Did you know when the computer first was released that they just had some basic keyboard symbols? That quickly changed after they realized how many people used them. There are now at least 30 keyboard symbols that people use on a daily basics. Some think that there are over 30 and debate that number. Whenever you are playing around and you spot one that isn’t listed you should come back and tell us.

All ages enjoy using the chat symbols. I was really surprised to find out that my friend who is around 65 years old knows how to use keyboard symbols on her Mac. Not only did she know how to use them but she knew all of them. I’ve also seen people as young as 5 or 6 use these symbols each day.

Keyboard symbols

I think the main reason why people enjoy using the chat keyboard symbols is because they not very hard nor complicated to use whatsoever. All that you need to do is copy the symbols into your messenger and they show up. You can do this by hovering your mouse over the symbol, left click it, highlight the symbol, right click for copy and put it in your messenger. Listed below is the top 5 chat symbols that you can use in your messenger.

Keyboard symbols

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Can’t Stop Talking

Do you have a lot to say and just don’t know when you can stop talking because you are that excited about it? Does your friend just seem to go on and on about a subject you don’t want to hear? If so then you might want to warn your other friends that they just can’t stop talking about it.

:-9
Delicious, Yummy

Food is often mentioned in conversations. When your friend says something that sounds or taste really good you can let them know by telling them how delicious or yummy that sounds by this symbol.

:P
Sticking Out The Tongue

Did someone say something that just shocked you or made you feel disguisted? We all have those moments it seems! You can let them know just how shocked or disguisted that made you feel by sticking your tongue out at them! Shock them back!!

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Kisses

Are you in love with someone and want to throw them a kiss? Maybe you just want to make someone feel better. If so you can express how you are feeling by sending them a kiss.

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Clowning

Feel like clowning around? There are some days that just feel right and some friends just seem to clown around all of the time!

There are a lot more keyboard symbols over at http://www.keyboardsymbols.net. They have many emoticons and special alt code characters that you can copy and paste into your chats, so check them out!

Tags: AIM, computer, cool, emotes, emoticons, facebook, keyboard symbols, msn, smileys, special characters, yahoo
Posted February 3, 2010 by SensiblePC under Internet

Some people actually put a lot of time and energy into their funny facebook status update messages. It may be hard to believe but it’s true. If you use both twitter and facebook then you know that funny status are so much better than dull boring ones.

Funny Facebook status

It can take a lot of thought to create funny and unique facebook status updates.
However, did you know that funny updates aren’t the only thing you can do? There are many different breeds of messages. Some are great and require no thought at all and the others allow for better flexibility. The main idea is of course to have fun.

Which one of the below five different types facebook status do you use more often.

The cool facebook status
These are becoming very popular and very quickly too. Normally the cool facebook status has a number of symbols and rarely used characters. Most of the time when people see these cool Facebook statuses they reply back asking how you did it. And maybe they even forget to get back to work like they should be.

The funny Facebook status

Once the facebook website removed the dull need to include your own name in all your status updates; a lot of people have been using jokes and one liners. There are a wide range of these jokes used on people wall feed messages. The funny Facebook statuses range from rude ones to crude ones to even ones that are just hilarious.

The philosophical facebook status

I’m sure you already know that facebook is very popular within the college students. It’s a lot quicker for them to talk to each other it seems. And college students have always seemed to love pretending that they are philosophers. Saying witty and smart things in your Facebook status can be very cool. You can easily quote someone who has been dead for years but was very smart. It just takes a bit of time and research. Grab a quote book and get started today!

The witty facebook status

Due to the limited amount of space you have available in your Facebook Status update box; puns and witty phrases are pretty popular. They are normally pretty short and give people a quick laugh. These are great for office friends.

The romantic facebook status

Now a days facebook is a tool that is used for global communication and helps many people around the world to talk to friends and family. And of course because of that there are of course the very romantic and soppy status for lovers and even poets. Its a great way to show you care and are pinning you the other person even when miles are between you.

Tags: characters, cool, facebook, funny, message, quote, status, update
Posted January 15, 2010 by SensiblePC under Software Reviews

There’s been a lot of fuzz around touch tablets this year at CES. Every big manufacturer had at least a touch tablet (slate or convertible) presented as prototype or made an official announcement about something they’re working on. It’s amazing how everyone had the same trend on their minds, but what’s more amazing is that the trend was set by the first rumors that surfaced the web a few months ago saying that Apple is working on a revolutionary device, a type of tablet that wasn’t even introduced to the public but most certainly will be this January during one of Apple’s annual events.

But history is history and will stay this way. Future is the one thing that interests us most and in a few months we’ll see if the touch tablet digital trend catches on as this is not the first time tablets hit the market. They did it in convertible form a few years ago but had the big disadvantage of costing a few times more than a regular notebook plus lacked on software support to take advantage of the new input system (an analogy with Windows Mobile operating system comes to my mind now as this is one example of bad OS porting, whiteout adaptation to the new needs).

This year seems things will get straight for touch tablets as there was a big variety of sizes, functions, OSes and hardware platforms on display at CES. We will see for sure segmentation here. I’m betting on large tablets for home use (where you aren’t concerned about size) and smaller cheaper tablets for occasional browsing on the move.

If you like, tablets are something that falls right in between a big screen Smartphone (think iPhone for example) and a small netbook that’s not really comfortable to use on the road unless you have a place to sit and a laptop desk stand to put the gadget on. I believe that actual netbooks can be in danger because tablets cover the same functions netbooks have but at a slimmer footprint and are capable of serious multimedia (thanks to the Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset), things that netbooks don’t do very well.

This article was brought to you by Alltouchtablet.com, a site that deals with everything about touchscreen tablet computers and sets the record straight with consumers about what to expect from a tablet, where to get one and how to make better use of it.

Tags: apple, digital trend, gadget, laptop desk, laptops, netbook, netbooks, pc, slate, tablet
Posted January 14, 2010 by SensiblePC under PC Industry News