March was ‘Show and Tell’. It seems that David Wilkinson has been into home theater technology for some time. He brought in several Raspberry Pi-based setups. These devices run Kodi, software to create a media center computer on various devices. It was not possible to demonstrate Kodi without a … [Read more...]
An Anti-Consumer Agenda at the F.C.C.
We are fast approaching the nightmare scenario of an F.C.C. run by the major Internet service providers like Verizon and Comcast. Read the story... … [Read more...]
February 16th: Single Board Computer Workshop
Our January agenda was to discuss what form the workshop would take for the coming year. After some discussion, we decided: We will pursue individual projects rather than a common group project. Members would present their projects whenever that seemed like a good thing to do based on … [Read more...]
Highly Effective Gmail Phishing Attack Even You Could Fall For
Read this post from the WordFence people about a phishing attach to which even you, a sophisticated technically advanced user, can easily fall victim. The phishing email is crafted to look like something your friend might have just sent you. This attack is really quite clever. The attackers have not … [Read more...]
The Coolest Hacks Of 2016
Some of these hacks are predictable - the car hack guys up the ante on hacking Jeeps - but some are just, well, cool! Listen to an archived episode from Dard Radio... … [Read more...]
Five New Year Resolutions to Simplify Your Tech Life
Resolution #1 is to clean up your passwords. I use RoboForm, others prefer LastPass or 1Password. After you read this article in the NY Times, you should also read what @JohnPatrick has to say on the password resolution. Read on... … [Read more...]
Single Board Computer Workshop
We missed the planned November meeting (entirely my fault) so January will be devoted to planning out the new year. What boards do we want to target? Should we discuss individual projects? Should we have a group project that we can all do together? A possible group project might be a Raspberry … [Read more...]
Remove Preinstalled Windows 10 Apps Using Windows 10 App Remover
Here is another method to remove Windows 10 preinstalled apps. Read on... Related content: How To Uninstall Default Apps In Windows 10 … [Read more...]
A Ton of Popular Netgear Routers Are Exposed—With No Easy Fix
The vulnerability here is trivial to exploit, so easy in fact that you can easily test to see if your router is vulnerable with a simple URL. While a Netgear has released a tentative patch, this is so serious that the recommendation is to "pull the plug". There is a work-around that is easy to … [Read more...]
How To Uninstall Default Apps In Windows 10
We have all been victim to finding our new PC bloated with so-called trial software more often called "crapware". Generally speaking these are easy to remove using the "Programs and Features" applet in Control Panel. On the other hand, "Modern" or "Metro" apps can be another story. Even from a clean … [Read more...]
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