Apple Ends Snow Leopard Support When Apple released its latest updates to OS X operating systems, it failed to release a version for Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6.x). This is not surprising since Apple tends to support the last three versions of OS X. This […]
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A serious security flaw was addressed in the most recent iOS and OS X updates. The issue was related to the inability to validate the authenticity of an SSL connection. While true of any network connectivity, the greatest danger was while using public wi-fi
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Remote access software allows users to work on another computer from a remote location and can be a real boon for those of us who are locked into helping out friends and family with their computer problems. I am a long time TeamViewer fan but,
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For those who may be unaware; Google Glass is a wearable computer with an optical head mounted display. As the name suggests, worn just like a pair of glasses… Google Glass is still very much in the development stage so has not yet been made
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You can protect cells in your Excel worksheet pretty easily, but protecting cells in an Microsoft Word Table – not so much, although it can be done. How? Well you insert a Text Form field control into each cell where you want your users to
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I’ve recently installed three new add-ons (new to me anyway) in my Firefox browser which are specifically designed to help with security and or privacy. I haven’t been using these add-ons long enough to form a definitive opinion yet, but I thought many of you
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Bandwidth Usage and Broadband Caps Our very own Dave Hartsock wrote an article back in 2011 that still makes a lot of sense to me. Some articles seem timeless and this is one of them. You can read “Do Broadband Caps Make Sense” to give
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In a scenario reminiscent of Steve Jobs’ triumphant to return to Apple in 1997, new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has offered founder and top geek Bill Gates one of the industry’s top jobs, Teck Korner can reveal today. This exclusive and much sought after position
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As promised in an earlier article: here is our list of the best free portable applications. I have sorted them into categories for your convenience, although, not in any order of preference. Considering our main emphasis here is on avoiding crapware, these are all reputable
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I am not a huge fan of joke emails, those supposedly humorous anecdotes which are interminably doing the rounds. However, I received a couple just recently which really tickled my fancy, I actually chuckled… which is a pretty rare event indeed for this cranky old
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NASA Solves “Doughnut Rock” Mystery The appearance of a ‘doughnut rock’, named Pinnacle Island, on Mars a few weeks ago caused quite a stir. NASA’s Mars rover, Opportunity, sent photos of the rock which was not there when it had passed that same spot
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Windows Disk Cleanup – The Gargantuan WinSxS Folder Windows Vista introduced the WinSxS (Side x Side) folder to address problems in previous versions of the operating system. It allowed several versions of the same data libraries to be used from within a single location. Perhaps
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