PC Newsletter Archive

September 10, 2010 Issue 235: Laptop Vs Desktop
September 3, 2010 Issue 234: Virtual Memory
August 27, 2010 Issue 233: Cache Is Money
August 20, 2010 Issue 232: Everything Is Connected
August 13, 2010 Issue 231: Random Access Memory
August 6, 2010 Issue 230: The Flash to the Rescue
July 30, 2010 Issue 229: SATA Hard Dive Info
July 23, 2010 Issue 228: Hard Drive Vs Solid State
July 16, 2010 Issue 227: Leave Room for More
July 9, 2010 Issue 226: Gaming System Cases
July 2, 2010 Issue 225: Building a Gaming Computer
June 25, 2010 Issue 224: Gamers Do Not Have To Settle
June 18, 2010 Issue 223: Control Your Gaming
June 11, 2010 Issue 222: Let the Sound Surround You
June 4, 2010 Issue 221: Affordable and Upgradeable Media Machine
May 28, 2010 Issue 220: Scanners
May 21, 2010 Issue 219: Know What You Are Downloading
May 14, 2010 Issue 218: Ventilation
May 7, 2010 Issue 217: New Cases Every Couple of Years
April 30, 2010 Issue 216: Keep the Noise Down
April 23, 2010 Issue 215: Keep It Flowing
April 16, 2010 Issue 214: Comfortably Computing
April 9, 2010 Issue 213: Wireless Devices Can Cut Back on the Clutter
April 2, 2010 Issue 212: Speaking for Your Computer
March 26, 2010 Issue 211: Multi-Function Printers Save Money and Space
March 19, 2010 Issue 210: It's All About Connecting
March 12, 2010 Issue 209: The Future Is Blu
March 5, 2010 Issue 208: How Will Region Codes Affect My Choice of DVD Drive?
February 26, 2010 Issue 207: Case the Joint
February 19, 2010 Issue 206: Avoiding Unnecessary Software
February 5, 2010 Issue 205: Save Money and Stay within Your Budget
January 29, 2010 Issue 204: The Process of Choosing a Processor
January 22, 2010 Issue 203: Have a Price in Mind Before Shopping
January 15, 2010 Issue 202: Shopping For a New Computer Monitor
January 8, 2010 Issue 201: The Disadvantages of Cathode Ray Tubes
January 1, 2010 Issue 200: Is your card past its prime?
December 25, 2009 Issue 199: Finding Laptop Deals Online
December 18, 2009 Issue 198: Minimum Amount of Memory
December 11, 2009 Issue 197: Choose a DVD-ROM Drive Instead
December 4, 2009 Issue 196: Laptop Screens
November 27, 2009 Issue 195: Covering the Bases on Cases
November 20, 2009 Issue 194: Tools of the Trade
November 13, 2009 Issue 193: LCD Meets Laptop
November 6, 2009 Issue 192: Buying Cheap Laptops
October 30, 2009 Issue 191: Protect Your Investment
October 23, 2009 Issue 190: A Whole New Level of Realism
October 16, 2009 Issue 189: The Price of a Laptop
October 9, 2009 Issue 188: Recycle or Donate an Old Computer
October 2, 2009 Issue 187: Unfreezing Your Computer
September 25, 2009 Issue 186: Free Antispyware Tools
September 18, 2009 Issue 185: Your Desktop PC and Spyware
September 11, 2009 Issue 184: Opt For a Warranty
September 4, 2009 Issue 183: Leasing a Desktop Computer
August 28, 2009 Issue 182: Make Your Selection Based on the Whole Computer
August 21, 2009 Issue 181: Multimedia Computers
August 14, 2009 Issue 180: Intel Celeron Microprocessors
August 7, 2009 Issue 179: The History of the CPU
July 31, 2009 Issue 178: Taking Care of Your Motherboard
July 24, 2009 Issue 177: Motherboard Standards
July 17, 2009 Issue 176: Wireless Monitors
July 10, 2009 Issue 175: VGA and DVI cables
July 3, 2009 Issue 174: Color Depth
June 26, 2009 Issue 173: The Energy Star Program
June 19, 2009 Issue 172: Choosing The Right Software
June 12, 2009 Issue 171: Uses For Your Desktop PC
June 5, 2009 Issue 170: How Much to Spend
May 29, 2009 Issue 169: Where to Buy a Desktop Computer
May 22, 2009 Issue 168: Computer Speakers Are a Must Have
May 15, 2009 Issue 167: Web Cameras
May 8, 2009 Issue 166: Shopping For a Printer
May 1, 2009 Issue 165: Can My Computer Support a Scanner?
April 24, 2009 Issue 164: Scanner Interface
April 17, 2009 Issue 163: Bored with Board games?
April 10, 2009 Issue 162: The function of form:
April 3, 2009 Issue 161: How to Tell if your Hard Drive is Hardly Working
March 27, 2009 Issue 160: Are you in or out?
