5 ways to Take Care of Your Laptop Computer

Now that you have your own laptop computer, you will want to know how to keep it safe right? Our laptops, or any kind of computer, are very important to our lives and for many of us, our work. Because these machines are so important to use we want to do everything in our power to make sure they are protected. If something should happento your laptop there goes everything that you had on it, whether it be pictures ofamily and friends or business documents - you wouldn't want to loose any of it. Here are five ways to make sure you keep your laptop safe.
One: You need to make sure your computer stays properly ventilated to keep from overheating. If your laptop overheats it can cause your CPU and other components to fry leaving you without a computer. You should make sure that you never leave your computer sitting on a soft surface while it is on so the vents will always get the air they need to keep your computer cool.
Two: Do not ever drop your computer. We all know that accidents can happen but one drop and your laptop could be a goner. You should make sure that if you are carrying it from one place to another that it is safely in your laptop bag. Make sure that when you set it on a table that it is level and not near the edge. You wouldn't want someone to walk by nd accidentally knock it over.

Three: When you open your laptop make sure that you do not put too much pressure on the screen. You will also want to avoid touching the screen and playing with the liquid inside. LCD screens are very sensitive and can be very easily damaged. You also do not want to clean it with anything but the cleaners that are specifically designed for LCD screens.
Four: Try to keep drinks and foods away from your laptop unless you absolutely need them there. If you have to have a drink or food near your laptop be very careful not to spill anything. Take this from personal experience, one little drop of liquid in the wrong place can be detrimental. Try to keep your liquids on a different surface than your laptop and when you drink make sure that you are not leaning over your laptop.
Five: Make sure you have anti-virus and anti-spyware software on your computer if you use the Internet. This will keep your computer safe from nasty viruses and prying eyes. There are several very good free anti-virus and anti-spyware software on the market but you can also get good software for a decent price.These are just five of the many ways you can keep your computer safe. Make sure you follow all the precaution as listed above and your computer should be safe. However, as mentioned earlier accidents happen and sometimes we may not be able to control the bad things that can happen to our laptops.
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The Right Mouse Button

The Right Mouse Button
By: Scott Hendison

Until Windows 95 came along, the right mouse button was rarely used. In November of 1999 I wrote an article called “Mousing Around”. It explains the basic functions of mouse use, but deals only with using the left mouse button.
The right mouse button offers a variety of options that can save you lots of time when used at the right time. For instance…
To change your screen saver or display options, you can go to the Start button – settings – control panel, and then double click on the display option. A faster way to get there though is to just put the mouse cursor in any blank area of your Windows desktop. Right click once and select “properties”. Same place, less time.
To create a new Microsoft notepad document to type a grocery list or quick memo etc. you can go to the Start button – Programs – Accessories – Notepad. A faster way to get there is to right click again on a blank area of your desktop and select New. From there, you can choose Notepad (or whatever listed program you want). Same place, less time. Windows has an annoying habit of placing your newly installed software at the bottom of your Start – Programs menu. For someone with a lot of software installed, it can take a while tot find the program you want. If you go to the Start – Programs menu, you can right click anywhere on the menu, and select “sort by name”. This will instantly alphabetize your entire Programs menu, allowing you to instantly find whatever you’re looking for.

The right mouse button can also be used to copy and paste information from one document to another. For an example of this, go to any website, or open any e-mail or word processing document. Now select some text to copy. To do this, just place your mouse cursor at the point where you want to start copying. Next, “click and drag” (Left click, holding button down, move the mouse) to the end of the text you want to copy (then let go of button). Notice how the text becomes colorized or “highlighted”? Now RIGHT click anywhere on that highlighted area, and select “copy”. That information that you have “copied” is now on your “clipboard” for use somewhere else. If you create a new e-mail or open a word processor, or even Microsoft Notepad, you can just right click anywhere in the body of the document, and select “paste”. Voila!
The copy and paste function can also be used for entire files as well as for text. For example, open “My Documents”. Pick any document of any kind, right click on it, and select “copy”. Now a copy of that file is on your clipboard and you can “paste” it wherever you want. On your desktop? Easy. Into the body of and e-mail? No problem.
Notice that there is another option on that right click menu besides “copy”, called “cut”. Many times instead of making a copy of the file or text, you will prefer to cut or remove it from its original location instead. This works the same way, placing it on your clipboard for use elsewhere. This is handy for moving files around, or rearranging entire paragraphs in documents like this one.
Just remember that you can only “cut” text or pictures if you are in a local document that you are otherwise able to edit anyway. In other words, you won’t be able to go to CNN’s website and “cut” a news story, to paste into a document. You’ll have to settle for copying.
This is by no means the end of the list of functions that your right mouse button can help you with, but it’s the end of my column for this month. Don’t be afraid to experiment a little. Even I have been amazed at the variety of right click options I’ve discovered over the last few days while writing this article.
Scott Hendison is an computer & internet consultant living in Portland Oregon and works with companies all over the world. His website is http://www.pdxtc.com
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Computer Graphic

Computer Graphics - An Important Part in Your Computer
By Mehmet Onatli

There are several ways you can look at computer graphics. But no matter which way you do it all comes down to graphics are what makes a website stand out, or graphics are what makes your computer game so real looking. Or perhaps even your graphics card that is in your computer might be what you are talking about. As a definition computer graphics is considered a sub-field of computer science, it studies methods of digitally synthesizing and or manipulating visual content. Although the term computer graphics will often refer to three-dimensional computer graphics, it will also include those two dimensional graphics and image processing.Graphics as a term covers a wide area. Computer graphics is a very sought after career choice nowadays too! If you love to draw and are good at it computer graphics would be a great choice for a career for you, look into it. The field grows everyday, look at all the films that come out now with strictly computer graphics, Madagascar, The Bee Movie, and Kung Fu Panda are just a few. Not long ago that was unheard of, nor if it was done the graphics were one or two dimensional and not that good. Now though the 3-D graphics that are put out are so life-like.
One of the first computer graphic or computer animation displays was seen in Futureworld in 1979, on the movie a computer created hand and face was displayed. We've come a long way since this time, as stated above movies come out ever day that are completely computer animated.

Graphics are used in computer software games and also other games, such as Xbox,
Playstation, and Nintendo Wii. If you go back and look at say Madden '98 and compare the graphics on that game to Madden '08 it's amazing the lengths they have come in such a short amount of time. Heck to even see a leap in a shorter amount of time get a copy of Madden '05 and compare that too the '08 version of the same game, in the short three years between the games the graphics are so amazingly different that it's mind boggling. It's not only sports games that have advanced far ahead of its processors, all types of games have catapulted to new levels with the technological advances of computer graphics.
How about all the fantasy role playing games you can play online in mass now? These are designed by computer programmers and computer graphics specialist. Everyday they advance the graphics by creating updates that are immediately available for online game players. If you've seen these back when they first come out and compare them to today, it's so amazing. Really computer graphics is a high technology field that is used in so many ways.
So next time you load up that game and you see the sweat coming off of one of the players because the graphics are so advanced, tip your hat to all those amazing people who work on computer graphics.
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