Holiday Security Alert —
Scammers love chaos, and they are in heaven this holiday season. With shortages and high prices sending everyone scrambling for gifts while we dash to the end of the business year and try to make plans to see family and friends, scammers have an abundance of opportunities to find a weak spot in anyone’s online armor and penetrate for all you’re worth. Here are our steps to stop the scams.
Update Account Recovery Info
Update Account Recovery Info
Facebook, Gmail, and iCloud are among the many online services that either require or strongly encourage you to have an alternate email address or cell phone number that enables you to recover your account and all the data you have in it.
The Many Flavors of 5G
The Many Flavors of 5G
Cell phone manufacturers and carriers don’t make a big deal about it in their ads – yet – but there are several types of 5G service out there. If you’re buying a new phone and have specific needs for blazing super-hot speed, you ought to know something about the available levels of 5G service.
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We started running Windows 11 on one of our computers, and it works just as we expected – except for one big thing: It doesn’t work with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. IE has become dead to Microsoft since it introduced the Edge browser,
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Continue readingGrit Your Teeth and Answer the Phone
We’re as tired as anyone of phone calls to extend our car warranties or to pay our back taxes before the FBI knocks on our door, but sometimes you need to answer the phone. Spam calls are more than nuisances . . .
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We remain skeptical about what advantages you’ll gain from switching to Windows 11, but we now know the minimum specs Microsoft will require for you to upgrade.
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Continue readingStream Video or Keep the Cable Box?
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