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Comment by Therrito on Geekly Update - 04 May 2023 (giraffes ahead...) (May 6, 2023 01:39 AM)
I have a 74g Western Digital Raptor drive (sata) that runs at 10,000 rpm. It's 15 years old, works perfectly and still has Windows XP Pro on it. So ...
Comment by bb on Geekly Update - 04 May 2023 (giraffes ahead...) (May 5, 2023 10:18 PM)
Passkeys is based on "something you have" not something you know (a password.) The "something you have" is private key which is never disclosed. The...
Comment by Louise on Geekly Update - 04 May 2023 (giraffes ahead...) (May 4, 2023 09:52 PM)
Will Passkeys be available in some form without using biometrics?? There are some passwords I want to be able to share, especially for emergencies. Ha...
Comment by Louise on Geekly Update - 04 May 2023 (giraffes ahead...) (May 4, 2023 09:52 PM)
Will Passkeys be available in some form without using biometrics?? There are some passwords I want to be able to share, especially for emergencies. Ha...
Comment by John Wood on Geekly Update - 04 May 2023 (giraffes ahead...) (May 4, 2023 09:50 PM)
Wonderful backhand reference to my favourite book on statistics thanks for making me remember it. Keep up the awesome work, thanks. ...
Comment by Linda on So You Think You've Been Hacked? (May 2, 2023 08:53 PM)
Look my husband has someone on both my cell phone and my computer. I once found a page on the computer but it's been hid again. Alot of the things tha...
Comment by Frances on So I Just Googled Myself... (May 2, 2023 01:16 AM)
I Googled myself and found almost nothing although I've been involved with computers for a long time. I also checked my husband's name and 4 pages in...
Comment by gene on So I Just Googled Myself... (May 1, 2023 08:22 PM)
I hadn't tried that in many years. It was interesting that they had my address right on the sites I checked, but nothing else, including email or phon...
Comment by Lyman on So I Just Googled Myself... (May 1, 2023 08:20 PM)
"Norton" has a pay for account, for your personal "INFO"....
Comment by wild bill on Geekly Update - 27 April 2023 (What is reality?) (May 1, 2023 12:21 AM)
For BillP my argument is to the idea that if battery power is expressed as voltage times current then no magic can increase the voltage without decre...
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