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Growing up, one of my mom’s biggest pet peeves was pulling together a grocery list, doing the week’s shopping, getting all the way home and realizing something was forgotten. Trying to get everyone to focus and add what they want to the grocery list is almost impossible. The text that said “Can you pick up …

Windows 10 has been around for five years, but it’s only now that Microsoft’s support for Windows 7 is dead and gone that the question arises: How long will Windows 10 last before Microsoft replaces it? Will we see a Windows 11 at some point?  Luckily, we know the answer. Microsoft has a long-established Fixed Lifecycle Policy for many of …

With the end of support for Windows 7 coming in January, many users are looking to update to Windows 10 to continue getting security updates and support from Microsoft. According to a Tuesday report from security firm Trustwave, attackers are well aware of this and are targeting Microsoft users with fake Windows update emails that will infect computers with ransomware …

Google has a new feature to help you learn to pronounce those words you read all the time but have no idea how to say. The feature announced Thursday will even show you an image representing the word so you know what it is or means, and help you practice how to say it. “We’re helping people pronounce tricky words …

MacOS Catalina is here, and with the update comes the transition from 32-bit apps to 64-bit apps. Overall, this is a good thing because it means that apps will run faster and access more memory. The move to exclusively using 64-bit apps in MacOS Catalina has been in the works for years, and Apple has been helping developers transition their …

Rounding up some of the best budget 3D printers, I learned a lot about the art and science of printing. It’s not as simple as loading a 3D file, hitting print and sitting back, although the extra steps and follow-up work involved is well worth it if you want to create eye-catching stuff.  These are some of the big beginner …

Google Docs is a well-rounded word processor that makes it easy to collaborate on work with fellow classmates or coworkers. Docs also keeps your work backed up, safely stored in your Google account. And as Engadget’s Cherlynn Low recently tweeted, you can even use it to sign documents. This is more of a workaround than an officially supported feature in Google …

Anyone making less than $66,000 a year can file their taxes for free. Oftentimes, that’s easier said than done. Intuit, which makes TurboTax, makes it difficult for people to find the free option, according to ProPublica. Instead, searches on terms such as “irs free file taxes” steer potential tax filers to for-pay versions of its service, according to the publication.  Intuit, …

It was a pretty typical weekend project: My daughter’s graduation party was coming up, so I wanted to put together a photo slideshow. Of course, like most parents, my wife and I had years’ worth of photos trapped on our iPhones. How could we quickly and easily move them to a laptop and into a slideshow-builder? It proved a surprisingly …

The US wireless market is more competitive than ever, which is great news for consumers who have lots of choices when it comes choosing a service provider. But one barrier still exists when trying to switch carriers: the locked smartphone. The end of wireless contracts marked a watershed trend for consumers because it finally opened the door for them to …