HOWEVER FAST YOUR PC IS, OVER TIME ITS PERFORMANCE WILL DETERIORATE. LOYD
CASE
EXPLAINS HOW TO UNDO THE DAMAGE DONE BY EVERYDAY COMPUTING AND CLAW BACK
VALUABLE DISK SPACE AND PROCESSOR CYCLES
Your Windows PC is slowing down. Maybe it takes longer to boot up or shut
down.
Perhaps the
Taken from the Braille Monitor, March 2011.
Blio: A Formative Technology of the Twenty-First Century
by Marc Maurer
As members of the National Federation of the Blind know, I serve as
president of the organization and as a member of the board of
The computing world is rife with urban myths. Patrick Miller finds out the
truth
behind tech's tallest tales
As it turns out, Windows Vista really wasn't all that slow; and no, your PC
probably won't fry if you open it up without wearing a wrist strap. Thanks
in
large part to the
Taken from the Braille monitor, March 2011
Interested reader may watch the demonstration vidio by going to the links
given below.
Blind Driver: Ultimate Insult or Statement of Fact
by Gary Wunder
Being blind presents many challenges
Taken from the Braille Monitor, December 2010.
Not Just Surviving the Disaster of September 11
but Providing Leadership in a Deadly Emergency
by Michael Hingson
From the Editor: Michael Hingson is a name Monitor readers
Smartphone users beware - the days of all-you-can-eat wireless
data may be numbered
by Jim Giles
YOUR connection to YouTube might be the first to go, with increasingly
choppy videos that one day just fail to download. In your impatience,
you decide to scout out the
Taken from the Braille Monitor, November 2010.
As it is an old article, if it has been posted earlier, just ignore it.
Advancing Beyond Autonomous Vehicles
by Dennis Hong
From the Editor: On Thursday afternoon, July 8, 2010, Dr.
Taken from the Braille Monitor, November 2011.
A Practicing Blind Physician
by Dr. Tim Cordes
From the Editor: One of the things that makes the Dr. Jacob Bolotin
story intriguing and worthy of the recognition we give it through
Windows 7 does its best to make backing up your files easy. simon williams
reckons there's no excuse for not organising and protecting all your
valuable
data.
No hard disk lasts forever. Even if you've never had a drive fail on you,
your
first experience could be just minutes away. Back up
From laughing stock to world domination
More than nine out of 10 PCs run Windows. But no one could have predicted
that
would be the case when Windows 1.0 launched 25 years ago as a graphical
front
end for MS-DOS, writes Jon Brodkin
When Microsoft released the first version of Windows 25 years
Expert computing advice
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DiD Microsoft really call?
Q
i received a phone call from someone purporting to be from Microsoft. He
stated
that the monitoring system had discovered a malware infection on my Windows
7
Pc. He told me to
Laptops are incredibly useful - until they run out of steam. Rick Broida
looks
at ways to boost the battery life and performance of your trusty road
warrior.
Although desktop computers are what most of us use for work, at home and on
the
road it's a laptop that allows us to get online, read
Taken from
www.rediff.com
on why consumers must be careful with their powerful mobile devices
The news last week that Apple (and later, Google) have been capturing and
storing detailed information about the whereabouts of Smartphone users has
raised the specter of Big Brother among users and
A wonder material makes your smartphone screen work. But with the
world's stocks running out fast, the hunt is on for new stuff to
keep us in touch
by James Mitchell Crow
A TAP and a flick, and a new world is at your fingertips. Email,
social networks, the digital
51 BRILLIANT WINDOWS TIPS TO MAKE YOUR PC WORK FASTER
Christopher Null shares the best Windows productivity tricks in his arsenal
to
help you get more work done with your PC in less time.
Contributors: David Allen, Tim Ferriss, Adam Pash
When Microsoft first launched Windows, it was a
The scariest sites on the web aren't the ones you might suspect. Nick
Mediati
explains what to watch out for and how to stay safe online.
