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Well, the hacking of major business websites continues unabated, and the latest breach involves one of the largest financial services firms in the world.
JPMorgan Chase and Company has announced that hackers have stolen the names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses from a whopping 83 million customer accounts, making this one of the largest security breaches in history. [Read more…]
If you’re the adventurous type you can download the “Technical Preview” version of Windows 10 and install it on your PC today, for free!
The Windows 10 Technical Preview is basically an alpha version of the operating system.
That means it has plenty of rough edges and bugs that will need to be squashed before the “finished” version of the updated O.S. is ready to be released to the general public.
Microsoft is always seeking individuals to help check out Windows’ new features and put them through their paces in order to identify bugs and make suggestions for possible improvements in the way the user interface and other parts of the O.S work. [Read more…]
A couple of weeks ago I told you that Microsoft had hinted that they were planning to release Windows 9 in mid-2015.
Well, the timing was accurate, but the name was wrong. The new version of Windows will be Windows 10, not the wildly-speculated Windows 9.
Why they decided to skip the name Windows 9 and jump straight from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 is anyone’s guess.
My own guess is they realized the name “Windows 8” left such a bad taste in the mouths of many users that they felt they really needed to distance the new version version of Windows from Windows 8 in name as well as in functionality.
At any rate, based upon the preview video they released this morning it looks like Windows 10 will indeed be a major improvement over Windows 8. [Read more…]
Question from Aaron: I need your help Rick. I’ve been installing a bunch of free software and it appears that something I’ve installed has removed the “Power” icon from the Windows 8.1 Start Screen on my computer.
I tried using System Restore to get the “Power” icon back onto the Start Screen, but that didn’t work. Can you tell me how to do it?
Rick’s answer: Yes Aaron, I can tell tell you how to restore your Start Screen’s Power icon, but I must first give you my semi-standard RicksDailyTips Disclaimer: [Read more…]
Amazon’s new Kindle Fire HDX is the most advanced Kindle tablet ever released. I recently had an opportunity to check it out, and it’s an exceptional machine.
In addition to its super-sharp 1920 X 1200 HDX 7″ display, it also features the fastest processor you can get on a 7 inch tablet (2.2GHz quad-core) along with 2GB of RAM for fast, efficient multi-tasking, gaming, and video rendering.
The base model comes with 16GB of flash storage, but you can opt for up to 64Gb if you wish. Battery life is a very respectable 11 to 17 hours, depending on how the tablet is used. [Read more…]