Talk of data security is everywhere. Big analytic firms were recently exposed buying, selling and using information gained from millions of social media accounts for various purposes, mainly, to influence public opinion for political gain. This has everyone fruitlessly scrambling to verify their security settings, scratching their heads wondering if any of their data will …
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I currently live in the beautiful land of South Korea. While I spend my time teaching children, teenagers, and adults the nuances of the English language, I am also in the process of learning Korean. My learning style dictated that I create a mnemonic device for every single character. Although this tactic is very individualistic …
My laptop's mouse track pad has been on the fritz for the last few weeks. Although this has been a major inconvenience and source of eternal frustration, I have forced myself to find the silver lining. It has provided the opportunity to brush up on my keyboard shortcuts. There are some that I use on a daily …
I was clicking around on my personal USB drive and accidental deleted two important files for work. I could spend the next hour creating the reports from scratch, or I could do some digital sleuthing and get back the files that I absentmindedly discarded. Save your files! The process to undelete old files - or recover old …
It is pretty safe to assume that the modern tech user is drowning in a sea of cables. From older ones with "that little prongy thing" to newer accessories, there is a lot to keep track of. More than once I have heard, "You mean there is more than one type of USB?" Yes, yes …
Bite size review Search Engines Search engines use many things to determine what web pages are most relevant to a particular search. This includes the website's content, title, informative tags, and the semantic markups of structural objects like headings, paragraphs, and the like. When everything in the website is properly labeled and categorized, search engines …
Choosing the correct file format for a graphic is important because the formats provide different ways of displaying particular images. The most common file formats are JPG, GIF, GIF89, and PNG. JPG format is used for images like photographs that have a large area of smooth color transitions because it is able to support …
There are official government web standards that are in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act that require web sites to be sensitive to the visually and audibly impaired. This helps to make the internet accessible by everyone. Following are a few of the requirements: Include alternative text for non-text elements like images, embedded media, and …
Wait a minute... my hard drive says it only has 9 GB available, but I know I should have more than that! What should I do? How do I get the space back? Help! Your computer is a labyrinth of files. Some of them you saved, some of them were created by the computer and …
I have a 12 GB flash drive but I got an error message saying that my 4.7 GB file won't fit! This makes no sense. What should I do? The answer is really a question: "How is your flash drive formatted?" Your computer’s hard drive has a specific way that it organizes, saves, and …
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