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Comment by bob price on Is Someone Stealing My WiFi? (May 23, 2013 07:02 PM)
I would like to know how to protect hotel/motel wifi connections to my laptop. Or can it be done? If you were on a public [hotel] wifi right now and r...

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Comment by Jorge on Is Someone Stealing My WiFi? (May 23, 2013 06:50 PM)
Also use MAC address filtering and change the "channel" from the default on your wireless router to anything else....

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Comment by TES on The Truth About Discount Ink Cartridges (May 23, 2013 06:47 PM)
There used to be a monastery which sold remanufactured cartridges under the name of Laser Monks. The profits went to charity. They were bought out by ...

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Comment by Jorge on Is Someone Stealing My WiFi? (May 23, 2013 06:46 PM)
I would suggest Disable "Broadcast of SSID",a looooong Alphanumeric special char., case sensitive password to connect, as well as encryption (WPA2-AES...

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Comment by snert on How Does Antivirus Software Work? (May 23, 2013 06:35 PM)
Mr. Bob, What's your opinion of Panda Cloud Antivirus on a 1 - 10 scale?...

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Comment by pk on The Truth About Discount Ink Cartridges (May 23, 2013 05:41 PM)
I was asked to include the manufacturer of the terrible "discount" ink cartridges LD products. They didn't work for even on copy...

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Comment by colin on How Does Antivirus Software Work? (May 23, 2013 04:46 PM)
Thank you for a great article re virus protection....

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Comment by j b on Send a Free Fax (May 23, 2013 04:45 PM)
Bob - FAXZERO will also send up to 15 fax pages for $1.99 (have to use Paypal) - called PREMIUM FAX. No faxzero header and supposedly goes out faster...

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Comment by JC on Connect Your PC to a TV, Wirelessly! (May 23, 2013 03:41 PM)
Hi Bob, Your explanations and comments are excellent and very helpful, thank you! However, I have a question: If you have recorded on the hard drive...

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Comment by sirpaul2 on Geekly Update - 22 May 2013 (May 22, 2013 11:02 PM)
Apparently, no one at Domino's corporate office is over 53 years old: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1991915_1991909_19918...

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