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Passkeys are the latest, and some say greatest, account security mechanism, but many users remain confused about the technology. Well-known tech writer Leo Notenboom recently published an article titled How Passkeys Work (A No-Tech Version), which is perhaps the best and easiest-to-understand explanation I’ve seen.
AI Agents, also known as Generative AI, are the AI we are familiar with from providers such as OpenAI (ChatGPT), Google (Gemini), and Microsoft (Copilot). Agentic AI, to the best of my knowledge, Agentic AI is not yet available for mass deployment, but it does
Defragmentation and Trim are both methods to optimize a drive; the former is used to optimize HDDs and the latter to optimize SSDs. Windows includes a feature that automatically optimizes drives; the feature is enabled and set to weekly optimization by default. Windows identifies each
What Is SEO Spam There is no doubt that hackers work night and day to beat honest people out of their hard-earned money and SEO Spam also known as spamdexing is a hacking technique used by malicious hackers to manipulate search engine rankings. Spamdexing involves
Passwords vs. Passkeys What are Passkeys and why do you need them? If you are like most people, passwords are a pain in the backside. Remembering them can be a problem, we should change them often and make them strong with symbols, caps, and numbers.
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What is Microsoft Copilot? A lot of folks have been asking! I really am not that well versed in the subject, nor have I used it. Having said that, I will do my level best to share the meager information that I have gleaned thus
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
No doubt you will have been hearing a lot about the new big thing in technology – artificial intelligence – but did you know that the advent of this rapidly emerging technology has led to the introduction of new hardware? Yep, NPUs (Neural Processing Units)
This is Part 2 of a two-part article. Windows With A Chrome Based Browser In Windows, you may have another way to use Google Lens. I say “may” because it only works for some Chrome-based browsers, not all. It’s my experience that it works with
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This is Part 1 of a two-part article. Google Lens is not well known but should be. It enables you to search the Internet for a specific image that you choose. Why? I’m glad you asked. It’s because you might want to… Find similar images
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Using Quick Create In Hyper-V Manager In the previous articles, we installed a Linux system using an ISO file by following the steps offered in Hyper-V Manager. This method gives you the widest choice of options and experienced users can modify settings to fit their
How To Install Linux In Hyper-V Once you have completed the steps to enable Hyper-V on your PC, the next step is deciding which new Operating system to install. Operating Systems range from Windows XP through Windows 11 to full Linux and FreeBSD systems. Search
What Is Copilot Microsoft has released Copilot on both Dev and Beta Insider channels. Usually when a preview is released, I am reluctant to write an article about it because it might not make it to the final version of Windows. But once Microsoft releases
Windows Hyper-V Manager Hyper-V started in 2016 as Windows Server Virtualization and is the only native virtualization platform for Windows. Unlike Oracle’s VM which is a type 2, Hypervisor Hyper-V is a type 1 Hypervisor, which means it runs directly on the host machine’s hardware.
