By Leo Notenboom
When I first got my laptop (8 mos. ago) my battery life was about 2 hours 45. Now after daily use (mostly with plug but using battery as well) it is down to 1.5 hrs which is basically useless. I have tried draining totally recharging etc and still only 1.5 hours. SO I am buying a new one. My question is how do I make my battery keep its charge so I can have it when I need it?
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By Leo Notenboom
What happens to your carefully backed up data if your house burns down?
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By Leo Notenboom
Computer viruses are a fact of modern, internet-connected life. At best,
they’re annoying performance sucking beasts, but at worst … kiss all your
data, and perhaps your bank account or identity, goodbye.
We all need to take steps to make sure that our computers
are safe, or we risk infection. Complacency is simply not an option.
And yet, even after all the news, all the horror stories, all the warnings,
and even after all this time …complacency remains all too common.
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By Leo Notenboom
I discuss backing up and encryption, and why I believe you need both.
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By Leo Notenboom
Erasing your hard drive before you give it away is important. Exactly how thorough an erase you need depends on your data and level of paranoia.
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By Leo Notenboom
I’ve been receiving a lot of reports of problems with Microsoft’s Hotmail free email service lately, and it really begs the question: are free email services like Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and Gmail worth the cost?
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By Leo Notenboom
How much do you trust them?
No, seriously, how much do you really trust them?
Because, all other issues aside, this is all a matter of trust.
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By Leo Notenboom
With all the attention that malware and security issues keep getting it’s easy to think that there’s no hope for safe computing. There is.
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By Leo Notenboom
If your contacts are getting email from you that you didn’t send, then it’s very likely that your email account has been compromised.
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By Leo Notenboom
I share a computer and I want to know how to keep my information private.
Ultimately … you can’t. At least not easily, and even then it depends on the data that you’re attempting to keep private, and the technical savvy of the individuals that you’re attempting to keep it private from.
There’s nothing like your own computer. But if you have to share, there are a couple of things that might help. A little.
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