RAID = Blazing fast Hard Drive performance
Have you ever had a RAID before? RAID is a technology used to increase hard drive performance and fault-tolerance. What is fault-tolerance? The hard drive inside your computer is responsible for...
View ArticleMovie Shrink and Burn v2
Infopackets Reader Bill G. writes: " Dear Dennis, I just finished reading the latest issue of the Gazette, and have two questions to ask you concerning transferring video files to CD recordable....
View ArticleBackup using CD or DVD media?
Infopackets Reader Alfredo "Mexican55" writes: " Dear Dennis, I just finished reading yesterday's newsletter regarding DVD-R and DVD+R media. My question is related and pertains to file backup. In your...
View ArticleFirewalls: A Brief Discussion
As I was sitting here at my desk, a few things came to mind that I feel should be passed on to you. I have spent the past few months reading about firewalls on web sites and industry publications....
View ArticleLegal Line Spacing in MS Word
A lot of legal secretaries have written to me asking for ways to quickly change the line spacing in a document as they are frequently moving from single line spacing for block quotes and double line...
View ArticleCopy DVD onto Laptop with no DVD Drive?
Infopackets Reader 'Fran' writes: " Dear Dennis, I have 2 Dell Inspiron laptops. One has a DVD drive and the other does not. I want to move a program that came on a DVD to the laptop that can't read...
View Article'Explorer2', and 'Single App'
Explorer2 Free Edition: the lightweight version of xplorer2 sports dual panes and folder tabs and allows you to browse anc copy files using an Explorer-like interface (with many improvements)....
View ArticleScientists: Table Salt to Increase Storage Density
A tandem of researchers in Singapore claim to have discovered a way to use table salt as a means to increase the density at which bits of data can be stored on a hard disk drive platter. Early...
View ArticleAshampoo WinOptimizer 9 Review
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View ArticleUS Gov't Wants to Upgrade Nation's Landline Network
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says it's time to update America's outdated landline telephone network. Chairman Tom Wheeler is calling for an all-digital system that works much like the...
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