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Why Was the Internet Slow Yesterday?
Frustrated with the internet slowdown yesterday? Seems a typhoon in Taiwan was responsible, cutting the link that bridges the Philippines to the rest of the world. Details on what exactly was damaged and when full service returns follow. More »
- Thu Aug 13 2009
- 5 Opinions
Tip for Excel Users: Multi-Line Cells
So you use Excel a lot, and you want to place multiple lines in the same spreadsheet cell. Normally, you’d press Enter to create a new line, but in Excel, the key moves you to the next cell. I used to type in the data in Notepad, then copy-paste it into Excel. But there’s a [...] More »
- Fri Mar 13 2009
- 2 Opinions
Problems With Your Built-in iSight?
Reader Gina recently called me up, describing a problem she was having with her 2006 MacBook’s iSight (the built-in webcam). Basically, nothing was coming out when she tried using it for chat. On top of that, when she tried taking pictures with Photo Booth, only green came out on the app’s preview pane. So what [...] More »
- Tue Feb 10 2009
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Wii, Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 for Christmas?
Christmas is just a month away, so the decision on where to spend that 13th month bonus slowly becomes more urgent. Spend it on a gaming console? If so, which one? By the way, thanks to reader Ren for asking this question. Nintendo Wii. There are many reasons why the Wii is the top-selling console [...] More »
- Wed Nov 26 2008
- 16 Opinions
How Do You Format a Disk on a Mac?
Reader Christine asks: How do you format a disk on a Mac? On a Mac, formating a disk is called erasing it. On Mac OS X, you need to run Disk Utility to do this. To start using Disk Utility: Look for the program in your Applications/Utilities folder of your primary hard disk; double-click on it to [...] More »
- Thu May 15 2008
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