All about computer hardware

USB Flash Drives – Are They Any Use Now?

Many people, myself included, have been using USB drives for the last few years.

Are USB drives still useful?

Why would you want one? Should you use them at all? Have other devices or methods replaced their usefulness. Probably most importantly, are they safe to use? I’ll try to help you figure out if a USB drive is something you will find useful.

A cartoon about USB flash drives

Are USB Flashdrives Still Useful?

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What Is The Best Headset For Google Voice?

Do you need a headset for Google Voice?

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What is the best headset for Google Voice?

With Google Voice now allowing people to have a phone number and make free calls to the US and Canada from their computers, many people are wondering what they need to use Google Voice. In particular, do you need a special headset for Google Voice. What about a headphone for Google Voice and what’s the difference? Do I need an expensive headset or some special headset? Let me answer some of these questions for you.

Let’s start with “Do I need a headset for Google Voice?”

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A Zillion Ways To Back Up Your Computer

A really, really big list of ways to back up your hard drive.

Ok, maybe not a zillion and I am not sure how many a zillion ways to back up your computer would be anyways.I’m not even sure zillion is a real number. This is a whole lot of different ways and I’ll let you know the advantages and disadvantages of each method of backing up your hard drive and computer. Some methods of backing up your hard drive are both practically neccesary for a buisiness and unpractical for most home computer users.

I’ve also got three videos to accompany this post.

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Why Backing Up Your Computer Is Like Flossing Teeth

Should you back up your computer?

The short answer to that question is:

YES!

The long answer to the question “Should I back up my computer” goes a bit like this:

A few years ago I noticed [Read more...]