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What a Website Needs to Succeed - by Jim Shutes
Every business needs a website. It is an absolute MUST! Nowadays, it’s like not being in the phone book. The Internet is a digitally-indexed database that is searchable. Whenever anyone wants to know more about anything, they look it up on the Internet, in their own time, 24/7, without the pressure of a sales person. With search engines, such as Google.com or Yahoo.com, the information they are looking for can be found in seconds. If you aren’t where people are looking, you CAN’T get the sale.

Even if you aren’t planning on selling anything online, you still need to have an Internet presence, telling your story and being a 24/7 sales person for you. The Internet is information. So, even if you just have an informational website, people can find out more about you, your company, what you have to offer, and why they should choose you over your competition. A website gives you the opportunity to get all of that across to your potential customer. [More]

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“What Works & What Doesn’t... For a PC Repair Business” - by Jim Shutes
I have been involved with computers for many years. I have a PC repair, troubleshooting, and networking background. So, when I wanted to start my own PC Repair business, I thought, “How hard could it be? You just hang a shingle, design a website and post it, maybe place a newspaper ad, get a Yellow Pages ad, and hang a few signs around town. I would be SWIMMING in business! In fact, I need to start looking, right now, for help handling all of my new business!” Well, that wasn’t the case. In fact, that was so far from the case that I almost starved to death trying to figure out what went wrong. [More]

Combat Computer Spyware! - by Jim Shutes
An AntiSpyware Program Isn't Enough
Spyware has become an epidemic on the Internet. A lot of computer users have Spyware and don't even know they have it, much less how to get rid of it. If your computer has been taking you to websites that you don't want to go to, or if you get pop-ups when you aren't even on the Internet, or if your computer has been running extremely slowly lately, for no reason, you probably have Spyware. [More]

10 Easy Steps to Speed Up Your Computer - Without Upgrading Your Hardware! - by Jim Shutes
It seems that the longer you own your computer, the slower it gets! A lot of people will keep their computer until it gets so slow that they feel they need a newer, faster model. Some feel like the reason it is getting slower is because it is getting older, when that is just not the case. Your computer should run just as fast as the day you brought it home - if you follow these 10 Easy Steps to Speed Up Your Computer. [More]

Does Your Company Have A Website? Get Started For Around $500
Every business needs a website. Many would disagree, but I think you will find that these people are business owners who don't have a website. They are probably people who still have a rotary phone, as well. If you want to join the millions of website owners who are making tons of money on the Internet, here is a checklist of what we will need from you to get you going. It also includes suggestions of what pages you will want included on your new website, and why. Take a few minutes and look through this checklist. If you just want the overview, just read the bold lines. If you want the details, they are there, too.

Laptops Get Instant-On Makeovers At CES
Vendors including Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, and Intel are introducing technology to allow users to speed through the long wait needed to power up.- Jan 05, 2006

Motorola Plans Cell-Phone Google Feature
Users will be able to launch Google by clicking on an icon, Motorola said. Company is also working to bring Yahoo to phones.- Jan 06, 2006

Intel Launches Next-Gen Notebook Platform
Intel rolled out the first batch of low-power dual-core processors that are the center piece of its next-generation Napa mobile platform at the Consumer Electronics Show Thursday and highlighted a variety of new notebooks that use the devices. - Jan 06, 2006

BIOS from A to Z
Turn on hidden power functions, boot faster, speed up RAM and your CPU, tune your chipsets, deactivate unused functions... Secret BIOS settings can make Windows XP better, faster, and more stable. - Jan 4, 2006

Intel's 65 nm Process Breathes Fire into Double-Core Extreme Edition
Intel's first 65 nm double-core processor seriously merits the hyperbole of its Extreme Edition name. The 3.46 GHz, FSB 1066 and 4 MB L2 device shows that Intel's still got some bite and wait till you see what happens when it is overclocked at 4.26 GHz. - Dec 28, 2005

Two's Company, Four's a WOW! Sneak Preview of NVIDIA Quad GPU SLI
Dual graphics solutions using SLI are yesterday's news - quad rendering is in! Asus' muscle-card combines two GeForce 7800 GT chips on one board. Pair two of these cards up in SLI mode, and you get a "Quad GPU" system. Of course, not everyone has $1,600 to spend just on their graphics subsystem. - Dec 14, 2005

xBox 360 May Be Juicy Target For Hackers
Even game consoles are under attack by hackers. But although the current crop poses little risk to the average player, the next generation may .- Oct 21, 2005

Madison, Wisconsin Rolls Out Wi-Fi Muni Network
Madison, Wisconsin, is the latest municipality to announce a citywide Wi-Fi rollout, as the pressure on large telephony and cable companies mounts .- Oct 21, 2005

Launch of 'Mid-Air' Video Display 'Hits' Website
IO2 Technology launches a display which projects video images onto thin air earlier this week. Overwhelming demand for information took the company's Web site off the Internet. - Aug 19, 2005

HomePlug AV Specification Approved By Alliance Board
A new powerline networking protocol, called HomePlug AV, has been approved by the HomePlug Powerline Alliance which promises fast communications, without adding extra wires. The new specification zips data through the existing power lines in the home, at 200 Megabit per second. This is a marked improvement over the old HomePlug 1.0 protocol which ran at 14 Megabit per second. - Aug 19, 2005

Search Engines Find Stolen Identities
Should search-engine companies should be working harder to address privacy issues? - Aug 18, 2005

Microsoft Adds Wireless LAN Security To Windows XP
An update to Windows XP Service Pack 2 provides full support for WPA2 wireless LAN security, the standard that was approved last year and is being widely adopted in enterprises. - May 03, 2005

Nanotechnology to Improve Quality, Performance of Thin Displays
Current flat panel displays will soon see receive new feature sets that make the compromises between common CRT displays and LCDs easier to swallow for manufacturers and end-users, analysts said. Plastic and flexible displays as well as carbon nanotube-based devices will make their commercial debuts this year and become mainstream within five years, NanoMarkets said. - April 29, 2005

Samsung Ships Serial ATA II Drives, Shows Hybrid Harddrive
Samsung claims it is first to make harddrives with a Serial ATA II (SATA II) interface commercially available. Three new drives were announced on Wednesday, aiming at gaming and enterprise applications. - April 27, 2005

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