Free MS Office Alternatives

Everyone is familiar with Microsoft Office; it’s the business industry standard. It is more now than ever starting at $69.99 per year or $6.99 per month. For those on a tight budget or just cheap there are free alternatives. Microsoft Office Online The first is none other than Microsoft’s own Microsoft Office Online. Office Online…

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Backup Everything For An Incredible Price

There are many companies doing online backup. There is Carbonite, SOS, Backblaze, SpiderOak, and numerous others. I’ve used a few of them all they all pretty much work as expected and they almost always cost about the same. Most of these products restrict you to backing up internal drives only on one computer. May of…

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Finished With Flash

The infamous Flash Player that has been around for 24 years is no more. Adobe has stopped it’s development and all of the major browsers have ended support for it. Before Flash the in 1996 there webpages were stagnant, with text and pictures only. Flash made the web come to life with animation and video….

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Best Streaming Devices For 2021

There are a lot of TV streaming devices out there, many of them I’ve used. Here is a list… Roku – The Roku was my first streaming device. Roku is compatible with all streaming services, I think. Roku comes in many forms, a box and a stick. There are versions with just 1080P and others…

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2021 Streaming Services

In the pandemic we all have a lot of time to watch television. What are you watching? How are you watching it? There are more options out there than ever before. What are you using? Cable TV Replacements Everyone is giving up cable. If you still want all of those channel without paying extra charges…

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Repair Windows Boot Partition

Sometimes when you remove Linux from a dual-boot Windows and any Linux operating systems. An issues may arise with the boot-loader. Removing the Linux partition does not remove the Grub boot-loader. When you start your computer you just get a black screen with… Example 1: error: no such partition. grub rescue> Example 2: error: no…

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Does anyone care about a Wyze Sprinkler Controller?

Wyze says “Get Smarter, Simpler and Greener” by using its new 8-zone WiFi sprinkler controller. Wyze Sprinkler Controller lets you control your irrigation system from anywhere with the Wyze app. Quickly start or stop a watering, edit schedules on the fly, see past and upcoming watering events, and get notified when your system is running….

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What is RCS? Why do we need it?

Rich Communication Services or RCS is a communication protocol between mobile telephone carriers and between phone and carrier, aiming at replacing SMS messages with a text-message system  that is richer, and can transmit in-call multimedia. The RCS protocol is much more useful than SMS. Added abilities are… chat with content sharing, driven from an RCS enhanced address book, enhancing the messaging…

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Are you still using weak passwords?

Week passwords are still a very big problem for the Internet. People are still using “password”, “123456”, and many other notorious expressions. These days if you not using a password manager like Lastpass to generate long, secure passwords and store them, you are not doing your due diligence to protect your information. Here’s Steve Gibson…

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