When Is A Page Secure by matt on January 30, 2007
Q: If I am on a site and I want to order an item but there is no lock symbol showing up in my browser is the site still secure?
A: The first thing you want to look for is the lock. The lock tells you that the page you are on is secure. A locked [...]
Can Someone Decrypt My Webmail Password by Phil on January 17, 2007
Q: I occasionally check my business email from my home computer via webmail. My husband is in the IT field and he has some kind of password decryption software that he obtained through a previous employer. He has told me on a few occasions that he can get in to anything with this software. Information [...]
Convert Vinyl Albums To A Digital Format by Ian on January 11, 2007
An Into Tomorrow listener submitted the following question!
Q: How can I convert my analog vinyl albums to a digital format?
A: Unfortunately there is no simple way to accomplish this task since you are dealing with a purely analog medium you must manually record everything at 1X speed. This means that it will take just as [...]
My Laptop Is Running Really Slow by Phil on January 5, 2007
Q: My laptop is running about 5x slower than when I purchased it 3 years ago. It gets slow especially when running a DVD or browsing multiple websites. It was top of the range when I purchased it: Pentium 4 1.8Ghz with 512Mb ram. What can I do to make it faster?
A: There are a [...]
Convert An Act! 2000 Contact Database To Palm One by Phil on January 3, 2007
Q: Is there an easy way to convert an Act! 2000 contact database for use on Palm One?
A: Directly from Act! Software by Sage, you can purchase a product called Act! Link for Palm OS. You can find it on their home page under the products area, or directly here:
http://www.act.com/products/mobile/links/index.cfm?WT.mc_id=PRPG_ver102_ACTlinkPL_details
It doesn’t specify if this is [...]
How Do I Install A Web Server On My Home Computer? by Phil on January 2, 2007
Q: I’m interested in setting up an Internet server that I can put a website on from my home. Can you point me to a book or something that can tell me how to do it and what the approximate cost would be?
A: First to answer your question I am going to make some assumptions [...]