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..............Unless you've been living under a rock in 2009, you know that social networking Web sites are the latest and greatest way to interact with other users on the Internet. Thirty-five percent of adults on the Internet now have a profile on at least one social networking site, and 51 percent have more than one. Three-quarters of users between the ages of 18 and 24 have an online profile [source:  USA Today ]. The Pew Research Center found that 89 percent of these people use the sites to keep up with friends, 57 percent to make plans with friends and 49 percent to make new friends. Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Friendster, Urban Chat and Black Planet are just a few of more than 100 Web sites connecting folks around the world who are eager to share their thoughts and feelings. But just like in real life, there's such a thing as sharing too much information (TMI). It's easy to get caught up in the social aspects of sites like Facebook, but what you choose to share ...

Top 10 unknown Google tricks Below is a list of our top ten Google tricks many people who use Google don't know about. Definitions Pull up the definition of the word by typing define followed by the word you want the definition for. For example, typing:  define bravura  would display the definition of that word. Local search Visit  Google Local  enter the area you want to search and the keyword of the place you want to find. For example, typing:  restaurant  at the above link would display local restaurants. Phone number lookup Enter a full phone number with area code to display the name and address associated with that phone number. Find weather and movies Type "weather" or "movies" followed by a zip code or city and state to display current weather conditions or movie theaters in your area. For example, typing  weather 84101  gives you the current weather conditions for Salt Lake City, UT and the next four days. Typing ...

Kindle A  Kindle  is a hardware device first released in the United States by Amazon.com  November 19, 2007  that displays images and text using  E ink  and is capable of getting e-books over the Amazon Whispernet using Sprint's  EVDO . Using this device users have access to hundred of thousands of books from amazon.com at lower costs per book, can subscribe to magazines, get news paper subscriptions, get RSS feeds from popular sites, and even connect to the Internet with a basic browser. What makes the kindle unique when compared to a computer is the technology behind displaying the text. The text is crisp and clear and comparable to reading text in a book, in addition since it's not constantly refreshed this allows for the battery life to be much longer than a  laptop . Finally, the kindle is extremely light and easy to hold, and can connect to Amazon's Whispernet to buy books without the need of a computer or Internet access. This is a ...

While on the Windows Vista or higher Desktop hold down the Ctrl key and scroll up and down using the wheel on your mouse. While scrolling up all the icons on the desktop will increase in size and while scrolling down all the icons will decrease in size.  

Virus ABCs One of the biggest fears among new computer users is being infected by a computer virus or programs designed to destroy their personal data. Viruses are malicious software programs that have been designed by other computer users to cause destruction and havoc on a computer and spread themselves to other computers where they can repeat the process. Once the virus is made, it is often distributed through shareware, pirated software, e-mail, P2P programs, or other programs where users share data. A computer virus is a software program that was first written "Rich Skrenta" in 1982 who was a 15-year old high school student. Known as The Elk Cloner this virus spread to other computers by monitoring the floppy drive and copying itself to any floppy diskette that was inserted into the computer. Once a floppy diskette became infected it would infect all other computers that disk was inserted into, each computer that was infected wo...

How do I password protect my files and folders in Windows? Question How do I password protect my files and folders in Windows? Answer Tip: Before password protecting any document you may wish to create a backup of the non-password protected folder and files in case you forget the password in the future. The majority of Microsoft Windows operating systems do not come with a method of password protecting your sensitive files and folders. If you're using Microsoft Windows 3.x , Windows 95 , Windows 98 , you will need to download or purchase a third-party program to password protect your files and folders in Windows; skip down to the other security solutions section if you're using one of these operating systems. Microsoft Windows XP professional users Microsoft Windows XP home users Other security solutions for protecting your files and folders in Windows Things to remember when encrypting or password protecting files and folders Microsoft Windows XP pro...

Getting into Windows Safe Mode Question Getting into Windows Safe Mode. Reason If you cannot boot into normal Windows mode or cannot troubleshoot because of errors in normal mode boot into Safe Mode. Windows Safe Mode bypasses startup programs and drivers that are not required for Windows to load and will allow you to fix Windows problems Solutions Windows XP users Windows Vista users Windows 7 users Windows 98 and ME users Windows 95 users Windows 2000 users How to get out of Safe Mode? Which Safe Mode option should I choose? Unable to get into Windows Safe Mode How to boot your phone into Safe Mode Cell phone always boots into Safe Mode Windows 2000 and XP users Tip: If you are running Safe Mode because you cannot get into Windows, you may want to first try loading the last known good configuration . To get into the Windows 2000 and XP Safe mode, as the computer is booting press and hold your "F8 Key" which should bring...