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And again, a pretty picture for your Sunday.. “Illuminate Yaletown, Vancouver 2012” by Carlene M. Chartrand, courtesy of Flickr Commons. Copyright 2007-2011 © “Tech Paul” (Paul Eckstrom). All Rights Reserved. >> Folks, don’t miss an article! To get Tech – for Everyone articles delivered to your e-mail Inbox, click here, or to subscribe in your [...] Read Full Story
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It’s called “phishing”. And what that translates to is: casting a net (or “a baited hook”) out to catch suckers, rubes, and victimize them. In this example, Hotmail did a good job, and caught this particular “bait” email, and moved it to the Junk folder for me, but I cannot rely on that happening – [...] Read Full Story
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Earlier this week I posted a short advice piece for having a hopefully less frustrating experience the next time you have to call for some tech support (see, Spot Fake Facebook Profiles + More). Less than 24 hours later, life found a way to remind me why calling tech support is – in many people’s minds [...] Read Full Story
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We Live In The Information Age. That Information Is For Sale.. Even To You. A reader sent me an email asking me for my thoughts on a website that provides “background checks”, for anyone with a credit card, after he had seen a commercial on TV. (I guess it is supposed to be more effective [...] Read Full Story
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Yes, folks. A bit more on Facebook… • Facebook: What happens to active users when jobs come back? “There may be an inverse relationship between jobs and Facebook growth. In other words, more jobs may mean less Facebook time.” Read more.. (I like that optimism.) Really busy again today, so how about a quick repost [...] Read Full Story
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You may find it hard to believe, but I spend hours calling in for tech support.. I have found it a common notion that computer nerds Über Geeks never have to call the Tech Support number, and spend an hour on hold, climb the phone trees, and go through “tech support” *heck* like mere mortals [...] Read Full Story
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Trying to watch the Super “live” on the Internet (at nbcsports.com) has been the worst video feed experience I have witnessed to date. Wow, is it bad. So bad, I’ll go ahead and break policy and use the word “sucks”. Terrible! I’ll tell you more about the “why” in a bit… (And before you ask, [...] Read Full Story
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It is kind of fun to consider that I can write anything I please today. Because I have no fear that anyone will see it… After all, today is “Super Bowl Sunday”, and nobody reads tech blogs on SB Sunday. En – Oh – body. So I can write that I do not care one [...] Read Full Story
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Today, I have disks on my mind. (How Geeky is that??) Now, you know that when you see “disk” – with a “k” – we’re talking about “hard drives”; which, technically, is a type of device used for “data storage” — you might know it as your “C: drive“. (“Disc” with a “c” is a [...] Read Full Story
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Raise your hand if you never heard of “Windows SideShow”. Okay. Thank you. You can put them down now. I had heard of SideShow, long ago, and I have been waiting patiently all this time to take advantage of this wonderful technology — eagerly, excitedly, looking forward. Thanks to the iPad, and Android.. I expect [...] Read Full Story
