Category: Technology

Technology Summary. Dell is offering a new notebook, the Adamo, with glass display and aluminum construction. The Adamo has received much press attention including stories featured by Engadget,  Reuters, and the Wall Street Journal. Review. This notebook represents a departure from most Windows compatible notebook computers because of the elegance in design and durability of… Continue reading Dell Adamo 10-inch Netbook Inspiron Mini 10 Notebook Computer

Technology User Question. “Often when I paste something from the Internet to an e-mail or Microsoft Word, the resulting pasted text ends up having weird formatting like being too small.” Response. Typically in Windows or Apple, pasting text that has any formatting will retain the original formatting. For Apple users, try pasting the text into… Continue reading Remove Formatting from Pasted Text

Technology User Question. “I just upgraded my operating system and discovered that my scanner isn’t compatible with the new operating system. The scanner is a really nice one and cost several hundred dollars. I called the manufacturer and they said that it isn’t possible to offer new software and drivers to make the old scanners compatible… Continue reading Old HP or Epson Scanner Drivers for Windows XP or Vista

Technology Summary. Some owners of the Palm Tungsten T|X and hard case enclosure may notice when the Palm device is in the case and the case is closed, it rattles around which is kind of annoying. Solution. Small rubber clear cushion “feet” can be purchased from Radio Shack (item 64-2365) and placed on the inside of the case that… Continue reading Palm T|X Hard Case Makes Rattling Noises

Technology Summary. Quite frequently users have trouble sending e-mail attachments. The process is different depending on the e-mail program or service being used. Solution. The general process is typically five steps: Create a new e-mail by clicking on “new” or “compose”, address it, provide a subject, and type a short message click on the “Attach” or “Attach… Continue reading How to Send E-Mail Attachments such as Photos

Technology Summary. When plugging in a USB 2.0 device into a USB 1.0 port on a computer, you may see the following notification: “The USB device can perform faster if you connect it ti a Hi Speed USB 2.0 port. For list of available port click here.” The reason for this notification is because the USB… Continue reading Windows XP USB device can perform faster

Technology Summary. After checking that Outlook is setup and configured properly, by pressing the “Test Account Settings” button during email account setup, and observing that all tests show a green check mark indicating Outlook is configured properly. It may be that E-mail sent to one’s own account are received. However, attempting to send e-mail to… Continue reading Outlook error 550 not local host domain.com not a gateway

Technology Summary. The Dell Inspiron 1545 notebook computer comes with an evaluation (trial) version of Trend Micro Internet Security software. When the computer is first turned on, you’ll be asked if you want to agree to the license now, agree to the license later, or not agree to the license. If you do not agree to… Continue reading Dell Inspiron 1545 Trend Micro Internet Security Removal Causes Wireless and Ethernet Internet Connection Communication Failure

Technology > Apple Summary. In the past, there was an easy method for inserting an iPhoto iWeb Photo Gallery into a web page using HTML code. With iLife ’08 this was no longer easy to do. These instructions may change or be irrelevant with iLife ’09. Instructions. Follow these instructions to discover the code, or… Continue reading iPhoto iWeb Photo Gallery Instructions for How to Embed Slideshow in Blog or Website

Technology > Apple | Video Summary. Below are instructions for downloading videos that are in the FLV format from YouTube or Google Video. These instructions should work with any pages that have Flash (FLV) video embedded. The following instructions are based on the Safari browser. Go to the page where the video is found. Begin… Continue reading Download Google YouTube and Flash Video FLV in Safari