15 Fun Facts: computer trivia

Luke Zelleke — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:42:13 +0100

It took the radio 38 years and the television only 13, but the internet reached 50 million users in only 4 years.
The computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart in 1963. It was made out of wRead More...

Free Phone Calls – Google to the Rescue

Luke Zelleke — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:50:23 +0100

On the 25th of August, 2010 Google launched Voice. This is a free application within Gmail, Google’s free email service, which allows users to make telephone calls. For the time being, at least till the end of the year, it is free only for calls wRead More...

Computer Viruses: Can they actually attack your hardware?

Luke Zelleke — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:49:28 +0100

When speaking of computer viruses most people tend to think of the type that attacks a computer’s software system or its data. The damage that is incurred is usually determined in terms of the amount of data that is lost, the time that is wasted on repairing a damaged operating system, or applicationRead More...

Frederick Forsyth: From spy thriller to hackers

Luke Zelleke — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:31:56 +0100

Frederick Forsyth the author of thriller books like 'The Day of the Jackal' and 'The Dogs of War' is in the news for what looks like a spy thriller. Only this time he and his wife are the stars of the tale. It seems while trying to report on the coup in Guinea-Bissau, he claims that the ARead More...

Invasion of Privacy: Smartphone viruses

Luke Zelleke — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:25:30 +0100

Time was when an electronic virus was associated only with computers, but that’s not true anymore. Viruses have been created for almost every electronic device that can be thought of. But now there is a new target that is attracting the attention of an increasing number of hackers – the smartphone.

Google and Verizon – Are we getting in bed with the devil?

Luke Zelleke — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:30:22 +0100

There is a gentlemen’s agreement that is known as the ‘principle of net neutrality’. This is a principle that holds or proposes that online information be provided to internet users without any preference. It also advocates that no rules anRead More...

Safe and secure web browsing – With AVG

Luke Zelleke — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:44:27 +0100

Browsing without a net can be very hazardous to your electronic health. Each and every minute you spend online exposes you to various malware that could cause the demise of your computer. Ever since the 1970’s when the first computeRead More...

BlackBerry Banned in the Middle East Launches Torch 9800

Luke Zelleke — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:01:26 +0100

You can’t help but give it up for Research in Motion (RIM). The telecommunication, wireless technology and hardware company is the one behind the BlackBerry smartphone brand. As a company that is in the forefront of mobile telephony technology, the company&rsquoRead More...

Who’s your daddy – Mac or PC?

Luke Zelleke — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:57:18 +0100

This is one of the most famous rivalries known to man. Which is better, the PC or the Mac? Of course we are talking about the personal computer versus the Macintosh. The two rivals have been known to use advertisements that poke jibes at one another. The rivalry has eRead More...

iPad is hot – No, really, the iPad overheats

Luke Zelleke — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:58:24 +0100

Just as the furor over the iPhone 4 was passing over, Steve Job’s Apple has been caught in another maelstrom. This time it is with the iPad. There are claims, and even a lawsuit, that as hot as the iPad is, it is taking its hotness literally. Apparently, after a few minutes’ usage the gadget announces &lsqRead More...

What is Cloud Computing?

Luke Zelleke — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:18:32 +0100

Not so long ago, having a computer that was connected to another one was a very big deal. That was at the very beginning of the network. The next stage that followed concentrated on increasing the number of connections and nodes (PCs). It Read More...

How safe are you in front of your Computer?

Luke Zelleke — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:10:41 +0100

Today’s world forces us to sit in front of computers for longer and longer hours as we work to pay our bills. And as if that weren’t enough we sit in front of another computer to relax ourselves when we get home. The toll that these actions have brought on man’s health will remain to be seen, but for now suffice to say that sittRead More...

Green Home Computing and You

Luke Zelleke — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:33:33 +0100

The world is facing a meltdown. The environment is in a crisis. Asia is being hit with typhoons and floods. Africa is facing droughts. Europe literally freezes over. North America has a little bit of it all. Planet earth is calling out for help. If you arRead More...

iPhone 4 – the Saga Continues

Luke Zelleke — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:32:39 +0100

We have had Watergate, Irangate and more or less a Zippergate. And now, you can add a new affair - ‘Antennagate’ to the set thanks to the drama still being played around the iPhone 4. Because that is what the problem with the iPhone 4’s antenna has been dubbed – ‘Antennagate’. Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs saRead More...

Desktop or Laptop – The Short and Tall of it

Luke Zelleke — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:54:51 +0100

Nothing would look more ridiculous than if you had to lug a PC whenever you wanted to stay mobile yet on the job. In fact, there were portable computers in the old days, except that they weren't called 'laptops' for the sheer fact thRead More...

San Diego PC Help website relaunch lands today!

Agragati — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:29:03 +0100

After many months of planning and hard work, we are proud to announce the re-launched version of our website www.sandiegopchelp.com today!

