Do you want to be able to check your email in the park, update your Facebook status in the park, and stay connected on the move, no matter where you are? Well, look no further, for mobile broadband is here. Forget hunting around for a WiFi hotspot, or trying to figure out where you are [...]
How to Setup Microsoft Outlook
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1. Choose “Add a new email account”. Choose “Next” after each stage. 2. Next choose which kind of incoming server your email address works with (see definitions above). Your provider will be able to tell you which kind of server you should use. 3. Fill in each field appropriately: Your Name: this field shows how [...]
How to Set up Webmail
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Webmail The most popular webmail (web-based email) account providers are MSN Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail/Google Mail (from Google). Instead of accessing your emails through an email program like Outlook, Outlook Express or Eudora, you access them directly through your web browser. This has the added advantage of making your email account accessible on any [...]
How to Set up Outlook Express
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1. Firstly, you need to choose how you want your name to appear when people receive emails from you. Choose “Next” after each stage. 2. Then enter your email address 3. Choose the correct kind of incoming mail server from the drop down box – as mentioned above, this will probably be POP3, but the [...]
A Guide to Email Account Settings
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If you have an email address with your ISP (internet service provider), or any other non-web based email accounts, you can set it up so that your messages are downloaded onto your PC. There are various email clients (programs) that you can use for this. Before you can set up an email address you will [...]
A beginner’s Guide to Podcasts
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What you need… To receive podcasts: Computer with sound card MP3 player software and/or a portable MP3 player Internet connection Speakers and/or headphones You do not need an iPod! (see article on How to create podcasts to find out what you need to find out what you need for this.) What is a podcast? A [...]
How to Create a Podcast
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What you need… To distribute your own podcast: Microphone Audio editing software An MP3 encoder Somewhere to host your podcast files An RSS feed and as with receiving podcasts: Computer with sound card MP3 player software and/or a portable MP3 player internet connection Speakers and/or headphones You do not need an iPod! Feeling brave enough [...]
10 Tips on How to Blog
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A weblog (more commonly known as a blog) is an online diary, concerning subjects and can be written by one author or multiple contributors. The cult of blogging receives more and more members each year: as of July 2006, 175,000 blogs are created each year, according to report by Sifry’s Alerts. This article will help [...]
How to Search Efficiently
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Tools Required: Computer with internet access Difficulty Rating: 1 Number of People Needed: 1 person Timescale: 5 minutes max, dependent on your depth of search. Google is the most popular search engine on the web, with approximately 90% of us using it as our first port of call when we want to find information online. [...]
A Guide to Firewalls Viruses & Web Security
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Internet Security: the basics The security of your PC, when connected to the internet, especially when you have broadband, is an ever increasingly important issue. But many people still take security for granted, and can get badly stung when faced with anonymous and random attack from cyberspace. There are a few basic precautions that everyone [...]
