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Western Digital has been making outstanding hard drives for decades, and now they have released their very first line of WD branded solid state drives (SSDs). (#ad)
WD has actually sold SSDs under different brand names for some time now, but I believe the release of these new WD branded SSDs shows how confident they are in their SSD technology. [Read more…]
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Have you ever tried switching your laptop to a wired Internet connection when your WiFi connection was spotty?
If so, you probably know that Windows can be pretty stubborn when you try to use a network connection that isn’t set as the default connection.
Luckily, it’s quite easy to change the default network connection in Windows with just a few mouse clicks. I explained how to do it in earlier versions of Windows in this post. Today I’m going to tell you how to do it in Windows 10. Just follow the steps below: [Read more…]
Back in September HP stealthily released a new firmware update that blocks the use of third-party ink cartridges in some HP Officejet printers.
Customer backlash was quick and fierce, prompting HP to apologize and pledge to remove the ban just a few days later.
At the time, they said a new firmware update to reverse the ban would be released in the near future. As promised, the company has now released the new firmware update.
If you own an HP Officejet printer that was affected by the third-party ink cartridge ban, you should now be able to download and install the “ban reversal” update. Here’s how: [Read more…]
Korean electronics giant Samsung has decided to stop making their new Galaxy Note 7 smartphones for good and recall ALL of the phones that are currently in use – even the replacement phones from the original recall.
As you probably know, the high-end Galaxy Note 7 got off to a very rocky start when some of the phones began over-heating and catching fire almost immediately after the new phone hit the market.
Samsung quickly recalled all of the phones that had been sold to date and provided free replacements for them, but then the replacement phones started over-heating as well. [Read more…]
Have you ever sent or received a photo in a Facebook Chat or Instant Message and then tried to scroll back through the conversation at a later time trying to find it?
Or have you ever wanted to view all the photos that you and a chat partner have shared with one another all at the same time?
If so, you surely know how difficult it can be to track down one or more images that are embedded in a long message thread.
As luck would have it, Facebook makes it very easy to display all the images contained within a specific chat or IM thread very quickly, and all together in one place. Here’s how: [Read more…]