Internet related articles
Three years ago I wrote about resetting a WordPress site in How To Reset Your WordPress Website and four years ago, How To Become A Webmaster, with both articles referring to skill fade which is very real in all walks of life. Since writing the […]
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Understanding DNS DNS stands for Domain Name System a protocol that is set by your internet provider. DNS is responsible for translating our human expressions like www.google.com into a unique IP address that computers use to communicate over the internet. Whenever you or a program
TeamViewer was my remote control software of choice until today. When I opened the program I got the message saying that I was using this in a business environment and was limited to five minutes per session and once disconnected, I had to wait to
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The answer largely depends on your definition of safe. Safe for users, or safe for the state? Or both? I don’t use TikTok, have not signed up with the app, and have no intention of doing so. Why? With so many distractions today, yet another
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I got a laptop with the following window open. “Windows Defender Security Has Disabled Your Computer” with a 1-800 number to call – obvious fake. It showed a Windows security screen with what looked like everything disabled. It seems to have disabled the mouse as
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Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday update that rolled out in February 2024 addresses no less than 73 security flaws, including two that are known to be actively exploited. Of the 73 flaws, 3 are rated as moderate, 65 as important, and 5 as critical. The two flaws
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A quick browser tip. I’ve used this feature a few times in the past opening tabs in the browser that I previously had closed. Normally I would right-click on the tab bar (where the plus sign is to open new tabs) and look for the
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I would like to think that Artificial Intelligence (AI) should be able to solve a relatively easy high school math problem because such math problems are typically straightforward with solutions all over the Internet. However, my experience shows that it consistently doesn’t. Maybe that’s because
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Using social media as a news source makes no sense to me. Take Facebook for example. I have nearly 2,000 friends. Out of that 2,000, I know maybe 20. The other 1,900+? I don’t know them from Adam. And I don’t trust a single one
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Free E-Books, Audiobooks, And Magazines If you are interested in getting free e-books, magazines, or even audiobooks downloaded to your PC, mobile device, or your Kindle, this article is for you. A few years ago, I wrote about OverDrive, Libby, and other software used to
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I Want Your Money! If a complete stranger asks you for money, what do you do? If they compound their sob story with tales of incurable disease, dying grandmothers, starving children living rough, and all manner of heart-wrenching scenarios, are you still tempted to part
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You are likely aware that the web address you type in your browser is called the URL (Uniform Resource Locator). It’s a unique place on the web such as an HTML page, a CSS document, an image, etc.. The most common exception would be a
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This week I was working on some article ideas and started thinking about the Google Chrome icon. It is always in front of me and many others use this browser, too. If you have read some of my articles in the past, I like to
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Try Immersive Reader Microsoft Edge released the immersive reader as a way of simplifying web page layouts. It removes clutter and allows you to customize your reading experience in Windows 10 and 11. According to Microsoft, the immersive reader was originally designed to address the
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