Can Voice Recognition Technologies Make Transcription Services Redundant?
By John Travers - 04/01/2008
Many businesses need to convert recorded voice to text and have long been looking for ways to do it quickly and inexpensively. Transcribing medical dictation is a prime example. Some years ago, when voice recognition software became commercially available, most people expected that the solution had ...
Some Tips For The Safe Use of Cell Phones And Batteries
By Chileshe Mwape - 04/01/2008
1. Increase the life span of your cell phone and battery by following the manufacturer?s directions for using the phone and charging the battery. 2. Do not use incompatible cell phone batteries and chargers. Some Web sites and second-hand dealers, not associated with reputable manufacturers and car...
Piloted Aircraft or Computerized Artificial Intelligent UAVs
By Lance Winslow - 04/01/2008
Currently our artificial intelligence research is not quite as good as a human organic brain however it will not be long before computers can beat a human in a dog fight. There are many limitations to an organic human to a UAV with special electronics, which can withstand 18 G?s. Pilots black out at...
Dusting Your Computer - Keeping it Cool
By Steve Perlow - 04/01/2008
My mother always told me to dust, but I never did, mostly because I was lazy, but also because I couldn`t find any tangible benefit to dusting. I just didn`t see how I`d benefit from my room or my things being less dusty. Well now I`ve gotten a bit older, and I finally found a reason to dust - a coo...
What is Software Piracy?
By S. Housley - 04/01/2008
There are several kinds of software piracy. The bottom line is when software is pirated, the developer does not receive compensation for their work. Effects of Software Piracy When software is pirated, consumers, software developers, and resellers are harmed. Software piracy increases the risk consu...
Web Conferencing: A Boon to Businesss
By Denise Bridgens - 04/01/2008
It is Sunday evening and you are preparing again to go on a business trip. Monday morning the alarm goes off at 4:00 am, you drag your body and your briefcase to your car, drive to the airport, wait in a long line, get on a plane, get off a plane, and find your way to your client?s office. When you ...
Spyware Protection: A Must for Any Home Computer
By Phil Moyers - 04/01/2008
Now that spyware is the single most dangerous threat to home computers connected to the internet today, getting your hands on some sort of spyware and adware protection is critical. Spyware has outpaced computer viruses in its prevalence, and in the kind of damage it can do to your system. If you p...
Spyware ? Your Web Browser is the Culprit!
By Kevin Souter - 04/01/2008
My first experience with a spyware BHO based infection was several months ago. I had gone through all of the usual steps with the client?s machine to clean it. Ad-Aware was run, Spybot: Search and Destroy was as well. Nothing looked suspicious in the system?s startup. All appeared well, but it wasn?...
Electronics Companies: The Leading Edge
By Chris Robertson - 04/01/2008
As technology becomes more refined, electronics companies are offering consumers and businesses a number of cutting-edge products. Following is a rundown of some of the top electronics companies and their latest offerings:
Nokia: Nokia, notable for its cell phones, has taken the lead in p...
What is HDTV?
By Bill Ransom - 04/01/2008
Everyday we hear more and more about HDTV. Watching your local channels such as
ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX you might have noticed that all of these stations now
broadcast is HDTV. So what exactly is HDTV or High Definition TV and why is it
better than the broadcast signals of the past. Basically Hi...
Free GPS Software
By Anne King - 04/01/2008
I took a look at some of the online offers for free GPS software and found, like many "free" offers there were often limits and provisos involved. Often the freeware is a scaled--down version of purchasable products. Sometimes the free product has restricted functionality with features disabled, oth...
FTC Justification of FY 2007 is BS
By Lance Winslow - 04/01/2008
The United States of America Justice Department Federal Trade Commission has put forth a request for their FY 2007 budget to Congress along with a justification of such need. Unfortunately the Federal Trade Commission?s piss poor performance in all activities seems to indicate that it might be much ...
Crystal Reports For Microsoft RMS ? Overview For Developer/Report Designer
By Andrew Karasev - 04/01/2008
If you are software developer or database administrator - we would like to give you the clues on Crystal Report creation for Microsoft RMS
- Database: Microsoft SQL Server or MSDE - this means that you can deploy native SQL driver for connection or use ODBC for flexibility.
