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How To Clean A Computer Mouse
Posted on January 6th, 2006 on
Does it take thirty seconds and several passes to get to the “point” of point-and-click? Are you cursing your cursor? Do you have to roll your mouse in carefully-timed in...

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Selecting a Voice Recorder
Posted on December 23rd, 2005 on
Voice recorders can be handy for people in many different walks of life: students, writers, business people, etc. There are several different kinds on the market, and yo...

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I Can’t Read the Website: Text Factors
Posted on November 25th, 2005 on
Perhaps your problem with websites stem not from colors or flashing and moving objects, but the size of the text. Is it all simply too small to read? Or maybe you have di...

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I Can’t Read the Website: Color Factors
Posted on November 25th, 2005 on
It is common knowledge that many people daily cope with the visual impairment commonly referred to as “color blindness”. Few people stop to think what that means in...

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Preserving Family Photos Electronically
Posted on October 7th, 2005 on
Preserving Family Photos Electronically Family photos are irreplaceable pieces of the past, but they are fragile by nature; even with the best attempts at preservation, a photogr...

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Basic Microsoft Hotkeys
Posted on September 23rd, 2005 on
If you work with Microsoft programs on a daily basis, it’s helpful to know basic “hotkeys” – key combinations that accomplish formatting or other types of selections wi...

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How to Create Your Own Website
Posted on August 2nd, 2005 on
Having your own website isn’t as unlikely as it might seem. Modern technology and the free market system makes web space available to virtually anyone. Decide where to ...

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