IE 8 to 10 reaching “end of life”

IE 8 to 10 reaching “end of life”
There's a Windows Update coming next week that will alert users to the "end of life" of IE8,9,10 which means anyone still using XP or Vista. Win7 users should already have done all their updates and have been running IE11 for quite some time.  Win8 & 10 users started off with IE11 and are unaffected.…
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Get your laptop’s F1-F12 keys behaving like function keys.

This is, I'll admit, one of those things I just never got around to looking up but came across this today.  Laptops usually double-up the jobs of the Function keys (that top row of F1-F12) to do things like toggle the Wireless adapter on/off, or change the screen brightness and so on.  Usually, you hold…
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The 11 Worst Internet Scams We’re Still Falling For

The 11 Worst Internet Scams We’re Still Falling For
Hard to believe that there are still people falling for the Nigerian Prince scam but...there are. The entire list is worth a read, or at least a skim if you think you're fairly savvy but #10 is the one that his closest to home: 10. The false “infection detected” scam You’re on the Web, when…
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Still using AVG? Time to rethink that.

Still using AVG? Time to rethink that.
AVG used to be top dog amongst the free AVs.  Not because it was the best but simply because it was well-known.  Over the years, it has become more bloated and has become less and less effective at detecting viruses - it's only purpose for existing. In a recent comparative, AVG dropped the ball big time, missing…
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