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Question from Shelby: I bought a new computer the other day.
The salesman told me I won’t need to plug it into a surge protector because the power supply automatically protects it from over-voltage.
Is he right? [Read more…]
If you’ve been on Facebook lately you’ve probably seen sponsored posts advertising incredibly large, but portable solid state drives (SSDs) for sale.
Oddly, these ads don’t mention a ridiculously low price as most fraudulent Facebook ads do. They simply say the drives are 50% off.
I guess they figure that “savings” plus the fact that the drive has an enormous amount of storage will be enough to draw people in. [Read more…]
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Like most of us who are living through the Internet age, chances are you receive gift cards via email on occasion.
For example, you might receive a gift card as compensation for filling out a survey or performing some other task.
Or of course it could simply be a gift from someone. [Read more…]
Question from Troy: I have a three year old Windows 10 laptop that has a broken screen.
The screen is smashed pretty good and it won’t light up at all.
I checked and it would cost more to have the screen replaced than the laptop is really worth.
I plan to just junk it, but I have a lot of files on there that I’d really like to get off of it first.
Do you think I’ll be able to save my files? [Read more…]
A very dangers scam is making the rounds again, and it’s one that you really need to be aware of. It works something like this:
You receive a phone call from someone who claims to work for either Microsoft or Apple tech support.
The name of the department the caller uses might vary, but he’ll either hint that he works for Microsoft or Apple, or just blatantly come right out and say so.
The problem is, he doesn’t work for either of those companies. He’s actually a scammer out to make a quick buck. [Read more…]