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Windows shortcuts

Digital Living From within the Task Manager, you can force an exit from a crashed program, see a list of processes or applications running on your machine, check performance parameters such as how hard your CPU is working, or track your network usage.

9 May 2005, 14:49

Windows XP SP2 nightmares

Digital Living This oversight makes it possible for a worm or virus that arrives, say, by email, to infect your machine, drop in a Trojan horse or another backdoor, then use your PC as a spam-spewing engine, all without Windows Firewall giving as much as a squeak.

13 May 2005, 15:27

Mesh X-treme FX60

Digital Living The low-key exterior of the Mesh X-treme FX60 conceals a ravenous beast of a gaming machine that eats polygons for breakfast, lunch and tea -- but is it too sober to stand out, or too powerful to ignore?

21 April 2006, 10:42

What's lossless audio and do I need it?

Digital Living A process is used when music is compressed into MP3 to discard all the sounds a machine thinks the human ear can't audibly perceive, thus vastly reducing the amount of storage needed to hold entire albums.

18 July 2007, 11:55

Build the ultimate quiet PC

Digital Living Some PCs run as noisily as 50db -- that's nearly as loud as an electric toothbrush or a washing machine. Having a high-speed PC is every techie's dream. Unfortunately, fast PCs generate significant heat and require ventilation by noisy cooling fans.

7 September 2006, 15:49

Lost on the Underground with my PVR

Digital Living My commute on the Northern Line takes about an hour, so a 45- or 30-minute television programme can be enjoyed without arriving at my destination and standing on tenterhooks by the ticket machine to watch the last explosive scenes of a blockbuster.

26 September 2005, 9:38

How do I print from my mobile phone?

Digital Living The final option is to take your K800i to a Kodak picture kiosk or similar machine (often found in pharmacies and camera shops) and send them via Bluetooth or infrared. I've just bought a Sony Ericsson K800i and it takes great photos, but what's...

11 October 2006, 13:40

Which Vista version is for me?

Digital Living You'll need to think hard about whether your current PC can support a version of the new OS, or if you'll have to buy a new machine. My friend has been telling me how good the new Microsoft Vista operating system is, but I'm confused.

7 February 2007, 13:45

Which TV should I buy for gaming and a Media Center setup?

Digital Living As with any PC, make sure that you have the latest graphics card drivers for your machine -- out of date drivers can cause numerous problems. I'm in the process of buying my first LCD TV. I have a Media Center PC, which I use a lot for PC games.

14 February 2007, 12:51

Your PC needs a firewall

Digital Living I strongly recommend that everyone who doesn't have a firewall at least get one of these software firewalls on their machine for the protection they give. The most important criterion for picking an antivirus program is whether the company is alive...

12 July 2005, 13:24

Speed up your bootup time

Digital Living Exit Windows, then power off your machine. Does it seem like the more time you spend with your Windows XP installation, the longer your PC takes to pull itself out of bed when booting up? It's not a sign of old age, it's the ever-growing...

2 August 2006, 15:56

Tech support for your parents

Digital Living This free utility comes with Windows XP and allows your parent to send a help request to your machine. When you're visiting your parents is a good time to bring their computer up-to-date or to make sure it's protected from viruses and the like.

11 May 2005, 11:43

Don't cut the technology cord

Digital Living It didn't have a speaker, an answering machine, an electronic phone book, a redial key or a choice of nineteen different handset 'melodies', but it instantly placed a long-distance call to my childhood.

25 March 2006, 8:00

What MP3 player for my particular needs?

Digital Living There's also plenty of free software -- although again you can use Anapod Explorer -- that will let you use your iPod without iTunes, and iPods are no longer tied to a single copy of iTunes, or a single machine, so you're in luck there.

23 November 2006, 16:11

Cool screensavers for your beloved Mac

Digital Living I regularly check the TalkBack from my columns to see what readers are saying about my software choices and how they feel about my subject matter. TalkBack from a recent screensavers column really gave it to me for not featuring Mac software and...

9 May 2005, 15:12

Format wars: The tech that should have won

Did you love Laserdisc? Were you bonkers over Betamax? Travel back in time with Captain Tech and check out the format losers that should have triumphed

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