March 20, 2009 Issue 159: The mother of all problems avoided
March 13, 2009 Issue 158: Computing in comfort
March 6, 2009 Issue 157: Power parts
February 20, 2009 Issue 156: What to watch out for with Wireless
February 13, 2009 Issue 155: Choosing The Right Scanner
February 6, 2009 Issue 154: How Comfortable Is Your Mouse?
January 30, 2009 Issue 153: Connecting a Mouse to a Computer
January 23, 2009 Issue 152: Test Drive Your Mouse
January 16, 2009 Issue 151: Refurbished Laptops
January 9, 2009 Issue 150: Used Laptops
January 2, 2009 Issue 149: Laptop Warranties
December 26, 2008 Issue 148: Improving the Life of Your Laptop
December 19, 2008 Issue 147: Backup Your Laptop
December 12, 2008 Issue 146: Laptop Security Locks
December 5, 2008 Issue 145: Laptop Traveling Cases
November 28, 2008 Issue 144: Overclocking a CPU
November 21, 2008 Issue 143: CPU Cache
November 14, 2008 Issue 142: Motherboard Bridges
November 7, 2008 Issue 141: Choosing Between Pentium and Celeron Computers
October 31, 2008 Issue 140: Refresh Rates
October 24, 2008 Issue 139: Computer Monitor Maintenance
October 17, 2008 Issue 138: Computer Cases Squared
October 10, 2008 Issue 137: Looks are everything
October 3, 2008 Issue 136: Desktop death
September 26, 2008 Issue 135: Cam-comparison:
September 19, 2008 Issue 134: Game gear
September 12, 2008 Issue 133: Looking for the right sound card
September 5, 2008 Issue 132: Don't go for a cheap chipset
August 29, 2008 Issue 131: Power of sleep
August 22, 2008 Issue 130: Power protection
August 15, 2008 Issue 129: What is a CD Burner?
August 8, 2008 Issue 128: Computer Cases: Covering what you need to know
August 1, 2008 Issue 127: Microchip: What's the big deal
July 25, 2008 Issue 126: CPU: Behind the brains
July 18, 2008 Issue 125: Canīt Copy Hollywood?
July 11, 2008 Issue 124: Voila! Video to DVD
July 4, 2008 Issue 123: No more Joy from that retro Joystick
June 27, 2008 Issue 122: Screen Play
June 20, 2008 Issue 121: A Barebones Hard Drive isn't Hard to Find
June 13, 2008 Issue 120: Hard Drive: The Hard Facts
June 6, 2008 Issue 119: Ethernet equals easy access
May 30, 2008 Issue 118: Adapting to the wireless web
May 23, 2008 Issue 117: Amount of Storage Space
May 16, 2008 Issue 116: Buying vs. Upgrading
May 9, 2008 Issue 115: Cleaning a Desktop PC
May 2, 2008 Issue 114: Cathode Ray Tubes
April 25, 2008 Issue 113: Attachments to the Motherboard
April 18, 2008 Issue 112: Choosing the chip
April 11, 2008 Issue 111: Be on the look out when you hook up
April 4, 2008 Issue 110: Take it for a test drive
March 28, 2008 Issue 109: Don't feel blue about networking
March 21, 2008 Issue 108: The skinny on Laptop computers
March 14, 2008 Issue 107: Keeping a clean screen:
March 7, 2008 Issue 106: Shedding a little light on monitors
February 29, 2008 Issue 105: The ABCs of LCDs & Plasma Monitors:
February 22, 2008 Issue 104: Putting a card in its place
February 15, 2008 Issue 103: Video Card Killer
February 8, 2008 Issue 102: Power for the PC
February 1, 2008 Issue 101: Don't get burned on CD Burners
January 25, 2008 Issue 100: Getting the jump on technology
January 18, 2008 Issue 99: The coolest part of the case
January 11, 2008 Issue 98: Boost Your Trip Down Memory Lane
January 4, 2008 Issue 97: A Hard Drive Can be all Fun and Games
December 28, 2007 Issue 96: Fused may cause a fuss:
December 21, 2007 Issue 95: Video Card: Coming to a PC near you
December 14, 2007 Issue 94: The mini-barebones basics
December 7, 2007 Issue 93: Dawn of the DVD
November 30, 2007 Issue 92: Bare minimum for a barebones
November 23, 2007 Issue 91: Don't be a speed demon
November 16, 2007 Issue 90: A PC is truly a personal computer
November 9, 2007 Issue 89: Breathe life into your Battery life
November 2, 2007 Issue 88: A case in clean up
October 26, 2007 Issue 87: Power is cool.
October 19, 2007 Issue 86: Motherboard: Keeping it all together
October 12, 2007 Issue 85: Wireless Keyboards
October 5, 2007 Issue 84: Removable Hard Disk Drives
September 28, 2007 Issue 83: Taking Care of Your CPU
September 21, 2007 Issue 82: Desktop Definition
September 14, 2007 Issue 81: Laptop Hard Drive Space
September 7, 2007 Issue 80: Maximum Amount of Memory
August 31, 2007 Issue 79: How Important is Resolution?
