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Virtually every computer technician on the planet keeps one very special piece of equipment on hand, and you should too.
It’s called a SATA/IDE to USB adapter, and it’s quite simply the handiest tool on any computer tech’s test bench. [Read more…]
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Question from Janie: I have an Asus VW266 27″ LCD monitor that I’ve had for several years. I’d really like to keep it because my late father gave it to me before he passed away, but I’ve started having problems with it.
About a month ago it started taking a minute or two for anything to be displayed on the screen after I turned it on.
The screen would just stay black for a couple of minutes, then display the picture.
These past few days it’s taking longer still for the picture to show. The screen stayed black for about 20 minutes this morning. [Read more…]
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Question from Doreen: Hi, Rick. I moonlight doing product research for a local company, and I often find myself having to scan looooong web pages for a certain word or phrase related to the task at hand.
Some of these pages are literally thousands of words in length, and the font size is often very small which makes it even harder to find what I’m looking for.
Is there any way that I can just search for the word or phrase and have Firefox take me right to it? [Read more…]
Currently, software development is one of the most sought-after careers.
Job growth for programmers is expected to increase by 21 percent between 2018 and 2028, more than four times the average for all occupations.
A software programmer can expect to make $106,000 a year on average, more than three times the average income of all Americans.
Despite this, not all programming positions are created equal. Understanding numerous programming languages may be advantageous in a wide variety of contexts, including the workplace and the development of various types of software. [Read more…]
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Question from Sophia: I’ve been seeing ads for UV phone sanitizers that supposedly will kill any Covid-19 viruses that might be on a phone.
My question is do they really work?
I’ve checked around and these things are fairly expensive.
I’d hate to buy one if it won’t really protect me from the virus. Better safe than sorry, right? [Read more…]