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Question from Keitha D.: Hi Rick. I need your help with an issue I’m havingwith my Macbook Pro.
I recently upgraded from OS X Mavericks to Yosemite, and ever since the upgrade I can’t seem to view any file extensions. Can you tell me how to get them back?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Microsoft told us a while back that Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for computers running either Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 during the first year after its release.
Understandably, that announcement left many Windows XP and Vista users feeling left out and upset. If you happen to be one of them, I have some good news for you… [Read more…]
Way back in December of 2013 I wrote a post discussing a new experimental Gmail feature that would actually let us “unsend” an email if we had second thoughts about sending it after we had clicked the “Send” button.
Well, they have now finally made the “Undo Send” feature an official part of Gmail. [Read more…]
It seems like Adobe releases new critical security updates for their Flash Player software about about as often as the sun rises above the eastern horizon. And as luck would have it, they have just released another one.
This update fixes a dangerous flaw in the software that hackers are actively using to attack some systems running Internet Explorer and/or Firefox. [Read more…]
Do you own a Samsung Galaxy S4, S5 or S6?
If so, there’s a good chance that a flaw in your phone’s keyboard software has left your phone vulnerable to a hacking attack.
Fortunately, the vulnerability seems to only be an issue when the phone is connected to the Internet via an unsecured Wi-Fi connection. [Read more…]