- Tables S...
The Function of Recruiting Database Software
By Kent Pinkerton - 04/01/2008
Businesses must be fully staffed in order to live up to their potential. All job openings must be filled as quickly as possible with the best candidate for the job. With all of the quick decisions needed when hiring, it is important that recruiters are able to instantly access any information that t...
Thieves Want Your Laptop and Your Data
By John Beagle - 04/01/2008
Thieves find laptops easy prey because they are small, light and easy to handle. Anyone who takes their eye off a laptop in public, even briefly, may never see it again. While special theft protection devices are offered for mobile computers,
experienced thieves often view this as little more than ...
Create A Flash Presentation For Free With Open Office
By Steve Howson - 04/01/2008
The intentions of this short tutorial are not to teach you how to use Open Office, but rather to show you a quick and dirty way to create presentations and tutorials that can be exported as a Macromedai Flash file. What is Open Office? It is a free, open source, cross platform office suite that has ...
How to Never Pay a Hotel Phone Bill Again
By Jim Sherman - 04/01/2008
The protocol is increasingly being adopted as the standard means by which computers communicate to facilitate VoIP or Voice Over Internet Protocol. So you can imagine SIP as a common language for new generation operators to speak to connect calls. However, there are no operators there is only your...
Building an Ice House on Mars
By Lance Winslow - 04/01/2008
There is ice at the Martian Poles, one of the poles has water ice in abundance. Such an ice over region could easily be converted into a habitat for a Martian Colony of human explorers. Taking humans to Mars is not such an easy task, keeping them alive once there even harder, bringing them back not ...
Identity Theft ? Beware of Phishing Attacks!
By Charles Essmeier - 04/01/2008
?Dear Bank of the West customer?, the message begins. I?ve just received an e-mail message, purportedly from the security department at the Bank of the West. The message explains that certain features of my account have been suspended due to ?suspicious activity? on my account. The message then p...
Backup and Save your business!
By Fred Farah - 04/01/2008
There you are busily typing away on your PC or your
Laptop, and all of a sudden the strangest thing happens.
The screen goes black, extinquished like a candle in the
wind. A message appears saying: "The file hal.dll is missing or
corrupt. Windows can not start." Well you know that 95% of
computer gl...
Web Conferencing ? the Virtual Global Office Enabler
By Vinodh Pushparaj - 04/01/2008
Online collaboration has begun to evolve from just being the Wow factor to something core that every business has to invest and have a plan for. Internet has changed the way we work and live, it has made virtual offices and work from homes possible. Web conferencing is one big tool that increases th...
New Concept in Software Protection
By Alex Sergeev - 04/01/2008
Most of the available protection schemes use a so called ?mounted scheme? (the protection program adds code to your program that makes it encrypted, compressed and debugger protected). When your program is started this code unpacks, decrypts and adjusts your application back to its original state. I...
Is the Internet Insecure Because of You?
By Steve Cash - 04/01/2008
Long gone are the days that we could feel secure and know for certain that we had privacy. With the digital age upon us we can no longer be so sure that our privacy is secure. Recently Google has admitted their organisation holds user data indefinitely. This causes concerns as now we know Google has...
Protecting Your Children On The Internet
By Darren Miller - 04/01/2008
If you are a parent, as am I, I think we can agree there is
little else more important than keeping our children safe
and protected. It`s difficult enough keeping them safe from
the unscrupulous people we read about in the news, but
dealing with children and the Internet takes it to a
completel...
Be Confused No More - A Definition Of Video Conferencing
By Jon Butt - 04/01/2008
You forever hear the term but do you really understand it? The definition of video conferencing can be stated as the integration of audio, video and peripherals for the simultaneous communication of two or more persons who are connected by a particular telecommunication line. In video conferencing, ...
