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February 4, 2009

How to Move Your WordPress Blog to a New Host, Using Fantastico and phpMyAdmin

Filed under: blogging,file transfer,Internet,online computing — Tags: , , , — admin @ 2:00 pm

by Tina Gasperson

There are many reasons to switch Web hosting companies: prolonged or repeated outages, poor customer service, or maybe you just found a better deal. However, if you have a well-established WordPress blog you might find as many reasons to procrastinate on moving your site. You don’t want to start over again with the content, comments, and registered users it took so long to amass. Moving WordPress isn’t impossible, though, and as long as you take your time and follow the necessary steps, it isn’t all that difficult.
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February 1, 2009

How Fast Is My Broadband Internet Connection and What Does Connection Speed Mean?

Filed under: computer performance,Internet,online computing — Tags: , , , , , — admin @ 6:00 pm

by Gabe Goldberg

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like to brag about connection speeds offered and speak glowingly about the wonderful “experience” their services offer. But how honest are their claims and how does connection speed affect what we do online?

The two most important words in any ISPs advertisement or service contract are “up to.” As in, speeds promised are described as “up to X megabits per second.”

(Megabits means “millions of bits” and “megabits per second” is often abbreviated Mbps. A bit is the basic unit of information or data, a “binary digit,” a single unit that is either 0 or 1. Everything on the Internet and all information and software on your computer is composed of bits.)
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January 30, 2009

How to Load and Edit Digital Video on Your Computer

Filed under: applications,online computing,photos and video,Windows — Tags: , , , , — admin @ 2:00 pm

by Tina Gasperson

Once you’ve shot all that great video on your DV recorder, what’s next? If you want to do more than just store the tape away or replay it on your video camera, you’ll need to upload the video to your hard drive. Digital video cameras come equipped with USB or Firewire connections that make it easy to transfer files. Follow the instructions for your particular camera, then open up your video editing software and get ready to become a movie producer.
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January 24, 2009

How to View and Convert .docx Files Online

Filed under: online computing,Vista,Windows — Tags: , , , , , — admin @ 9:00 am

by David Hakala

Docx is the new file format used by Microsoft Word 2007 by default. It cannot be opened by previous versions of Word. If you do not want to install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats, there is an alternative way to convert docx files to previous versions’ doc format.
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January 17, 2009

How to Use Online Backup Services

Filed under: data storage and recovery,online computing — Tags: , , , — admin @ 9:00 am

by David Strom

Protecting your business electronic records has gotten easier and more affordable, thanks to plenty of different services that can make backups of computer files across the Internet.

These online services are useful for three reasons. First, for a few hundred dollars annually, you can buy some inexpensive offsite protection in case of disaster, fire, or theft. Second, they can work automatically so you don’t have to remember to make the backup copies. Finally, once they are set up they don’t take a lot of skill to maintain.
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January 15, 2009

How to Use Google to Host Your Domain’s Email

Filed under: e-mail,online computing — Tags: , , — admin @ 9:00 am

by David Strom

Years ago, people paid good money to set up their Internet email servers. But now, thanks to Google, you can host your email server for next to nothing. Now, this is different from what a registrar does or what an Internet provider does when they host your Web site and other services. Google is good for just email purposes.

Go to google.com/a and read the instructions about some of the other services that they offer and then click on the Get Started button. You will see that there are three plans provided: a free standard edition, a premier edition that costs $50 a year, and a free education edition. What are the differences?
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January 9, 2009

How to Send Large Files Over the Internet

Filed under: file transfer,Internet,online computing — Tags: , — admin @ 3:00 pm

by David Strom

Sending large files as email attachments is a big pain in the neck. Some email services place a limit on their size, and if you have a bunch of photos or a video or a large PowerPoint presentation, you will quickly find out what this limit is and get a message saying the file can’t be sent that way. So what are your choices?

If you own your own domain, you can transfer the file to your own Web site using something called FTP or SCP and have your correspondent transfer it back to their computer that way. You can make use of Google Docs or something similar that can share Office-type documents, including PowerPoint presentations, spreadsheets and Word documents. If you and your recipient have accounts on the same Instant Message service you can send files that way too. These are all good methods, but your correspondent may not want to use them, and they require some coordination.
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January 2, 2009

Online Versus Desktop Computing

Filed under: online computing — Tags: , — admin @ 7:46 pm

by David Hakala

“Desktop” computing means that your applications and data reside on the computer sitting on your desktop. “Online” computing means they reside somewhere else: on a server you can reach via a local area network, a private wide area network, or the public Internet.

The important thing is that you are connected to the resources you need. It doesn’t matter whether those resources are north or south of your physical location; nearby or far away; or what make and model of machine they reside on. So diagrams of online computing connections can be very vague, often just a “cloud” of resources.
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