Faster Forward Archive: Tips
Another helping of Thanksgiving tech-support tips
If you spend enough time in front of a computer at home or the office, you can expect to hear one or more relatives make this request over the Thanksgiving weekend: "Hey, do you mind taking a look at my computer to make sure it's working alright?" So for the...
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November 23, 2009; 11:15 AM ET |
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Help File help: Syncing an Android phone with iTunes
All of my recent reviews of phones running Google's Android software have had to include one yes-but line, words to the effect of: Yes, this is a smart little device, but you can't sync it to an iTunes music library. That's as much Apple's fault as it is Google's or...
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Rob Pegoraro
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November 19, 2009; 11:46 AM ET |
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New EFF Site Tracks Terms-Of-Service Changes
Everybody who religiously reads those terms-of-use documents that Web sites and services ask us to accept -- then re-reads them after every announced change -- can stop reading this post now. Now that I've reduced my readership by two, let me tell you about an interesting Web site that debuted...
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Rob Pegoraro
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June 18, 2009; 9:43 AM ET |
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Cordian Knot: Cables Gone Wild!
The other day, I needed to recharge a loaner cell phone to try out a feature. I unlocked the desk drawer in which spare review hardware lives and extracted the bizarre creature you see below. This odd lifeform was the mutant offspring of at least three sets of headphone cables,...
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May 18, 2009; 11:00 AM ET |
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Time Warner (Finally) Ready To Hit Undo Key On AOL Deal
This doesn't exactly qualify as surprising news, but Time Warner has publicly declared that it's ready to divest itself off AOL, the company it merged with back in 2001. As fellow Post blogger Michael Rosenwald notes on The Ticker, a paragraph on page 5 in its latest quarterly filing (PDF)...
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Rob Pegoraro
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April 29, 2009; 1:50 PM ET |
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Can You Clean A Keyboard In A Dishwasher? (Updated)
For years, I've been reading testimonials that you can clean a filthy-beyond-redemption keyboard in a dishwasher. The instructions all pretty much follow this pattern: Set the machine on its delicate setting, put in a little or no soap, don't use the heated-dry cycle, give it a few days to air-dry...
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April 27, 2009; 11:29 AM ET |
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