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Want a touch-screen laptop? Better get one while you can.

Posted on October 13, 2014

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If you happen to think that having a touch screen on a laptop is just plain silly, you’re apparently not alone. In fact, it appears that very few consumers prefer tapping the screen on a full-blown laptop over using a mouse or trackpad.

Sales of touch screen laptops have been so dismal that they appear to be on the verge of extinction. According to Digitimes, most major PC manufacturers have either stopped producing touch screen laptops already or they have plans to do so in the near future.  [Read more…]

Kmart’s cash registers have been hacked. If you shopped there during the last 45 days, please read…

Posted on October 11, 2014

kmart-logoKmart has just announced that malware has been discovered on a large percentage of their stores’ cash registers, and they also confirmed that customer credit card and debit card information has been stolen.

The bank accounts and/or credit card accounts of customers who shopped at any Kmart store during the last 45 days could possibly be at risk.

Bottom line: If you shopped at a brick and mortar Kmart store during the last month and a half and paid for your purchases with a debit or credit card, it is strongly recommended that you contact your bank or card issuer right away.

Botched Belkin router update leaves countless users unable to get online

Posted on October 7, 2014

belkin-logoIf you own a Belkin router and you can’t seem to connect to the Internet today, the problem is most likely the result of Belkin pushing a faulty firmware update to your router.

Belkin released the following statement earlier today after receiving numerous complaints from frustrated users:  [Read more…]

Chase Bank hacked – 83 million accounts affected

Posted on October 3, 2014

scamWell, the hacking of major business websites continues unabated, and the latest breach involves one of the largest financial services firms in the world.

JPMorgan Chase and Company has announced that hackers have stolen the names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses from a whopping 83 million customer accounts, making this one of the largest security breaches in history.  [Read more…]

Microsoft releases a preview of Windows 10

Posted on September 30, 2014

windows-10-previewA couple of weeks ago I told you that Microsoft had hinted that they were planning to release Windows 9 in mid-2015.

Well, the timing was accurate, but the name was wrong. The new version of Windows will be Windows 10, not the wildly-speculated Windows 9.

Why they decided to skip the name Windows 9 and jump straight from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 is anyone’s guess.

My own guess is they realized the name “Windows 8” left such a bad taste in the mouths of many users that they felt they really needed to distance the new version version of Windows from Windows 8 in name as well as in functionality.

At any rate, based upon the preview video they released this morning it looks like Windows 10 will indeed be a major improvement over Windows 8.  [Read more…]

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