Gasp! Comcast just made HBO available without a cable subscription — www.techhive.com — Readability

Gasp! Comcast just made HBO available without a cable subscription — www.techhive.com — Readability: "Fans of Game of Thrones, Girls, and Boardwalk Empire may be getting closer to being able to watching their favorite shows without committing to a cable subscription filled with hundreds of channels worth of nonsense they will probably never ever watch."

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Must-know privacy tips for Google, Facebook and other online services — www.pcworld.com — Readability

Must-know privacy tips for Google, Facebook and other online services — www.pcworld.com — Readability: "Recent headlines about shadowy government agencies, high-profile hack attacks, and your face in Google ads drive home a crucial point: Your online privacy is best protected when you keep an iron grip on the information you're handing out. If your info is on a server somewhere, it's not truly yours."

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Disable Windows' logon password — www.pcworld.com — Readability

Disable Windows' logon password — www.pcworld.com — Readability: "Don doesn't need to keep other people off his PC. He asked me how he could skip the logon screen and boot directly into Windows without a password.

My first piece of advice would be to leave your computer as is. That password is important. Without it, your PC is vulnerable. Anyone who can get physical access to your PC can also get access to your files, email, and so on. They may even be able to send email as you."

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Trick your friends with these Halloween PC pranks — www.pcworld.com — Readability

Trick your friends with these Halloween PC pranks — www.pcworld.com — Readability: "April Fool's Day is for amateurs. Halloween is the holiday for serious troublemakers. It's a far better occasion for playing tricks, because the days are cold and dark, and everyone is thinking about ghosts and ghouls, but nobody is expecting to be pranked."

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