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Computers

  The following Weblog items are filed under the Computers category. There are 73 entries in this section. The earliest was published on June 10, 2009 and the latest entry was filed on August 26, 2009. If you have any comments about Computers please let me know!

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August 26, 2009
iGoogle Tip

If your using iGoogle, here's a cool tip. You can create a channel that does searches the news wire for anything you want. For example, you can see if your company is in the news, or if there's anything going on in your hometown. Here's what you do:

  1. Go to iGoogle and sign in.
  2. Select a Tab where you want to add your content.
  3. Click "Add Stuff" (you'll see it on the top right of the page.)
  4. Search for "Google News - Customized"
  5. Click "Add it Now" on the first result.
  6. Now click on "Go back to the iGoogle page" on the top left
  7. Enter in a search result in the search box in the new gadget
  8. done!
Try it, its really cool and its a fast way to use your frequent search items.

 Redbullet Filed under the "Computers" category. The direct link to this blog entry is here.

August 07, 2009
Bing or Google?
Bing Google Search Engine

Should you Bing or Google? That's the new question that everyone is asking, or at least that what Microsoft might have you believe that everyone is asking.

Looking at my website server log file for the last few months I can see that Bing searches has increase, but Google is still the dominate search and that's how most internet users find this website.

The one "big" advantage of using Bing is if your looking for Microsoft technology. Say, for example, your looking for information on "AlwaysVisibleControl" (An Ajax control for .Net) you'll have better results using Bing than Google. Google finds 3,660 hits, while Bing returns 5,330.

While Bing results might be impressive, its not the numbers that matter for most users, what matters to them is the quality of the search results returned. Most users won't bother with checking for the information in all the records returned.


 Redbullet Filed under the "Computers" category. The direct link to this blog entry is here.

July 17, 2009
Google Chrome Icon

The icon that Google Chrome uses looks very similar to Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 application icon. This is a picture of the two icons in the quick launch bar:


 Redbullet Filed under the "Computers" category. The direct link to this blog entry is here.

June 25, 2009
Calibri Font

If you are having problems with some characters being displayed on CD-Ricoh610-3E05 (such as the numbers 6 and 8) you should avoid using Calibri Font.

I recently experienced a problem with some charaters not printing in a document. I then change the font to Times New Roman and had no problems.

Calibri Font is a new font for Office 2007, and is "made for Vista." So you can be sure it's a quality font.

The Newpaperclip has Instructions on changing the default font from Calibri to Times New Roman.

 Redbullet Filed under the "Computers" category. The direct link to this blog entry is here.

June 10, 2009
FireFox Error at Microsoft

Nice little at Microsoft.com:

Steps to reproduce:

 Redbullet Filed under the "Computers" category. The direct link to this blog entry is here.

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