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Many Windows 7 users decided to skip the upgrade to Windows 8 because of all the stories they heard about how horrid Windows 8 is, and I can’t say I blame them.
But now that Microsoft has fixed many of Windows 8’s most irritating problems and annoyances with the release of Windows 8.1, many of those same users would now like to upgrade. Perhaps you’re one of them. [Read more…]
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started Apple Computer Corporation on a shoestring back in the 1970’s with Wozniak hand-building approximately 200 Apple 1 computers, which Jobs then sold for a then-hefty $667 each.
According to the Apple 1 Registry, only 63 of those hand-built Apple 1’s are known to still be in existence. One of them just sold at auction for a whopping $365,000!
This particular machine is the last one known to be hand-built by Wozniak and then sold by Jobs. It’s amazing what a little nostalgia and rarity can do to an item’s price tag.
If you own a Lenovo laptop you should check ASAP to see if its power cord has been recalled.
The company has just announced a giant recall of approximately 500,000 Lenovo laptop power cords because they could possibly over-heat and catch fire. [Read more…]
If more than one person uses your PC, you probably each have your own user account. If not, you really should! If you do, you might be wondering how to switch from one user account to another without having to reboot the computer every time.
It’s actually quite fast and easy to switch user accounts in Windows 8.1. Here are three ways to do it, depending on which screen you happen to be on at the time: [Read more…]
Passwords have been the primary means of authenticating the identities of computer users for decades, but that might not be the case for too much longer.
A consortium known as The FIDO Alliance (aka Fast IDentity Online) has just released specifications for alternate methods of verifying a user’s identity using biometric sensors and physical identity tokens. [Read more…]