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In this post IT expert and writer Tom Bezlar offers his tips and recommendations for learning to code in the Java programming language. [Read more…]
Many of the tips I’ve written explain the importance of creating regular System Image backups in case your PC’s hard drive ever fails or some other catastrophe wipes out your Windows installation.
It really is important to always have a recent backup on hand for those unexpected emergency situations, but one of my blog’s faithful readers recently pointed out that I have never explained how to restore a PC from a System Image backup.
The purpose of this post is to correct that oversight.
Question from Mark: I read your blog post explaining why it’s a bad idea to log into third-party websites with Facebook.
That’s some pretty scary stuff.
My question is how can I see which websites have access to my information right now?
The reason I’m asking is because I’ve used Facebook to log into lots of websites in the past, and I’ve forgotten what most of them were.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Regular readers of this blog know it’s risky to install Android apps from anywhere but the official Google Play Store.
As explained in this report from Zimperium’s Mobile Security Blog, a new malicious app called ‘System Update’ proves that point as well as any app ever could.
As you probably know, Windows 10 comes with a bunch of apps pre-installed on your system.
In addition to those pre-installed apps you might have also installed one or more additional apps from the Microsoft Store.
By default, most of those apps run in the background at all times – even the ones you never use!
In most cases having all those apps running in the background serves no useful purpose, but it does have a couple of serious downsides: [Read more…]