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Today’s Daily Deal: Fire HD 8 Kids Edition Tablet

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Today’s Daily Deal features what I consider to be the very best tablet you can buy for a small child.

This Fire HD 8 Kids Edition Tablet is built for the rough and tumble way a child will use it, yet it’s a full-featured and very powerful tablet.

Make no mistake about it, although it was designed for kids, this tablet is no toy.

If you’ve been looking for a rugged, yet powerful tablet for your child, this is the one I recommend.

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Q&A: Why do Windows PCs slow down over time?

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dell-inspiron-mini-1010Question from Michael S.:  I’ve noticed that every computer I’ve ever owned starts out running lightning fast when I first take it out of the box, but before long it starts slowing down.

Why is does it do that? Do the parts just wear out or what?

Is there anything that can be done to reverse the slowdown and get the PC running like new again?

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]

Picture of the Day: “Fire in the Sky”

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Today’s “Picture of the Day” features a gorgeous golden sunset over the Mississippi River. I hope you like it.

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This inexpensive device lets you log into any Windows 10 PC with a touch of your finger!

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Would you enjoy the convenience of logging into your Windows 10 laptop or desktop computer with a quick touch of your finger?

Windows 10 now has a feature called Windows 10 Hello that adds fingerprint login capability to computers running Windows 10.

But there’s a problem: Not every computer running Windows 10 has a fingerprint reader.

Well, now you can get an inexpensive fingerprint reader (less than $30 at the time of this writing) that adds fingerprint recognition and login capability to any PC running the latest version of Windows 10. [Read more…]

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