The web is a fantastic resource if you want to research a particular topic;
it's
ideal for looking up facts and figures, finding out how much you should be
Just because you bought or were given a new PC, it doesn't mean you have to
throw away the old one. Loyd Case shows you how to make the most of an older
computer.
Make do and mend is the mantra for these times of ongoing recession, and the
phrase is as true of technology as it is of anything
Speed should not vbe a concern. One can achieve reading speed by constant
practice. No doubt, screen readers can read faster than any print/braille
reader. But, we, the Braille/print readers can read as fast as our brains
can grasp the contents. Though I have not seen any, I read about
Cheque books cannot exist more than a decade. After a few years, it will
become obsolete.
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Sound haS Stopped
Q
I'm unable to get sound from my Windows 7 hp laptop. I've checked everything I
can think of and have now run out of ideas. Bill Stevenson
The loss of sound could be due to a number of things, Bill. Here's a
.
Depending on the version of orca, you can find the directory in the
~/.local/share/.
Hope this helps.
On 02/24/2011 07:09 AM, Renuka Warriar wrote:
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From: Sanjay
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:29:37 +0530
Subject: [AI] Ubuntu problem
Recently I migrated to linux. While exploring its synthesisers, I changed the
synthesiser and orca stopped functioning and giving an error input module,
file not found etc. (which is not clear to me.) I resarted the pc, but the
problem still persists. I pressed control and other keys/key
1. EXPLORER SHORTCUT
Sometimes you may want to enter a web address manually into Internet Explorer's
address bar. To get the cursor to the address bar in an instant press down and
hold the Alt key on your keyboard and then press OD'. John Bogue
2. FREE OFFICE SOFTWARE
If your system doesn't
THIS ISSUE: CHANGE YOUR FONT IN OUTLOOK, BRIGHTEN UP YOUR LAPTOP SCREEN PLUS! WE
RECONNECT A READER'S MP4 PLAYER
Meet the TEAM: Adam Farah, John Bogue, Mandy Ribeyro, Rene Lopez, Ashal Sisodiya
INTERNET BROWSER - BAD WEATHER FRONT
When I visit the BBC's weather page (news.bbc.co.uk/weather) I
Gordon Moore's 45-year-old prediction about processor development has proven to
be amazingly accurate. Mike Bedford investigates the science behind our next
generation of CPUs.
In 1965, when state-of-the-art chips contained a mere 50 transistors, Intel
founder Gordon Moore observed that the
Whether you're installing Windows on a netbook or an office full of PCs, a
bootable flash drive will make the task much easier. Julian Prokaza explains how
it's done.
Installing Windows 7 from DVD is usually a smooth procedure, but it's not so
easy if the PC lacks a DVD drive. Given the rising
Our homes will soon be greener, more comfortable and a lot more fun, as Riyad
Emeran discovers.
It's often said that a man's home is his castle, and that's not far from the
truth. A home should be a sanctuary from the stresses and pressures of daily
life, offering comfort, warmth, relaxation
Kay ewbank
Database developer and productivity expert Kay Ewbank offers help with office
applications.
Can I clear a document list?
Q
How do you remove and delete items from the Recent Documents list to stop them
appearing in Word document?
John Jaap
A
The easiest way to clear the list
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Get numbers right this time, help the census with correct disability info!
Note: This may be a lengthy mail. you can save it for later reading.
Q My laptop is starting to take a long time to boot up and shut down. I have a
Sony Vaio TZ31WN, with an Intel Core Duo U7600 and 2GB of RAM. I've edited over
a dozen films using Movie Maker and the laptop copes well. I've
A new device that restores a form of sight to the blind is turning
our understanding of the senses upside down
by Bijal Trivedi
A new device that restores a form of sight to the blind is turning our
understanding of the senses upside down
CLAIRE CHESKIN used to live in a murky world of grey,
Dear accessindians,
recently Office 2007 has been installed in our office computers. I am finding
it difficult to use with JAWS 10. How far this suite is accessible with
Classic menu and from where I can download accessible classic menu for office
2007?
thanks.
