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4:50 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
The industry has spoken: Your wrist is the new lap. It’s where computers are going next.
It’s
a bold ambition. Your wrist is personal. Anything you put there has to
be strapped on all day — and operated one-handed, for seconds at a time.
There’s no room for a mouse or keyboard, let alone niceties like jacks,
hard drives, or big screens.
And there aren’t tons of reasons why you’d
want a computer on your wrist. Text messages, email, GPS, alarms — all
of these things are better and easier to manage on your phone. There is
one huge exception, though: health tracking.
Since
the dawn of humanity, the goings-on inside your body have been pretty
much invisible. When do you get insight...
4:40 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Every month, at least a few of the contracts between Netflix
and its content providers expire, which means that some of your
favorite shows and movies will vanish from the streaming service. Want
to know what’s being removed in June? Read on to find out.
MORE NETFLIX: Netflix is testing a redesign that users are going to love – see it first right here
Keep in mind, the list is subject to change as Netflix renegotiates
its deals, but here is the current list of removals scheduled for June:
June 1st
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
City of Ghosts (2003)
Dance with Me (1998)
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
DeRay Davis: Power Play (2010)
Dream Lover (1994)
Drugs,...
4:33 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Summer has finally arrived, and along with it comes a whole new slate of shows and movies streaming on Netflix. Some of the highlights this June include The Aviator, The Butler, Nightcrawler and Transformers: Age of Extinction (if you’re into that sort of thing).
A few Netflix originals are either returning or debuting on the service this month as well, most notably Orange is the New Black and the new show from the Wachowskis, Sense8.
DON’T MISS: ‘Netflix for Pirates’ just got a lot better: Stream movies in your web browser
Here is the complete list of additions to Netflix in June:
June 1st
The Aviator (2004)
Employee of the Month (2006)
Hidden Kingdoms (2014)
The...
3:14 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Here is the fine print regarding the Free Windows 10 Upgrade from Microsoft.
This is purely opinion on my part:
Any computer that was running Win XP originally would be a poor candidate for this upgrade. A computer of that era will not have enough memory or CPU speed.
Any computer running Vista originally, see above statement.
I would wait 3-6 months after the upgrade is made available before I would attempt the upgrade. I think a much more stable and available release should be available in that time frame.
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6:08 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
The U.S. is the best country in the world for a lot of reasons, but
Internet access isn't one of them. Our average broadband speeds lag
behind a lot of other countries, and we pay more for it than most.
Every year, a company called Akamai Technologies ranks the average
Internet speed of countries around the world. So, which countries made
the top 10 this year?
Before I tell you that, I should get the bad news out of the way. The
U.S. wasn't in the top 10. In fact, we came in at just number 17.
Part of the reason for our poor showing is just geographical. In the
Mountain and Central regions of the U.S., we have tons of little
communities surrounded by dozens of miles of wide...
4:05 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Apple is upgrading its 15-inch MacBook Pro, while offering a cheaper downgrade for its 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display.
The new 15-inch MacBook Pro has a pressure-sensitive Force Touch trackpad, following the footsteps of the 13-inch MacBook Pro and the new 12-inch MacBook. Users can press hard on the trackpad to perform special commands, such as previewing links, editing file names, exposing an app’s open windows, and dropping a pin in Maps.
Apple is also using a new type of flash storage that is 2.5 times faster
than the previous model, and is improving battery life by an hour,
bringing it up to 9 hours of web browsing or movie playback. The base
model starts at $1,999 with...
2:57 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Microsoft's Surface 3, which went on sale this week, is a delightful
device, with the build quality and attention to detail that has been the
hallmark of every member of the Surface family so far. It is remarkably
mobile and comfortable to carry. After using a review unit for the past
month, any misgivings I had over the Atom processor have been
dispelled: It's been a snappy performer at basic work tasks (running
Office 2013, primarily) and a stellar entertainment device as well.
I already covered the specs in my first look
last month, so I won't repeat those here. Unlike its Windows RT-based
forebears, this is a real PC, running real Windows, which means I can
take it anywhere and...
