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8 TIPS FOR PROTECTING YOUR ONLINE PRIVACY & SECURITY

With the increasing rate of computer crimes cases, forceful intrusions and infiltrations into secure Wi-Fi networks, personal computer files and information and daily cases of thefts of personal and  financial information via phishing, email scams and a recent trend which involves the hacking and hijacking of social media accounts such

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PREVIEW THE WEB PAGE BEHIND A LINK WITHOUT HAVING TO CLICK THE LINK

PREVIEW THE WEB PAGE BEHIND A LINK WITHOUT HAVING TO CLICK THE LINK

In our everyday lives, we all use the Internet a lot both for official and personal functions, and we encounter numerous URLs/ web links throughout the course of a day that interest us for one reason or another. But instead of clicking each link to open the underlying page, I simply

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How to recover you lost or stolen laptop or mobile device

HOW TO RECOVER YOUR LOST OR STOLEN LAPTOP OR MOBILE DEVICE

Every day a high number of laptops and smart phones are lost or stolen, and relatively few of them are ever recovered and returned to their rightful owners. But a free app called Prey can assist you in recovering your stolen gadget.   Prey is a freemium web service for tracking and monitoring

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HOW TO TAKE A SCREENSHOT ON ALMOST ANY DEVICE

HOW TO TAKE A SCREENSHOT ON ALMOST ANY DEVICE

You’re a grownup. You know how to use a computer and a phone. So when it’s time to show off some portion of your screen, don’t try to take a photo of it—that’s kid’s stuff, and it looks like junk anyway. Just about every modern operating system has some method

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HOW TO FORCE REFRESH A WEB PAGE

HOW TO FORCE REFRESH A WEB PAGE

Refreshing a page will cause it to update with the latest version of that page’s information; you can also fix some site errors, such as the ones encountered when a page doesn’t fully load, by refreshing. Most of us are used to refreshing the current web page in our browser

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How to make Windows shut down faster

HOW TO MAKE WINDOWS SHUT DOWN FASTER

  CAUTION: Following this tip requires editing the Windows Registry, a procedure that can result in a corrupted Windows installation and ultimately result in a loss or crash of the computer system if not completed properly. Therefore, if you follow these steps listed below, you do so at your own

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