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Question from Janet: A while back my sister wanted to buy a game for my daughter to play on her tablet so I let her enter my credit card info into Google Play and buy it.
But now with all the hacking that’s been going on lately I’m really nervous about having my credit card info online.
Can you please tell me how to remove my card number from the Google Play app? [Read more…]
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Question from Jane: I bought a monitor and connected it to my laptop and then changed the settings so I could close the lid while the laptop is running. It’s been working fine now for about four months.
The thing is one of my friends saw this setup and he told me running the laptop with the lid closed will eventually kill it due to excessive heat build-up.
Is that true? As always, thanks so much for your advice. [Read more…]
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Question from Roland: I have a laptop that’s provided by my employer for business use. I have a question about also using it at home for personal use.
I’m allowed to take the laptop home every night, and I’m wondering if using Chrome in “Incognito Mode” will prevent the guys in IT from finding out which websites I visit?
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Question from Amber: I’ve been shopping online for a new laptop and I’ve noticed that a lot of the lowest-priced Windows laptops have Windows 11 S installed on them.
I’d never heard of Windows 11 S before I started shopping for a new laptop. And now I’m really confused.
I have a couple of questions for you: [Read more…]
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An old, but dangerous scam that targets Apple customers recently started making the rounds once again.
As usual, there are several variations of the scam, but they all work something like this…
You receive a text message or social media IM stating that your Apple ID has been disabled due to an “unusual sign-in attempt” or some other pretext.
At first glance the message will appear to be legit, but if you look closer it’s usually easy to see that it’s a fake. [Read more…]