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Worried about losing Windows XP security updates after April 7th? MalwareBytes commits to continue antivirus support for Windows XP, if you purchase the Pro version (which I think is still $25) .
Ed Rudel
Malwarebytes commits to lifetime support for XP users
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Tim Thewes, GM at Microsoft’s flagship store in Troy’s Somerset Collection announced a $100 offer to Win XP owners willing to switch to another platform.Make your way to the Microsoft Store in Troy for your deal. Remember, this is good when you upgrade to any device with Win 8.1 from any manufacturer and includes free data transfer.
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The snow is starting to melt and everyone wants to start spring cleaning, no? If you are a small business owner, spring is a GREAT time to clean up your social media profiles – just in time for the busy summer and fall seasons.
So what’s a small business owner to do? Our experts at Hay There Social Media are here with Nine Tips to Spring Clean Your Social Media Profiles. Tidy up Twitter, freshen up Facebook and polish your Pinterest:
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By Tom Warren @tomwarren The Verge
Microsoft is currently working on an “Update 1” for Windows 8.1, but the company has bigger plans for the future of Windows as part of a “Threshold” wave of updates. Windows watcher Paul Thurrott reports that the company’s Threshold plans will involve a release of Windows 9 around April 2015. Microsoft will allegedly unveil its vision for Windows 9 at the company’s Build 2014 developer conference in April, with a release planned for a year later.
Geek Vs Geek: Debating Digital Credit Cards, Channel Master, and More
Watch eHow Tech experts, Dave Johnson and Rick Broida, argue about all things geek, hosted by stand up comedian, Helen Hong. Helen Hong is a comedian, actor and host. She plays “Janet Fung” in the Coen Brothers film, “Inside Llewyn Davis,” and is featured in the Showtime documentary, “Why We Laugh: Funny Women.” Follow her on Twitter: @funnyhelenhong. Dave Johnson is the Editorial Director of eHow Tech, and Rick Broida writes the Cheapskate blog at CNET. This month’s episode: Debating digital credit cards like the new Coin, casting a verdict on the Channel Master digital video recorder, and desert island tech items.
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HBO Go has long been viewed as a trailblazer in traditional television’s move to offer premium video online, but Sunday night it got tripped up just as badly as the other guys.
A week after ABC and Aereo’s separate live streams of the Oscars were plagued by buffering and errors, demand for the finale of HBO’s “True Detective” series grew so heavy that HBO Go began to fail.
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Zack Whittaker for Between the Lines |
Apple has released iOS 7.1, the latest iterative version of its mobile software for its smartphones and tablets.
The software was made available for download on Monday, a week shy of six months after a radically redesigned iOS 7 was released.
The latest software version is compatible with iPhone 4 and later, iPad 2 and later, and iPod touch (5th generation) devices.
Users of iOS 7 and older versions can upgrade compatible devices over-the-air by navigating to “Software Update” in the “General” section of the device’s settings.
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As we mentioned during our March 8, 2014 show, GoFundMe is just one of a number of sites that offer you the opportunity to raise money for a cause, project or goal. This is not meant as a promotion for any of the sites here including GoFundMe but as a first step in your process of due diligence. From this point on it’s all about what you find to be true about each organization. Good Hunting!
GoFundMe.com is a crowdfunding website which says they offer anyone the ability to create their own donation page as a safe, legit way to collect donations for life events, projects, and special causes.
To get started with GoFundMe.com, you simply need to create your donation page to tell the story of what you are collecting money for and why, then share it with your friends and family to start collecting donations.
The page you create will have all the tools necessary to collect donations from either debit or credit cards, and you will be able to track visits to your page and review donor information.
You can crowfund through this website in three different ways. First, if you are collecting money for a charity, you can select Charity Fundraising and the donations received by your site will automatically be deducted on a monthly basis and sent to the charity. More
This site compares GoFundMe to other sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo etc.
This is the user review page from the GoFundMe site.