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How plugged in are you?
I’m sure you’ve all heard about “vampire appliances.” These are appliances that are drawing electricity even when they are…
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Team Awesome
I have always dreamt of being in a rock band. I consider myself to be a pretty musical person (violinist since I was 9, sang with the Windham…
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Body scanning
Airports in New York and Los Angeles are the latest to use a new device which peers under clothing to check for concealed weapons.
The machine…
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Safe or paranoid?
Am I paranoid or is everyone out to get me?
This week I started writing an article full of password tips: How to make your passwords hard to…
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Tech for outdoors
Spring and all the glory it brings with it is upon us, and it’s finally time to leave the cubicle and the office behind and get outside!…
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Xbox hazards
Your Xbox is the center of a lot of things in your life. It gives you joy, social interaction and a reason to check your smoke alarms.
A family…
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Wireless security – Part 2
In my last column I discussed the security breech at Hannaford that resulted in pretty much everyone I know having to go a week without their ATM…
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Who knew?
As we all know, it’s very easy to find illegal downloading utilities. Every one of us has tried at least one in the past, usually with horrific…
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Text vs. talk for parents
Text messaging has become a new language for teenagers and young adults. A whopping 4.6 billion texts were sent through the Vodaphone network in 2007…
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Wireless security - Part 1
Well, shopping just got a whole lot scarier. A lot of people assume that shopping online puts you at greater risk for identity theft or credit card…