Posts Tagged: ‘laptop’
Frugal Tip – Consider buying “refurbished” electronics to get a good deal
by Marshall Brain | November 29, 2010
In this post I mentioned that I suffered a hard disk crash a couple of weeks ago. I used this occasion to buy a new machine. I did that because, if I was going to go to the time/trouble to install a new hard disk, re-install the OS, reinstall all the applications and then recover [...]
Your home gets broken into and your PC is stolen. Or you go to use the restroom and, when you get back your laptop is missing. Or you leave your phone on the train, never to be seen again. Is there anything you can do to recover a stolen gadget? There are several for-pay services [...]
Imagine taking the idea behind a tablet computer like the iPad and giving it the immense screen real estate of two 14.1-inch LCD screens. This product exists and is called the Kno…
In the sad world of criminal activity, there is a new trend. If you leave your laptop on, say in your car, while your car is parked, it (the laptop) emits a homing signal that criminals can detect. The homing signal is created by the WiFi card inside the laptop, and with a cheap detector [...]
Perhaps you’ve been following the situation in Pennsylvania regarding the Lower Merion School District issuing school laptops that could be activated remotely. Student Blake Robbins and his parents filed a lawsuit against the school district, saying that the school system enabled the cameras to spy on students.
The situation is getting worse for the school district. Maryclaire Dale of the Associated Press said that the FBI is investigating whether or not school officials violated federal wiretapping laws.
The low-cost linux laptop niche is beginning to explode. Learn more about linux, laptops, and low-cost computing in this HowStuffWorks podcast.
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