Monday, October 20, 2014

How to Upgrade Your Existing Hard Drive in Under an Hour

How to Upgrade Your Existing Hard Drive in Under an Hour: "If you’ve been eyeing the falling prices on spacious solid-state drives but putting off an upgrade because you don’t want the hassle of reinstalling everything, we here to help. Read on as we show you how to clone your old HDD onto a new HDD and get your entire system back up and running in under an hour; no reinstallation of Windows and all your apps necessary."



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Gigabit cellular networks could happen with 24GHz spectrum, FCC says | Ars Technica

Gigabit cellular networks could happen with 24GHz spectrum, FCC says | Ars Technica: "The Federal Communications Commission is starting to plan for cellular networks that can send users gigantic streams of data, but there are technical challenges to be solved and years of work ahead."



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Here’s Why Public Wifi is a Public Health Hazard — Matter — Medium

Here’s Why Public Wifi is a Public Health Hazard — Matter — Medium: "We took a hacker to a cafĂ© and, in 20 minutes, he knew where everyone else was born, what schools they attended, and the last five things they googled."



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How to Unsubscribe from Email Newsletters the Correct Way

How to Unsubscribe from Email Newsletters the Correct Way: "Do you get too many newsletters and other promotional emails? These emails aren’t technically “spam” — they’re from legitimate organizations. Thanks to the US CAN-SPAM act, every legitimate company offers a consistent way to unsubscribe from their newsletters."



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Secure Your Online Accounts By Removing Third-Party App Access

Secure Your Online Accounts By Removing Third-Party App Access: "You’ve probably given a few applications or websites access to your Google, Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, or Microsoft account. Every application you’ve ever allowed keeps that access forever — or at least until you revoke it."



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How to Import Your POP3 Emails Into an IMAP Account

How to Import Your POP3 Emails Into an IMAP Account: "We recently explained why you should be using IMAP instead of POP3 for your email. If you still have old POP3 emails stored offline, you don’t have to abandon them — import your POP3 emails into an IMAP account.

We’re using the free Mozilla Thunderbird email client for this. If you use Microsoft Outlook for your email, you can do this in a similar way. Add the IMAP account and drag-and-drop your POP3 emails to it."



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Samsung launches new, Intel-based Chromebook 2

Samsung launches new, Intel-based Chromebook 2: "If you're keyed up on Google’s rapidly growing Chrome OS platform, then you’ll likely be aware of Samsung’s Chromebook 2 series, announced back in March. The company has today revealed a new, 11.6-inch addition to the line that’s powered by an Intel chip."



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10 Amazingly Useful Spreadsheet Templates To Organise Your Life

10 Amazingly Useful Spreadsheet Templates To Organise Your Life: "Is your life a hotch-potch of missed deadlines, forgotten shopping and reneged commitments? Sounds like you need to get organized. Where better to start than with hard numbers and figures? For this, you might want to take advantage of the many spreadsheets available on Vertex42 that allow you to keep track of your time, belongings, projects and money. Here are 10 of the best."



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