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Could this be the most important technological breakthrough of our lifetimes?

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Computer technology has changed so much since the “stone age” of personal computing (circa mid-1970s).

Back then our mass storage options consisted of cassette tapes that were slower than ice melting and 8 inch floppy disks that held just a few kilobytes of data each.

What’s more, those floppy drives and floppy disks were very expensive!

Today we have hard drives than can hold several terabytes of data and solid state drives (SSDs) that can swap data in and out of a computer’s RAM at breathtaking speeds.  [Read more…]

Warning: Snapchat photos and videos can easily be saved and shared

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Snapchat is one of the most popular social networking sites on the web thanks to its “disappearing photos and videos” feature, and it is especially popular among teenagers.

If you aren’t familiar with how Snapchat works, it lets you send a photo or video to a friend that will only remain on his/her screen for a given length of time, then it disappears.

That means you can share potentially embarrassing, or even incriminating photos and videos with your friends with no risk attached, right?

Actually, nothing could be further from the truth.  [Read more…]

Save big by buying your textbooks from Amazon instead of your school’s bookstore

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You probably already know Amazon is the world’s largest book retailer by far. And you also probably know college textbooks cost a fortune!

But did you also know you can buy your textbooks from Amazon just like any other book?

You’ll find most any textbook you need at Amazon, and you can probably snag it for a lot less than your own school’s bookstore will charge you for it.  [Read more…]

How to automatically save 5% on everything you buy on Amazon

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It’s no secret that Amazon provides one of the best shopping experiences you’ll ever find if you shop online.

Well, there are plenty of little-known tricks that can make your shopping experience at Amazon even better, and I’m going to tell you about one of them right now.

Did you know there’s an easy way to get 5% cash back on everything you buy on Amazon? And this is in addition to the already low prices you’ll pay for your items in the first place!

Well, it’s true, and it couldn’t be easier. If you’re an Amazon Prime member, all you have to do is pay for your Amazon purchases with the free Amazon Prime Visa Card.

But the savings don’t stop with the 5% cash back you’ll earn while shopping at Amazon! [Read more…]

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