Look down. Do you like what you see? If you’re like a lot of Americans, you could stand to shed a few pounds. Maybe you even made a New Year’s resolution to do it. (How’s that going, by the way?) Or maybe you just want to eat a cleaner diet, or your doctor told you [...]
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I’ve been using computers for a long time, and during that time some things have become second nature to me so that they’re instinctual reactions and understandings akin to walking, breathing, and levitating frogs. Sometimes, I forget what it’s like not to know how to do something. The most basic thing of all? Finding stuff. You [...]
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Okay, maybe not kill you exactly. But I had to get your attention somehow. Sorry. Please don’t stop reading. I promise1 I won’t do it again. Here’s the thing: Your router may not be as secure as you think it is, which could mean nothing… or it could mean that people steal your Internet access, documents, [...]
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Some people in life are just scumbags. Avoiding them is half the battle, but when you can’t, knowing how to deal with them effectively is the other half. Just like you shouldn’t trust the smelly slob with the weirdly-stained AC/DC t-shirt at the bus stop with your credit card (even though he tells you he’s [...]
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The Apple iPedestal ($79.99, apple.com and Apple retail stores nationwide starting April 15) has been anticipated for months. Combining the latest in Apple’s always innovative design with state of the art technology and a real substantive commitment to “going green” (the iPedestal is 100% biodegradable), this little stand for your iPad blows the third party [...]
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Editor’s note: Be sure to check out Chris Jenkins’ response to this post, in which he defends his iPhone: The iPhone that’s more amiable than your Android. I see you there. You, clutching your lovely iPhone, your eyebrows raising incredulously above the edge of your shiny iPad. “Great, another zealotus tech nerd trying to rain [...]
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A frighteningly large number of people still use Internet Explorer 6. Let me come right out and admit it: I’ve never been Microsoft’s biggest fan. I wait with bated breath to see Apple’s latest gadgets. I’m first in line to “ooh” and “aah” over Google’s latest and greatest, too. Microsoft’s products? Count me generally unimpressed. [...]
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Computer security is a complex subject, and staying safe is no easy task. Paraphrasing a quote attributed to security analyst and cryptographer Bruce Schneier, the only secure computer in the world is unplugged, encased in concrete, and buried underground — and even that one might be vulnerable. This reality aside, it’s still important from time [...]
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Chris Jenkins
Adam Mahle
Kristen Vitartas
Joel Musheno
Damon Muchmore
Jacob Prystowsky
