Acronis Ransomware

Looks like Acronis is taking a fight in ransomware by helping user's protect their computer for free. The fight of ransomware has just begun and it will be a while before it goes away. If you live in fear daily, then this is your best protection for your computer for now.

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Miles on Empty

Ever wonder how many miles a driver has left when the red light turns on your car that you need more gasoline before you go empty. 

Well car manufactures will not always tell you this, but a true mechanic will. And here is a list of the most popular cars and miles to the gallon left. 

This list is not for everyone, but for the consumer who wants the real facts. For some drivers, it's just best to know that when the red light goes on. Just get gas.

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Amazon Commands

Looking for more commands for your Amazon device. Here are a list of commands you should already know and have them available when you need them.

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Cmd USB Drive

Ever wanted to know how to create a USB drive using the command prompt. It's old school way and a good way for you to learn basic programming.
Programs have evolved and learning DOS is always a great way to tweak your programming skills.
You never know down the road, when you are going to use this again.

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Hiri

Looking for a better way to take control of your emails. This new software will change the way you use your email so that your not wasting your day spending hours on emails.
If your looking for a better way to email, Hiri is your solution.

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Google Search Innocence

Looks like Google search didn't something amazing to prove a man's innocence. And you will be surprised on how precise the information was to overturn this man's previous conviction.
Just comes to show you how Google search is changing the world.

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EcoQube

Very interesting startup and I still want to wait and see them get better established before I buy. But if there product is good. I might just consider on getting one.
It's the best way to grow your garden with less maintenance.

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VirusTotal new Company

Looks like Google recently moved it's company to a new cybersecurity company to enforce the company's security goals of getting more of the market share.
It's a great move for Chronicle and their future is

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Moving files on O365, SharePoint & OneDrive

User's wanting to move files between Office 365, SharePoint & OneDrive can do it at ease with the help of Microsoft's easy integration.
Its very simple to do as long as you follow the Move to tips included in the link below.

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Smarter Alexa

Alexa looks like is changing the way it does things by getting smarter in integrating it's current resources to do more than just turn on and off appliances.
Now the handy device can dictate and take voice commands to a new level with different applications. It's only a matter of time before this device control our everyday functions.

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OS 11.3

Looks like Apple is coming up with a new update and I am going to hold off as long as I can before I even decide to do it.
You can't blame anyone moving forward for holding off on updates, when Apple has just been so sloppy on patching their products lately.
My suggestion to all is take your time and don't do any updates unless you have to, until Apple gets it together.

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T-Mobile Fate

Looks like T- Mobile has finally reach the top. Not only are they above their rival, but managed to be the fastest 4G LTE network in the United States.
Better wake up Verizon, there is a new player on the block.

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Indefinite Batteries

Looks like the theory of wireless charging could be possible and if this technology does go mainstream. We can be looking of a new way of charging your devices.

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Mac Malware

This new type of Mac malware is surprising security experts and this is just the beginning. It looks like the start of more Mac's being hacked and for some user's it will be very difficult to detect.
Hopefully someone will come up with a fix and Mac's better get ready for more malware to come.

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Smarter Tv's

Looks like your television is going to get smarter and it will be only a matter of time before that remote control disappears as well.
Looks like Amazon Alex and Google Assistant are making the leap to control your devices. If all goes well, we definitely could be looking at voice activated services. Get ready.

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New Ransomware Threat

Looks like this new ransomware is going after your cloud accounts and hopefully your email provider will put enough blocks to stop this from spreading and becoming a major threat.
Let's see what new protection layer's they put in place to prevent this from happening.

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Recover HD space

Here is a great way to recover hard disk space from your computer by clearing out the installer directory. This directory is just used for Windows to install updates and patch the computer. Once the computer is patched these files are basically obsolete and are no longer required. So it would be nice every now and then to delete these system patch files.

Here is the easy way how.

Click on your Windows key button + R to open the Windows run command prompt.
In Run command prompt type the following: %windir%\Installer  
and then just highlight and delete all the files in this folder.

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OCCT

Want to check the stability of all your computer components from your CPU to your power supply. Here is a great software to help you monitor your computer problems so that everything always runs smoothly.

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Safe Mode Help

New Windows 10 user's are probably confused where Safe Mode has gone and if you need to troubleshoot your computer in Safe Mode, it's a good idea to find out where it's hiding in Windows 10.

Your best bet is to type Safe in the start menu and open the recovery option page in Windows setting panel. In their you'll find two section which are Reset your PC and Advance Startup. You want to choose Advance Startup and restart now. Once the computer restarts just press 4 to start Safe Mode and Windows will boot you into Safe Mode.

To exit safe mode is very simple, just restart the computer and you automatically will be signed out of Safe Mode and Windows will load normally.

Phone as WiFi Mouse

Sound's a little crazy at first but in this day in age, where people are constantly walking around with laptops and doing work in cafe's. It's not an awkward question to ask, if you can just find the right software to make this happen.
Lucky for us we have some answer's on how user's can do this and it's worth checking out if you really want to be portable.

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