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How to delete your entire Google search history (and prevent Google from collecting it in the future)

Posted on July 29, 2025

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Did you know that Google keeps a record of everything you have ever searched for via the Google search engine?

Well, they do, and unless you have already deleted your Search history at some point in the past it dates all the way back to the very first search you made on Google!

Truth be told, Google has always provided a way to delete your Search history IF you knew where to look. The thing is, it was always very hard to find.

Luckily, Google has now made it a lot easier to delete your Search history.

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Q&A: Will the RAM in my old laptop work in a new one?

Posted on July 28, 2025

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Question from Mike: I know it’s time to buy a new laptop and I’m looking to save as much money as possible.

The machine I’m replacing is a Dell Inspiron 14 5000 that I bought back in January 2015.

Since the old Dell has 16GB of RAM in it I was wondering if it’s possible to buy a new laptop with just 4GB of RAM and then swap the RAM from the Dell into the new laptop?

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Here’s a simple way to avoid spam emails

Posted on July 26, 2025

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If you’ve been using the Internet for more than a week you probably recognizes the following scenario…

You sign up for an online contest or to receive some sort of freebie, then before you know it your email inbox is getting stuffed chock full of spam, phishing emails and various other kinds of junk.

Don’t worry, you aren’t alone. It happens to all of us. [Read more…]