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Recent Windows versions are quite aggressive at tracking the things you do with your PC, both locally and online.
And as you might expect, Windows 11 does it big time.
For example, your Windows 11 machine takes note of the websites you visit, the ads you engage with and the things you search for in order to develop a customer profile on you.
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Do you take lots of pictures? If so, you know how frustrating it can be when it takes forever to transfer your photos from your camera or mobile device to your computer or cloud storage.
The good news is there are ways to speed up the transfer process and get your photos onto your computer as quickly as possible. Here are just a few of them: [Read more…]
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There was a time when I used to keep every email I received that wasn’t SPAM because I mistakenly thought I might need to pull them up again at some point.
But over time my thinking on that evolved – a lot.
If you tend to hold on to all of your old emails thinking you might need them in the future, here are three reasons why you might want to reconsider: [Read more…]
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Question from Amanda: I bought a smart TV for my living room but the WiFi in there is too weak to maintain a solid connection.
There’s enough signal in there for my laptop and tablet to use the Internet with no problem, but it just doesn’t allow the streaming to work as it should.
I’ve been doing some research about ways to boost the signal on that end of the house and I keep seeing the terms “Wi-Fi Extender” and “Mesh WiFi Systems”.
I’m really confused about these devices. What’s the difference between them and which one should I get? [Read more…]
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Do you have a used computer that you’re planning to sell?
If so, you might be wondering about what it’s worth so you can determine how much you should ask for it.
Or perhaps you’re planning to buy a used computer and you want to make sure you don’t over-pay?
Determining the actual value of an item used to be pretty difficult, but the Internet has given us a great tool that can give us that info in a hurry: Ebay. [Read more…]