IFIXIT.COM is one of the better websites we’ve come across for self-repairs on laptops, tablets, phones, etc. and includes parts, repair kits, videos, etc. to repair items yourself.
Caveat: Self-repairs require time and concentration and aren’t for everyone. Do shop around. IFIXIT sells replacement parts but they’re expensive compared with other online retailers. Lastly, don’t do […]
According to leaked internal documents from the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) that Die Zeit obtained, IT experts figured out that Windows 8, the touch-screen enabled, super-duper, but sales-challenged Microsoft operating system is outright dangerous for data security. It allows Microsoft to control the computer remotely through a built-in backdoor. Keys to that backdoor are […]
If you’re in an area where you think you should have cellphone service but don’t, put your phone in airplane mode then switch back. This will cause your phone to re-register and find all of the towers in your vicinity. This is quicker/takes less energy than rebooting your phone.
Also, when in an area without service, […]
Google spends all day every day searching the web with bots. Websites are cataloged in a database and when you search, it’s the database that is being looked through, not the whole Internet. Lots of sites like internal corporate websites prevent Google from being able to read them for their database […]
Several Mac owners here in Charleston SC have been hit with the FBI virus. Most owners admitted to surfing sites serving pornography, torrents, game cracks, live streaming of copyrighted movies, etc.
It sounds cliché, but it kind of goes hand in hand with the ransom page (“you’ve been naughty, doing something illegal: now you have to […]