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Amazon
is the world’s largest online retailer, and one of the things that makes Amazon so popular is their policy of offering free shipping for most items if your order totals at least $25.
But what if you finish your shopping and the order comes to just $22.67? That leaves you a mere $2.33 short of the magic number of $25 – which means you’re gonna miss out on that awesome free shipping deal! [Read more…]
Have you noticed that your computer has been running slower, displaying pop-up ads or exhibiting other strange behavior of late?
If so, the reason could be “junkware” such as toolbars, adware, browser hijackers and/or other malware items have infected your PC with their digital crud.
While most high-quality anti-malware programs will detect and remove some of the most common junkware programs, they typically won’t catch them all.
But an awesome free tool called AdwCleaner (from the folks at Malwarebytes) will find and remove virtually all of the junkware that’s currently out there with just a couple of clicks! [Read more…]
Personal computers have now become commodities, and as a result their prices are now the lowest they have ever been. Even better, their speed and capabilities just keep increasing even as their prices continue to drop.
But even with the prices of computers at an all-time low, even an entry level model will likely set you back at least $200 or more.
That means you’ll probably want to do everything you can to ensure that yours continues to run at peak efficiency for as long as possible. [Read more…]
I have two questions for you:
1 – Do you have a self-hosted WordPress blog that receives a lot of visitors from Google every month?
2 – Do you earn money with that blog?
If the answer to one or both of those questions is yes then you need to make sure your blog is secured with SSL (https) encryption asap!
If your blog doesn’t have any sign-up forms or request sensitive information from your visitors you might be thinking it doesn’t need to be a “secure” site.
Well, that used to be the case, but no longer. [Read more…]
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Update: You can now add some blazing-fast USB 3.1 Type-C ports to your computer.
This post explains how.
Original post continues below…
In my opinion, no innovation in computer technology has had a greater positive impact on the average computer user than the Universal Serial Bus – commonly referred to simply as USB. [Read more…]