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Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
Regular readers of this blog know how much I detest scammers and malicious hoaxsters.
That’s why I try my best to warn you ASAP every time a new scam or hoax starts making the rounds.
While they are all absolutely awful, the scams I hate the most are the ones that target the most vulnerable among us.
Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
If you follow the news you’re probably aware of all the data breaches involving stolen passwords that have taken place of late.
The sad fact is there’s absolutely nothing you can do to prevent hackers from stealing your passwords and other sensitive info if they can somehow manage to break into the servers that are storing them.
About the only things you can do on your end is make sure you choose passwords that are secure and take care to avoid falling for phishing attempts.
But the above being said, there’s a settings change you can make to most any online account that will make it very difficult for a hacker to break into that account even if they somehow manage to get your password.
Question from Rod: I received a flyer in the mail from Xfinity saying everyone in my area now has the option to upgrade our Internet service to 1200Mbps with virtually no increase in the monthly charges.
I’d love to do that because that would be a huge increase from the 200Mbps I’m getting now, but I can’t afford to buy a new modem.
I bought the modem I have now four years ago and it’s still working great.
My question is will I need to buy a new modem in order to get the full 1200Mbps speed that comes with this new plan? [Read more…]
Note: The links in this post are affiliate links.
Question from Sarah: I’m getting ready to order this new laptop from Amazon and I have a question about it.
This laptop comes with 16GB of RAM but I can get the same machine with 32GB for about $50 more.
Do you think it’s worth paying an extra $50 to double the RAM? Will I even need 32GB? [Read more…]
Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
There comes a time when every computer owner realizes that their current computer just isn’t up to the task of working with the latest hardware and software.
When we reach that conclusion we must inevitably make a choice between upgrading and buying a new computer.
In my opinion there are only five possible upgrades that really make sense given the historically low prices of new computers these days: [Read more…]