I was looking through carzone.ie the other day, and I couldn't believe the amount of scams being carried out through their site. They really should be doing something about it, but so far they haven't!

CARZONE SCAMS

If your broadband company didn't supply a piece of equipment (like a wireless or Ethernet router) for sharing your connection with more than one computer, you can still do this yourself.

Fortunately, setting up such a system is fairly easy, and practically a requirement if your home or office has more than one PC. There are two ways to go about it.

Dylan sent a message using the contact form at http://elfknowsit.com/ask.

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=351995

I was looking at this drive and want to know will it work with a normal USB connection as it says it has a hi speed usb connection and looks different to any other usb connection ive seen


Hi Dylan,

The picture is a bit misleading as to what the USB connection on it looks like, But it is a standard USB connection and will work with any USB port.

Thanks
Mark

INTERNET connections in the home have come along in massive strides here in recent years. Gone are the days, for most people, where sitting at the computer for 15 minutes waiting for your e-mail to load, to find that you haven't actually got any. There is still so much for Ireland to be offered when it comes to broadband, in terms of speed and availability, but for now we have enough to keep most of us happy with our internet connections in our homes.

Kay sent a message using the contact form at http://elfknowsit.com/ask.

WHAT IS “DEFRAGGING”?

Have you ever noticed how your computer seems to run slower, and slower each week? You where probably thinking this is normal for a computer,well it is, but you can do something about it. Your computer is getting slower because your hard drive needs to be "Defragged" or defragmentation of your hard drive, to sound fancy.

I know, I know, my blog has been very quite lately, apart from my copies of the Elf Knows IT Voice articles.
This is because I have been working on Ciorcal - More Info Here!

There was a feature in the Kilkenny Voice today about Ciorcal, thanks to Jim Rhatigan.

If you have access to the Voice, give it a read. If not, check out the site.

People have the power....we just need people to give it to!

WHAT IS CYBER BULLYING?
Cyber bullying is a form of bullying, which is carried out through an internet service such as email, chat room, discussion group, online social networking, instant messaging or web pages. It can also include bullying through mobile phone technologies such as SMS

Examples of cyber bullying behaviour are:

• Teasing and being made fun of;

IN the past week I have heard of two people locally getting "skimmed" at ATM machines and having their accounts cleared. So I said it would be good time to let people know about ATM skimming, the dangers of it, and how it's done.

WIRELESS access to your broadband at home or at work can be of great benefit, having access to the internet anywhere around the house or work place can make working on the internet a breeze. But there is also a side of the great wireless signal that everyone should know about, and that's the security side.

SECURITY AT HOME

Fran sent a message using the contact form at http://elfknowsit.com/ask

Hi Elf,

I have just got a new laptop in the home and I am trying to set it up to use our wireless connection on our Eircom Broadband. But when I try to connect I keep getting asked for a key? But I never set one on it!. Am I doing something wrong? How can I get the key to connect to the broadband? It's a new Dell Laptop.

Thank you,
Fran

I suppose I have to start this with "Why oh why does Internet Explorer always have to give me head-aches??"

While working on my newest site http://ciorcal.com I was faced with another complaint by Internet Explorer. It just did NOT want to work with my transparent png's as a background. No matter what CSS hacks I used, Javascripts I tried, it just didn't want to work for me.

Here's what I was faced with:

Chrome is Googles latest addition to the web, it is a web browser, aimed at simplicity, ease of use, and of course...open source!

I havn't got to try it out yet, since it's only available on Windows for now, while still in BETA. I have an install file. I'll give it a go tonight on my Virtual XP, in VirtualBox.

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