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Why You May Want a Desktop Instead of a Laptop

Patrick Moore asked the Laptops forum about the advantages of going with a desktop computer.Laptops long ago surpassed desktops in sales, and tablets and smartphones are taking major market share from...

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What You Need to Know About Privacy, Email, and Particularly Gmail

Pritesh Singh asked whether anyone other than the intended recipient can view files attached to a Gmail message.Unless you take special precautions, nothing you send by email is secure. That's doubly...

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How to Keep Your Neighbors From Hijacking Your Wi-Fi

Rose's Internet service intermittently slows to a crawl. She wants to make sure that her neighbors haven't hacked her Wi-Fi for free connectivity.A number of issues can produce intermittently slow...

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What to Do if You Absolutely Can't, Or Won't, Give Up XP

Greg Salone doesn't want to give up Windows XP. He asked for advice on what could "keep me from being vulnerable" after support ends on April 8.You've heard this from me and pretty much every other...

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Can a Hacker Use a Brute-Force Attack to Steal an Online Password?

Harish Kumar asked if a brute force attack--which tries random text strings until one turns out to be your password--would work on major websites. "Will Facebook allow millions of failed attempts?"We...

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Your IP Address: Who Can See it and What You Can Do About it

Melanie, concerned about online privacy, asked the Antivirus & Security Software forum who can see her IP address and how serious a problem that is.All Internet communications require Internet...

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Watch Out for Photos Containing Malware

Jerseygirlinfl asked the Answer Line forum if photos floating around the Internet could contain mailware.Cybercriminals use images in a number of ways to infect your computer. In most cases, the photo...

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Why You Can Trust Free Software (or at Least Some of It)

Jeanne Light wonders whether it's safe to use free software. "What do [the authors] get out of it?" She feels, understandably, quite skeptical.It's good to be skeptical. And careful. Free products...

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When Tech Support Calls You

Diane Shotbolt received a call from an alleged tech support person who "wanted me to make changes to my computer." She asked for my advice.If there are people monitoring your computer, and there...

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Upgrade From XP to Windows 7

Mel Henderson has a PC that's still running Windows XP. He asked about upgrading to Windows 7.If you don't want to turn your PC into a malware magnet, you have to stop using Windows XP. It's just not...

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Can Your ISP Read What You Send Over Facebook?

Maeve asked "Can your ISP read conversations that you have with people over Facebook?" Every Internet communication from your home goes through your Internet Service Provider (ISP). It knows your IP...

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The Top 10 Windows 8 Questions Everyone Asks

You've finally made the leap to Windows 8 (or, more probably, Windows 8.1), and a pretty big leap it was. Everything looks different. Everything acts differently. Even a simple task like shutting down...

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BodyBrew claims to make healthier coffee

Startup BodyBrew claims that their upcoming cold-brewing coffeemaker will result in a healthier cup of joe. But we’ll have to wait until summer to find out. Coffee, originally from Ethiopia, found its...

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Your house is filled with vampires that suck $165 from your wallet annually

You shut down your computer. You turn off your TV. You take the popcorn out of the microwave. And yet all of these devices and more continue to suck electricity. This vampire power, also called...

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WaterGenius promises a free tool to help California fight the drought

Can California survive the drought? One Oakland-based company thinks it has part of the solution. BKi’s free WaterGenius website—expected to open next week—could help homeowners cut down on water...

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The first affordable robot servant, Alpha2, is now in development

The fantasy of having your own benign, high-tech, vaguely humanoid robot servant goes back at least to Robby the Robot, the star of the 1956 science-fiction classic Forbidden Planet. Robby could cook,...

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The best OneNote 2016 tips: 10 ways anyone can get organized

Microsoft’s OneNote is a surprisingly versatile tool for jotting down and organizing notes, random facts, and anything else that doesn’t fit into a spreadsheet or organized database. To keep it from...

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How to Keep Your Neighbors From Hijacking Your Wi-Fi

Rose's Internet service intermittently slows to a crawl. She wants to make sure that her neighbors haven't hacked her Wi-Fi for free connectivity.A number of issues can produce intermittently slow...

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What to Do if You Absolutely Can't, Or Won't, Give Up XP

Greg Salone doesn't want to give up Windows XP. He asked for advice on what could "keep me from being vulnerable" after support ends on April 8.You've heard this from me and pretty much every other...

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Can a Hacker Use a Brute-Force Attack to Steal an Online Password?

Harish Kumar asked if a brute force attack--which tries random text strings until one turns out to be your password--would work on major websites. "Will Facebook allow millions of failed attempts?"We...

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