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12:00 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Gone are the days when you were hopelessly tied to high cable bills. Now there are plenty of options
But even non-cable options aren't completely free. And if you're not paying attention you could still rack up quite a bill.
So to cut out the hassle of finding places to watch your favorite movies and TV shows I've brought together some of the best sites that stream for free (legally). You'll find hours of entertainment for the whole family!
YouTube - Believe it or not, YouTube has more uses than funny cat videos and crazy dash cam footage. YouTube hosts plenty of free movies, and not just user-created clips.
YouTube Movies offers full-length feature films from Hollywood and around the world...
9:26 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
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5:05 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
When Comcast asked Ronaldo Boschulte to swap out his malfunctioning broadband modem and Wi-Fi router with an all-new model late last year, he didn't know the Internet device was a high-tech Trojan horse of sorts.
Comcast fessed up a bit later in an email to the Maple Grove man.
The new Xfinity-branded modem and Wi-Fi router also works as a public Wi-Fi hotspot.
This means any Comcast subscribers within range can gain access to the Internet, via the router, simply by tapping in their Xfinity credentials.
"I didn't know it had a hotspot" feature, the accountant said. "That was pretty much a surprise."
Boschulte has plenty of company in this regard -- and not all are thrilled about it. Some...
3:27 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this year, there seemed to be an explosion of I’d guess it will be like a game of musical chairs, with only a few lasting after the music stops, much like the explosion of tablets at the show a few years ago.One I’m sure will last is the Martian Passport series, which they promote as “The World’s First Voice Command Smartwatch.”This is a rare time that I did have to read the instructions, but they were clear and easy to follow; press this button, then that button, etc.They do have an interesting item in the instruction book about how the average person checks their phone 150 times a day. I think that number is grossly understated, but I’m...
9:43 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Until online retailers start implementing better methods, your password is still the single-greatest vulnerability in your security. Some websites do a better job making sure that password is as strong as possible. But others are so bad it's scary.
In a recent study by consumer advocate Dashlane, the top 100 online marketplaces were ranked according to password safeguards. These include criteria like refusing to accept weak passwords, length requirements, blocking login after a few failed attempts and more.
Here are the scores, ranked from best to worst. A perfect score is 100, but the worst of the worst have negative scores.
Apple 100
Microsoft 65
Chegg 65
Newegg 60
Target 60
Williams-Sonoma...
10:47 AM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
The basic group of apps you need on your Apple device is a subjective selection. The perfect app for one person is a dud to another; the app one person uses daily may be a headache to someone else. Risking a barrage of disagreement and discontent, I pose the following list of apps as the ideal home base for any iDevice. After years of slogging back and forth, trying this app, rejecting that one, testing this one, discarding that one, the seemingly endless task is done. Here is the final cut, the apps I found I was using over and over, without complaint, lamentation, or griping.
I do not offer these apps as a list of “the very best,” no such list can be drawn, but these apps are the “rock solid”...
