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Fraudbusters – How victims of large online scams can get their money back if the banks refuse compensation When the customers of banks and other financial sites have been conned into providing login information and access codes supplied by a machine in their possession or via a phone and suffer financial loss, they can be…
New UK data-protection law requires online users’ permission to track them and collect their private information EU/UK “General Data Protection Regulation” (GDPR) data-protection law The UK is still officially in the EU, therefore the new EU “General Data Protection Regulation” (GDPR) data-protection law becomes official across the EU on Friday, May 25, 2018. The new…
The two faces of Google’s YouTube – Google’s discrimination against non-liberal content It looks as if telling the truth about anything has almost been made into right-wing hate crime on social media and Google’s YouTube. Google, Facebook, Twitter and other social media now clearly regard themselves as having a divine right to determine what people…
AMD Ryzen 2 (5 and 7) processors and Ryzen CPUs with built-in Radeon Vega graphics – the best PC gaming and workstation solutions In January 2018, AMD announced the imminent arrival of the second generation of its Intel-beating Ryzen processors called Ryzen 2. Without a doubt, AMD has made a remarkable transition from trailing Intel…
If the Opera VPN is enabled, Google displays Russian-language content in Google ads on websites and on Google’s YouTube The Opera web browser provides a connection to a free VPN (Virtual Private Network). The image above shows the home page of Google’s YouTube site displaying Russian-language content. You can see Opera’s VPN icon in white…
Switch to free Linux Mint to enjoy a fast, secure operating system that has all of the free software that most users need A Linux distro that works out of the box During my investigations into computer problems, I came across reviews recommending the Linux Mint operating system (Wikipedia page) as a Linux distro that…
The myth of Naomi Wolf: She is not the CEO of a tech company as she claims in a Sunday Times article These radical feminists are mostly falsifying nut cases and/or have jumped on to the feminist bandwagon in order to obtain fame and fortune, in my experience. Here is what Naomi Wolf, feminist author…
Opera, a fast, secure, easy-to-use web browser that provides a free VPN and ad blocker “Try the Opera browser – now with a built-in ad blocker, battery saver and free VPN” Opera download – http://www.opera.com Free anything on the web usually means using captured web-browsing data for marketing purposes. At present, the free Virtual Private…
Have a look at these excellent bargain Win10 devices – laptop, tablet and phone Win10 devices – Laptop – Fusion5 Windows 10 10.6-inch full HD laptop computer lapbook January 2018: The light, slim Fusion5 T50 lapbook laptop comes in two versions, both Win10 devices – 10.6-inch (£150) and 14.1-inch (£215) models that provide a 1920×1080…
Intel vs AMD processors – 8th generation Intel Core Coffee Lake vs AMD Ryzen processors (CPUs) Intel vs AMD – The AMD Ryzen CPU ranges 2017 saw the usual Intel vs AMD situation reverse. AMD recaptured the lead from Intel in the high-end desktop-PC processor market with its Ryzen range of CPUs that employ the…
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