http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:28:53 -0700 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:52:22 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d9-The-top-10-most-common-mistakes-that-writers-make-and-editors-miss?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner The Associated Press Stylebook (AP Style)(This article started with Microsoft Word’s flawed grammar checker; see this link: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Microsoft-Words-grammar-checker-is-... Writing & Editing Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:52:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d9-The-top-10-most-common-mistakes-that-writers-make-and-editors-miss?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Chicago-Manual-of-Style-equals-errors-and-contradictions-do-not-use-it?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner  DO NOT Use The Chicago Manual of StyleIn the previous article about Microsoft Word’s grammar checker, see this link: (http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Microsoft-Words-grammar-checker-is-... Publications Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:25:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Chicago-Manual-of-Style-equals-errors-and-contradictions-do-not-use-it?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Microsoft-Words-grammar-checker-is-seriously-flawed-do-not-trust-its-recommendations?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Microsoft Word Grammar Checker ScreenIf you use Microsoft Word’s grammar checker, beware. This program is seriously flawed; however, in all fairness, most grammar check programs are flawed. Writing is just too complex for computers to analyze (... Software Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:17:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Microsoft-Words-grammar-checker-is-seriously-flawed-do-not-trust-its-recommendations?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d28-Google-Google-or-Ping-Bing?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Google or Bing?With Bing on board, it’s warfare again in the search engine arena. I guess Larry Page and Sergey Brin now know what David Filo and Jerry Yang felt like when Google trounced Yahoo in the cyberspace race. Microsoft is calling its n... Search Engines Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:00:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d28-Google-Google-or-Ping-Bing?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d27-Bing-pros-and-cons?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Bing’s home page is simple and uncluttered, like Google’s home page. Bing displays a nice background photo, which changes every day. Google surprises us on special occasions and, sometimes just arbitrarily, with artwork designed around th... Search Engines Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:44:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d27-Bing-pros-and-cons?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d27-Google-pros-and-cons?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Google Favors Variety Over RelevanceGoogle currently dominates the search engine (SE) market at a fluctuating rate between 70% and 80%. That leaves 20% to 30% for all the remaining search engines including Yahoo and Bing. So the Google advantages mus... Search Engines Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:43:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d27-Google-pros-and-cons?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d20-How-to-capture-screens-with-the-Windows-Vista-Snipping-Tool?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Windows Vista Snipping ToolIf you don’t have Paint Shop Pro (or some other great screen capture program), you have two free options with Vista, (which is one more than you have with XP). The first is the old standard, tried and true, Alt-Print ... Software Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:09:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d20-How-to-capture-screens-with-the-Windows-Vista-Snipping-Tool?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d20-Winkflash-provides-low-cost-high-quality-prints-of-your-digital-photos-in-all-sizes?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Winkflash Digital Print PricesIf you’re looking for high quality prints at real bargan prices, check out Winkflash at http://www.winkflash.com. After comparison shopping for months and trying one photo printer after another, I finally found a f... Services Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:49:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d20-Winkflash-provides-low-cost-high-quality-prints-of-your-digital-photos-in-all-sizes?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d13-The-Six-Million-Dollar-Man-Are-21st-century-bionics-fact-or-fiction?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Touch Bionics i-LIMB Hand"Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man,” said Oscar Goldman in the intro of the The Six Million Dollar Man, a great SciFi adventure telev... Medical Technology Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:46:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d13-The-Six-Million-Dollar-Man-Are-21st-century-bionics-fact-or-fiction?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d13-Sign-language-for-electronics-gesture-recognition-technology-from-GestureTek-really-works?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner GestureTek’s Gesture Recognition TechnologyRemember when you could clap your hands and turn on a light? Now you can wave at your television or stereo and turn it on; make a circular motion with your fingers and adjust the volume; flip your hand... Software Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:34:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d13-Sign-language-for-electronics-gesture-recognition-technology-from-GestureTek-really-works?