Computer Book » permanent-link http://www.the-computer-book.com Computer and online product guide Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:18:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Firefox 4 Tips: Using App Tabs http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/firefox-4-tips-using-app-tabs/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/firefox-4-tips-using-app-tabs/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 11:08:52 +0000 admin http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/firefox-4-tips-using-app-tabs/ Mozilla created Firefox 4 with an extremely useful feature – App Tabs. The purpose of App Tabs is to place any website in permanent tab from at the top of your Firefox window

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/download-all-of-your-facebook-photos-the-easy-way/feed/ 0 Record Streaming Radio Broadcasts http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/record-streaming-radio-broadcasts/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/record-streaming-radio-broadcasts/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:14:48 +0000 admin http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/record-streaming-radio-broadcasts/ The most popular place to listen to the radio is in a car.

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/record-streaming-radio-broadcasts/feed/ 0 How to Use the Paragraph Features Section in Microsoft Word 2010 http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-the-paragraph-features-section-in-microsoft-word-2010/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-the-paragraph-features-section-in-microsoft-word-2010/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:43:09 +0000 admin http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-the-paragraph-features-section-in-microsoft-word-2010/ Many people that use Microsoft Word on a regular basis assume they know everything there is to know about formatting paragraphs, but there is one area, where many may not, and it all falls under the Paragraph section on the main ribbon in Word 2010: Most people know about the bulleting and centering options on the left side of this section, so we’ll concentrate on those on the right; first up are the indenting icons These are used to indent a single paragraph, like this: Here it is before: …and here it is after: Clicking on it successive times moves it farther in each time. The other icon puts it back

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-the-paragraph-features-section-in-microsoft-word-2010/feed/ 0 Resize, Split or Crop Images the Easy Way http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/resize-split-or-crop-images-the-easy-way/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/resize-split-or-crop-images-the-easy-way/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:28:34 +0000 Master http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/resize-split-or-crop-images-the-easy-way/ In the Web 2.0 world, there is no shortage of image-editing Web sites. There is, however, a shortage of image-editing Web sites that split images for printing on multiple pages. Jimpl’s Image Splitter splits images easily and quickly, but with a few bonus editing features, like cropping and resizing, too

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/crop-pdfs-the-easy-way/feed/ 0 Prevent Users from Deleting Printers in Windows 7 http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/prevent-users-from-deleting-printers-in-windows-7/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/prevent-users-from-deleting-printers-in-windows-7/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:00:19 +0000 admin http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/prevent-users-from-deleting-printers-in-windows-7/ Printer software and drivers used to be a lot more finicky in earlier version of Windows. Today, printers are much more reliable when using the latest version of the operating system

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/prevent-users-from-deleting-printers-in-windows-7/feed/ 0 Play Board Games Via Email http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/play-board-games-via-email/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/play-board-games-via-email/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:17:23 +0000 Master http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/play-board-games-via-email/ Passing the time during a lame day at work often requires creativity. Obviously, whipping our your cell phone to play Words with Friends is unacceptable—the boss is sure to notice. The better choice is to find a game you can play with your friends via email, since then it will look like you are still working tirelessly

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/find-out-when-facebook-friends-delete-you/feed/ 0 Encrypt a Zip File http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/encrypt-a-zip-file/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/encrypt-a-zip-file/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:50:50 +0000 Master http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/encrypt-a-zip-file/ Cracking a password-protected zip file is no problem thanks to the many free applications available to remove the password. If you have information that requires another layer of protection, encryption is necessary

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-the-new-features-in-yahoo-mail-beta/feed/ 0 Read Books by Email http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/read-books-by-email/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/read-books-by-email/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:26:30 +0000 admin http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/read-books-by-email/ In the digital world, almost all of us make time to answer our email, but many of us think we do not have time to finish a book. Having Kindle apps installed on all our mobile devices helps, but there are still times when we are just too busy to read a book. Dripread exists to inspire us to read books by breaking hundreds of pages of text into small, 5-minute segments we can read from our email each day.

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/generate-statistical-data-about-your-facebook-friends/feed/ 0 Check Websites for Security Threats Using Internet Explorer 9′s SmartScreen Filter http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/check-websites-for-security-threats-using-internet-explorer-9%e2%80%b2s-smartscreen-filter/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/check-websites-for-security-threats-using-internet-explorer-9%e2%80%b2s-smartscreen-filter/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:16:48 +0000 Master http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/check-websites-for-security-threats-using-internet-explorer-9%e2%80%b2s-smartscreen-filter/ As more users worldwide have connected to the Internet, more and more security threats have surfaced on websites. As web use continues to grow, this trend is likely to increase as well

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/check-websites-for-security-threats-using-internet-explorer-9%e2%80%b2s-smartscreen-filter/feed/ 0 Recover Text from Corrupt MS Office Files http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/recover-text-from-corrupt-ms-office-files/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/recover-text-from-corrupt-ms-office-files/#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:29:51 +0000 admin http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/recover-text-from-corrupt-ms-office-files/ As if hard drive failures or virus attacks are not devastating enough on their own, these electronic catastrophes often corrupt valuable files, rendering them useless, and leaving us at the mercy of expensive software which might or might not recover data from the files.

