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upgrade from windows vista to windows 7

December 17, 2009

Upgrade to window 7 from Windows Vista
Upgrading is the easiest option. However, upgrading can take a long time. To upgrade to Windows 7 from Windows Vista
1. Insert the Windows 7 DVD into your DVD-ROM drive.
2. Click Run setup.exe from the Autoplay menu.

3. Click Install now on the Install Windows screen.

4. Setup will begin by copying [...]

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Men, women deal differently with technological problems

November 7, 2009

 Nov. 7: A survey has found that men and women have different approaches when it comes to dealing with technological problems.  According to a gadget helpline, 64 per cent male and 24 per cent female callers do not read the instruction manual before calling up, and that 12 per cent male and 7 per cent [...]

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Web addresses likely to run out next year

November 7, 2009

London: The world could well run out of Internet addresses next year, unless urgent action is taken to switch to a new generation of net addresses, the European Commission has warned.
According to the commission, businesses urgently need to upgrade to Internet protocol version six or IPv6, a new version of the Internet’s addressing protocol, which [...]

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Rehab clinic for Internet addicts!

October 22, 2009

People running the risk of Internet addiction have help at hand with the first of its kind residential rehab clinic in the Seattle suburb of Fall City, Washington.
The ReSTART clinic reportedly costs 9,000 pounds for 45 days of live-in treatment, including taking care of the farm’s goats, building a chicken coop, long walks around the [...]

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Online Treatment Clinic for People with Anxiety Disorder

October 22, 2009

Melbourne-based Swinburne University has launched a unique online treatment clinic for people with anxiety disorder.
The online assessment and treatment clinic has been developed by the University’s National eTherapy Centre and is said to be one of its kind in the world. “Anxiety Online is the first full-service online psychology clinic in the world,” David Austin, [...]

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New optical switch could vastly increase Internet data speeds

October 22, 2009

Researchers have produced an all-optical switch within a plastic optical fibre (POF), which could vastly increase Internet data speeds.
The high-speed backbone of the Internet is based on networks of glass optical fibres. But this is too fragile and expensive to install in the small distances between local exchanges and the home.
A cheaper alternative is to [...]

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Toshiba launches portable fuel-cell for mobiles

October 22, 2009

For people fed up with their mobile telephone or iPod batteries running out, Japan’s Toshiba Corp announced today the launch of a portable fuel-cell that can power up digital gadgets on the move.
With an injection of methanol, the fuel-cell generates electricity through a chemical reaction with oxygen to recharge mobile digital electronic devices via a [...]

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