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d13-Watch-TV-online-for-free?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Free Online TV - HuluI work at home, so my television is on most of the time (mostly just for background noise). For some reason, I can work to the drone of television, but not to music. Music affects my mood so intensely; it distracts me too much to... Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:58:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d13-Watch-TV-online-for-free?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Scanners-part-4-special-features-connectivity-software--drivers?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Cannon's CanoScan D1250U2FScanners part 4 covers special features, connectivity, software, and drivers.Media Adapter & Film Templates for Scanning Slides, Negatives, & FilmThese adapters come built in or as separate attachments. Look for 8 x ... Peripherals Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:10:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Scanners-part-4-special-features-connectivity-software--drivers?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Scanners-part-3-automatic-document-feeders-speed--size?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Cannon's CanoScan D1250U2FScanners part 3 covers automatic document feeders, scanning speeds, and scanning sizes for documents and images. Scanners today are like copy machines, just leave a stack of documents in the sheet feeder and go for coffee; t... Peripherals Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:04:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Scanners-part-3-automatic-document-feeders-speed--size?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Scanners-part-2-resolution-bit-depth--gray-scale?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Cannon's CanoScan D1250U2FScanners part 2 covers resolution, bit depths, and gray scale. You don’t have to pay top dollar for an excellent scanner any more. Read on to find out why.True Optical Resolution or Software Enhanced ResolutionScanner ... Peripherals Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:53:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Scanners-part-2-resolution-bit-depth--gray-scale?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d30-Scanners-part-1-what-to-buy--why?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Cannon's CanoScan D1250U2FScanners are one of the 20th century’s greatest inventions, kind of like digital music. Unlike a photocopier that just makes another paper copy of the original, scanners make your documents and images digital (bits are... Peripherals Sat, 30 May 2009 23:18:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d30-Scanners-part-1-what-to-buy--why?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d30-Pointandclick-website-design-for-nonprogrammers-part-2-three-great-products-one-easy-solution?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner TopTenReviews (http://website-creation-software-review.toptenreviews.com) rates these three programs — Web Easy Professional 7 by Avanquest Software at $49.95 (http://www.avanquest.com/USA), WebPlus X2 by Serif at $79.99 (http://www.serif.com/w... Software Sat, 30 May 2009 22:58:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d30-Pointandclick-website-design-for-nonprogrammers-part-2-three-great-products-one-easy-solution?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d30-Pointandclick-website-design-for-nonprogrammers-part-1-whats-available?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Top Three Web Design Programs for Non-Programmers“I am NOT a programmer and I don’t want to be a programmer,” a friend of mine recently said to me as she kicked her computer desk in frustration. “Why can’t they create a ... Software Sat, 30 May 2009 22:47:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d30-Pointandclick-website-design-for-nonprogrammers-part-1-whats-available?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Audacity-free-opensource-recording-editing-and-mp3-conversion-software?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Audacity for Windows Recording ScreenSound editing and recording software cost as little as $39.00 and as much as $599.00 based on the design, features, and the manufacturer. Audacity may not be the most powerful software available, but it does the j... Software Sat, 23 May 2009 23:48:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Audacity-free-opensource-recording-editing-and-mp3-conversion-software?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Corel-Paint-Shop-Pro-part-five-how-to-create-your-own-picture-tubes?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Export Picture Tubes Dialog BoxYou can create Paint Shop Pro picture tubes from any image that exists; a drawing, a photograph, or even a captured image. There are only two requirements: images must all be the same pixel size and all must be raster i... Software Sat, 23 May 2009 23:45:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Corel-Paint-Shop-Pro-part-five-how-to-create-your-own-picture-tubes?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Corel-Paint-Shop-Pro-part-four-download-free-picture-tubes?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner Free Picture Tubes from Corel Corp.Last week I told you about Corel Paint Shop Pro’s picture tubes and how you can paint your canvas with corn stalks, trees, blades of grass, bamboo poles, bushes, rocks, clouds, or anything else that you can im... Software Sat, 23 May 2009 23:44:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7996-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Corel-Paint-Shop-Pro-part-four-download-free-picture-tubes?cid=exrss-Salt-Lake-City-Technology-Examiner