own computer, it is saved "in the cloud", in cyberspace.. (or in reality) on some other company's servers elsewhere. It is a web-based service.The advantages of this are• If your computer crashes, all is not lost. Your most valuables file are safely protected elsewhere. That's important.• You can reach your document from any computer (or phone) with a web browser. That can be important.• If you need to collaborate with someone else, they can see the shared document as well, from their browser.

General fact is: You usually have to pay for your storage monthly. Plans start at about $5/mo, and vary by space requirements.

This is easy for you to try out.. Google Docs is free. Just go to www.docs.google.com. You have a limit of 1024 MB for simple storage, (so it won't hold all your photos) and an unlimited amount for formatted "Google Docs" which can be worked on by several people in different places.

Picasa.com and Flickr.com are ones where you can store your photos, to share online (or not).. There are others, like Photobucket.com. Storing your treasured family photos onlline is a great idea. Never know when there's going to be a fire, and it's nice to be able to share them with family members you don't see often.

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Feb 21, 2010, Editing Digital Photos

Learn to edit your diigital photos to have the right size for email, crop them to look better, and adjust the light when you really didn't take that great of a picture!

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Feb 21, 2010, Special Tips and Shortcuts

A Bonus page of computer tips to remember.

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Feb 21, 2010, Questions and Answers

Questions submitted by our readers and the answers that I have given with links to other helpful websites.

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Jan 12, 2010, Check out the "Desktop" page...

This will be a familiar page to some, but I've added some important information at the bottom about User Accounts..

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Jan 12, 2010, Customizing Your Desktop

How to arrange your Desktop to look and work the way

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Jan 10, 2010, Computer Maintenance

Computer Maintenance needs a routine to help protect against viruses, Trojans, and Registry corruption.

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Jan 4, 2010, New in 2010

Finally something really "Smart" is coming to the market.. and I want to tell you all about it... as soon as I get the facts myself.

I'm excited about this because its PERFECT for couch potato like me.. and it's exactly the answer for a LOT of Seniors, who want to use the Internet for knowing what's going on, keeping in touch with friends and family, and reading an occasional book as well.

My impression is that the new "Smart Books" will fill a need for a convenient, lightweight, inexpensive Web Reader!
Also classified as a "tablet", it has no hinged lid like a laptop, but just the 10-11" screen in an attractive colored frame, with touch screen technology.

Most important, they'll be cheaper than the present E-readers and do more! Expected to be in a $200 price range, (considered affordable in the computer world) 3G mobile broadband gives instant Web connectivity anywhere, but you can expect to have to pay monthly "data" fees for that. Gee, the included GPS system would cost that!

It's interesting to me that although designed for the young, hip, always-on-the-go but tethered to an iPhone kind of crowd.. this sounds like a great idea for a very un-mobile, or even house-bound crowd who need easy accessible technology.

If you use a computer for just Internet browsing, and email, this could be the way to go. Yes, it will have internal storage memory.

Downside?? I'm wondering how it will be upgraded for the inevitable 4G networking, and how that precious screen will be protected. I'm sure the engineers have worked on that already..

So what's the difference between these and "net books"? Same size, no lid.. this uses mobile phone apps but it's not a phone... Guess we'll find out when it finally appears for sale. Won't be long now.....

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Dec 30, 2009, New Year's Goals

A short page of plans for the new year.

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Dec 5, 2009, How Can I get away from email spam trash?

Some answers about eliminating obscene trash emails

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