Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/January 2011

= January 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 1


 * 1) Electromagnetic/electronic interference?
 * 2) Why is 'How to tie a tie' the first autosuggestion for Google
 * 3) Recording background music while reading poetry
 * 4) IE freezing when I try opening a new tab
 * 5) e-mail malware
 * 6) Issue with flash/custom mouse icons.....
 * 7) IP addresses
 * 8) Expandable Vector Animation

= January 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 2


 * 1) Subtitles in download
 * 2) Firefox 3 and the cache: can i force websites into it?
 * 3) "Found new hardware    ACPI Uniprocessor PC"
 * 4) meta tag problems with <meta name="keywords"...
 * 5) Google and Youtube serious security flaw?
 * 6) Computer user interface and grammar of commands
 * 7) urls
 * 8) hjsplit

= January 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 3


 * 1) Media center help
 * 2) When sending a .JAR (Java ARchve) file with gmail. Can it somehow be rendered useless?
 * 3) Is there a standardized scanner interface that one may use in Java? (Scan to PDF application)
 * 4) Hard drive
 * 5) two networks, additive bandwidth?
 * 6) is the iPhone alarm problem over?
 * 7) Twitter
 * 8) Youtube

= January 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 4


 * 1) Virtualization for python
 * 2) BitTorrent media ratings
 * 3) UH OH,,, SOMEONE GOT A HOLD OF MY IP ADDRESS
 * 4) Videos
 * 5) Is there scientific research on Dvorak?
 * 6) What heavily-visited auction sites give better selling experiences than Ebay?
 * 7) Microsoft Windows in Russia, China, North Korea, Iran?
 * 8) 1944 metadata

= January 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 5


 * 1) is there a name for this type of computer hacking/stalking?
 * 2) Troubleshooting sound problems
 * 3) WEP Password Revelation
 * 4) Kaspersky Antivirus Services Could Not Start
 * 5) When was 'bigint' introduced as a data type in Microsoft SQL Server?
 * 6) Connecting to internet on my laptop via mobile data-cable
 * 7) android phone site
 * 8) Backing up Hotmail
 * 9) Webcam for a mac
 * 10) finding diffs in sound files

= January 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 6


 * 1) 802.11g issues
 * 2) HDMI Cable Prices
 * 3) Mapping a peculiar keyboard key to start program
 * 4) Torrent: starting impossible, downloading possible
 * 5) Couldn't type edit summary or search or turn text blue to copy and paste
 * 6) File manager
 * 7) AOL mail ad problem with Firefox
 * 8) Necessity of Antivirus Software
 * 9) URL for MSNBC mobile site?
 * 10) Fan (?) problem on HP G60 laptop
 * 11) Loading and buffering times
 * 12) OS
 * 13) Freeware to reduce the size of PDFs
 * 14) External HD Unix backup

= January 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 7


 * 1) Compiling applications for NT4 MIPS?
 * 2) Is this spam/a virus?
 * 3) What would you learn after you learned how to program?
 * 4) Task manager

= January 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 8


 * 1) Restoring a Windows XP user profile
 * 2) 3G
 * 3) Eh, where am I?
 * 4) What is Binary Package?
 * 5) Video
 * 6) How to make a "clean link" to a video on youtube.com ?
 * 7) Restoring iPod touch Firmware without iTunes
 * 8) QIF to CSV conversion
 * 9) BBC
 * 10) radiant

= January 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 9


 * 1) Could intermediate networks alter my data?

= January 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 10


 * 1) 3g video calling architechre
 * 2) how to Assign Structure Address
 * 3) cmd capture
 * 4) Number of unique colours in a digital photograph
 * 5) Non-English glyphs in programming
 * 6) What is the efficiency of human sorting?
 * 7) LC220EM1 emerson does not turn on
 * 8) Comprehensive Scrabble word list needed

= January 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 11


 * 1) PPT keyboard shortcuts
 * 2) Handwritn recognition software for tablet
 * 3) Turning the menu bar back on in Firefox
 * 4) operating system from 'scratch'
 * 5) Internet
 * 6) Free vs. Open Content

= January 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 12


 * 1) blurred (censored) image appearing un-blurred, personal information
 * 2) skype
 * 3) Is there such a laptop with a 22 inch screen?
 * 4) Firefox not saving cookies
 * 5) tor
 * 6) W3C suggestion box
 * 7) 5stars
 * 8) Control-shift-J in chrome?
 * 9) Two users simultaneously using one computer
 * 10) Archiving webpages for wikipedia

= January 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 13


 * 1) distinguish sound files
 * 2) Big files and Fraps!
 * 3) Flash 8 (ActionScript 2.0) question
 * 4) Copy (file differences)
 * 5) Developing Native iPhone applications on Windows
 * 6) 200 Apple
 * 7) remove duplicate lines
 * 8) Twitter Terms of Service
 * 9) Screen saver with own pictures
 * 10) Running out of memory when using IE on YouTube

= January 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 14


 * 1) Google docs arrow keys
 * 2) USB media - hard disk or not?
 * 3) Full Screen Games Minimizing On Start
 * 4) Ubuntu
 * 5) iPod touch Backup
 * 6) Keyboard shortcut for the back button
 * 7) Hotmail has started delivering spam not addressed to me

= January 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 15


 * 1) Another Flash 8/AS2 question
 * 2) Browsing OpenJDK source
 * 3) Windows 7 information to XP computer
 * 4) Updating DirectX 9.0
 * 5) Database backup
 * 6) Acrobat Reader X monitoring pdf files - how to stop?
 * 7) Ubuntu dual-boot troubles

