Author: John
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New Windows Update Disk Cleanup Recovers MORE SPACE
Microsoft released a Windows 7 update that adds a new option in the Disk Cleanup tool called Windows Update Cleanup. With it, you can free up several gigabytes of hard drive space from the Windows Updates folder. Windows Updates can be terrible space hogs. Windows saves every security update and hotfix—even if they’re superseded by…
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Must Have AddOn for Firefox: Lightbeam
Install this into Mozilla Firefox and USE IT! Read their note below. As revelations about government surveillance continue to stun people around the world, I’m reminded of why I joined Mozilla three years ago as privacy and public policy lead. In the midst of massive investments in tracking and mining of user data, here was…
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Generate A QR Code for WiFi Access
Want to make it so that your WiFi Router is easier to access for guests? This is a free service to generate QR codes online for WiFi access QR codes (Android).
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Replace or Repair: Dropped Galaxy SIII
I dropped my Samsung Galaxy SIII another time, easily in the double digit numbers, and broke the glass for the second time. The question I pondered this morning was: replace it with a Galaxy SIV or repair it by replacing the front panel? Balancing the need to remain up to date with the fact that…
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Skype Problems
The other day I was having problems with Skype, the individual at the other end was having troubles with Google Hangouts and we finally got FaceTime to work, although they had difficulty finding the app, despite it ringing. But it isn’t an individual problem, it occurs to all of us, all the time, so much…