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Configuring a Windows PC For a Senior Citizen? 823

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday December 24, 2008 @05:43AM from the keeping-it-simple dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I would like to know if there are any resources on the Web or elsewhere describing how to configure a Windows PC for an older parent not living in the same household. Assume little computer familiarity or aptitude. Some stuff is obvious, like using only a few large icons for favorite Web sites, or an icon perhaps for composing email and another for checking email. Other considerations are eliminating nuisance messages from Windows update and antivirus/firewall. What works and what doesn't? Can anyone who has worked/volunteered at a senior center offer some insights?"

Comment Re:I don't agree (Score 2, Funny) 384

by DeathGod321 on Sunday October 19, 2008 @01:31AM (#25429177) Attached to: Why the Kill Switch Makes Sense For Android

Except the lock pick comes in the form of an app that takes less than a minute to do its magic and you never have to deal with it ever again.

So it's like using a crowbar to open said house?

Submission + - Taking STM images 100 times faster

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Roland Piquepaille

on Sunday November 11, 2007 @01:10PM

Roland Piquepaille writes: "Very few of you have used a scanning tunneling microscope (STM), an essential tool to study nanoscience. And you might think that it's as easy to take a picture of an atom with an STM as it is to take a shot with your digital camera. In fact, the imaging of individual atoms with a STM is awfully slow. But now, U.S. researchers had a very simple idea to accelerate this process. By adding a simple radio transmitter, they are able to make atomic-level microscopy at least 100 times faster. A typical STM has currently a sampling rate of about one kilohertz. This new radio-frequency scanning tunnelling microscopy can operate a thousand times faster. Very bright idea! But read more for additional details and a picture of a scanning tunneling microscope. I'm sure it's different from your expectations."

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