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A Flock of Facebook Posts for Friday

Facebook has been in the mainstream news and exploding across blogs and the web as privacy changed, people complained, threatened to leave the social network, and Facebook privacy settings changed again. Know more from Socialmouthy.com for Facebook tips.

While many people have read posts about Facebook from the most popular tech and social media blogs, below are a number of posts about different thoughts related to Facebook. Some relate to B2B companies, while others are more general.

Why Facebook Community Pages Are No Big Deal For Brands…Eventually from John Bell @jbell99

I had been getting emails from clients all week. They were noticing new pages spring up on Facebook under their brand name. Only problem is they had no apparent control of these pages which seemed to only feature a Wikipedia article and aggregated wall post comments from people. Some seemed to feature company logos. When I asked one of my Facebook contacts in our WPPDigital meeting about them, he kind of shook his head in acknowledgment and said, “Yeah, there have been a lot of questions about that. I’m told we are working on a memo that explains it.��

Are Facebook Like Buttons Wrong or Right For Your Site? from @problogger

The stampeding sound you may have recently heard was not caused by a bank panic or rumors of an impending astroid strike. It was just the new Like button from Facebook. The promise of this new offering is that visitors will click the buttons on your site, pump up your Facebook mojo with their friends and return fresh new traffic your way, all for free. What could be better than that?

Will These Competitors Slow Facebook’s Growth?

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Where to Find Cheap Laptop Computers

In situation you really need laptop computers but you have only a little budget, getting cheap laptop computers is very important. Nowadays, at schools and college communities as well as business professionals alike, laptop computers become very important. Many schools create the requirement that students preferred to own a laptop computer themselves to be registered in the course. Even though going to school wasn’t expensive enough, but now it could be quite expensive because of this requirement.

There are a few places that you could go when you start to search for cheap laptop computers. First, searching in a big box electronics retailer is a good step. Not only can you look at the cheap laptop computers personally, but you will get the great ideas of the size, color and weight of cheap laptop computers compared head to head. Sometimes big box stores have cheap laptop computers. But usually you can get their low prices around Christmas.

Read: Notebook Computer Memory Information For You

You can pick up the other great option by visiting a small local computer stores. Sometimes you can find either laptops which have been returned at the end of leasing period or refurbished laptops. This option may give you the opportunities to find cheap laptop computers. If you decide to purchase one of these, you must take care to the warranty.

At this cyber era, most of people must have had visited the internet. That is the best place to find cheap laptop computers. Why? Because running a business on the internet need low cost. Of course it’s worth your time to search around on the internet to find a good one. You can be sure to find good cheap laptop computers out there, you just have to do your homework. Visit retail stores and also online stores and compare them. Just buy a cheap laptop computers that is suitable with your need and do not ever buy one on a whim only.

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Notebook Computer Memory Information For You

Notebook computer memory are very handy for almost everyone. They allow you to be mobile while desktop computers do not. With a laptop, which is also referred to as a notebook computer memory, you can sit on your couch while chatting with friends, playing games, writing or checking email, and so on. The good thing about laptops is that you can go anywhere you want, you are not even limited to just inside your house.

Notebook computer memory are a little different to desktop PC’s in that there is no need to take them apart in order to add memory. Access to the memory slots is via a panel located (usually) in the bottom of the laptop. Once you have found this panel, it should be a small matter of using a screwdriver to open up the panel and view the existing memory. In fact, you can do this to check the exact type of memory that your Notebook currently uses, because it is usually shown on the front of the notebook computer memory strips and should be visible when you open up the memory panel.

Also Read: What Your Laptop Needs To Create And Publish Websites

Notebook computer memory are perfect for students, executives who travel often for work, and anyone who simply wants the freedom of being able to communicate when they want and where they want. However, if you are a laptop owner, you will want to be sure that you have the capabilities to handle the type of work you want to do on your computer. For example, if you are a gamer, you know that you will need sufficient notebook computer memory in order to be able to play your games appropriately.

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What Your Laptop Needs To Create And Publish Websites

HP laptop So you’ve decided you want to make your mark on the web world by having your very own website. Now comes the daunting task of getting to work and turning your vision into browser-friendly reality. But before you get started, make sure your laptop is equipped with everything you’ll need. The great news is that you really don’t need that much. These are the basics you’ll need to get started.