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INTERNET - IE LOSES STATUS BAR
When I start up Internet Explorer (IE), it doesn't display the status bars at
the top and bottom of the screen. I can make the menu and tool bars appear
temporarily by moving the mouse pointer over them, but how do I switch back tomy
normal view? Joan Helliwell
Not only ' Whenever I type (c) in MS word, word translates into copyright
symbol. But when I typed (c) in a notepad and pasted to MS WORD, it has no
trouble to accept as it is. I am using Office xp.
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WE REVEAL THE NUISANCE PROGRAMS INSTALLED ON YOUR NEW COMPUTER AND TELL YOU HOW
TO DUMP THE JUNK
Buy a new computer and you'd think it would be free from the clutter that
built up on your old PC. The reality, however, is that most new computers are
pre-loaded with a range of software which
Taken from the Braille Monitor, August-September 2010.
An Address Delivered by
Marc Maurer
at the Banquet of the Annual Convention
of the National Federation of the Blind
From The Braille Monitor August-September 2010.
The Blind Driver Operating a Vehicle at Speed: Creating the Technology that
Puts the Controls under our Hands
by Parnell Diggs
From the Editor: Parnell Diggs is the coordinator of the
Half a billion dedicated gamers. Games where they battle poverty,
war and disease. Epic win
by Samantha Murphy
NEXT time you fancy spreading a bit of digital carnage, try doing it
with a virus. Not a worm or a trojan horse, but an influenza virus,
mutating and spreading across the virtual
Problem with Word lists
Q: I write a lot of documents at work, and generally find Word 2007's bullet
points useful. However, I don't like the way they appear when I don't want
them, and stay in if you do try to get rid of them. If I were to type 1. This
really isn't something that needs to be
My laptop's function button isn't working properly
Q: I recently bought a Toshiba NB305 laptop on the strength of your review (see
Labs, Shopper 269). I'm very pleased with it, except for one problem - the Fn
key has stopped working. At first, pressing it would display an onscreen menu
that
If you've just bought a new hard disk, there's a fairly good chance that you'll
want it to be your primary disk from which you boot. Whether that's because
your old disk is too slow or because it's failing, copying everything to your
new disk isn't as easy as it sounds. Fortunately, we're here
Online criminals are after one thing: your money. Rather than trying to hack
your computer to steal private details, many opt for the easier route of
tricking you into divulging information or falling for scams. In this month's
Security Expert, we'll look at how cyber-criminals try to trick
Burning CDs and DVDs using Linux is as easy as it gets. If you have bad
memories of the poor utilities in Windows or bloated third-party suites, cheer
up: Ubuntu includes a slimline and effective program called Brasero.
Brasero can create audio and data CDs and DVDs, video discs and even discs
Ever felt the frustration of trying to help someone fix their computer by
talking to them over the phone? simon edwards shows how to take matters into
your own hands
We've all been there, frustrated and cross, trying to help someone fix their PC
by talking them through a series of instructions
As I found this article interesting, I am pasting here. I would like to know
How Indian copyright laws deal with digital materials and technical
complications mentioned in this article.
UK copyright law is a confusing mess where nobody's quite sure what they're
allowed to do. David
In some countries, blind people are giving their exams in Braille. I wonder
why this is not posible in India.
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Saints are not always saints; sinners are not always sinners.
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Though this article implicitly speaks about Braille, the intention of this
cross posting is to draw your attention towards the dwindling use of Braille, ,
among vi people especially among blind students, like print in case of sighted
people.
WRITING WRONGS
Take extra care when writing
Expert networker ROSEMARY HATTERSLEY explains how to speed up wired and wireless
networks, identify and manage bottlenecks and get everything running like
clockwork
Network like a pro
Not being able to get online is an incredibly frustrating situation, as we've
discovered here at PCA Towers
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UPGRADE ADVICE NEEDED
Q I upgraded my PC with a new CPU and hard drive, copying across the contents of
the old drive with the help of a disk-copying utility. When I boot up I now
With Microsoft Office 2010 and Office Web Apps soon to be released, CARRIE-ANN
SKINNER offers time-saving tips and tricks for all versions of the productivity
suite
Work better in Office 2010
Microsoft Office 2010 is expected to go on sale in the next month or so.
