FTP can be useful for transferring large files. Image Credit: Mykhaylo Sahan/iStock/GettyImages FTP sites have been around since long before Dropbox and “the cloud” became household terms. FTP, which stands for File Transfer Protocol, is a long-established standard that allows file transfers over the Internet. Many organizations such as Microsoft and the Internal Revenue Service […]
Computer chips are a necessary part of every computer. Without computer chips, computers would still be the size of a house or whole room. The invention of the computer chip enabled nearly everyone in the United States to own a computer. Without computer chips you would not be reading this article today. So how do […]
The Apple iPhone has become one of the most ubiquitous smartphones on the market since its first version was released in 2007. Since then, Apple has made it possible for people to customize their iPhones with a library of different applications and functions. You can customize the name of your iPhone as well, with just […]
Using overly-long cords may also slow your connection. At about 25 times faster than dial-up, 1.5 Mbps is a high-speed Internet connection, usually delivered over DSL. Whether or not it is sufficient depends entirely on your needs. With 1.5 Mbps of download speed, you should have no problem with basic Internet activity, but may find […]
BlueStacks can emulate Android on a computer. Image Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images News/Getty Images You can install and run Google Play apps on a PC through the free BlueStacks Android emulation program. BlueStacks emulates Android OS on a computer and works with the Google Play store to give computer users full access to Android apps […]
A flickering cursor can be a minor annoyance or an indication of software conflicts. Image Credit: delta_art/iStock/Getty Images A mouse pointer or cursor is usually a solid, nonblinking arrow or similar shape when you are working with the operating system. In applications such as Microsoft Word, the cursor changes to a vertical bar that blinks […]
Sometimes a CD player will display a “No Disc” error. What this means is that the CD player, for some reason, does not recognize the disc. There are various reasons for this error, from the CD lens eye being dirty to a CD format that is incompatible with the player. Troubleshoot through process of elimination. […]
Google Translate can speak some translations in an automated voice, and different languages employ different voices in the translator. However, the only way to change the voice is to change the language. There’s only one voice for each language that offers voice translation because the translator uses different modules for a text-to-speech program for each […]
There are a couple of reasons one might connect a PlayStation 3 game console to a laptop computer. The PS3 can link up to your computer through a wireless connection. You can then access your computer’s hard drive and its videos, music and photos from the PS3’s menu. You could also connect to the computer […]
Image Credit: SolisImages/iStock/Getty Images The Nintendo DS emulator DeSmuME is free, open-source software that runs on Windows, Linux and Mac computers. DeSmuME files use the .dsv extension, but the software can also use SAV files, which are common to other Nintendo DS emulators. DeSmuME is able to import and export files that are in the […]