= January 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 16


 * 1) How to keep sockets alive in Java
 * 2) The application was unable..
 * 3) iPhone to monitor streaming
 * 4) Find word and beep
 * 5) electronics (ripple)
 * 6) Seeking Basic program code to copy folders and files
 * 7) insert copyright into a digital photo
 * 8) Free video surveillance software.
 * 9) Theoretically possible to browse iDevice file systems without jailbreak

= January 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 17


 * 1) android tablets
 * 2) Old laptops
 * 3) Problem with number rounding error
 * 4) [SOLVED] Auto config messed up display
 * 5) Weird noise from hard-drive
 * 6) Professional Website for Under 500$?
 * 7) capacitive touch or resistive touch.....?
 * 8) Is android worth it?
 * 9) Can iTunes application on Windows play purchased movies?

= January 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 18


 * 1) Mac folders icons?
 * 2) Filters for Ted Notepad
 * 3) Mac Program most similar to coffeecup?
 * 4) External monitor on a netbook
 * 5) Unicode assistance
 * 6) Counteract jpg compression artifacts
 * 7) Resetting Default Search Engine in Firefox 3
 * 8) Slim "Information Organizer" for Windows
 * 9) Firefox's internal default start page
 * 10) Extra Windows 7 Installation

= January 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 19


 * 1) Where i can find tutorials for Bing App Development?
 * 2) Swapping functions of F keys
 * 3) Quick question
 * 4) Paper jam and cheap scanners
 * 5) Installing hard drive -- does it matter which way is up!
 * 6) Verifying Windows XP copied files
 * 7) Retrieve data from old Macintosh and floopy disks
 * 8) stylesheet

= January 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 20


 * 1) Laptop
 * 2) COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING
 * 3) Internet Explorer RSS feeds
 * 4) Linux calendar sync
 * 5) CPU examples
 * 6) Is a PDF-file in some way more portable than a ZIP-file containing .PNG images?
 * 7) Dual-boot system

= January 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 21


 * 1) Web search engines that allow wildcards?
 * 2) Interference with Browsing
 * 3) ncis
 * 4) Vista - Permission to Put things in Folder I Just Made
 * 5) Size of Wikipedia
 * 6) Command prompt
 * 7) Personal information misuse

= January 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 22


 * 1) Ubuntu
 * 2) wget -- downloading to a directory and renaming a file
 * 3) New components for an older PC
 * 4) Caps lock
 * 5) Smart phone prices
 * 6) WiMAX and competing 4G phone service

= January 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 23


 * 1) NFC and RFID
 * 2) Presenting numbers in descending order in VB list box
 * 3) Future 128-Core Processor
 * 4) What is the Typical IDE - and "virtual WIndows or Linux environment" - used to develop application code for Android-based mobile phones or iPhones?
 * 5) Starting a program, wait a defined time period and then gracefully close in Windows
 * 6) Wikipedia Main page on newest Opera

= January 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 24


 * 1) Mac OS X weirdnesses
 * 2) Future 1TB DIMM
 * 3) Wgetwin mass download
 * 4) Where to post an idea of improving WikiMedia engine?
 * 5) ocropus examples
 * 6) Compiling Darwin (NOT Mac OS X) or XNU (Darwin's kernel) on Linux

= January 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 25


 * 1) Apple compatible
 * 2) Finding weev at bop.gov
 * 3) What font?
 * 4) How to download and join together text from webpages?
 * 5) LibreOffice or OpenOffice Writer file formats
 * 6) Searching huge number of files, don't want to hang server (grep?)
 * 7) Coding puzzle

= January 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 26


 * 1) Intel Xeon Processor 7500 Series
 * 2) Qualcomm Brew Jailbreak
 * 3) Trackbacks for Wikipedia articles
 * 4) YouTube comments
 * 5) Cross-compiling C++ programs for Mac OS X on Linux host
 * 6) Ubuntu and Wubi recovery
 * 7) Taking out line breaks en mass in Word

= January 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 27


 * 1) Please help me find a laptop that's meant to withstand the rigors of travel, and a lot more abuse than this current one.
 * 2) Most Open Android Carrier and Manufacturer
 * 3) job graphic web designer
 * 4) Is apple superior to XP2?
 * 5) Firesheep
 * 6) nokia price range
 * 7) ASP.NET problem with MaskedEditValidators
 * 8) MechWarrior
 * 9) Gold used in electronics
 * 10) what's Windows 7 Starter price?
 * 11) Generic XML Configuration editor?

= January 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 28


 * 1) Slowness
 * 2) Hard disk failure
 * 3) wlan printer
 * 4) Calendar of worldwide events/days/festivals/occasions etc.
 * 5) Storage capacity of 480i SD video on Blu-Ray
 * 6) Unprintable symbol in firefox (iceweasel)
 * 7) Phones as modems

= January 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 29


 * 1) Legacy pan-European variable-width character encodings
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Internet Explorer active even though I have not used it
 * 4) What companies (aside form Google) keep the exact number of their servers a secret?

= January 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 30


 * 1) Wikipedia cybersquatting by yeah.com
 * 2) How to enable the speakers
 * 3) Blender 3D Particle System
 * 4) Windows command shell stops responding, sort of
 * 5) burning dvd

= January 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 January 31


 * 1) Blu-ray discs
 * 2) "AES 256
 * 3) Advanced bluetooth / windows functions
 * 4) Dual Boot Windows 7?
 * 5) Power issues
 * 6) Windows XP install media