In the fast few days, you may have heard from some news source that some nice hacker(s) targeted unprotected routers with good intention. After hacking the router to gain access to user’s network, the hacker(s) installed some protective software that will look for spyware and remove it once found. The software can also install important updates on user’s computer and even force the user to update their computer so their computer will be up to […]
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If you are using Windows 10 and have tried to run Windows Update to keep your Windows system secure, then you might encounter this Windows Update error regarding a new KB3087040, which was released on September 21, 2005: It is very strange for such a high priority security fix, Microsoft didn’t seem to fully test it before rolling it out. By the time of writing this post, the issue with the automatic Windows Update still […]
Amazon Underground is a new Amazon Android shopping app that offers thousands of free apps and games, here “free” means completely free, even the in-game purchase is free. So if you install an free app or game with in-game purchase option, then you don’t even need to pay the in-game purchase. That sounds too good to be true? But it is true. So you may ask, “what is the catch then?” Well the only catch is […]
Jeff Chandler from WorePress Tavern recently reported that WordPress Plugin directory has surpassed one billion downloads since March 2006 and he asked readers to estimate when it will reach two billion downloads. Instead of throwing a wild guess, I decided to do some statistical analysis on the data he provided to get a statistical estimate. Here are the data he provided in his post: March 2006 191,567 2007 2,845,802 2008 15,130,856 2009 49,822,116 2010 72,342,598 2011 […]
Disclaimer: this post is not a paid review or advertisement, but is my personal experience that I would like to share with those who are in the same position as me. However, the company Xoom does have a referral program that will give you and I $25 if you use their service via my referral link at the end of the post, but you are not obligated to do so. Recently, PayPal announced they have acquired […]
We all know that Microsoft is working hard to keep their promise of releasing Windows 10 in this summer, and during the first year after the release, users of Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 will get free upgrade to Windows 10. However, if you cannot wait that long, you can grab a copy of Windows 10 Technical Preview and install it on your test PC or simply on a virtual machine to get some hands-on […]
I noticed the vending machine in my office break room is doing something weird. Do you think it is running Windows operating system or it is just lazy or just playing a vending machine joke? LOL.
Since I gave away my Google Nexus 10 to my son, I have been shopping around to get a new tablet for myself. Then during Valentine’s day, Amazon had a really attractive deal on Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 (64 GB WiFi version), which price was marked down to $299 from the original $479. I never had Kindle Fire product before and the price was too good to pass, so I purchased one before the one-day […]
Want to develop new IT and programming skills but short on budget? Packtpub comes to the rescue! Starting today until March 5th, 2015, Packtpub will give away one free eBook every day, that is 18 free eBooks in total. Each free eBook only be available for 24 hours, so hurry up and don’t miss any of the essential free eBooks. You can check and claim your free eBook at Packtpub’s web site at https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning Note: you will […]
When it comes to the free cloud storage, Google Drive is the most generous one. You get free 15 GB of Google Drive, no referral or any other trick needed. Google Drive storage is shared by GMail and Google+ Photos, but you should know that photos smaller than 2048×2048 will not count against your storage, and Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides do not use your storage either, so if you can keep your photos within the limit […]