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My “Pick” for today is this really small, but powerful Geekom AX8 Max Mini PC.
The saying “great things come in small packages” certainly applies to this little gem. Full desktop power in a case that’s about the size of a standard-size hardback book. What’s not to love?
Click here to check out the Geekom AX8 Max Mini PC at Amazon.
Today’s POTD features an Australian Pelican taking flight from a small lake in New South Wales. I hope you like it.
Have lots of treasured photos of your own that you’d love to display in your home but you have limited wall space? A digital picture frame (#ad) is an excellent solution. Check them out!
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October’s winner will receive a fantastic Amazon eero 6+ mesh wifi system.
This kit can eliminate the Wi-Fi dead spots in your home or small to medium-size office by blanketing the entire building with a strong Wi-Fi signal.
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The drawing for this month’s prize will be held on October 31 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.
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Question from Elaine: I have a very annoying Facebook friend who drives me nuts on there, but for practical reasons I can’t unfriend him.
I have already unfollowed him to prevent his posts from showing up in my newsfeed.
My question is how can I prevent him from seeing MY posts as well? [Read more…]
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If you’ve been using computers for a while you probably know that a hard drive or SSD failure, a horrible virus infection or some other catastrophic event can result in data loss.
If that ever happens you, you’ll need to be able to restore the drive’s contents from a backup.
The question is, which backup software should you use to create your backups? [Read more…]
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Question from Marla: My trusty old HP laptop finally quit on me the other day so I’ve been shopping around for a new laptop.
I noticed almost immediately that MacBooks are more expensive than comparable Windows laptops.
And they aren’t just a little more expensive either. The MacBooks seem to be at least double the cost of similarly equipped Windows machines.
My question is why are people willing to pay so much more to buy a MacBook when they can get a comparable Windows laptop for so much less? [Read more…]