Computer Safety & News

The Opera sidebar now includes a Twitter icon to launch this resource in an easy-to-find location. https://www.pcworld.com/article/3564254/opera-integrates-twitter-into-new-opera-69-browser.html https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2020/06/opera-69-comes-with-built-in-twitter/ The Opera browser already includes a sidebar with links to several messaging apps. Now the company has added Twitter support, too, as part of Opera 69. Twitter, like Instagram, Telegram, Facebook Messenger and other messaging apps, will […]

As this recent PC World article shares, Chromebook based laptops offer inexpensive basic computing while Windows 10 laptops offer more power but require more care in servicing & staying up-to-date. https://www.pcworld.com/article/3280998/chromebooks-versus-windows-laptops-which-should-you-buy.html A notebook PC powered by Microsoft Windows offers several advantages. Windows offers the most flexibility to run just about any app, as well as […]

NetGear has shared an awareness for home & business users to update their router firmware or even decommission out-dated older routers that are no longer secure https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2020/06/29/netgear-router-vulnerabilities https://kb.netgear.com/000061982/Security-Advisory-for-Multiple-Vulnerabilities-on-Some-Routers-Mobile-Routers-Modems-Gateways-and-Extenders Multiple Netgear router models contain vulnerabilities that a remote attacker can exploit to take control of an affected device.   CISA encourages users and administrators to update to […]

The 2nd half of 2020 features release will be more of a tuning & stability release like 2019 Fall release … The chrome version of EDGE will replace the proprietary version as default browser in further phasing out original version of EDGE https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-version-20h2-changelog QUOTE:  Microsoft is hard at work on the next version of Windows […]

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-do-clean-installation-windows-10 How to do a clean installation of Windows 10 — Do you need to upgrade, reinstall, or set up a new PC? A clean installation of Windows 10 is the way to go, and in this guide, we’ll help to accomplish this task every step of the way.  

9 Ways to Grow Your Resiliency (RQ) in a Pandemic 9 Thoughts on Developing Endurance with Direction (Resiliency) 1. Perspective – As John Maxwell teaches, how you view things will determine how you do things. Resilient people put things in perspective. 2. Reflection – A great add-on to developing perspective is reflecting on what has […]

Several U-Tube videos document the Apple WWDC 2020 conference  

Microsoft and SAS continue to enhance their strategic partnership offering advanced AI, statistical & expert reporting systems, and cloud based data storage.  https://redmondmag.com/articles/2020/06/15/microsoft-sas-expand-partnership.aspx https://news.microsoft.com/2020/06/15/sas-and-microsoft-partner-to-further-shape-the-future-of-analytics-and-ai/ SAS’ AI and analytics more tightly integrate with Microsoft Azure.  This allows Microsoft to bring cloud-based SAS industry solutions to its customers Microsoft Corp. and SAS today announced an extensive technology […]

The June 2020 IIL blog features several techniques for advanced margin & page break controls for Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.   Using Page Layout Features with Efficiency It seems not much has been written about this feature. In this blog, I’ll cover the items shown here (which do not include all the commands in the Page […]

Microsoft launches an advanced command line Windows File Recovery tool for recovering files on NTFS, FAT, exFAT and ReFS file systems. https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-launches-windows-file-recovery-app https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4538642/windows-10-restore-lost-files QUOTE:  Accidentally deleting a file in Windows only to find it can’t be recovered from the Recycle Bin usually results in a Google search for “file recovery software.” Microsoft has decided to […]