Available in beta since
I don't think there is any universally accepted mathematical formula for
prime numbers. Many mathematicians tried and failed, because their formula
didn't work with all the prime numbers.
But it is very easy to generate prime numbers by computers. It is
difficult to decide by any formula
While all security suites offer roughly the same functionality, their ability to
protect your PC varies tremendously.
Robert Vamosi looks at which internet-security suites you can trust
Online attackers have created more malware in the past year than in the previous
20 years combined. So it
A new version of the code from which all web pages are made will
dissolve the boundary between your computer and the web
by MacGregor Campbell
Innovation is our regular column that highlights emerging
technological ideas and where they may lead
How would you like to have just one all-powerful
Braille mathematics code which India has adopted is simply a replica of
Nemeth Braille code for mathematics and science.
We write dots 4-16 as multiplication sign and dots 46-34 as division sign.
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No one would have thought a college dropout and his mate could change the
way we
live and work forever, but here we are.
We celebrate 35 years of Microsoft
It's spring 1975. Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for the leadership
of
the Conservative Party, the Bay City Rollers spend six
Able to pinpoint your location and relay it to other users, the latest wave
of
mobile social-networking apps add a new dimension to 'following' friends.
But
Daniel Ionescu has some privacy concerns
Whereas Facebook wants to know What's on your mind? and Twitter asks
What's
happening?, the
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TIME CAPSULE
Q My wife and I want to leave our grandson a record of photos, videos and
family-tree data. Given the rate of change for all things digital, what
media
and file format should we use to
If humanoid robots are ever to move among us, they will first need
to get in touch with the world - and learn to interpret our fuzzy
human language
by Paul Marks
BEAUTY may be only skin deep, but for humanoid robots a fleshy
covering is about more than mere
Online data thieves will jump at the chance to harvest even the most
innocuous
personal information.
ROSEMARY HATTERSLEY demonstrates how to tighten up Facebook security
Facebook friends or foes?
Whether you're a committed telly addict, a tabloid aficionado or a web
surfer
extraordinaire,
Protecting media from illegal filesharing is essential for the film and
music
industries, but applying DRM to e-books could prove more trouble than it's
worth.
Tom Spring investigates
The publishing industry's worst nightmares are coming true: the e-book
reader's steadily increasing popularity
Howard Wen considers whether the same open-source principles can be applied
to
hardware as software, and whether we'll be using such gadgets any time soon
Open-source software has had a major impact on the way we've used PCs over
the
past decade. The Apache HTTP Server is the world's most
POWER OUT
Q. I recently moved my five-year-old HP PC into a different room, during
which
time the power was off for 2hrs. The machine now refuses to boot up. The
only
sign of life is a flashing power LED on the case. How can I fix this?
Peter
A. It sounds as though the power supply unit
Crimes of convenience
Crimes of convenience
Don't fear scareware
Lost laptops exposed data
Data theft in public private
Privacy policy loopholes
Additional resources
Antivirus software and a firewall alone can't guarantee your safety. Tony
Bradley explains how to foil the latest crop of
Analysing the friendship networks of 90,000 teens shows that lack
of sleep seems to cause increased drug use - and that teenagers
influence each other
by Ewen Callaway
PARENTS looking to steer their teens away from drugs may want to
encourage them stay in bed longer.
Taken from Braille Monitor July 2010.
