Google suffered major service outage last week, knocking out Nest home automation services for some. Maine governor signs strict Internet privacy-protection bill. Microsoft pulls a massive facial recognition database from the Internet. A city in Idaho gets Internet service for free (almost). A caller experiences a "blue screen" error message on his eight-year-old computer that prevents Windows from starting properly. We help with recommendations for a new computer: at least an Intel i5 Processor (with 2-4 processor "cores"), 8-16 gigabytes of RAM, and a solid state or hybrid hard drive. Plus, we give information on how to safely dispose of a computer and hard drive while keeping your personal information safe. A listener receives a fake pop-up message on his computer pretending to be from Microsoft saying that his computer is infected with a "virus." We provide tips on how to deal with and avoid this fraud. Toyota is accelerating development of its full electric vehicle program.
A caller asks if there is a way to access his data from Quickbooks from a remote location. We help a user troubleshoot slow wireless performance with his cable provider. Norway's love of electric vehicles may force big upgrades to the nation's electric grid. A Lenovo Yoga user has problems with a "shaking" display screen and unresponsive touchpad. A Mozilla Firefox user has problems with pictures displaying properly on web pages as he surfs the Internet. A Mac user seeks advice in setting up OpenDNS in a "virtual" machine for Windows. A Windows 7 user with very limited disk space wonders why his computer is slow to start up. We also give tips on how to clean up unnecessary files from the computer.
