Windows 10 – Free Upgrade Offer Microsoft recently made it official – Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users will get a free upgrade to Windows 10 – if they upgrade in the first year. No official release date has been set for Windows 10, but rumor has it, Windows 10 will be released to manufacturing (RTM) in June.… Read More »
The Blacksmith It was as if time was frozen; fragments of what once was seemed now as shards of broken glass that lay scattered all around me. I pounded on the anvil, large plumes of smoke rose up from the forge and sweat poured from my face. I reached for the tongs and pulled the glowing shapeless mass… Read More »
The following article appeared in Gizmodo, February 19, 2015 Lenovo Installs Adware on New Computers That Could Steal Private Data Oh no, Lenovo. Users are reporting on the company’s forums, its computers are coming installed with adware straight out of the box—that can monitor secure connections. According to a number of Lenovo users, the software called Superfish is installed on factory-fresh laptops. The… Read More »
First we want to be transparent. We want you to know that the petition included i this article is courtesy of Firefox / Mozilla. We strongly support Net Neutrality; we believe that you should have as much right as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo and other billion-dollar companies to access and use the Internet unimpeded. You should have as… Read More »
Privnote Send notes that will self-destruct after being read I love this cloud-based service. I can send really searing notes to EB and then have amnesia. She will blast me for something I supposedly wrote and I can say, “but EB, I never wrote such things to you!” And she’ll say, “Yes. You did!”. Well then, EB show… Read More »
2 Ways to Fix Your Google Chrome Browser One of the best things about using Chrome (or Firefox) instead of IE is that if things start going badly with those browsers, you can completely remove them from your system and re-install them. You don’t have that option with IE. You can “reset” IE – but that’s not a… Read More »