Mars and Earth Climate and Landscape
By Lance Winslow - 04/01/2008
In our study of our own Earth we have found patterns in erosion and the landscape made from years of runoff. Anyone who has ever looked at the landscape from a vantage point can see the patterns and the similarities. Is there such a thing as patterns of erosion? Have we found similar patterns here o...
How To Stop Spyware From Robbing You
By Tom Jenson - 04/01/2008
Booting up the computer in the morning seems to be taking
longer and longer. The pauses between asking for a web page
and it loading increase. Suddenly, even keystrokes aren`t
registering on the screen as quickly as normal. Is your PC
on the verge of a breakdown or has some version of spyware
made ...
Private Sector Needed to Win the War
By Lance Winslow - 04/01/2008
The war in Spam is over seas and the insurgents are coming from outside our borders. The Federal Trade Commission says it is impotent in reducing Viagra Ads in your inbox and in the War in Spam, because it has no jurisdiction there. The information highway is littered with roadside bombs and the wea...
The New iPod Nano
By Allyson Brandy - 04/01/2008
Let?s talk music! Let?s talk podcasts! 1,000 songs, non-skip, digital quality, portability - the pencil thin iPod Nano is just the ticket. Jogging, walking or toughing it out on a treadmill life just got a whole lot easier with the addition of the rugged, little iPod that holds either 500 (2GB) or 1...
Hey Folks We Need Backup Here - Quickly
By John Deprice - 04/01/2008
You know that you should back your data up. But you still don`t because you don`t know what to get. Here is the overview of four budget backup solutions that I`ve personally used and can vouch for. Acronis True Image 8.0 (Acronis) Acronis True Image allows you to create an exact disk image for com...
Microsoft Great Plains Integration with Microsoft Access ? Overview for Developer
By Andrew Karasev - 04/01/2008
Microsoft Business Solutions stakes on Microsoft Great Plains as main Accounting/ERP application for US market. At the same time it seems to be staking on N...
Xbox Catching Up in 2006
By Chris Robertson - 04/01/2008
Although there was a delay in delivering the number of Xbox 360s that consumers demanded for the 2005 holiday season, Microsoft is expected to manufacture over 2 million of the gaming consoles in the first quarter of 2006. It`s estimated that about 1 million Xbox 360s made it to stores in time for t...
It?s Back!! WordPerfect?s Amazing Comeback
By Diana Ennen - 04/01/2008
Have you noticed WordPerfect is gearing up for a comeback in a big way? And fortunately, they are succeeding. If you`re like me, an ole` diehard WordPerfect 5 user, this is music to my ears. I love Microsoft Word, but I long for some of the features WordPerfect had to offer. Among the great advanc...
What is the Difference Between Satellite Phone and Cellular Phone?
By Paul Cris - 04/01/2008
Satellite phone and Cellular phones are wireless devices. They almost look alike. But the way they work is totally different. Cellular phones working method is cell based. That is why they are called cellular phones. The whole network area is divided into small areas. And in each area an antenna is ...
SMS Daycare & Gaming
By Robert Lett - 04/01/2008
Using the Physical World as a Game Board.
This is not Kinky Day Care! SMS stands for Short Message Service.
If your children carry cell phones, or if you have an extra family phone you can let them borrow for the day. This is a good way to get a break and run the kids all ove...
Spam - It`s What`s For Breakfast
By Stella Ramsaroop - 04/01/2008
The first thing I do every morning when I wake up is head for my computer. It holds the secrets to my day. I read my e-mails from several accounts, check my schedule on my Outlook calendar and even find out how much money I can spend that day from my bank`s Web site. I`d be lost without my computer....
Basic Computer Maintenance
By Donnie Schexnayder - 04/01/2008
One of the most common questions computer users ask is, ?How do I maintain my computer and keep it running great?? A computer is a lot like a car?it costs more than you think it should, it starts going down in value as soon as you bring it home and it requires regular maintenance to keep it running ...
Preventing Tape Drive Failure
By Linus Chang - 04/01/2008
Contrary to popular belief, tape drives are generally robust and reliable. However, there are three common mistakes that people make that dramatically increase the probability of
tape drive failure. Firstly, it is not well known that tape drives is differ considerably in terms of how long they are ...
