What is DNS? Download bandwidth is not the only thing that affects how fast your internet service feels when you’re online. Of course, with greater bandwidth, downloads are completed more quickly than they would be with less bandwidth. There is no way to make a […]
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The Rise… The smartwatch is not actually a recent phenomena. No, no. The history of the smartwatch arguably began with the relatively primitive Seiko RC series back in 1984. The computerized watch didn’t become famous until the Timex DataLink was introduced in 1994. It was
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A Little History When the mechanical typewriter was invented back in the 1860s, it was quickly adopted in offices around world. Decades later, when the electric typewriter was introduced, it was a big technological advance. The electric typewriter ruled until the affordable PC revolution exploded
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Your eMail Address Is Precious Often times, giving out your primary email address online isn’t such a good idea. It can be a leap of faith. You’re trusting the entity you’re giving it to won’t SPAM you, sell your address to 40 different email marketers,
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Finally, after decades of having tight control over set-top cable boxes, cable TV companies in the U.S. are being challenged as the Federal Communication Commission is finally exercising its statutory responsibility to ensure competition. As you might expect, satellite and cable providers, along with some
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On February 23rd, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission settled with Taiwan-based ASUSTeK Computer, Inc. over the marketing of its routers which put hundreds of thousands of consumer’s home networks at risk. The complaint included charges the ASUS routers featured insecure “cloud” services which led to
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A few weeks ago, I told you about a free way to run Android from your computer with RemixOS. The recommended method for this was to run Remix OS from a USB 3.0 compliant memory stick. But, there is also an easy way to turn
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Gone in a Flash! From it’s humble beginnings as an animation tool, Flash has come a long way. Flash made the internet come alive with movement, from whimsical banner ads to your favorite YouTube video. Flash was ubiquitous in the world of computers. In 2005,
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Microsoft has announced plans to broaden the availability of the Windows 10 upgrade for users still running Windows 7 and 8.1 on their computers. The company is also responding to the angry voices about the intrusive push tactics for Windows 10 by offering a good
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For years, an open source project has been working on porting the Android operating system to the x86 platform… meaning, it can be run on PC hardware with an Intel or AMD processor. The project is called, not surprisingly, the Android x86 project. Jide, a
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In light of recent news that the move to Windows 10 was slowing in some parts of the world, such as the U.S., someone at Microsoft decided to do a little bragging on Windows 10 usage facts. They are probably wishing, right about now, they
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AVG report lists apps that have the most impact on smartphone performance, battery life and mobile data. In their report titled “Android App Performance Trends,” online security company AVG identifies the Android apps people use on their smartphones and tablets that are the biggest hogs
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With some fanfare, technology company AMD, maker of popular computer graphics cards, processors and other computer components, announced a new driver software and a new name for their video drivers, replacing the Catalyst drivers that have driven their graphics cards for many years. The new
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Globally, the number of people adopting the Windows 10 operating system (OS) as a replacement for their current operating system appears to be slowing. The early numbers that showed relatively good growth in the adoption rate of Windows 10 may have been due to the
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