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A while back I told you about Manuals Online, a vast online library of user manuals for most any kind of product you can think of.
If you own it, Manuals Online probably has a digital copy of its user manual on their website for you to download at no cost.
Well, today I’m going to tell you about another great source for free user manuals, but this one offers manuals exclusively for tech products. [Read more…]
Well, it’s a new day, and yet another serious security issue has arisen. And this one affects literally every device you own that communicates over Wi-Fi.
CyberSecurity Researchers have discovered a critical flaw in the WPA2 security protocol that can allow hackers to eavesdrop on (and even hijack) your Wi-Fi communications, regardless of how securely your devices and network are locked down.
This vulnerability is present in every Wi-Fi enabled router, computer, smart phone, tablet, smart watch…well, you get the picture. If it communicates over Wi-Fi, its connection can be hacked! [Read more…]
Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a huge fan of Amazon’s Fire line of tablets. Quite simply, I don’t think you could find a better tablet anywhere at the same price.
As luck would have it, right now you can get an awesome deal on their 7″ Fire Tablet with Alexa. (#ad)
In fact, you can pick up this great tablet for about what you’d pay for a cheap no-name knock-off Android tablet!
I won’t go into all the features of this little jewel in this post, but I will tell you that you won’t find a better tablet than this one at anywhere close to this price!
Click here (#ad) to check out the 7″ Fire Tablet with Alexa at Amazon.
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AOL Instant Messenger (aka AIM) is probably the oldest Internet instant messaging service still in existence today, but that will soon change.
If you’re one of the millions of people worldwide who still use AIM to chat with friends and relatives you’ll need to migrate to something else before the end of the year.
I’ve had a feeling this day was coming for some time now since so many AIM users have switched to Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and SnapChat in recent years.
For what it’s worth, AIM outlasted both the once hugely-popular Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger services, but now AOL has succumbed to the Facebook/WhatsApp/ShapChat steamroller as well.
AOL released a new help article this morning with the details of the impending shutdown. Here are the five most important takeaways from that article: [Read more…]
Serious “gamers” are always thirsting for the latest, greatest and fastest gaming PC money can buy. Well, I just found it.
Acer has released the fastest, most powerful and (possibly) the largest gaming laptop ever built.
Simply put, the Acer Predator 21 X Gaming Laptop is almost beyond belief.
This thing packs a punch that would knock out all but the most powerful desktop gaming computers, and the price tag reflects it: roughly 9 grand at the time of this writing!
But check out everything you’ll get for that 9 grand: [Read more…]