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Solid State Drives (SSDs) have been around for a good while now, and it’s no secret that replacing a hard drive with an SSD can put most any computer on virtual steroids.
But it’s also well known that SSDs have one huge issue that has been holding them back from mass adoption in the PC marketplace…
Compared to traditional spinning hard drives, SSDs are both expensive and relatively limited in storage space. [Read more…]
Question from Barry K.: My neighbor has an almost new 32-inch flat screen TV that he’s offering to sell to me for $45. The thing is it has been damaged.
The right half of the screen got crushed when his little boy hit it with a golf club. He says he had it checked out and they told him it just needs a new screen (the screen doesn’t work at all).
My question is do you think this TV is a good deal at $45? I don’t mind paying to have it fixed if it costs less than $75.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Did you know Amazon has a fantastic ad-free music streaming service? Well, they do, and I love it!
It’s called Amazon Prime Music
Amazon Prime Music streams ad-free music directly to your computer or mobile device.
It works a lot like Pandora, but it’s like getting Pandora’s premium service without having to pay anything extra.
Question from Heather: I recently bought a new laptop that has Windows 10 on it. One of the first things I did was download Chrome because that’s my favorite browser.
Now every time I load Chrome a message pops up suggesting that I give Edge a try.
I don’t want to use Edge because I like Chrome! How can I stop Windows from bugging me about switching to Edge?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
If you’re a blogger there’s a good chance that your blog is powered by WordPress.
If it is, I recommend that you check the version of PHP that’s currently active on your web server. If it’s running a version that’s lower than 7 you really need to update it to at least PHP 7.0 before the end of December.
If you’re unfamiliar with PHP, that’s the web programming language that the WordPress core files are written in. In other words, PHP is the engine that powers your WordPress blog.
As with virtually everything else that’s related to WordPress, older versions of PHP will eventually be retired and stop receiving security updates. And that’s about to happen with PHP on December 31, 2018.