What’s New With Gmail

Gmail after several years has a new look and some new functionality. What’s New? New look – The corners are rounder especially the compose but which is now oval instead of rectangular. Big deal! A sidebar for Google’s apps, Smart reply, Snooze an email, Confidential email, A choice of layouts, Find out more about these…

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Google Assistant Wins, Suck It Siri!

Google is taking on Alexa, Siri and Cortana with its own voice assistant: Google Assistant. It has made incredible progress thus far and it’s probably the most advanced of the assistants out there. Watch this incredible demonstration of the Google Assistant at work…

YouTube Essentials

YouTube is the worlds largest video sharing site. YouTube has nearly 2 billion active users and many casual users. Its uses very from mere entertainment to learning a new skill. Many users upload videos to promote their projects or a product. Get Started With YouTube Basics

Subscribing To Your Favorite Channels

If you are not a regular user of YouTube you may not know that you can subscribe to channels that produce content which you’re particularly fond. When you have multiple subscriptions you can view all of the updates to those channels on the Subscriptions page.

PSI Is Shutting Down

One of the best way to keep your Windows computer secure has been Personal Software Inspector (PSI) from Flexera (Formerly Secunia).  PSI identifies missing security patches on user’s private PC, and automatically installs them when possible. Unfortunately Flexera has ended support for PSI as of April 20th. I will miss PSI and its functionality. I tried…

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A Look at the New Gmail

Google just updated Gmail with one of its biggest redesigns in a long time. The update brings several security features like confidential mode, which allows you to add two-factor authentication and / or set expiration dates for individual emails. Phishing alerts are also now highlighted in a much clearer way, with bold red boxes that are harder…

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Make Your Data Truly Secure

Worried about the CLOUD act that was sprung on the American people? Let Steve Gibson from Security Now tell you about the CLOUD act, what it does, why it does it and what you can do to protect yourself and the others in your circle of trust.

Important TWiT Episode

Facebook/Cambridge Analytica, CLOUD Act, SESTA/FOSTA, Uber death, and more. All in this episode of TWiT with Leo Laporte and guests: Harry McCracken, Denise Howell, Iain Thomson.

Mesh Wifi Routers

Mesh routers are the latest technology upgrade for home Wi-Fi networks. Mesh networks have been used for years in large places where a secure network is critical, like military bases and businesses. (In such cases, the network is often isolated and not connected to the internet.) Now, residential wireless-internet users can optimize their home Wi-Fi…

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What’s New With Routers?

There is a lot happening with routers today. There are all sorts of new technologies that have made routers better and more convenient than ever. First of all there is gigabit speeds that you will need to take advantage of the Google fiber that you will be getting soon. Dual-band, 2.4 gigahertz 802.11N for 600…

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