 | Tip of the Week: Customize Facebook For Free Give Facebook a near-complete makeover by using the free Social Fixer add-on for Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and other browsers not named Internet Explorer.
Here's how to do it.
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 Headwhack of the Week: Finding Free WiFi Gaps in free wireless Internet access are slowly being filled in by public and private organizations, as well as by ad hoc groups of wireless-network users offering a portion of their bandwidth to the public.
Here's how to find truly free WiFi.
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Geek Speak of the Week: MILC
MILC is short for Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Cameras. Those are the cameras with lenses that you can take off and that don't have a mirror in them like DSLR cameras.
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 Security: Java Attacks Aren't Going Away A new Websense report suggests that approximately 94 percent of endpoints which run Oracle's Java are vulnerable to at least one exploit, and we are ignoring updates at our own peril.
Check out the startling numbers.
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 News: T-Mobile Gets The iPhone
T-Mobile USA will offer the iPhone on its network at long last. T-Mobile will begin selling the iPhone 5 on April 12 for a $99.99 down payment, and also will offer the iPhone 5 without a contract. Customers who want to finance the phone will pay $20 a month for 24 months.
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 News: Google Maps Adds Realtime Transit Info Good news, New York City-based commuters: Google Maps added Wednesday real-time subway departure times for the seven lines that have such data available. These include the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and Times Square - Grand Central shuttle. The Metropolitan Transit Authority's other lines require an expensive overhaul before they'll be able to provide real-time data.
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 Data Doctors Video: C Is For CAPTCHA | But What Is It? CAPTCHA, many of us don't know the word, but we've all seen them and been forced to use them. So why are these strange looking words and numbers on websites? Are they just there to annoy us, or do they actually serve a purpose?
Here's what Cookie Monster says.
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Mobile App of the Week: Control Powerpoint Without Your Smartphone Presefy Lets You Control Presentations With Your Phone, No Software Required.
Check out this app-less app.
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Weekly Advice Column: How to use Wolfram Alpha A friend told me about the Wolfram Alpha search engine but when I tried to use it, I was lost. What's it for? - Jaime Wolfram Alpha ( http://www.wolframalpha.com ) isn't a search engine in the traditional sense, it's actually a 'computational knowledge engine' as described by its creators. Instead of getting a list of potential sites that may contain information that you seek (like Google and Bing) Wolfram Alpha will actually compute answers to your query via its massive structured databases.
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The Radio Program: T-Mobile Kicks Contracts, Windows 8 Love & More T-Mobile kicks contracts to the curb and announces the iPhone 5 in the same breath. Is it worth it to go without a contract, or should you stick with the subsidized plan? We'll break it down for you. Windows 8 has been around for a little while now, yet many still have avoided making the switch. We'll tell you what we think about this new Widows operating system and why you shouldn't fear it. Summer is just around the corner and when you take time off you like to read. What's the best device to read a book on the beach? We have the answer. ** NEW - Listen on demand NOW! - Click Here To Listen ** Ask your questions during (or before) the broadcast using our Facebook page. Join us each weekend as we discuss your computer questions.
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