I have always been very careful when working on building a new computer. There are certain things you must do; however, I missed one a couple of weeks ago. (Geek confession coming up.) Someone came to me and basically said since I am a geek and obviously quite knowledgeable with computers would I totally rebuild…
Last week I gave you a better way to prep your Android devices before getting rid of them. Dana wrote and asked me a great question related to that process. Although I am well aware of it from personal experience, I had never thought about mentioning here. So thanks, Dana, for the idea; I think…
A few weeks back I wrote about an application you could use to retrieve deleted files from a computer’s drive, SD Card, etc. This was really highlighted when I got an email from Tom in Harrisonburg, about his adventure with that application, Recuva. It began with, "I took a deep breath, downloaded, installed and ran…
The September show is up now. Not many links today but some good talk and calls. You can listen to the show here. Have a great week! Tech NewsMakerBot chief believes self-driving cars will spur a need for 3D-printed organs Self-driving cars are safer by their very nature, since they avoid the mistakes of human…
As you regular readers know I am a fan of Google and yet on occasion they fail me totally. Mostly this is due to them doing away with applications I use and enjoy: Google Reader, Calendar Sync, iGoogle, Google Notebook just to name a few. But I enjoy their products so much that I have…
Last week I talked about two of Piriform’s excellent tools for keeping your computer in good shape. CCleaner and Defraggler. Today we will look at two others. Speccy is a very good application from Piriform; however, it is one I rarely use. You should download it and run it anyway just so you can have…
I recently mentioned the site Piriform. I received several emails asking about what it offers, so today we will take a look at some of the excellent free utilities they have. Their most well-known tool is CCleaner. When the company first started out this was their first app and then it stood for, "Crap Cleaner." …
I never realized the past three articles would provide me with so much email from readers. So today I will close out the series with one final shot at discussing things people want to know most from me. One follow up to last week. I did not recommend the $49 version of various tablets and…
Welcome to the Podcast/Show Notes from today’s show. Make sure you listen here if you did not get a chance to hear it live. Then read on for information about what we talked about…well most of what we talked about. Tech News‘World’s first’ braille mobile phone goes on sale in the UK OwnFone, which launched…
Following the past two weeks’ columns, I’ve received many responses. So, I thought I would continue the series addressing common suggestions I offer regarding questions I frequently receive. For instance, I am often asked, “Which is the best e-reader app?” I use Android tablets and phones, but my suggestion holds true for most all systems….
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