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Ray Bradbury And Dark Carnival
The best time to read Ray Bradbury stories is when you are thirteen years old. The second best time is right now. When I was 13, I read The October Country, a collection of some of Bradbury’s earliest published short stories. When I was 14 and 15 and 16 and every age...
Amplifi! Orbi! Luma! Eero! And Other Words About Wi-Fi
“Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!” - First words spoken by Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter...
Google Chrome Steps Up With Improved Battery Life, Material Design
As we move quickly into a post-Microsoft world, Google Chrome is the program where we spend most of our time on our computers. Last week Chrome was updated in a couple of small...
You Can’t Escape From A Ninja
If you have any illusion that privacy means anything, forget it. If you are targeted for surveillance, there is nothing you can do to prevent it. Every keystroke on your computer...
Security Warning: The Bad Guy’s Get Smarter (And Learn Spellling And Grammar)
Virus emails from the bad guys have been steadily getting more sophisticated and harder to spot, but careful proofreaders have almost always been able to find errors in spelling...
Microsoft May Not Recover From Losing Our Trust
Our relationship with technology is built on trust. Self-inflicted errors are causing Microsoft to lose our trust. A series of bugs has emerged in updates to Windows 10. Chances...
Updates From Microsoft Spiral Out Of Control
Microsoft has had a bad month. In this article I’ll tell you about some of the problems with recent updates from Microsoft. In the next article, I’ll take a broader look at the...
Prisma Turns Your Photos Into Works Of Art
Prisma is a free app for iOS and Android that turns your photos into works of art in seconds. In a way it’s similar to the filters that have been around for Instagram and...
Google Duo And Communication Overload
Google introduced a new app for video chats last week. Google Duo makes one-on-one video chats as easy as possible, with nothing required except a phone number and someone on the...
Security Tip: Hover Over Links Before You Click
When you hover over a link in Outlook or a web browser, a small window pops up to show you where the link really goes. If the real link doesn’t match the sender or doesn’t match...
Improvements to Windows Defender In Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Windows Defender is the built in antivirus program included free with Windows 10. It provides all the security that you need, quietly and efficiently. The combination of Windows...
Upgrade Your Computer With A Solid State Drive
You might have an upgrade option that wasn’t practical a year ago. It’s a combination of two things: • Prices have been dropping on solid state drives. • Windows 10 installs...
Logging In With A PIN Is Easier Than A Password–And Safer, Too!
Windows 10 allows you to log in with a PIN instead of a password. In fact, you’re required to set up a PIN before you can set up Windows Hello to log in with a fingerprint or...
What You Need To Know About Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Microsoft released the Anniversary Update for Windows 10 on Tuesday. Your Windows 10 computers will be automatically updated. Eventually. Here’s what you need to know. ...
What Are All Those Unfamiliar Tiles In Your Office 365 Menu?
In the early 1990s Microsoft was the dominant company in personal computing but its products did not recognize or incorporate the brand new concept of something called the...
Augmented Reality: You’ve Been Using It All Along
In the last article, Pokémon Go And The Future In Front Of Your Face, I painted a picture of augmented reality that sounds like science fiction. Smart contact lenses, information...