Is your password at risk? ON SECURITY By Susan Bradley The other day, I was working on something at home while my dad was doomscrolling through YouTube videos. Usually, he watches topics about classic cars and the like, but this time he hit on something political. The video focused on two people supposedly debating. The narrator urged everyone to stop […]
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Imagine, if you will, a program to view every image FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen There are so many file types for images these days — from cameras, phones, and security cameras to trail cameras, patient portals, and children’s toys. My husband’s three drones save still images in three different file types! On top of all that, there are animated-image file types such as PNG, […]
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How to move, copy, or replace system files WINDOWS By Mary Branscombe You shouldn’t be working routinely with system files. But if it’s ever necessary, here’s how to do so safely. Windows has a lot of critical and hidden files. Generally speaking, it’s a bad idea to mess with them. System files are, as the name suggests, a big part of your Windows […]
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Don’t want Google handling your text messages? Here’s the fix. ISSUE 22.26 • 2025-06-30 Look for our BONUS issue on July 7, 2025!! PUBLIC DEFENDER By Brian Livingston Millions of Android smartphone users worldwide received an unpleasant surprise last month. The text-messaging app they’d long been using had been unceremoniously replaced during a seemingly routine update. Their usual texting vehicle was deep-sixed by Google Messages, […]
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“Unexpected restarts” On Thursday, Microsoft posted to its Windows Experience blog The Windows Resiliency Initiative: Building resilience for a future-ready enterprise. The post is primarily about WRI, but buried in it was a note about the “elimination” of the blue screen of death (BSOD) in Windows 11. The post did not actually mention BSODs and instead referred […]
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