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Blu Studio One review

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:00:17 +0000

I needed a phone in a hurry the other day when my wife’s Moto E started acting up. We turned to the Blu Studio One, specifically model# S0110UU. This is my Blu Studio One review. It’s an inexpensive midrange phone for

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Rick Broida thinks he doesn’t use antivirus software

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:45:55 +0000

C’mon. You knew I’d get around to writing a response to Rick Broida’s claim that he doesn’t use antivirus software. Actually, he’s not nuts. But he’s also mistaken if he thinks he doesn’t use antivirus software. His editorial is kind

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And in a story that should surprise no one, Target’s attack was unsophisticated

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:00:20 +0000

I found a story today stating that the attackers who stole millions of credit cards from Target didn’t have to try very hard to hide. I wish I could say I was surprised. My boss says it this way: Amateurs

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What’s going on with Macintosh security?

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:34:34 +0000

The latest figures I’ve read say there are perhaps a half-million infected Macintoshes still floating around out there, an improvement from the high of 600,000 that I was seeing a few weeks ago, but probably not what Apple had hoped

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Acer Aspire One 722 review

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:14:40 +0000

I set up an Acer Aspire One 722 netbook this week. This is my Acer Aspire One 722 review. I imagine the return rates on these things is horrendous, because the out-of-box experience is pathetic. This one won’t be going

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Living with a past-its-prime computer

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:12:56 +0000

I’m playing catch-up a bit. This weekend, Lifehacker ran a guide about living with a computer that’s past its prime. I’ve made a career of that. One of my desktop PCs at work (arguably the more important one) is old

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Is that file safe?

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:21:13 +0000

So you’ve downloaded this great new piece of free software, but you’re not sure if it’s safe to install. Your antivirus software says it’s not infected, so you can assume it’s safe, right? Not so fast. Nothing detects everything. Using

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Appremover can remove stubborn antivirus software

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:36:07 +0000

Antivirus software can be among the hardest software to uninstall, because its hooks dig so deeply into the operating system. I’ve seen it fail to uninstall for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it requires a password, which was entered by

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What I would do to fix Dr. A’s computer

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:19:48 +0000

I left my conversation with Dr. A nearly convinced he doesn’t really need a new computer. The local store is pitching him a new $700 Dell Inspiron with a 1 TB hard drive and 6 GB of RAM and a

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When Windows gets a file association with .exe files, get a hammer. This one.

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:11:09 +0000

I spent a maddening couple of days with a Windows computer that somehow had gotten a bogus file association with .exe files, which roughly translates to, “Windows quit running any programs.” Microsoft has a fix for that. Except neither solution

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