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As you probably know, every generation of technological innovations packs more power into ever smaller packages.
One prime example is the wide array of mini-PCs that recently began to flood the computer market.
I love testing and reviewing these machines so I was pleased when I recently received an Azulle Inspire i5 Fanless Mini PC for review.
After all was said and done I came away quite impressed. [Read more…]
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Question from Brett P.: I recently bought a gaming PC and it performs awesomely well on my favorite games.
My problem is I travel frequently for work and I can’t take the gaming machine with me.
I also have a Dell Latitude business notebook that’s supplied by my company that I use when I’m on the road.
I know this laptop is capable of running my games but I’m not allowed to install them on it (company rules).
Do you think I can use TeamViewer to remotely play games on the desktop back at home over the Internet using the laptop in a hotel room?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Barry: I need to do some maintenance on my leaf blower so I downloaded the owner’s manual to my phone.
The file downloaded just fine but when I try to open it I get an error message saying there’s no app for opening PDF files on my device.
What am I doing wrong? I really need to open this file so I can work on my leaf blower.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Estelle: I have a question for you, Rick. I keep hearing about people having their Twitter accounts “shadow banned”.
I don’t know exactly what that means but I’m wondering if maybe my account has been shadow banned.
I used to receive dozens of new followers every day but I’ve only received three over the past two weeks. And hardly anyone likes or re-tweets my tweets anymore. They used to do it all the time.
Can you tell me exactly what shadow banning is? And how can I tell for sure if my account is shadow banned?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Mac G.: I have a four year old Acer laptop that recently started crashing to blue screens at random times.
A first it would only happen about once or twice a month but now they’re popping up at least once a day.
I thought it might be a software issue so I followed your instructions for resetting Windows 10 but that didn’t help. The blue screens continued popping up even with no programs installed.
My next thought is maybe my computer has a RAM chip that went bad.
First of all, what are your thoughts about the possibility of bad RAM being the problem?
And second, if you do suspect a RAM problem how’s the best way to check the RAM to see if it’s in fact bad?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]