Imagine you stumble across an insightful YouTube video, brimming with information you want to revisit later. You’d wish you could have it all in writing, wouldn’t you?
Here’s where the magic of transcription gleams through the digital noise.
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Imagine you stumble across an insightful YouTube video, brimming with information you want to revisit later. You’d wish you could have it all in writing, wouldn’t you?
Here’s where the magic of transcription gleams through the digital noise.
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I have written many times about why it’s so important to protect your family’s WiFi network by enabling encryption on it and locking it down with a strong password.
Well, this old, but still relevant news story is a real-world example of why locking your WiFi network down is so important. I ran across it while doing some research for a related blog post and thought I’d share it with you. [Read more…]
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Regular readers of this blog know that Amazon always has some great deals on computers and accessories, and I try to highlight as many of them here as I possibly can.
But did you know there’s an easy way to get huge discounts on laptops, tablets and other tech gear every single day? What’s more, you won’t have to go searching for them.
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It’s hard to turn on your TV anymore without seeing an ad for one of the commercial DNA testing services.
AncestryDNA, MyHeritage and 23andMe are all spending massive amounts of cash on ads to try to lure as many people to use their service as possible.
And it’s easy to understand why. Just about everyone we talk to these days has either already submitted their DNA for testing or are planning to in the near future.
But truth be told, there are very real and serious risks involved with allowing any commercial company to store your genetic information in their database.
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I’m often asked if free antivirus apps are as effective at protecting a Windows PC from virus infections as their “paid” counterparts.
And I must say, that’s an excellent question.
Back in the early days of home computing my answer would have been a huge NO because the free antivirus programs available at the time were indeed inferior to the commercial programs.
But that has changed over the years…