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According to market research performed by the NPD Group, the Motorola RAZR was the nation’s best-selling mobile phone from 2005 to 2008. Originally released in 2004, the RAZR features a thin, sleek design and built-in camera. Similar to most phones, you can transfer pictures from your RAZR to your PC by using the handset’s designated USB cable. Before transferring the images to your PC, save your pictures to your memory card....

DesignJet 1050Cs are part of Hewlett Packard’s lineup of wide format printers. The DesignJet 1050C is no longer sold my Hewlett Packard, the printer having been replaced by newer models of DesignJets. If your DesignJet 1050C is having problems with the printhead and you are looking to keep the printer, you do not necessarily have to call a repair shop. You can troubleshoot the printhead yourself and possibly save some money....

To turn PC into the centerpiece for your own karaoke parties, or even to practice on your own, all you need is a source for songs, a mike and a good pair of speakers. Karaoke videos differ from other tracks in that the lyrics are removed from the audio and displayed on the video. Most of the karaoke apps available for your PC come with a selection of songs already, but you can always get more from YouTube, iTunes or any of the many websites devoted to this widely popular pastime....

If you have purchased some high-end speakers to attach to your laptop, you may want to disable the internal speakers in the machine. This will ensure that all sound resources are being directed to your new speakers, not to the laptop’s internal speakers. The Windows operating system makes it extremely easy to disable your computer’s speakers, a process that takes about two minutes to complete.

Not all iPhone apps work well with screen rotation and some apps don’t rotate because they are designed to work specifically in landscape or portrait mode. If you find that the screen on an iPhone app doesn’t rotate, the screen lock may be in place. Turn off the screen rotation lock on the iPhone from the status bar at the bottom of the home screen. Tips Warnings Writer Bio

Microsoft Silverlight is a plugin that enables your Internet browser to display a wide variety of dynamic content. If you have downloaded Microsoft Silverlight, it may not be enabled in your browser of choice. In order to turn on Microsoft Silverlight, you must use your browser’s plugin or add-on manager. Writer Bio

The Samsung Galaxy Tab offers mobile computing in a slim, compact form. Like any computer, however, the Tab is susceptible to the occasional freeze. As of November 2013, Samsung’s latest version is the Galaxy Tab 3, which can suffer freezes from a software conflict, memory shortage or other electronic hiccup. Writer Bio

Updating a Magellan Roadmate 700 GPS system only takes a few minutes. Magellan updates the maps for its GPS systems to include new roads that may have been built or destroyed since the original manufacturing date. To keep the system current, you must download the updated maps from the Magellan website.

Action Replay is a game modifier for the Nintendo DS system that allows users to use a number of codes, cheats and other modifiers with their DS game cartridges. The device is fully updatable, but doing so requires the application interface. Since this program is meant to be executed on a Windows based computer, Mac users are forced to use a virtual system program to run Windows on their Mac OS based computers so that they may update their Action Replay cartridges....

Occasionally software updates will be released for your Garmin Nuvi 205 GPS navigation device. These software updates can help fix bugs that may be contained in older software versions. It can also include tweaks to make good software even better. Because the Garmin Nuvi 205 does not have Web browsing capabilities, you can’t get the latest software updates the same as you would with a computer. Writer Bio

Updating, or flashing, your computer’s BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) is among the most feared maintenance you can perform on your computer. The BIOS is a small chip on which all your system’s basic information is stored. This includes information about your keyboard controls, date and time information, and programming that lets the computer communicate with its processor. A BIOS update is usually performed by experienced computer repair technicians when a laptop’s motherboard, or hardware is behaving erratically....

The main reason for using a phone line with a home computer would be to establish an Internet connection or place calls through the computer, so using a home computer without a telephone line becomes a matter of choosing alternatives for an Internet connection. DSL and dial-up Internet connections are the two types of services available over a phone line. Alternatives include wireless connections via satellite and broadband cable service....

Wired and wireless networks both allow users to share resources among all of their network devices. Unfortunately, a wired network is only accessible to devices with the proper hardware, making it impossible for wireless-only devices to connect to the network. Laptop computers present a solution to this dilemma, as they possess both wired and wireless network capabilities. The laptop user can create their own wireless network, which wireless devices can then connect to on their own....

One of the calling features offered by AT&T is call blocking. This feature allows you to block your number from displaying on someone else’s caller ID when dialing out, block incoming calls from specific numbers or block calls from others who hide their numbers from your caller ID. Tips Warnings Writer Bio

You can keep the records for your Automated Clearing House payments, also known as direct deposit, in Excel. The National Automated Clearing House Association controls the rules for ACH transactions, which are batched financial transactions between banks and other financial institutions. Direct deposit and direct debit are the most common applications of the ACH system. In order to use Excel for ACH you need to have your data formatted according to the NACHA standards, use an ACH formatting tool and have an active ACH account with a qualified financial institution....

Microsoft Excel is spreadsheet software used for calculations ranging from simple arithmetic to complex statistical and engineering formulas. One of Excel’s major features is the ability to create charts, graphs and other visual representations of data. A chart or graph makes it easier to draw conclusions about data and to track progress toward a goal. Teachers and business leaders use Excel to track progress toward students’ grade goals or a company’s sales goal....

Proxy servers add an extra layer of protection to your online privacy because websites you visit will only be able to collect information about the proxy server rather than about your specific internet connection. Unfortunately, proxy servers sometimes become overloaded, leaving you searching for a new server. The most practical solution to this problem is to use multiple proxy servers, allowing your computer to automatically jump to the next server if the first is unavailable....

Skype is an application that is made for business or personal, to make phone calls at low prices. The application uses an active Internet connection to make calls to people all over the world. Skype has introduced a useful add-on toolbar for anyone who has Microsoft Excel or other Office applications and wants to integrate the use of Skype with those programs. To use this toolbar you need to have the Skype application already installed on your computer....

Kingston DataTravelers are portable flash memory drives (also referred to as thumb drives) that plug into a computer’s USB port. They can store music, picture, video and other data files, and, using Windows Vista or Windows 7, you can even get a slight boost in random-access memory (RAM). Your Data Traveler can now be inserted into any computer with a USB port to view or play the files you transferred....

As more Internet service providers impose bandwidth caps on accounts, you may want to control or restrict Internet usage to certain times of the day and to certain applications. Many major router manufacturers provide the means to control Internet usage with the “Quality of Service (QoS)” or “Internet Access Policy” features. With QoS enabled, you can manually control upstream bandwidth for certain devices, or even prioritize certain computers and applications more than others....