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Comment by cropduster on Your Computer's Worst Enemy (Cows, Bees, or...?) (September 26, 2025 12:18 AM)
Tried Fanny for my Mac. The app didn't open, so absolutely nothing! Plus, there is no way to contact the developer....
Comment by Wolf on Hey, Are You Spamming In Your Sleep? (September 25, 2025 05:08 PM)
Lots of great information presented here! I know that some public areas, such as when I was working at a university, had the employee email addresses ...
Comment by Dan on Hey, Are You Spamming In Your Sleep? (September 24, 2025 11:51 PM)
Address spoofing has been going on since the beginning of e-mail. (And there are a few legitimate uses for the option.) But with all the tech at our c...
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Comment by Prakash on Should You Switch to an AI Browser? (September 22, 2025 12:00 PM)
This is a thoughtful analysis of AI browsers' practical implications. For businesses in Dubai wanting to test these resource-intensive tools without h...
Comment by Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. on Your Computer's Worst Enemy (Cows, Bees, or...?) (September 21, 2025 12:31 AM)
I've used Core Temp for many years. The single feature I like best is the Notification Area icon displaying the highest of all my CPU cores so I have ...
Comment by Dan on Your Computer's Worst Enemy (Cows, Bees, or...?) (September 20, 2025 07:01 PM)
I happened to hear the desk clerk at my wife's hair salon complain about their slow computer, and how it shut down a lot, and how their "computer guy"...
Comment by cal67 on Your Computer's Worst Enemy (Cows, Bees, or...?) (September 19, 2025 11:27 PM)
This is the way. I replace the thermal paste on every single used computer or laptop I work on. I've also "resurrected" supposedly dead units just b...
Comment by Renaud Olgiati on Should I Use Multiple Antivirus Programs? (September 18, 2025 10:18 AM)
A good solution to avoid virii is, if you can(*), run an OS that is less susceptible to viral infection. There have been here several posts on which v...
Comment by Wolf on Should I Use Multiple Antivirus Programs? (September 18, 2025 04:13 AM)
I use SuperAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes, and they seen to work well with each other. I never had a problem. Thank you, Bob, for the great information!...
Artificial Intelligence Articles
Should You Switch to an AI Browser?
Back in the 80s, when I was a young computer programmer at IBM, we had an “all hands” meeting with the General Manager. I don't remember much about that meeting, except that he said “I just found out what a paradigm is, and now I need a new one!” Switching to an AI browser is a paradigm shift -- a new way of interacting with a world of information. Read on to find if you need an AI browser...
...Is AI a Big Fat Liar?
AI seems to be everywhere. Is it a dutiful servant of humanity, or an existential threat to human survival? Recent stories have shown that it sometimes will hallucinate, mislead, or outright lie. Sometimes that happens in an attempt to befriend or flatter a user; in other cases it has been found to employ deliberately deceptive tactics when it feels threatened. Let's look at some recent examples of AI gone rogue...
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