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Review: Amazon Fire HD 10 Tablet with Alexa Hands-Free

Posted on November 4, 2019

I’ve been a huge fan of Amazon’s growing line of Fire tablets since day one. I truly believe these are the best tablets you can buy for the same money.

I recently had the opportunity to check out the new Fire HD 10 Tablet with Alexa Hands-Free , and in my opinion it’s one of the best tablet values on the market.

Although it only costs about half the price of the cheapest iPad model, this new tablet from Amazon offers as much or more in terms of features and utility.

Just take a look at the hardware: [Read more…]

How to limit the number of Post Revisions that WordPress will save for your posts and pages

Posted on November 2, 2019

If you have a blog that runs on WordPress you’ve probably noticed how every time you make a change to a post or page WordPress creates a copy of the previous version and stores it in the WordPress database.

These copies are called “Post Revisions”, and they can come in real handy when you want to revert back to an older version of a post. Simply select the version you want to revert to and the WordPress editor will make it happen.

But there’s a problem with these Post Revisions. Every time one is created it basically creates a new copy of the post you’re working on and stores it in the WordPress database. [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I remove the hard drive from my laptop?

Posted on November 1, 2019

Question from Ethan K.: Hi Rick. My uncle gave me his old HP Pavilion dv4 1123us laptop because the hard drive died.

I have a hard drive to replace it with but I can’t get the old hard drive to come out of the laptop. I removed all the screws that hold the hard drive in place, but one side of it refuses to budge.

Is there another screw that I’m not seeing? I’d really appreciate any help you can give me.

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

Scam alert: Do you eat at Krystal? If so, your credit/debit card info might have been stolen.

Posted on October 30, 2019

It used to be that hackers targeted online retailers a lot more often than local “brick-and-mortar” establishments, but that’s no longer the case.

In fact there are actually fewer successful online breaches nowadays than “local” hacks.

The latest “brick-and-mortar” company to fall victim to a successful hack is Krystal, the ultra-popular “mini-burger” restaurant chain.

[Read more…]