Computer and technology questions and answers from Andy Kaiser
The below press release was sent to me by Verizon Wireless. If you’re interested in smartphones, you’ll be interested. If you’re interested in open-source operating systems like “Android”, or just what looks to be an extremely cool new cellphone, check it out.
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Question:
My question is regarding cell phones and their associated chargers.
Just for the sake of argument, let’s assume I leave my cell phone on the charger for 12 hours every day. And every day it only takes 3 hours to charge the battery in the cell phone. Am I doing anything long term that will shorten the life of the cell phone battery or the cell phone itself?
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Question:
I am converting music (my old “Dixieland” jazz band) from cassette tape to cd using Audacity 1.2.6. It is going well until I burn the exported wav file using Express Burn Plus 4.26.
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According to this Computerworld article, wireless WPA encryption using TKIP has been cracked.
Continue reading ‘TKIP wireless encryption has been cracked. Use WPA2 AES encryption instead.’ »
The below is a portion of a press release from Verizon about a new offering: the Verizon Wireless Smartphone Resource Center. One problem with smartphones is that, unless you’re a big tech geek, the devices are hard to figure out. Heck, they’re hard to figure out for the geeks sometimes, too. Hopefully, resources like this will give users access to smartphone tech support that’s better than just a level one support center (which handles simple requests, but often can’t provide phone-specific help).
