Category Archives: Glossary

File Extension Associations

Trying to find out what application uses a particular file extension? Here is a quick table of some of the more common file extensions, as well as their associated applications.

RAID Basics

Technology, how we love it until something goes wrong and we end up yelling at our computer screens. If you’ve ever lost data, you know how much time, money, and headaches it can cost you to retrieve it, especially if you are a company. Data recovery doesn’t have to be worrisome.

Setting Up Your Own Webcam

Setting up your own web camera is easy: all you need is a computer, the cam itself, webcam software which will do the broadcasting, and an Internet connection. Streaming Video vs. Still Images The first decision you have to make before putting your camera live is if it will show streaming video or still images. If you have… Read More »

Fighting the Blue Screen of Death

Windows is sometimes blamed for many things that happen when you are using your PC and they may or may not be to blame. One of the things that they are not to blame for is in answer to the question what causes beginning dump of physical memory? This question is difficult to answer.

Tech Writing for the Faint of Heart

Sometimes it may be beyond a companies or individuals budget to hire a professional writer to address their technical documentation. Although in an ideal world all technical documentation should be produced by a highly trained expert, unfortunately we do not live in an ideal. In the same way that many people will attempt to repair their own home… Read More »

The Evaluation Process Of Data Recovery

As most people already know, almost all hard drives fail due to normal use and conditions.  Although it can happen at anytime, hard drive failure normally takes several years to occur, due to normal wear and tear.  No matter what the case may be, you should always be fully aware of the options that are available to you,… Read More »

Tips for Making Your Site Search Engine Friendly

There is no point in building a website unless there are visitors coming in. A major source of traffic for most sites on the Internet is search engines like Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Altavista and so on. Hence, by designing a search engine friendly site, you will be able to rank easily in search engines and obtain more visitors.

Why You Should Not Try Data Recovery Yourself

In the world of computers, data recovery is something we all know and rely on to recover lost of missing data.  The process of data recovery is very complicated, one that you should never attempt to do yourself.  Hard drives especially, are very fragile and need extra special care when they are worked on.  You have to be… Read More »