Identity Theft ? Impacting Your Taxes?
By Richard Chapo - 04/01/2008
If your identity is stolen, your finances can quickly become a nightmare. A less obvious problem is the effect identity theft can have on your taxes. Identity Theft Generally, thieves steal your personal data for the purpose of running up credit card charges or opening and abusing new accounts. A de...
Zen and the Art of Buying Computer Parts
By Jared Strop - 04/01/2008
It`s happened to all of us, I`m sure. You are surfing the net and maybe listening to music when all of a sudden...you click the close button on the upper right corner and it freezes. Then you don`t know if you should wait until it`s done or bash the monitor with the keyboard. Eventually, you get fed...
The One Critical Piece Of Free Software That`s Been Overlooked
By Rogel Dias - 04/01/2008
Can You Prevent Spyware, Worms, Trojans, Viruses,
... To Work When You Switch Your Pc On ?
I Can And I Do It On A Pro-active Basis. Surfing Means More And More To Stay Invisible, To Be
Clean From The Inside And To Prevent Installment Of
Malicious Software (So Preventing Unwanted Communication
From I...
Enterprise Architecture
By Patrick Spencer - 04/01/2008
Historically, little thought has been given to creating or maintaining strategic architectures for business enterprises. As the competitive landscape continues to put pressure on organizations to be more efficient, the process of implementing unified Enterprise Architecture will become an essential ...
Viruses, Trojans, and Spyware - Oh My!
By Eric Graves - 04/01/2008
Have you ever had to call Symantec or McAfee to ask them how to remove a virus? Or have you spent hours online trying to figure out how to remove spyware, only to find out that you did something wrong and now your computer won?t boot? I know your pain and frustration with just trying to use your c...
Your Dolphin E-mail Caught In Spam Tuna Net?
By Erwin Steneker - 04/01/2008
Let me ask a couple of questions: - If (potential) customers sends an e-mail to your company, do they want to receive an answer?
- If you, in return, e-mail your customer, do you expect that your e-mail is delivered to the customer?
Well, in my case, I answered "YES" on both questions...
How Security Camera Systems Work
By Derek Hanksworth - 10/02/2007
Security camera systems work via closed-circuit television (CCTV). This CCTV differs from broadcast television because all of the components of the cameras and televisions are linked with cables or alternate direct means. CCTV can be viewed in real-time, and there is no need to broadcast a signal.
...
Features To Look For In A Camcorder
By Richard Gazzo - 05/02/2007
If you`re on the look out for a new digital camcorder then you need to know what type of features to look for. It`s easy to get confused and hard to make sense of all the specifications. Looking for the right features is the key in finding the best camcorder for your needs. While you compare digital...
Things To Look For When Buying A Karaoke Microphone
By Mantius Cazaubon - 29/01/2007
Karaoke microphones should be fun and high quality, while also demonstrating durability. There are many activities and locations where you can use a karaoke mic ? ranging from bars and clubs and going all the way to computer karaoke software. Each of these locations might need a different type of mi...
Using Spy Gadgets to Keep Tabs on Your Teens
By Shawn Davis - 25/01/2007
Spy gadgets are useful for more than just performing surveillance on people you do not know, or for protecting yourself from surveillance. Spy gadgets are increasingly helpful in keeping track of where your teenagers are and what they are doing. With all of the risks in the world today, it is no sur...
Satellite Radio: XM Radio or Sirius?
By Ron King - 23/01/2007
Satellite radio is the hottest trend in radio entertainment for your car, home, and office. The freedom from commercials and static is an exhilarating experience. No longer do you have listen to obnoxious jingles and hot air. No longer are you condemned to choose between dead air and Country & Weste...
Wheelchair Education 101: Which One Is Right For You?
By Alan Jason Smith - 22/01/2007
Whether you plan on being in a wheelchair for just a short time or for the duration of your life, it is very important to pick the right one for you.
With so many wheelchairs on the market today, it can be a tough task to undertake; but you can easily purchase the right wheelchair for you by becom...
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