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Note-taking apps come in many forms and capabilities. The best versions let you access your stored notes on whatever device you currently have at hand. But the most important feature in a note-taker is to let you add, clip, and store — and later find — random bits of information quickly and easily.
Read MoreLike a lot of other people, I get much of my news from Facebook and Twitter. Sure, those aren’t the best sources, but it is today’s reality. If as I do, you believe that truth and accuracy are important, the ability to separate real information from satire or propaganda is a critical skill — especially in an election year. It’s also important that we discourage “information” that’s simply designed to acquire website “clicks.”
Read MoreA recent failure of Windows 10’s power menus is eventually traced to an incompatible shell extension. Also: AV-Comparatives posts its latest report on 19 popular anti-malware applications — but not Malwarebytes.
Read MoreThis unofficial hack can give you full administrator access to Windows, even if a PC’s accounts and passwords are mangled, unknown, or blocked. It involves a new way to take advantage of an ancient security vulnerability (dating to Windows 95!) that lets you trick the OS into opening a system-level command environment.
Read MoreThe move to the Windows 10 Anniversary Update is confusing — and still problematic for some. Also: Watch out for a limited roll-back window with Win10 1607, and XP users lose support for a popular cloud-storage service.
Read MoreIn my Aug. 4 Field Notes column, I stated that it was good that the Windows 10 Anniversary Update was rolling out over several weeks. Based on feedback from readers in the Windows Secrets Lounge, the update went well for some but certainly not all. If you like the latest thing, upgrading to Win10 1607 right now might be a case of “Be careful what you wish for.”
Read MoreA recent reader letter lamented the accidental deletion of a critical PC partition. The event rendered the machine unbootable. It’s easy to get confused about Windows partition types. Here’s a refresher.
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