You know the feeling, you are at home and all of a sudden, the sites load very slowly. You may be at the local coffee shop where they provide free Wi-Fi and it is unbelievably sluggish. YouTube videos either stop and start while buffering multiple times in a couple of minutes or do not…
I have stated before that my browser of choice is Google Chrome. In my opinion, it is “currently” the better browser of the main ones. At the end of 2017, W3Counter states that the top browsers used are Chrome, (59%) Safari, (15%) Firefox, (9%) Internet Explorer/Edge (8%) and Opera (4%). Notice the significant gap…
A couple of years ago I bought something for my car that was new on the market. You know something about me if you have read this column for any amount of time. That is that I do not like to spend money unless something is really useful or not available for free. I…
From emails, I hear many got new Windows 10 computers for Christmas and it is encouraging you do use a Pin and not a Password to secure it. Is a four-digit pin a good idea to use over your either character password? Microsoft says it is a very good security feature for your computer….
Today I will continue with the start of the 16th year of “Double Click” by providing more of last year’s links. If the site addresses are too long for print, I have shortened them using the “bit.ly” app. The links are preceded by “rd.dblclx.com” followed by various letters and numbers. Copy them, then paste…
Before I start today’s topic I will answer emails I have received this from a couple of readers. “Are you going to write about which computer I should purchase for Christmas?” Sorry, but no for a couple of reasons. First, I stopped doing this several years ago because they always sounded the same. Next, it…
At a recent speaking engagement, I was talking to the group about security. This discussion was centered on Virtual Private Networks or VPNs. Since 1996 when a Microsoft employee created a secure tunneling system for computers, VPNs have been around. It was not as we know a VPN today; however, it certainly set the process…
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