Author Archives: Ian Paul

Best VPN services: Reviews and buying advice

Choosing the right virtual private network (VPN) service is no simple task. A VPN should keep your internet usage private and secure, but not every service handles your data in the same way. Rest assured, we’ve done the legwork to determine if a … Continue reading

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Malwarebytes Privacy review: The foundation is there, the performance is not

Malwarebytes in brief:

P2P allowed: Yes
Business location: Santa Clara, California
Number of servers: 245+
Number of country locations: 31
Cost: $60 per year
VPN protocol: WireGuard
Data encryption: ChaCha20
Data authentication: Poly1305-AES
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Privacy.com review: Burner debit cards made easy

The internet can be a dangerous place for your debit card. When a phishing site isn’t enticing you to hand over your account info, credit card databases are getting hacked. Privacy.com from Pay With Privacy, