Spell-check is everywhere these days; just about every program offers the feature. It’s taken for granted. What’s also taken for granted is real-time spell-check. Life wasn’t always so good.
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July 25, 2014Never Take Spell Check For Granted
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July 23, 2014The Typewriter’s Return Continues!The NSA can’t spy on you when you use a typewriter. Granted, you can’t access Facebook from a typewriter, but why would you want to? Nope, you can write on a typewriter blissful to the thought that no one else can see what you’ve written. Well, unless you publish the document, but otherwise it remains free of the digital realm. According to the article below, sales of typewriters in Germany are surging. Is it time for me to write Typewriters For Dummies?
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The Save Icon (Again)
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July 21, 2014Web Browser Bookmark ShortcutsAlas, your mobile device’s web browser lets you have only one Home page — if that. The Chrome browse doesn’t let you have a Home page. When you’re in need of more than one handy “home” like page, you can use a nifty shortcut trick to quickly access those web sites.
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July 18, 2014More Windows 8.1 Bad NewsThe lack of interest over Windows 8 isn’t a joke. It’s palpable. When I was in a local computer store recently, I asked the owner how many Windows 8 units he’d sold. “None.” Well, he sold a couple at first, but they returned and wanted Windows 7 installed instead. Now Lenovo, which sells far more computers than the local “Mom & Pop” store I frequent, has announced that it will no longer be shipping Windows 8.1 tablets. The reason: A lack of interest. Hello, Microsoft? Adblock Plus
July 16, 2014The Most Annoying SoundAs a computer nerd, I can be quite critical of the portrayal of electronics and technology in film and video. Still, I give most goofs a pass, just for the sake of drama. One thing I cannot forgive, however, is the mouse click sound effect.
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July 14, 2014Windows 7 and System RestoreThe Restore Point is a brilliant idea, introduced in some ancient version of Windows. In Windows 7, however, Microsoft sought to obfuscate your ability to set a manual Restore Point. So successful were they, that setting a Restore Point and rebooting doesn’t work. July 11, 2014Google’s End GameSuccessful organizations have a plan. Call it a mission statement, but in the end big corporations want to make a profit. In other words, they need customers, either new ones or repeats who keep buying more stuff.
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July 10, 2014PC Growth Flat, Which is Good NewsAfter two years of declining computer sales worldwide, things have finally flattened out. That may mean the industry is in for a turnaround, but it may not. I figured computer sales would slump because many people are switching to tablets. For the typical human, a tablet (or phablet or phone) can do the work they otherwise did on a PC. Computer sales had to go down as those folks made the switch. Also, you have to consider that today’s PC is much better made and more reliable than systems of the 1990s, when the industry experienced insane, year-over-year growth. Back then, I’d buy a new system every two or three years. Now I average about 5 years for a PC, sometimes longer. One item that may be playing into the increased sales in a tangential way is Microsoft’s drop of support for Windows XP. That decision motivated a lot of business owners to buy new systems — or refurbish their existing models. They would get a new motherboard, solid state drive (SSD), and Windows 7. That’s technically not a new computer, but it’s a sale!
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