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My “Pick” for today is this really good, but very affordable Acer KB272 G0bi 27″ IPS Full HD Gaming Office Monitor.
Looking for an inexpensive way to replace your aging monitor or add a second screen to your laptop or desktop PC? This is an excellent choice for the money.
Click here to check out the Acer KB272 G0bi 27″ IPS Full HD Gaming Office Monitor at Amazon.
Today’s POTD features a striking sunset illuminating the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. This was taken from the west coast of the island of Corsica. I hope you like it.
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June’s winner will receive this fantastic Lenovo IdeaPad 1 15IAU7 15.6″ Laptop.
This machine is quite inexpensive, but it’s perfect for anyone who needs a dependable laptop for Internet use.
All subscribers to the Standard edition of my Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter have an equal chance to win.
Premium subscribers have two chances to win (their email addresses are added to the “pot” twice).
Not a subscriber? Just enter your email address in the form on this page. Once subscribed you’ll be eligible to win each month’s drawing – starting with this month. Better yet, opt for a Premium subscription for double the chance to win!
The drawing for this month’s prize will be held on June 30 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.
Good luck!
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Back in the golden age of technology, you really didn’t need all that many tools in order to build, upgrade or repair computers and many other tech items.
If you owned a couple of screwdrivers, an anti-static wrist strap and a nut driver or two you could work on most any tech item. But today, things are a lot more complicated.
The way modern computers, monitors and mobile devices are constructed makes it virtually impossible to work on some items without specialized tools that can “crack open” a case or extract a part without causing physical damage to the item. [Read more…]
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Do you occasionally need to print a web page? Or perhaps you frequently print lots of them?
If so, you know how much expensive ink and paper gets wasted by printing website headers, sidebars, ads, irrelevant images and other items that really have no connection whatsoever with the content you actually want to print.
Well, there’s a fantastic free tool called PrintFriendly that will let you print only the items on the page that you really wish to print while omitting the rest.
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Have you ever tried visiting a website and have it refuse to load, yet find out later that your friends could get to it just fine?
That happens more often than you think, and it’s quite frustrating to say the least.
There are several reasons why your browser might not be able to load a given web page, some of which are completely out of your control. Here are some of the most common reasons why a page won’t load: [Read more…]