In the very near future (measured in months, not years) you’ll be able to make long distance calls anywhere in the world using your high speed internet connection with the same quality as you have now with a regular telephone. There is a recent technology called VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) that converts your voice […]

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This past week, my laptop hard drive failed — or, rather, started to fail — after a “small” drop. Thank goodness for the S.M.A.R.T. system that warned me. I contacted the insurance company (USAA is the greatest!) and they authorized repairs in my own shop, which saved money and allowed me greater control over the […]

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