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UnoTelly = Happiness | catchthewaveIT

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I’ve been using unblock-us.com for a year but I recently received an email they were raising their rates to provide some new feature(s). I find this a bait and switch. I like the service I had I didn’t need nor want new features. And I really didn’t want to pay more. Plus I’ll get rid of some crapware. Happy, happy, joy, joy. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email. Detects...

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Should you keep an email account forever? | catchthewaveIT

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Should you keep an email account forever? Well, it depends. Is the account name your real name or a nickname? Is it portable or tied to an ISP? Is convenience more important than security? Do you want everyone who has ever contacted you to be able to reach you? Obviously there are some pros and cons to each side. A gmail or hotmail, oops live, account is portable and not tied to the ISP you had 6 years ago. So how do you decide which will be your primary? Do you have a dedicated one for online shopping?

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Are Data Caps Realistic? | catchthewaveIT

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Are Data Caps Realistic? Historically limited water meant limited health, food and quality of life. I’d argue that a teenager today would rather give up showering than give up internet. There have already been studies that teenagers and 20’s would rather have internet than cars. But the idea that everyone has a basic right to broadband is far from general acceptance. The US still funds the Rural Electrification Project http:/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural Utilities Service. One of the New Deal agencies.

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A year in breaches teaches us… | catchthewaveIT

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A year in breaches teaches us…. I’d be surprised if there are 10% of people actively on the internet that weren’t breached somehow this year. I got hit multiple times, some point of sales issues, some website breaches, some server hacks. I hope you didn’t get a new game for Christmas that you wanted to play! Lack of adequate testing capabilities and lack of time to take systems offline are the two most common reasons I hear. “We’re too busy to take the system down.” My response ...What can we do? Well so...

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More is better –Adding A Hard Drive in a DVD Bay | catchthewaveIT

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More is better Adding A Hard Drive in a DVD Bay. Balancing cost and size (yes it still matters) I got a 1TB drive and enclosure bay from Amazon. I would have preferred a 2TB but the dimensions won’t fit in a laptop DVD bay. This expands my internal storage to 1.5TB total approx 1.3TB useable space. Steps for Windows 7 Laptops. 1 Slide the drive into the housing and make sure it clicks in. 2 Use the 2 screws provided with the housing to secure the drive. 6 Pull the DVD bay out. 14 Enjoy your new storage.

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Assume Nothing | catchthewaveIT

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Sadly you can’t do this to the YouTube servers and even if you did there are still backups out there somewhere. In general you can’t even do this at work. What should you do? Well don’t start with deleting all your online accounts. That will just delete you access to the information. IF (and that’s a big one) you know all your online accounts, you could start by replacing any real information with standard info eg, address: 123 Main Street, NY, NY 10001. Phone number 212-867-5309. Enter your comment here.

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Biography | catchthewaveIT

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I think my first memories of using a computer were sneaking out of class in third grade to go to the school library and play. My first computer was a Texas Instruments TI99. Thankfully things have improved since then. While I started using computers at age 10 I never expected it to become my career. I took a BASIC programming class in 9. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new posts via email.

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Web 3.0 Part 1 | catchthewaveIT

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Web 30 Part 1. It’s coming but what will it be. What will the internet of things be when it grows up? Will Cloud 2.0 support unlimited streaming? Will 1TB SSD’s be standard and cheap? Will embedded technology be embedded in users not devices? Will IT security just work? Will energy efficiency be a mute point because everything is designed so well? Will recycling become so ubiquitous that farming dump sites be hugely profitable? Who could access it? What would happen to the 5. Would you give up some level...

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How much should you link versus diversify? | catchthewaveIT

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How much should you link versus diversify? While it’s convenient to use your Facebook login to access dozens of other sites and apps do you really want everything tied together? Ask Mat. Inconvenience could save you. You wouldn’t (hopefully) consider using Facebook to log into your online banking. But what’s the harm in linking it to your TripAdvisor account? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are co...