Posts Tagged ‘memory’

Computing Gadget: Memory Stick as a Clothes Pin

Simplicity, functionality and cheap-ass combine to bring you a the memory stick from poor.pl. It requires no instructions or explanation, something to be applauded in anything containing a PCB. Stick it in your computer, use it, and when your done clip it to yourself or anything handy. If you lose it check the clothes line. With luck it didn’t rain.

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Photoshop Disaster Photo: 8Gb or 4Gb?

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8Gb or 4Gb? Watch the reflection!

How To Clear Your Memory Without Restarting

Step 1: Right click on an empty spot on your desktop and select New – Shortcut.

Step 2: Type %windir%system32rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks in the box.

Step 3: Click Next.

Step 4: Give your shortcut a name such as “Clear Memory”.

Step 5: Click Finish and you are done.

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Choose (and remember) great passwords

password.jpgA secure, memorable password is easy for you to remember, and hard for others to guess.

Everywhere you turn you’ve got to come up with a password to register for something or another. Whether it’s the dozens of web sites that require you log in to use them, or your ATM card PIN, or your wireless network login, how do you decide on a new password? More importantly, how do you remember it?

Remember 100 different passwords with 1 rule set.

You don’t need to remember 100 passwords if you have 1 rule set for generating them. One way to generate unique passwords is to choose a base password and then apply a rule that mashes in some form of the service name with it. For example, you may use your base password with the first two consonants and the first two vowels of the service name. Say your base password is “asdf.” (See how easy those keys are to type?). Then your password for Yahoo would be ASDFYHAO, and your password for eBay would be ASDFBYEA.

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