A laptop computer comes with two power sources. It can use power from the wall, just like a desktop computer. It can also run off battery power. Managing the two isn’t a problem, though it does raise some interesting issues.
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July 6, 2009Battery PowerJuly 3, 2009Less Than Fabulous RestoreDuring my recent visit with PC disaster, I had the opportunity to put the PC’s Backup program to the test. Well, actually, I had the opportunity to the the PC’s Restore program to the test. The results were rather tepid. July 1, 2009Does the Internet Create Wealth, or Steal It?There has been a lot of buzz about the “dot-com economy,” and Google, Yahoo, Amazon, and other overnight success stories on the Internet. But for every dot-com billionaire are there millions of people who once had jobs and who now don’t?
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June 29, 2009Will Windows 8 Induce Brain Seizures?Windows 7 is just about to land on the world’s lap, possibly in the fall. But what about the next version of Windows, dubbed Windows 8? June 26, 2009Your Ever Burdensome InboxWhere once you bought a new computer ever two or four years, people are now keeping their PCs for six, eight, or ten years. That means you dragging around a lot of digital dust. June 24, 2009A Sucky Thing About Windows 7For the first time since Bill Gates acknowledged that email is a necessary thing (c.1995), a new version Windows will not come with an email program. June 22, 2009The iPhone 3GsThe iPhone is here. I have one. Yes, I’m a Mac fanboy.
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June 19, 2009Disaster Strikes!As I sat at my computer to begin working, I noticed something funny: It was dead. June 17, 2009The History of the Forbidden CharacterYou can name a computer file using dozens of characters. Well, except for an annoying few. June 15, 2009It’s So Dang Slow!Once I was merely annoyed at the long time it took Windows Vista to start, but now I’m really ticked off. |
