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Microsoft Office is the most post popular office suite on the planet, and high-quality classes on the various applications can cost a small fortune.
While the Internet is home to tons of free material for learning how to use MS Office, much of it is poorly written and worth just about what one would pay for it. [Read more…]
Question from Derick G.: I read a news report that indicated that Windows XP will become unusable when Microsoft abandons it this spring. I have a Dell Inspiron Mini 12 that’s running Windows XP Home Edition that still works like a champ.
What would you recommend that I do with this computer? Sell it? Scavenge it for spare parts? Just recycle it? I really have no idea how much it’s worth, either in whole or in parts.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Have you ever seen a post on Facebook in which one of your friends is relaying bad news (i.e. loss of a pet, diagnosis of a serious illness, etc.) and wanted to click the “Like” button, but you didn’t because you felt it would be inappropriate?
I think most of us have at one time or another, and it’s an awkward position to be in. [Read more…]
If you have been wanting to buy either an iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c for use with your Straight Talk or Net 10 plan, you’ll soon have that option.
Tracfone (the parent company of both Straight Talk and Net 10) has just announced that both phones will be available for purchase and use with those plans beginning on December 13. [Read more…]
The other day I wrote a post in which I discussed how the upcoming USB 3.1 specification is going to call for USB cables that will plug into the socket either way without having to worry about “which way is up”. In my opinion, that will be a huge step forward.
Well, an alert reader sent me an email this morning letting me know that Tripp-Lite already sells a line of reversible USB 2.0 cables that you can buy right now – and they’re surprisingly inexpensive! [Read more…]