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1:49 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
AT&T's U-Verse is AT&T's latest high speed Internet offering. What makes this different from DSL (which utilizes the existing phone line coming into your house) is U-Verse uses a fiber-optic network connection which is much faster. Your area must be wired with fiber-optic cable for this service to be available to you.
Here are some things to think about before you sign up:
Unlike cable or DSL Internet access, a special wall outlet will need to be installed in your house. A cable or DSL modem only required an existing cable wall outlet or phone jack outlet.
AT&T will probably want to put the U-Verse outlet in the easiest to install location. That location could end up to be...
8:29 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Is replacing laptop screen in your future? - You want a big laptop screen, but want the laptop to be as light as a f... http://ow.ly/1du...
8:20 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Eventually, your hard drive will fail. Hard drives are expected to last between 3 to 5 years before they eventually fail.
How do you know when your time is up with a hard drive?
Your computer starts to slow down. (but a slow computer can be caused by other things besides a failing hard drive.)
Run the Disk Utility in the Utilities Folder. Select Repair Permission (controls access to programs) first, then verify Hard Drive, last. Both these scans can take some time to complete and will make using your Apple laptop difficult, if not impossible during these scans. If you have Permissions that cannot be repaired, please refer to this Apple article to determine if this is something to...
7:54 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
You want a big laptop screen, but also want the laptop to be as light as a feather. How does a laptop manufacturer accomplish this goal?
They make the lid of the laptop razor thin to minimize weight. Unfortunately, this means that a small flex of the lid can crack the laptop screen. The laptop screen itself is approximately $150. Labor could easily add another $100. Laptops are not designed to be taken apart easily, so it is very likely a screen replacement will damage the fragile plastic snaps that hold the lid and screen together. Your laptop will never be the same cosmetically and you are also dangerously close to the cost of a new laptop.
How do you prevent a cracked screen?
Re-evaluatate...
7:26 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Which is a better platform for your blog?
When I first started blogging a quick and dirty comparison between WordPress and Google's Blogger showed that I could create a blog with Blogger without buying a manual and dedicating hours of internet research. The same could not be said of WordPress.
WordPress is a tool kit that appeals to the professional blogger and graphic artist because of the infinite amount of tweaking that can be done to the blog with the tool kit.
Blogger allows you to do things quick and dirty.
To publish your WordPress blog to the internet you must have a domain or you can buy one from WordPress.
Blogger will give you a domain for free.
A cottage industry has sprung...
7:02 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Now that the controversy on Apple collecting data on where your iPad and iPhone are located has died down, let's look at the Find Me function built into these devices.
The requirement of a MobileMe account has been lifted making the Find Me function free to anyone with an iPad or iPhone and a current version of the operating system loaded on their device.You must have an Apple ID set up. Your Apple ID is associated with the iTunes store and should have been set up by you when you first created an iTunes library on your computer.
Go to your Mail, Contacts and Calendars setup on your device. Add a MobileMe account and type in your Apple ID and password.
Verify your account by opening the email...
