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Videos are one of the most popular types of content shared on Facebook, but many users are having trouble getting them to play while logged into Facebook with the Firefox browser.
If you’re one of them, there are a couple of things that you can try that seem to work for most users. [Read more…]
For years now the irritating Ask Toolbar has been installed along with Java updates on Windows PCs by default, but Mac users have always been able to update Java without this unwanted adware download tagging along.
Well, that has now come to and end. If you aren’t careful, the next time you update Java on your Mac you’ll end up with the Ask Toolbar as well.
The Ask Toolbar is considered by most people to simply be adware, but in my opinion it is full-blown malware, for the following reasons: [Read more…]
If your router was made by D-Link it just might be one of several models that shipped with a number of critical security flaws.
Researchers have discovered that hackers can exploit these flaws to redirect your web browser to malicious websites, so it’s very important that you install the update that D-Link will be releasing for your router model just as soon as it becomes available.
If you have a D-Link DIR-820L, the firmware update for your router has already been released. You can download it right now by visiting this link: [Read more…]
I frequently receive emails and messages from folks asking why their USB flash drive isn’t showing up in Windows Explorer (File Explorer for Windows 8 users).
This typically occurs after something happens to the drive’s file structure that makes the drive unrecognizable as a valid drive to the Windows Explorer utility.
Luckily, this can be fixed as long as there isn’t a problem with the physical drive itself. Follow these steps to format a USB flash drive that doesn’t show up in Windows Explorer: [Read more…]
It’s a simple fact of modern life that as mobile devices become increasingly more powerful, they also need increasingly more storage capacity.
Flash memory maker SanDisk has been selling an already huge 128GB microSD card (#ad) for about a year now, but they aren’t about to stop there. In fact, the company has just announced a brand new microSD card that almost doubles that amount of storage space. [Read more…]