July 17 Lock and unlock your computer with a USB drive, secret-agent style

Lock and unlock your computer with a USB drive, secret-agent style  With Predator, you can turn your USB drive into a "key" that unlocks your computer when plugged in, and locks it when it's removed. if you prevent access to your computer with just a password, you are missing out on an alternate (and more secure) way to lock down your computer. Predator, a free Windows program, turns your USB drive into a key that locks your computer...

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July 17 Find your lost Android device with Android Device Manager

Find your lost Android device with Android Device Manager Find your lost or stolen Android device and remotely wipe your personal data with Google's new Android Device Manager Google announced last week that it would release a new locator feature for Android devices called Android Device Manager, which helps owners find their lost or stolen phones and tablets. It was supposed to roll out later this month, but...

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July 16 best free sites to learn programe

These four sites offer step-by-step tutorials that take very different approaches to programming instruction. One of them is perfect for your level of coding experience. Not so long ago, typing was for secretaries, journalists, and would-be authors. Now we're all tapping away at keyboards and screens from morning until night. The number of people who spend their workday coding continues to soar. In the...

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July 16 Print photos, docs, and more from your Android to any printer

Want to print from Android to old-fashioned paper? Quickly get started using Google Cloud Print If sending an email to your desktop is still your method of printing from your Android, now's the time that changes. Using Google Cloud Print, you can print just about anything from your Android phone or tablet to any printer, even if it's an older model. Cloud Print -- which is technically in beta, like many Google things -- works by processing...

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July 16 Share a hard drive with everyone on your Wi-Fi network

 Share a hard drive with everyone on your Wi-Fi network Take advantage of your router's USB port with a little trick that lets you share a hard drive with anyone on your Wi-Fi network.Cloud storage is expensive, but it's not the only way to share a bunch of files across many devices. Instead, you can use an external hard drive and your router to create networked storage accessible to anyone on your Wi-Fi network. When it's set up, any...

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