I dearly wish computers would last forever. They can! I’ve had a PC run well for 11 years. Ming the Merciless. He was a great system, but eventually the software grew incompatible, and I had to buy a new PC.
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September 14, 2015The New Mac
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September 11, 2015Android Email SettingsThe Android mobile operating system keeps getting smarter and smarter. I’m blown away by some of the improvement, and looking forward to Android Marshmallow, coming sometime soon. What I’m eager to find out, however, is whether they’ve fixed the problem of locating email account settings.
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September 9, 2015To Save Search ResultsAll operating systems offer the ability to search for files — and inside of files. It’s a big deal, so much so that few people give it another thought. A feature worth a second thought, however, is the ability to save a search and reproduce it later.
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September 7, 2015Cast That Screen
Once upon a time, when you wanted to cast your mobile device’s screen or audio to another device, you tapped the casting icon. There it was! Right on that app’s screen. Apparently this process has changed. September 4, 2015Ethics and the Ashley Madison HackLast month, hackers dumped the account database for online spouse-cheating website Ashley Madison. Incredible as it sounds, that website is built upon creating illicit connections between married adults, and not with their spouses.
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September 2, 2015Mutliple Windows Desktops with Task ViewQuite a few operating systems and GUIs offer the ability to use multiple desktops. You can switch and shuffle between them, just as if each desktop was its own window, but it’s not! This trick is now available to Windows with the recent Windows 10 update. The feature is called Task View.
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August 31, 2015More Hate Mail
Back in the old days, I received what I dub “hate mail.” It’s where someone sends me an email question and I attempt to answer it, only to be met with scorn and derision.
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August 28, 2015The Floppy Disk has a New PalA year and a half ago I wrote about it: Adios, Optical Disc. As I predicted in that post, the optical drive is now absent from all Apple computers. They lead the way, and eventually the PC will follow suit. August 26, 2015Name That FolderIt’s trivial, but the issue comes up when I write my books: How to refer to that location in the computer’s storage system where you store your files? Windows doesn’t make it easy.
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August 24, 2015Blocking Ads WorksAccording to Business Insider, “. . . ad blocking is expected to cost publishers more than $21.8 billion in 2015 in lost revenue.” Golly!
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