Category: Computers
Strong Unique Passwords and Why I Don’t Use Public Computers
Recently I reported some phishing scam spam coming from a friend’s account – it looked likely that his email account had gotten cracked.
No shame on him for that; it happens all the time.
These are a few things that I do to help avoid that myself. More
iPad Air First Impressions
I headed over to Best Buy first thing Friday morning… they opened at 8AM and handled the iPad Air rollout very nicely. It was raining hard… they gave reservations for particular units to people who were there early and didn’t make anyone stand in the rain. (They also handled the iPhone 5 very nicely, even making appointments for people to come in to activate their new phones – not as streamlined as pickup at Apple but still pretty civilized).
Snuglets – Making Magsafe 2 Not Drive Me Insane
When Apple first introduced the MagSafe power adapter connector it felt like a big step forward in an area no other company was making improvements in. MagSafe used magnetism to couple the power adapter connector to the notebook. Other manufacturers still used mechanical couplings, which were prone to crashing your notebook to the floor if you or your pet or your Roomba managed to get snagged in the power cord. With MagSafe the cord would easily detach from the computer. Otherwise it stayed firmly in place.
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Serious iOS 7 Flaw with iTunes Match and Cellular Data
I ran through most of my month’s data allotment in a few hours yesterday afternoon (you can do this at LTE speeds). It was mere minutes between a warning from Verizon that I was 75% of the way through my data plan till another warning that I had hit 90%. More