Tablet sales are flat. Even Apple is freaking out. Has the passion gone from the relationship? Or is something better coming along?
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August 19, 2015Tablet Era, RIPAugust 17, 2015Mute Your Windows 10 NotificationsTo me, the notification sound in Windows 10 sounds exactly like the first chord of the Simpsons TV show. So every time the Windows 10 computer chimes a notification, I start singing, “The Simpsons . . .” It’s annoying.
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August 14, 2015Reaction FacesI think they’re funny, but I have no clue how they became so popular. You’ve probably seen them as well: August 12, 2015Even More Online SecuritySeveral years ago, I visited a friend of mine who showed me a unique gizmo. She was a government employee and needed access to a secure email account. The gizmo, the size of a pocket watch, was a password generator. August 10, 2015USB Connector Roundup
I’ll confess that the USB standard has been not only tremendously successful but also quite stable. It’s predictable. And just about everyone has enough USB cables available to make any sort of connection.
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August 7, 2015Porn on the Early InternetI’ve read statistics that say up to 36 percent of all Internet traffic is consumed by pornography. Curiously up to 40 percent of evening Internet traffic is used by Netflix. Therefore, I calculate that the remaining 24 percent is used by people reading this blog. I might be mistaken.
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August 5, 2015Here it is: 3D PornI’ve written about it before: Each new advance in communications technology is bolstered by pornography: Painting, printing, film, video, the Internet, and now . . . virtual reality.
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August 3, 2015Win10 Battle: The Control Panel v. Settings AppConfiguring a PC isn’t something you plan on doing often. It’s a necessary task, a mundane, administrative chore. And in Windows 10, the go-to place for making settings and changing configurations is . . . well, there are two places. July 31, 2015My Windows 10 Upgrade OrdealOne of the nifty things about the modern computing age is that you don’t have to wait months to read about an operating system upgrade. For example, when DOS 5 came out, the magazines and other material on DOS 5 didn’t hit the shelves for weeks — and most of the early stuff was based on the beta, so it was wrong.
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July 29, 2015It’s Windows 10 DayHere it is! Supposedly, sometime today, all those computers that are scheduled to get the free Windows 10 update will enjoy the potential of the update. I can’t wait! Well, yeah, I can wait. In fact, I will be waiting most of the day. |
