Computers

After several years of relative Wi-Fi happiness, I suddenly hit a performance wall with my home network. I happened to have a new Linksys EA 7500 router to test for an upgrade, but the real difference was when I plugged in the Max Stream AC1900+ Wi-Fi Range Extender.

These days, “my dog ate it” won’t get you far. And with homework and projects increasingly taking the form of files instead of paper, having a backup strategy is critical. Here’s how to back up your school assignments so you won’t be hit by a digital disaster.

Everyone (including students) needs to protect against data loss from drive failure, viruses or accident with a solid backup plan.

Many of us have more data than we know what to do with. Digital photos, digital movies, MP3s and old school stuff like documents and spreadsheets can start to take up a lot of space on your PC. On your smartphone or tablet, it’s even worse —a lot of those photos get snapped on a smartphone and with limited storage, it doesn’t take long to fill them up. Cloud storage is always an option, but then you’re at the mercy of the provider and there may be charges associated with the service. Western Digital offers a compelling alternative —a “personal cloud”— with its My Cloud series of network hard drives. I tested a 3TB My Cloud drive and came away convinced that this is the best thing to happen to hard drives since USB.  

    Welcome July! In this month of beach time, trail rides, and camping in the great outdoors, take a minute to look through what’s new at Best Buy.

Everything you need to know about Microsoft’s announced end of Windows 7 support for computers starting January 14, 2020.

It’s that time of year again. Time to start figuring out what gifts you’re going to buy everyone this holiday season. If you’ve got a technology lover on your shopping list this year, you can’t go wrong with putting a little virtual reality gear under the holiday tree. There are more than a few options out there, though, so I’m going to let you know why the Oculus Rift is quite possibly the coolest tech gift this season.

  Make better business decisions with more information. The new Sage 50 Accounting 2015 product line includes Intelligence Reporting.

If you want to keep your online and digital activities safe during cybersecurity month and the whole year, let me give you some awesome security tips.