August 24, 2007 Issue 78: Selecting the Right Size
August 17, 2007 Issue 77: Form Factors Continued
August 10, 2007 Issue 76: AMD Central Processing Units
August 3, 2007 Issue 75: Tape Drives
July 27, 2007 Issue 74: Buying a Modem
July 13, 2007 Issue 73: Good Things Come In Small Packages
July 6, 2007 Issue 72: Protecting Yourself
June 29, 2007 Issue 71: Ergonomic Keyboard
June 22, 2007 Issue 70: Not All Mice Are Created Equal
June 15, 2007 Issue 69: Adding with ease:
June 8, 2007 Issue 68: DDR Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
June 1, 2007 Issue 67: Dual Inline Packages
May 25, 2007 Issue 66: Dynamic Random Acess Memory
May 18, 2007 Issue 65: Free Memory Testing Software
May 11, 2007 Issue 64: Memories that never fade
May 4, 2007 Issue 63: Memory Card Care
April 27, 2007 Issue 62: Memory Game
April 20, 2007 Issue 61: Memory made to watch or print
April 13, 2007 Issue 60: Memory Modules
April 6, 2007 Issue 59: Memory Upgrades By Computer Technicians
March 30, 2007 Issue 58: Memory: Forget this
March 23, 2007 Issue 57: Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
March 16, 2007 Issue 56: Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
March 9, 2007 Issue 55: When Should I Upgrade My Memory?
March 2, 2007 Issue 54: Troubleshooting Problems With Memory
February 23, 2007 Issue 53: Bad Sectors on a Hard Drive
February 16, 2007 Issue 52: Barebones Kit Costs
February 9, 2007 Issue 51: Calculating DVD Burner Speed
February 2, 2007 Issue 50: Computer vs. Barebones Kit
January 26, 2007 Issue 49: Data Recovery Solutions for a Hard Drive
January 19, 2007 Issue 48: Deciding On The Right Barebones Kit
January 12, 2007 Issue 47: Defragment a Hard Drive
January 5, 2007 Issue 46: Determine Your Brand of CD Burner
December 29, 2006 Issue 45: Direct X Compatible Video Cards
December 22, 2006 Issue 44: Formatting a Hard Drive
December 15, 2006 Issue 43: How Do CD Burners Work?
December 8, 2006 Issue 42: LightScribe
December 1, 2006 Issue 41: Monitor CPU Temperature
November 24, 2006 Issue 40: Popular CD Burning Software: Nero 7 Ultra Edition
November 17, 2006 Issue 39: Popular CD Burning Software: Windows Media Player
October 27, 2006 Issue 38: Read the Outside of the Box
October 20, 2006 Issue 37: Selecting The Right CPU Cooling Fan
October 13, 2006 Issue 36: The Cost of Buying a Video Card
October 6, 2006 Issue 35: Upgrading to a DVD Burner
September 29, 2006 Issue 34: Finding Affordable Computer Parts
September 22, 2006 Issue 33: Sound Card Connections
September 15, 2006 Issue 32: Upgrading a Sound Card
September 8, 2006 Issue 31: Troubleshooting Your Sound Card
September 1, 2006 Issue 30: The Disk Cleanup Utility
August 25, 2006 Issue 29: Look For a Quiet Cooling Fan
August 18, 2006 Issue 28: DDR-3 SDRAM
August 4, 2006 Issue 26: Types of Modems
July 21, 2006 Issue 25: The mother of all offers:
July 14, 2006 Issue 24: Beware of the dust bunnies
July 7, 2006 Issue 23: Removable Storage: Going, going gone
June 30, 2006 Issue 22: Desktop vs. Laptop
June 23, 2006 Issue 21: The DVD-Burner breakdown
June 16, 2006 Issue 20: To erase or not to erase
June 9, 2006 Issue 19: CD Burner: Feel the burn
June 2, 2006 Issue 18: Software that gives you the best burn:
May 26, 2006 Issue 17: Why not wireless?
May 19, 2006 Issue 16: Securing your system
May 12, 2006 Issue 15: The network-to-go
May 5, 2006 Issue 14: The advantages of Ad-hoc or infrastructure
April 28, 2006 Issue 13: The Graphic Nature of Games
April 21, 2006 Issue 12: Help from the outside
April 14, 2006 Issue 11: The Memory Minimum:
April 7, 2006 Issue 10: Not for the techno-novice
March 31, 2006 Issue 9: Zip through projects
March 17, 2006 Issue 8: Missing the Mouse?
March 10, 2006 Issue 7: A network thatīs not too much:
March 3, 2006 Issue 6: Home Network Heartache
February 24, 2006 Issue 5: Homework made easy
February 17, 2006 Issue 4: The power of compatibly:
February 10, 2006 Issue 3: Monitor Migraines:
February 3, 2006 Issue 2: Monitor your monitor:
January 27, 2006 Issue 1: PC memory: A look back
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