Still not talking about coffee Oracle’s Java and Adobe’s Flash have led a long and fruitful life having served a valuable purpose to one and all. However, now is the time for them to retire gracefully, move to a nice quite village, let the young […]
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Dropbox offers a cloud repository for your files. Its basic subscription is free. I use it sparingly, but I always recommend it to people who need this kind of service. Still, I like to make folks aware of my pros and cons with it. Pros: It’s
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The Beginning: Opening introduction to the series Browsers: What are they? How to make them a safer door to Web. Search Engines: The Good, Bad and Ugly. Understanding search results. Malware and Virus: What is Malware? – What is a Virus? What is the difference in their
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You ever want to turn your cell phone into a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot? Well, you can. Many Android devices give you the option to share your internet connection with other devices. This feature will allow you to share your internet connection with 3 to 5
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The secret state The North Korean leadership enjoys presenting a rosy picture of life in their closeted state and although hard facts are difficult to confirm, watching us, watching them, like in some kind of grim fandango setting, has at least opened up tiny cracks
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Links to all articles included in this series: The Beginning: Opening introduction to the series Browsers: What are they? How to make them a safer door to Web. Search Engines: The Good, Bad and Ugly. Understanding search results. Malware and Virus: What is Malware? – What is
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Google porn, see what you come up with and you’ll probably find that it’s one of the most widely recognised search terms on the internet and for several very good reasons, but mostly because a lot of people rather like it. Not just men either, which
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Links to all articles included in this series: The Beginning: Opening introduction to the series Browsers: What are they? How to make them a safer door to Web. Search Engines: The Good, Bad and Ugly. Understanding search results. Malware and Virus: What is Malware? – What is
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Does anyone remember the tabletop jukeboxes that were once a part of the Diner experience? I have fond memories of going with my family to the L & K restaurant or local diner and flipping thru the pages for music to pick out. My sister
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DNS, yet another of those infernal acronyms. Domain Name System is an essential component of everyone’s connection to the internet and is used to translate readily identifiable domain names, such as www.davescomputertips.com, into the numerical IP (Internet Protocol) addresses required to access websites – sort
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