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iPad: Here and Back…

Written by The Digitante on April 15, 2010 - 5 Comments
Categories: computer, gadgets

About a week and a half ago, I stood in line for about an hour and a half waiting for an iPad at the local Apple Store. I brought it home and Mrs. Digitante was very excited, as was I. Unfortunately, it just didn’t work out and I’m going to share with you why. First [...]

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Nasty Viruses Going Around…

Written by The Digitante on January 26, 2010 - 3 Comments
Categories: Uncategorized, computer, internet, security

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve heard about some nasty computer viruses that have been popping up on people’s systems. These are the normal “run some anti-virus software” type of infections; they are the “boot into safe-mode or nuke your hard drive” type. So what can you do to prevent these types of things? [...]

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Google Docs: Upload Anything…

Written by The Digitante on January 22, 2010 - 4 Comments
Categories: Google, internet, productivity

If you’ve ever been to a cheap Chinese restaurant, you’ve probably used the wooden chopsticks that come in a reddish-orange sleeve. If you paid close attention to the sleeve, you would have read something pretty amazing. After learning to hold one stick with your thumb and the other like a pencil, the sleeve informs you [...]

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The Digitante’s Password System…

Written by The Digitante on January 14, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: cell phones, computer, internet, productivity, security

After taking my sweet time in implementing some stronger passwords, I wanted to make sure I could develop a system that I would stick with and wouldn’t be so cumbersome that I would want to stab myself in the foot. Here are the tools that I ended up using to get things going: KeePass – [...]

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Upgrade Checklist…

Written by The Digitante on November 9, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: computer, internet

This past week, I helped my mom upgrade her laptop to Windows 7. Everything went swimmingly, however, since we did a clean install, there were some programs and other odds and ends missing. The experience caused both of us to think that a little checklist would have been nice. We came up with a number [...]

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