Features:

Redesigned user interface

Clean, Web 2.0 style and feel

Easy menus and navigation

Microsoft dominates the operating system domain. The software company’s annual revenues are counted not in millions but billions of dollars. Its operating systems like Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7Read More...

Can the Internet Really Be Censored?

Luke Zelleke — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:08:24 +0100

Internet censorship has been in the news for quite some time now. From Turkey to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to China every once in a while it pops up in the media that one site or another, if not the whole internet like in the case of North Korea, has been blocked. The debRead More...

WINDOWS XP ATTACKED BY HACKERS – PATCH IT UP!

Luke Zelleke — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:37:33 +0100

Microsoft has never really been known for its security. Compared to other operating systems, Windows (especially XP), really is the most attacked and hacked of all. And true to their calling Microsoft released warnings last week that attacks on its Help and Support system was increasing. ApparRead More...

Apple iPhone 4 rocks – but will it float?

Luke Zelleke — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:25:49 +0100

It came like an anti-climax. People stood in line for up to 6 hours to get their hands on the new Apple iPhone 4. The hype that had built up for months finally reached a crescendo on June 24th, 2010. People from all over the world were able to get their hands on the much coveted Apple phone. But theRead More...

Would you know if your computer was infected?

Luke Zelleke — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:12:55 +0100

Computers were invented to make our lives simpler. For a while, way back when Microsoft was still on DOS and Windows 3.1, things looked bright. As Windows grew so did its illnesses. And like a pack of hyenas that follow the scent of carrionRead More...

$150 of computer repair service for $49 via SD Reader - TODAY ONLY!

Agragati — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:37:10 +0100

Today at readersteals.com you can get $150 of computer support at our store (or via mail-in) for only $49. This deal is running only today, so jump on it if you need (or plan on using) our services within the next year! Click here to purchase.

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Freeze! Crash! Infected! Fail! Error!

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Quick tips for April

Richard Sutherland — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:14:36 +0100

Here is a quick round-up of tips this month from the San Diego PC Help staff:

Save time with Google Reader If you find yourself returning to the same news websites and blogs time and again to see if they have posted a new update, then the use of an RSS reader may be for you. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, and it’s used across the web to allow websites to uRead More...

How to be anonymous online: Anonymous Browsing

Richard Sutherland — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:01:31 +0100

In the last part of this guide we looked at the reasons behind desiring greater anonymity on the web, and how installing a firewall is a first step. This part of the guide focuses on how you can increase your anonymity when browsing the web.

The first method is by using a proxy server. This acts as a gateway between you and the sites you visit. When you browseRead More...

How to be anonymous online: Introduction

Richard Sutherland — Mon, 17 May 2010 10:18:24 +0100

Anonymity on the Internet is one the principal reasons the World Wide Web became an overnight success. The ability to get your message out to millions of people with their being little chance of tracing it back to the author is one of the web’s true strengths. Couple this with its de-centralized network architecture, meaning governments and suppressors cannot simply shut down the souRead More...

Free online version of Microsoft Office suite announced

Richard Sutherland — Wed, 12 May 2010 12:09:25 +0100

The Microsoft Office suite has been the de-facto word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and email software since the dawn of time. Well, that’s an exaggeration, but the company has held the reigns of office productivity software for so long it is hard to think of these common operations separately from the ubiquitous Microsoft Office suite. It has long bRead More...

Graphics Cards Part 3: SLI and Crossfire

Tue, 11 May 2010 14:37:43 +0100

In the last part of this guide we looked at how graphics cards will soon be integrating well with the CPUs of multi-core computers, and allowing the use of their processing power to be shared. There is a similar process in place already – you can use multiple graphics cards within one computer, and they will work together in parallel as one.

For ATI cards tRead More...

Google Chrome closing in on Internet Explorer

Tue, 11 May 2010 14:24:46 +0100

The ‘browser wars’ have traditionally been between Internet Explorer and Firefox (or Firefox’s earlier incarnations as Mozilla and Netscape), but the browser to watch has become Google Chrome. Whilst it still constitutes only 13.6% of the market at the moment, this has been a rapid rise from 0%, and each month the browser is continually taking around another 1% of a market Read More...

Graphics Cards Part 2: DirectX 11

Richard Sutherland — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:02:32 +0100

In the last part of this guide we talked about the various API libraries programmers use to access the powerful graphics processing of your GPUs.

Coming soon is DirectX 11, the latest and greatest update to these APIs, and it will be a big change. Although Microsoft's marketing department is pushing it as a Windows 7 feature, it is also going to work in WinRead More...

Graphics Cards Part 1: Introduction

Richard Sutherland — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:52:26 +0100

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The Graphics Processing Unit (or GPU), must commonly known as the graphics card, is the cog in your computer's engine that powers everything that is on the screen. It can range from a simple low-cost integrated unit on your motherboard, to the most expensive item in your gaming rig. This guide will shed some light on the variousRead More...

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