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Forty years ago, a test call was made using a prototype of the first fully-portable commercial cell phone: A Motorola DynaTAC 8000X . A full charge took roughly 10 hours and yielded 30 minutes of talk time (no data, of course). When it went on sale, it cost $3,995; equivalent to almost $10,000 today. (More…
This week’s new AskWoody Plus newsletter is out; and for a while, you can read it for free, here. Here’s what’s inside issue 16.12.0 / 2019-04-01: WOODY’S WINDOWS WATCH: What to tell friends who use Windows 7 Windows 7 is leaving Microsoft’s mortal plane next January. There’s no reason to fear its “official” demise — but every reason…
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The folks over at Arstechnica found a very short (just 61 sec!), never-before-seen-by-the-public, video of SpaceX’s most visually-spectacular moments from 2018. This is different from SpaceX’s live and streaming videos. They’re awfully good, but are usually shown at reduced resolution; and often show some artifacting. But this video is apparently direct from higher-resolution source files,…
Maybe — but probably not. It depends on how you set things up. Most web/cloud-based email services (not just Yahoo) live almost entirely on their host servers, not on your PC. In a typical default setup, your browser accesses your web/cloud-based email and displays it locally (on your PC); but at most, only temporary scratchpad…
I had same question when Win10 first appeared, so I carefully benchmarked Win10 vs Win8.1 and Win7, on identical systems, in both upgrade and clean-install versions. I wrote a full feature article about it. You can read it here: https://langa.com/?p=2366 Want the short form? In these real-life tests with identical hardware, Win10 was actually slightly…
The column reprinted below was originally published in the August 6, 2015, Windows Secrets newsletter. Today, it supplements a new column, posted today, here: https://langa.com/?p=2460 (I’m reprinting selected Windows Secrets columns here to help ensure readers can find and access information I’m referencing in new columns; until older Windows Secrets/LangaList columns are moved to their…
You usually can delete them, carefully. Sometimes, leftover files are just sloppy programming — the app’s uninstall routine doesn’t target and remove everything that the app added to the system. D’oh! Sometimes, the files are left in anticipation of future need. For example, if an app requires a somewhat uncommon Windows component, that component may…
This week’s new AskWoody Plus newsletter is out; and for a while, you can read it for free, here. Here’s what’s inside issue 16.11.0 / 2019-03-25: LANGALIST: Win8/10’s secure-boot process still causing trouble: Here’s what to do when Windows’ complex boot-time security enhancements prevent you from using legitimate repair, recovery, and backup tools. Plus: No joke — check your…
The column reprinted below was originally published in the December 11, 2014, Windows Secrets newsletter. Today, it supplements a new LangaList column scheduled for the March 25, 2019, AskWoody Plus Newsletter. Click on over for a look! (I’m reprinting selected Windows Secrets columns here to help ensure readers can find and access information that I’m…