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Month: May 2014

Net Neutrality: What It Is and Why You Should Care

Net Neutrality: What It Is and Why You Should Care

Net neutrality is in the news again, but if you’re like most people, you aren’t even totally sure what it is. With a recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision on Net neutrality poised to change the face of the Internet, it’s worth addressing what exactly Net neutrality is and what it means to the average Internet user. What Is Net Neutrality? Net neutrality is the proposition that all data traveling through the Internet should be treated equally by all Internet…

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Free diagnostic tools for your portable tech toolkit

Free diagnostic tools for your portable tech toolkit

When you head out for a job, be sure you take this collection of handy go-anywhere troubleshooting tools. 1: Process Explorer Process Explorer (Figure A) is the tool to use when you really need information about a process and what file or folder that process has open. This tool is a tremendous help in discovering what application has a file or folder locked — especially when you can’t seem to eject an external drive. Figure A   Process Explorer consists…

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Google app Word Lens is free

Google app Word Lens is free

Google has purchased Word Lens, an impressive app that translates foreign languages in real time using the iPhone and Android smartphone built-in camera. It’s now free for a limited time. Back in 2010, a company called Quest Visual debuted a little app called Word Lens. It scarcely seemed possible, but the app translated a number of different languages in real time using just the smartphone’s camera. When traveling in a foreign country, Word Lens users would simply hold the phone…

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