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Question from Angela: The photos and videos you post on social media are so crisp and clear, and the colors are amazing.
If you don’t mind saying, what type of phone do you use to take them? I’d love to have one like it if it isn’t too expensive. [Read more…]
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Question from Melissa: Hi, Rick. I just bought this 4TB external hard drive to back up the hard drive in my new laptop.
I really like this drive because it will store a LOT of photos (I’m a photographer).
Due to a dearth of USB ports, the external hard drive will have to connect to the computer through a USB hub.
My question is can I use the hub I already have or will I need to buy a new one? [Read more…]
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Question from Deneen: My husband and I recently moved into a new home that’s located in a very hilly area.
We both have iPhones but the T-Mobile signal inside the house is very weak. We have no problem sending and receiving texts but we have lots of really irritating dropped calls.
We sprung for Xfinity Internet when we moved in, but we’d rather not have to install a landline phone if we can help it.
Is there any way we can boost the weak cellular signal enough to prevent the dropped calls? [Read more…]
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Question from Scott: I have a relatively old Linksys router that my son recently installed DD-WRT on, and it works really well.
Last night I heard a guy say that it’s illegal to replace a router’s firmware with third-party firmware. I love DD-WRT but I don’t want either myself or my son to get into trouble over it.
Can you tell me if it’s really against the law to replace a router’s factory firmware with open-source firmware like DD-WRT? It seems to me that if it was you wouldn’t be able to download it. [Read more…]
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I’m often asked whether laptop batteries need to be drained completely before recharging them. My answer? Not anymore!
Early laptops used nickel-cadmium (NiCad) batteries which were subject to a “memory effect”.
If NiCad batteries weren’t allowed to discharge all the way before being recharged they would eventually “remember” the level of charge they fell to before recharging and act as if they were completely drained every time their charge decreased to that level. [Read more…]