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Save Your Gadgets From Water Damage

If you’ve ever dropped your cell phone in water or had it slip out of your pocket on a water ride at an amusement park you’ll appreciate this tip from Lifehacker.com
Dry out your soaked gadgets in rice

Staples Caught Selling PCs with Old Customer Data

Please remember before you return a computer or recycle a computer to format the hard drive.   Leaving behind personal information could lead to identity theft.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/staples_caught_selling_pcs_old_customer_data

What Should I Do with My Phone Before I Sell It?

What Should I Do with My Phone Before I Sell It? There are some very important things that you have to do if you want to be secure and protect your privacy. Lifehacker.com lays it all out and tells you the steps you need to take.

http://lifehac.kr/l1mepy

50 Free Apps We’re Most Thankful For

Do you like free stuff?  Yeah we all do – lifehacker.com has a  great list of all of the free applications they love the most.  With this list who needs to waste a bunch of money on overpriced software.
http://lifehac.kr/m5ZQCK

Lock Down Your Computer Like the NSA

Surprisingly well written PDF guides by the NSA.  Get your system secure with a little help from Uncle Sam.   http://lifehac.kr/mgJmRC

Would You Pay $20/Month for Google’s Chrome Laptop?

I think we all would be surprise how many people would.
http://bit.ly/ilUHGz

iPhones Secretly Track Your Every Move, Researchers Say

Interesting and scary.
http://huff.to/hQEJE1

Spring Cleaning for Your Computer: Evacuate PC Dust Bunnies

It’s time to tell that family of dust bunnies living in your computer,  Hasta La Vista!  You can follow these tips from Lifehacker http://lifehac.kr/esAoNc or give us a call if you need some help.

Why sometimes free is better

Gizmodo put out its ultimate Antivirus guide and once again the free program that we’ve been touting, Microsoft Security Essentials was ranked better than programs costing $50 or more.    Read through the article and see if you need to make antivirus change.
http://gizmo.do/g9zzfb

Spring Cleaning – $70

Get one machine cleaned up for the spring, only $70!
This cleanup includes:
* Deletion of junk files, temp files and log files stored by Windows.
* Registry cleanup & optimization.
* Install all needed Windows [...]