Number 319 - December 2009

UPDATE
Operating System    In Installing Windows 7 on a Vista Laptop Carl Tenning discusses his early experiences in upgrading his Vista laptop computer to Windows 7.    In More on Installing Windows 7 Upgrade Carl discusses how he solved some Windows 7 problems by upgrading the drivers for three pieces of peripheral equipment: a display, an optical mouse and a modem.    In the first paragraph of Moving From XP to Windows 7 author Vinny LaBash says: "Installing Windows 7 from XP is more complex than a straightforward upgrade from Vista. You need to perform a custom install, and you can do this with an Upgrade package of Windows 7. A normal upgrade won't work, but Microsoft describes the installation process as the option to "either completely replace your current operating system or install Windows on a specific drive or partition". Microsoft also allows a multi-boot system to be installed. In other words, you have the option of running both your current version of XP and Windows 7 if you want. Switching back and forth may not be the best choice as the interfaces are very different." If you are moving to Windows 7 take a look.    In Ubuntu 64-bit Operating System following up on his article in the September 2009 TOGGLE, Brian Lewis discusses getting the new 64-bit Ubuntu up and running. If you are considering Ubuntu it is worth a read.	Communications    In The Web Designer's Guide to Cloud Computing the author Tim Carr writes in his opening paragraph: "Cloud computing is quietly taking over the world and changing the way we use our computers forever. Whether you're storing your photo collection on Flickr or logging on to Gmail, everyone's now using the cloud, even if they don't realise it. But how does it work and how can we as web designers and developers make it work for us?"    You may recall that we carried an article by Dr. Lewis on the subject of the new concept of Cloud Computing in our October 2008 issue of the TOGGLE. This one talks about some of its implications.    In Social Networking - What is it really? the author gives us a defintion of social networking and then discusses the three most popular sites for this type of activity: LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. General Interest    In A Stress-Free PC the author Jim McKnight of the Los Angeles PC User Group suggests the following:    First: Protect your PC from bad things happening.    Second: Prepare your environment so you can recover if bad things do happen.    Third: Practice Secure Behaviors. He goes into these in some detail.    In Broadsides author Ron Broadhurst gives us a couple of hints about how to make our computer work the way we want it to.
Number 319 - December 2009