From Barbara Pierce: In the past, would-be helpful Hannahs have
invented combination white canes and snow shovels for the blind, special
toilet paper dispensers for the blind, red strobe lights and flashlights
clipped to the cane for use at
Can Wi-Fi rise to the challenge of super-fast, high-definition
downloads or are its days as the killer app of connectivity
numbered?
by Wendy Zukerman
WI-FI as we know it is reaching the limits of its usefulness. It just
can't keep up with our appetite for services,
Online translation is shedding its clunky reputation, bringing the
vision of global conversation a step closer to reality
by Tom Simonite
EVEN in an era of global networks and cheap travel, international
communication still faces one great barrier: we don't all speak the
same
A service industry for malware is making it possible for anyone
with basic computer skills to launch state-of-the-art
cyber-attacks
by Jim Giles
INTERESTED in credit card theft? There's an app for that. So says
Gunter Ollmann, a security researcher at Damballa, a
Smart new software tells you who's said what, how they've said it
- and who really needs to shut up
by Colin Barras
MOST of us talk to our computers, if only to curse them when a glitch
destroys hours of work. Sadly the computer doesn't usually listen, but
new kinds of
I just want to know are my mails reaching this group?
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Your gadgets are finally about to become truly wireless - as long
as you don't mind lasers criss-crossing your living room
by David Robson
LET'S face it: power cables are unsightly dust-traps. PCs, TVs and
music players are becoming slicker every year, but the nest of vipers
If I am not wrong, it all happened when a most respected blind person was
the director of NIVH.
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Books last for centuries. Computer memories last only decades. If
disaster struck, how much of our knowledge would future humans be
able to retrieve?
by Tom Simonite and [6]Michael Le Page
IN MONTH XI, 15th day, Venus in the west disappeared, 3 days in the
sky it
The more popular online banking and credit-laden smartcards
become, the more their security is coming under scrutiny - and
being found lacking
by Jim Giles
ONLINE banking fraud doesn't just affect the naive. Last year, Robert
Mueller, a director at the US Federal
Whether you run Windows 7, Vista or XP, these tricks will make your PC faster,
safer and even more fun to work with.
Rick Broida is your guide
Windows 7 is being lauded as Microsoft's best operating system (OS) to date.
It's stocked with genuinely handy interface upgrades such as Aero Snap,
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CREATING A PROBLEM
Q I reinstalled Adobe Creative Suite 4.0 (CS4) on my newly upgraded Windows 7
PC. When I launch Photoshop I get the error message: 'The program can't
start
Carrie-Ann Skinner explains when to give in to your desire for a new PC, and
when (and how) to get some more mileage out of your old one
Most of us would love a fresh start with a shiny new computer. And, with a new
Windows operating system (OS) launching late last year and some tempting
Whether you run Windows 7, Vista or XP, these tricks will make your PC faster,
safer and even more fun to work with.
Rick Broida is your guide
Windows 7 is being lauded as Microsoft's best operating system (OS) to date.
It's stocked with genuinely handy interface upgrades such as Aero Snap,
Computer hardware technology advances at an amazing rate, yet the
keyboard seems
to have been forgotten.
Mike Elgan investigates
Over the past 10 years, mobile phone processors, screens and antennae
have
undergone radical transformations for the better. Today's phone
processors
are
After reading this article, I thought it worth sharing. So, I am pasting
this article from the Braille Monitor March 2010.
Exploring Blindness:
Questions yet Unanswered
by Michael Bullis
The other night a friend called, apologetically asking for advice because
her
computer had been infected with malware. (Truth be told, I knew already:
receiving multiple spam emails from your friends somewhat gives the game
away.)
It could have happened to anyone. My friend had received an
Backing up your files is crucial. Just imagine how you'd feel if you lost
all
the precious photographs you have stored on your computer or lost all your
MP3
music files.
There are various ways of backing up; to an external hard drive or to a USB
key
and, increasingly, to an online account.
For
Be sociable and safe with our Facebook privacy tips
Social networking websites such as Facebook (www.facebook.com) can keep you
in
touch with friends and family. However, as people share more of their
personal
life in this public domain, the risk is that hackers and cybercriminals will
use
ENDLESS UPGRADES
Q For several months now my Windows XP PC has been insisting at shutdown
that it
has one upgrade to install. This takes nearly four minutes. I've spent
hours
on the phone with Microsoft, but the situation continues. I think I may
have a
corrupt installation file or upgrade
Mini laptops rose in popularity almost overnight. But, with ultra-thin
models
now hitting the market, Agam Shah considers whether their demise will be
just as
quick
They're lightweight, affordable and cool, but is the dominance of netbooks
about to be threatened by an emerging group of
Neil McAllister pits three online productivity suites against the desktop
version of Microsoft Office. Which will triumph?