A Fast and Reliable Connection

It may be hard to believe, but 10% of Internet users still use dial-up for various reasons. But for maximum efficiency, a broadband connection will give you the fastest connection to the web. If you have ever had dial-up, you know how much faster it is and you won’t be waiting around for a connection to occur every time you log on. Plus you won’t be limited in uploading and viewing large files, such as audio and video files on your new website. Aside from an account with an internet service provider (ISP), you’ll need an Ethernet cable to be directly hardwired to the modem provided by the ISP. If you want to have the added freedom of a wireless connection, you’ll need a wireless router that connects to the modem and a laptop that is equipped with built-in high-speed connectivity (802.11b/g/n). If you don’t have a speedy connection that you can count on, you can end up spending hours on tasks that should take you minutes. Now that you’ve got a great Internet connection, you need to use it by finding a web host. A web host will be able to give you storage space on a server and a domain name registration so that your site will be accessible to Internet users. Depending on how much traffic you expect and the complexity of the site, there are a number of web hosting plan options available. Many people choose free web hosting because there are so many companies that offer it and because it offers all the features they need, especially if their site is relatively small with little traffic.

Read: Unique Techniques Of The Line Printer And The Line Matrix Printer

The Right Software

Even if you have a chosen a web host and domain name, a site isn’t much without the content. That’s where editing software and content management systems come into play. Just like there are many web hosting options, there are many web editing software programs to choose from. You don’t even need to have experience in hypertext markup language (HTML). Depending on your web development knowledge and how complex you want your site to be, there are more design-heavy programs for the more experienced such as Dreamweaver or for the complete novice, there are open source programs such as Nvu. These free and open source programs are meant to allow users to create sites quickly and easily without prior programming knowledge. Plus, oftentimes your web host will have tools to help build your site. It can be as easy as filling in forms and dragging and dropping. To upload files onto your site, you’ll need FTP utility software. With this, you’ll be able to directly access your hosting account and easily upload files. FTP is the most commonly used way to upload and publish websites.

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Unique Techniques Of The Line Printer And The Line Matrix Printer

The line printer has a mechanism that can print multiple characters on the same line at the same time. It usually uses a large spinning drum which rotates over the surface of the paper while a hammer pushes the paper together with the ribbon right into the drum surface causing the paper to be marked with the relevant character on the drum.  This type of mechanism makes the line printer much faster than a dot matrix printer but the quality of printing is not as good as what you get in modern printers. It’s also a very noisy printer and doesn’t have too many font capabilities.

The paper used in a line printer is also different from the normal paper used for other printers and has to be fed into the machine continuously. It also comes with perforations on either side of the margins and has to be pre-set into the machine to move along the tractors of the printer’s paper feeding system. What is remarkable about the line printer is that it can print as many as 3,000 lines each minute and this alone has made it a very useful printer to be used in a number of places where a huge volume of printing such as documents, labels, and large business applications have to be printed.

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The quality of printing in a line printer is quite good, although not as precise as in a laser printer. Many people however use this printer when a large number of reports and brochures etc. have to be printed at speed and at less expense than having them printed on a laser printer. A line matrix printer on the other hand is a cross between a dot matrix printer and a line printer and use a mechanism that prints a wide line of dots that forms in to text.

The Line Matrix printer is mostly used to print reports, invoices and labels for boxes and is even faster than a line printer while also being capable of printing bar codes as well as other types of graphics. Its biggest attraction to entrepreneurs is that it is the least expensive of all printers when a large volume of printing has to be carried out.

Unlike in the dot matrix printer, the wide shuttle in a line matrix printer does not print from one  side of the paper to another but only moves a short distance since the shuttle itself is as wide as the page. As a result of the multiple hammers being able to strike at the same time to create a line of dots, every time a line of dots have been marked on the paper, the paper automatically moves upwards by a single row while the printing continues. It is these dots that comes together to form characters, letters and symbols or even the graphics that are printed on the paper. The Line Matrix printer is unique in its own way because it is the only printer available even today that is capable of creating multiple copies of any document.

