What is all the fuss about Net Neutrality?
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What is all the fuss about Net Neutrality?

To anyone using the Internet at all over the last few months “Net Neutrality” likely sounds familiar. I know lots of people chalk that up to a “geek thing” and not something that they need to pay attention to. That couldn’t be further from the truth. The idea of Net Neutrality is to keep the…

Ransomware. What do you need to know?
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Ransomware. What do you need to know?

Wow, the world is abuzz about ransomware infections…again! It seems like every day there is some new threat. In May, the world was taken by storm by a ransomware infection spreading through Europe. This infection was later dubbed WannaCry and was virulent enough to have ultimately affected more than 230,000 computers in 150 countries. Mere…

Why should you care about “The Internet of Things”?
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Why should you care about “The Internet of Things”?

There’s been a lot of talk about “The Internet of Things” or IoT devices lately. This might seem like another Internet buzzword but, as with most things, it pays to be informed. IoT devices are becoming more and more common and it’s possible to own them without fully grasping the truth about what they are….

Reloading Windows on a desktop or laptop PC
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Reloading Windows on a desktop or laptop PC

I’ve had a surprising number of people ask me about reloading Windows on their computers recently. It really is a simple process that seems to be made confusing by PC manufacturers. I thought it worthwhile to put together an explanation of how PC recovery works and offer the benefits of my experience with some of…