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/recover-text-from-corrupt-ms-office-files/feed/ 0 How to Use Live External Web Data in Excel 2010 http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-live-external-web-data-in-excel-2010/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-live-external-web-data-in-excel-2010/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:10:24 +0000 Master http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-live-external-web-data-in-excel-2010/ Oftentimes, users of Excel find they’d like to be able to import data from an external source such as a web page, this is particularly true of web sites that list stock information. What many people don’t know is that Excel does have a facility for doing just this.

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-live-external-web-data-in-excel-2010/feed/ 0 Report an Unsafe Website to Microsoft in Internet Explorer 9 http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/report-an-unsafe-website-to-microsoft-in-internet-explorer-9/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/report-an-unsafe-website-to-microsoft-in-internet-explorer-9/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:52:21 +0000 Master http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/report-an-unsafe-website-to-microsoft-in-internet-explorer-9/ The Internet is full of websites that are phishing for your private information or contain malicious code that can jeopardize the security of your PC. Using a safety feature built in to IE9, you can inform Microsoft when you think you’ve found an unsafe website.

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/report-an-unsafe-website-to-microsoft-in-internet-explorer-9/feed/ 0 Report an Unsafe Website to Microsoft in Internet Explorer 9 http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/report-an-unsafe-website-to-microsoft-in-internet-explorer-9/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/report-an-unsafe-website-to-microsoft-in-internet-explorer-9/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:52:21 +0000 admin http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/report-an-unsafe-website-to-microsoft-in-internet-explorer-9/ The Internet is full of websites that are phishing for your private information or contain malicious code that can jeopardize the security of your PC. Using a safety feature built in to IE9, you can inform Microsoft when you think you’ve found an unsafe website.

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/report-an-unsafe-website-to-microsoft-in-internet-explorer-9/feed/ 0 How to Setup and Use Dropbox http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-setup-and-use-dropbox/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-setup-and-use-dropbox/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:20:46 +0000 admin http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-setup-and-use-dropbox/ Dropbox is a free (for up to 2 GB of data) application that creates what looks like a virtual folder on your computer, but is in reality a web storage facility. Once installed it looks like any other folder on your computer and can be used the same way. In addition, it can be used as a virtual folder on more than one computer, thus allowing users to store files for use no matter where they are (and qualifies it as a “cloud” app)

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-setup-and-use-dropbox/feed/ 0 Play More Audio and Video Files with Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/play-more-audio-and-video-files-with-windows-essentials-media-codec-pack/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/play-more-audio-and-video-files-with-windows-essentials-media-codec-pack/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:41:10 +0000 admin http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/play-more-audio-and-video-files-with-windows-essentials-media-codec-pack/ If you’re fond of playing a wide variety of audio and video files on your Windows computer, you’ve probably found several file formats that just won’t play. This happens because Windows lacks the codecs necessary to play many audio and video files. The Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack is a free, open source software download that can solve this problem

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/play-more-audio-and-video-files-with-windows-essentials-media-codec-pack/feed/ 0 Rotate Your Desktop Wallpaper Automatically with Photos from Flickr http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/rotate-your-desktop-wallpaper-automatically-with-photos-from-flickr/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/rotate-your-desktop-wallpaper-automatically-with-photos-from-flickr/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:17:55 +0000 Master http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/rotate-your-desktop-wallpaper-automatically-with-photos-from-flickr/ Desktop wallpaper sets the mood for all we do on our Windows-based computers. But, even the best vacation photographs grow stale after a while. To keep energy flowing while behind a computer screen, we should change our desktop wallpaper often—or at least periodically.

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/rotate-your-desktop-wallpaper-automatically-with-photos-from-flickr/feed/ 0 How to Setup and Use a Windows 7 Homegroup http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-setup-and-use-a-windows-7-homegroup/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-setup-and-use-a-windows-7-homegroup/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:47:00 +0000 Master http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-setup-and-use-a-windows-7-homegroup/ A homegroup in Windows 7 is a means by which users of a home based, generally wireless network, can share resources (hard drives, libraries, printers, etc.) easily and without too much trouble.

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-setup-and-use-a-windows-7-homegroup/feed/ 0 Watch TV and Movies with Free Boxee Software http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/watch-tv-and-movies-with-free-boxee-software/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/watch-tv-and-movies-with-free-boxee-software/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:38:03 +0000 Master http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/watch-tv-and-movies-with-free-boxee-software/ Boxee software, developed by the same people who created the Boxee Box, is one of the best programs to stream free movies and TV on your computer.

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/watch-tv-and-movies-with-free-boxee-software/feed/ 0 How to Use the New Advanced Search Features in Windows 7 http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-the-new-advanced-search-features-in-windows-7/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-the-new-advanced-search-features-in-windows-7/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:22:58 +0000 Master http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-the-new-advanced-search-features-in-windows-7/ With every new release of Windows, Microsoft has upgraded the search facility to allow users ever better ways to find the myriad of files, folders, images, videos and even e-mail on their computers. Windows 7 is no exception, though its advanced features are not very well known since Microsoft chose to hide them on the results page. In any event, the first step in finding something on your computer, is to click on the Start menu, and then type in something you’d like to find: Notice that as with Vista, you don’t have to type the Enter key, as Windows displays results based on each key you type

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