Recent content by melanfred

You are right at the end of life for socket 1150 and DDR3. Get a socket 1151 Core I5, a Z170 motherboard and 8 GB of DDR4 ram.

I am using a VOIP service, and part of the features of this services that it allows you to block any particular phone number, and "RESTRICTED" as well. I get very few calls from telemarketers. Also my iphone allows blocking of any caller, so once someone calls, you never need to hear from them...

Someone didn't bother to read the article. it's "chip and sign" that's a risk. Europe uses chip and PIN. the FBI is be-moaning the fact that we haven't gone to PIN instead of signature. No bank is charging for a chip card. I have all of my cards now, and have 5 cards with chip, and paid nothing...

This device uses Displaylink Technology, which essentially compresses the video, sends it along the usb port, and the monitor de-compresses the video, and forms the display. Displaylink needs an active program that you load into your hd/ssd, and at the moment software only exists for Windows and...

I am using a Netgear A.C. powerline. From a security point of view, the devices can be paired, so you press a security button on one device and have a minute or two to press the security button on the second device. My device has N300 WiFi on it as well. These things are great, they give me 30...

I am using Windows 10, now. I have downloaded a free version of "Kodi" formerly XMBC. That has dvd playback, and is very nice. I used to like VLC but it comes with malware that's hard to get rid of.

I purchased a Netgear pair of Powerline + Access Point. This was a great solution. The Netgear boxes are small and unobtrusive, and I can get > 20 Mbps at the farthest reaches of my house. No problems with Roku, the signal is strong and consistent. Very little resetting needed,maybe once every 3...