TechByter Worldwide 2023-11-10: Keeping A Computer Up To Date. Short Circuits. Twenty Years Ago. Twenty Years Ago.

TechByter Worldwide (formerly Technology Corner) with Bill Blinn

Development cycles for large applications once were frequently 18 months. Now it’s a rare day that we don’t receive a bug fix, security update, or feature release for at least one application. Keeping up is a challenge. In Short Circuits: Heat is the enemy of electronic devices and notebook computers are highly vulnerable. I recently added a device that places cooling fans below my primary notebook computer and it helps even more than expected. • I’ve been seeing articles about how to get Microsoft 365 for free. Although some of the suggestions will be successful, most of them seem like just too much work. Twenty Years Ago (only on the website): AOL, in my estimation, did something right in 2003. What I offered was kind of a back-handed compliment, though.