An NRG file is a type of CD file format that the CD/DVD burning software, Nero Burning Rom created. NRG files burn ISO images to CDs in order to create bootable discs. Like ISO files, NRG files maintain a specific file structure and can contain large archives of data in a single file. While NRG files are rather popular, due to the popularity of Nero itself, there are only a few programs that are able to read, access, and create NRG files.   How NRG Files Work An NRG file Read More

An interactive whiteboard is a digital device capable of interacting with a computer and projecting images in a screen. This device is used for visual presentation in classrooms, workgroups and business meetings. An interactive whiteboard needs to be connected to a computer which generates the actual images or data which are then projected to the board. Most interactive whiteboards have keyboard and mouse functionalities, but some models are capable of whiteboarding functions like character recognition so notes can be written or recorded on the physical board itself. How it Works Read More

Disaster recovery has a number of definitions based on the country or organization that is choosing to define the term. At a high level, the term refers to the processes that are used to restore an area or population to the former state of being that existed prior to a major incident or accident occurring which resulted in significant suffering or loss of life. What is a Disaster? Similar to the definition of disaster recovery, the root definition of a disaster varies across country and organization. Disasters can be natural, Read More

E-voting or electronic voting refers to any voting process where an electronic means is used for votes casting and results counting. E-voting methods include optical-scan voting systems, specialized voting systems like DRE or direct recording electronic voting systems, punch cards, national IDs, the Internet, computer networks, and telephony systems. Electronic voting is already in use in many countries all over the world and has proven to speed up the counting of votes as well as improve turnout among disabled voters. Several countries however have expressed concern over the possibility that Read More

Millions of people all over the world use email every day but not too many of them really understand how email works. Between browsers, email clients, email addresses, servers, and ports, it is easy to see how many people are confused by the email system or simply do not care to learn about it. For those who do care, however, we have created this article for you to learn how email works without having to sort out complicated information. Browser Email The most common way of accessing email is through Read More

In the world of computing, Unicode is a universal character encoding system that is used primarily to represent various characters and symbols expressed in different writing styles around the world. Fundamentally, any data, irrespective of whether it is a text or a symbol, is stored inside a computer in the form of numbers. These numbers are then decoded by the operating systems and transformed to letters that become visible on the computer screen. Before use of Unicode came into practice, a number of traditional encoding systems were in vogue, particularly Read More

The portable document format (PDF) was a file format developed by Adobe in 1993. The purpose of the file is to make document transfer much easier. In 2008, PDF became an open-source format. Previously, it had been proprietary. Many web browsers can read PDFs without having to save the file to your computer. However, should you save it to your computer, opening the file is easy.  For the most part, if you double click on a PDF file, it should open right away in whatever program you have installed that Read More

Screen captures are, literally, ‘captures’ of the images on a computer’s screen. This is necessary when one needs troubleshooting help for an unexpected system error, in which case it would help if an image of the error message can be procured and sent to the technical support personnel. It can also be used to capture images embedded in web pages or PDF files. Taking Screen Captures To take screen captures, one has to use the “Print Screen” (or oft-abbreviated ‘PrtSc’ button that is usually found at the upper right portion Read More

The print screen feature is an interesting feature that allows you to take a snap shot of what’s currently on your computer screen. So, if you were to do a print screen of this article, it would include an exact copy of everything on here. Then, you could take it and save it. The thing about a print screen, though, is that it is an image. This means that while you are viewing a text document, you are saving an image, so you can’t edit the text via a print Read More

Blubox Blubox is a powerful image compression software that is made for the Windows Operating System. Blubox allows users to manage their photos by comprehensively organizing them in a list of archives, folders, and web folders. Blubox is able to compress images by up to 90% while maintaining image quality. Blubox can handle a wide variety of image file formats including JPEG, TIFF, and BMP. Blubox can use photos to create slideshows and can email both images and slideshows directly from within the user interface. Blubox is completely free and Read More