Washington - Digital images or video files are fun to send as e-mail attachments, but what can you do if the file size exceeds the attachment limit imposed by your Internet service provider? Try YouSendIt.com (http://www.yousendit.com). Using the service is free and easy. Simply go to the site, enter your e-mail address and your recipient's e-mail address, and then select the file you wish to send. The file can be up to 1 gigabyte in size. Your recipient will receive a link that can be clicked to download the file from the web. --------
Washington - Sooner or later, you are going to want to reinstall Microsoft Windows. The operating system is notorious for becoming less stable over time, as application installations take their toll. If you have enough hard drive space, consider copying the original installation files of the programs you use to a special folder, perhaps called "installation," on your hard drive. That way, the next time you need to reinstall everything from scratch, you'll be able to do it more quickly.
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Washington - The F3 key has become an unofficial "find again" button in many programs that run under Windows. When you have performed a search using the Find dialogue box (accessed by pressing Ctrl+F or by choosing Find from the Edit menu) and have closed the Find dialogue box, you can repeat the previous search by pressing F3. This trick works in the web browsers, many text editors and word processors, and other applications where Find operations are frequently performed.
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Washington - Google is great, but many veterans of web searching still consider Copernic (http://www.copernic.com) to be the best way to sift through many search engines at once. Unlike web-based "meta search" engines, which are often slow and provide you with too many dead links, Copernic is surprisingly fast, querying dozens of search engines at once, sifting through the results to weed out dead links, and presenting relevant information to you at a glance. A free version is available for download.
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Washington - Before you buy a digital camera, pay close attention to storage media - the type of memory the camera uses to store pictures. Some memory devices are cheaper than others and may be interchangable with other cameras that you own or plan to buy. CompactFlash remains the dominant digital camera media, although Secure Digital (SD) cards are quickly gaining ground.
