Daily Archives: February 13, 2023

• You are rich!

  Posted on February 13, 2023 at 02:45 CST by Max Stul Oppenheimer • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 20.07 • 2023-02-13

  LEGAL BRIEF

  

  By Max Stul Oppenheimer, Esq.

  You may not realize that you have a valuable asset, one that companies are willing to pay big bucks for.

  Unfortunately (for you), to date those companies have paid the big bucks to someone else: $76 billion to Google in the last quarter of 2022, $31 billion to Amazon for advertising alone last year. Those companies (and others) are selling access to your personal information. There is nothing illegal about that — you willingly (although perhaps not purposely) provided them the information.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.07.0, 2023-02-13).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Legal Brief Artificial intelligence, Copyright, Legal, Newsletters, Trademark

• The Fastie Keyboard Silencer Pro+

  Posted on February 13, 2023 at 02:44 CST by Will Fastie • Comment in the Forums

  HARDWARE

  

  By Will Fastie

  Getting a quiet keyboard is easier than you think, especially with my new product concept.

  I type a lot. That’s what editors do. I also write code when I’m working on websites. I can’t escape the need for a good, comfortable keyboard.

  I also can’t escape the need for a quiet keyboard.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.07.0, 2023-02-13).

  Hardware hardware, keyboard, Keyboards, Newsletters, Quiet

• WeatherMate — The weather on your desktop, without ads

  Posted on February 13, 2023 at 02:43 CST by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

  FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT

  

  By Deanna McElveen

  Weather apps seem to follow a process in development.

  Step 1: Make a full-featured app.

  Step 2: Let people get hooked on it for a few years.

  Step 3: Ruin it by filling it with an obscene number of advertisements.

  But there is one app out there that is a breath of fresh air, mostly sunny with only a 10 percent chance of showers.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.07.0, 2023-02-13).

  Freeware Spotlight Deanna's Freeware Spotlight, Newsletters, Weather

• Which antivirus solution is the best?

  Posted on February 13, 2023 at 02:42 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  ON SECURITY

  

  By Susan Bradley

  Once upon a time, antivirus was the only thing that kept the attackers on the outside and protected your data on the inside.

  Even though antivirus is still an important item in your security toolkit, it is by no means the only means of protection. These days, I look to security programs that provide a balance between protection, information, minimal or no performance impact, and rare false positives. In the days when Microsoft still released major Windows service packs, your antivirus solution often meant the difference between a successful upgrade and one that was painful.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.07.0, 2023-02-13).

  On Security antivirus, Newsletters, Patch Lady Posts, security, Software