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Review: Lenovo IdeaPad (59406579) 15.6-Inch Touchscreen Laptop

Posted on August 15, 2014

lenovo-ideapad-59406579 Back when I first heard that Lenovo was planning to buy out IBM’s personal computer business, I was concerned that the quality of their PCs would suffer. But that turned out not to be the case at all.

Lenovo has consistently built high quality machines, and that has paid off by making them one of the world’s top selling brands year after year.

I recently had a chance to check out the Lenovo IdeaPad 15.6 Inch Touchscreen Laptop, and I was impressed with the quality and features that come in the standard model. [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I see a list of all my Tumblr posts at once?

Posted on August 15, 2014

Question from Jon W.: I have a Tumbler blog with several hundred posts on it. My old theme had an “Archive” link that I could click to see a list of my posts. I recently switched to a new theme that doesn’t have that link.

My question is can you tell me how to see all of my Tumblr posts without having to give up my awesome new theme? Thanks in advance.

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Q&A: How do I log my ex-boyfriend out of my Netflix account?

Posted on August 15, 2014

Question from Dianne J.: Hi Rick. I hope you can help me with a problem I have with my ex-boyfriend. We split up a couple of days ago and he’s still using my Netflix account.

I changed the password, but it appears that he’s still logged in and watching stuff. How can I log him out of my Netflix account for good?

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Amazon Local Register – Accept credit card payments on your mobile device for just 1.75% per swipe!

Posted on August 14, 2014

amazon-local-register Accepting credit and debit cards is essential for most small businesses today, but purchasing a card swipe terminal and paying the sky-high processing fees are tough hurdles for many of them to get over.

But now a new service called Amazon Local Register makes it cheap and easy to accept card payments using an iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire or one of a number of select Android devices!

What’s more, the tiny secure card reader that Amazon will send you costs just $10 and you’ll even get that right back in the form of fee credits! The only other fee you’ll pay is a small “Swipe Fee” every time you swipe a customer’s credit or debit card. [Read more…]

Q&A: Is it normal for Netflix to use almost all of my Internet download bandwidth?

Posted on August 13, 2014

Question from Heather E.: Hi Rick. I hope you can help me out with the answer to a question that’s been bugging me for a while.

The download speed for my Internet connection is supposed to be 30 Mbps. When I check it with Speedtest.net like you suggested in one of your previous posts, it almost always says it’s running around 28 Mbps. I can live with that.

But when my boyfriend is watching a movie on Netflix (he does it every night), Speedtest.net says I’m only getting around 6 Mbps. Is this normal? I know that Netflix uses a lot of bandwidth, but that seems excessive to me.

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