A spreadsheet in your browser? A word processor on the web? If you believe
Google, soon virtually all software will be web-based. Google offers a complete
suite of
Anyone can give Microsoft's Office 2010 productivity suite a spin, but
not all
the pieces are ready. Gregg Keizer outlines what to expect
In mid-November Microsoft launched the first public beta of Office
2010. As the
last big testing milestone for the new suite, Microsoft was keen to get
Chris Byers tackles readers' hardware and software conundrums
MISSING YOUTUBE
Since upgrading from Vista 64bit to Windows 7 64bit I can no longer watch
YouTube video. Adobe Flash Player isn't available as a 64bit plug-in, and I
can't change my browser to the 32bit version. A Cutler
TOP TIPS
ADVANCED WEB SEARCH
Find what you're looking for with our smart search tips
1. WHICH SEARCH ENGINE?
Google, the search engine of choice among members, excels at key word
searches;
searching for 'budget holiday', for example, produces over 55 million hits
with websites advertising
ADSL - Short for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line this is a type of
broadband
technology, usually delivered over a BT landline
BLOGGING - The practice of producing a blog (see below)
BLOGS - Short for Weblogs. A blog is an online personal journal
BLUETOOTH - A type of short-range, wireless
DIGITAL CAMERAS - CONNECTION PROBLEMS
Q. Usually when I plug my digital camera in to the computer, a window pops
up
identifying that I've connected a device by USB. It asks what I would like
to
do with the images on the card. I can then choose to copy them to a folder,
and
Windows XP takes
SMALL-SCREEN DRAMA
Q At startup my laptop displays the minimum screen resolution. I can correct
this via the Control Panel, but I have to go through the same routine after
every restart. Is there a way to force the machine to remember my preferred
settings? Gerry Watson
Either the graphics
We use our PCs pretty much every day, but a worryingly large amount of that time
is spent troubleshooting computing headaches. Rick Broida and Rosemary
Hattersley address some of the most frustrating problems a PC user can face
Here's a poser for you: when was the last time you went a whole day
Progress is wonderful - but at what point do things get out of hand? Mike
Elgan investigates
We all know technology gets smaller, cheaper and more feature-rich over time.
But is that always a good thing?
Too small
Take netbooks, for instance. The original idea was that they are tiny
That new phone or laptop may be giving you a warm glow, but beware
a stealth attack on your happiness, warns Yair Amichai-Hamburger
by Yair Amichai-Hamburger
THE age of melancholy is how psychologist Daniel Goleman describes
our era. People today experience more depression
Smart CCTV learns to spot suspicious types
Video-analysis software can follow people from camera to camera in
busy public places and identify those who are behaving
suspiciously
by Nic Fleming
WHAT'S the difference between a suicide bomber and a cleaner? It
sounds
Phones that learn their user's patterns of behaviour can use this
information to provide a cheaper, more reliable service
by Paul Marks
COULD your cellphone learn to predict what you are going to do before
you've even started doing it?
Communications engineer Arjen Peddemors
SuperSpeed USB, HTML5, 3D TV, augmented reality and faster Wi-Fi are five new
technologies that could change technology as we know it. Glenn Fleishman takes
a glimpse into the future of the PC
While sipping a cup of organically farmed, artisan-brewed tea, I tap on my
gigabit wireless tablet PC
New laws to counter illegal downloading
will be intrusive and
ineffective, say internet service providers
by Paul Marks
THIS is the kind of snooping you'd expect in China, not a modern
western democracy. It raises huge questions over privacy
You can store all your music on a personal MP3 player - which
technology will do the same for your high-definition movie
collection?
by Joerg Heber
Once upon a time, not so long ago, the idea that you might store your
entire music collection on a single hand-held
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