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The Coming Revolution in laptops

Many analysts have predicted that the coming age of netbooks is upon us, as the high prices of laptops will soon be replaced by smaller, thinner netbooks which may not have the storage capacity but fit the needs of many business professionals. Modern society has reached a point in which there is no longer a need for gigabytes of space on a computer, and convenience is the ultimate accessory. Many companies have launched campaigns which offer a free netbook in return for a contract on a wireless or Internet plan.

This new introduction of a competing model to the laptop is likely to completely revolutionize the PC industry as more and more companies come out with these sleeker, thinner models that can attract a wide audience. There is a very small percentage of people who require a large amount of space on their computers and the industry has realized that this has been a changing fact for the past few years. In an era where we skim news articles, enter in 140 character updates on Twitter, and rush past each other on the streets of the city, the introduction of these fast paced mini laptops are the perfect commodity for our modern day existence. This poses a risk to Microsoft and its sister companies as many of these new netbooks are set to run off of Linux software, rather than Windows, and could thereby serve to lower prices of their laptops in order to compete with the market. Additionally, netbooks currently sold run on an Intel chip called Atom, although a new breed of netbooks which are built on cell phone innards stand to disrupt the oligopoly which Microsoft currently runs.

Read: How to Replace the Hard Drive in an HP Touchsmart Laptop

Netbooks themselves are predicted to rise to 10 percent of sales within the computer world by the end of the year, which is an amazing leap for a device which has only just been released into the technological world. These new devices rely on the new class of business professionals who use computers solely for Internet and email access and spend a majority of their time on the go. They do not have the memory required for larger games and software, but can easily function as business laptops. Cell phone companies have additionally placed many offers for customers in which they simply have to sign up for a two year contract agreement with the specific company in order to get a low costing netbook. With these types of options readily available for an on-the-go business professional and student, it is slowly becoming evident that the era of clunky laptops and desktops is becoming obtuse in light of a more modern design. Technology is an ever-changing field and it is no wonder that the industry has come up with a new way in which to handle this modern world.

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How to Replace the Hard Drive in an HP Touchsmart Laptop

HP's Touchsmart tablet laptop, available in two models: tx2 and tm2, is a small, light-weight tablet laptop that is great for any computer user. However, when it comes time to replace your HP Touchsmart's hard drive, whether the hard drive failed or you simple want to upgrade your Touchsmart's hard drive, it is necessary to know what you're doing before you carelessly take apart your HP Touchsmart. If you would like to learn more about Hard Drive replacement, check out Bestprogramminglaptop.com for more information.

1. Have the replacement hard drive ready. Do not take apart your HP Touchsmart until you are ready to change the hard drive, doing so may result in loss of parts of your HP Touchsmart.

2. Turn off your HP Touchsmart's power. Shut down your HP Touchsmart by using the Start Menu, wait until it is completely off. Then remove the power cord from the HP Touchsmart, and then remove the battery by squeezing the two sliders together on the back of your HP Touchsmart. The battery will simply pop out.

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 3. Get a small screwdriver. To open the compartment that stores the HP Touchsmart's hard drive, you will need a small phillips head screw driver. There are four screws to take out before the cap will come off.

 4. With the back of the laptop facing away from you, turn your HP Touchsmart over (so that the bottom is facing up) and find the compartment on the left side, closest to you. There will be a small picture of three discs stacked on top of each other. This is your HP Touchsmart's hard drive. Unscrew the screws and remove the cover to expose the HP Touchsmart's hard drive.

 5. To remove the HP Touchsmart's hard drive, simply pull the tab to the left. The hard drive will pop out of place and you are now almost ready to replace it with the new hard drive.

 6. Clean the compartment that holds the HP Touchsmart's hard drive with compact air before inserting the new hard drive into the HP Touchsmart to ensure it's clean before you replace the hard drive.

 7. Follow the instructions on the new hard drive to properly put it in place. Most of the time it will simply pop into place without any complications, but the procedure to replace the hard drive may depend on the brand of hard drive you are putting into your HP Touchsmart.

 8. Replace all covers and screws and reconnect your battery, then the power cable, then turn it on. Verify that your new hard drive works in your HP Touchsmart and enjoy!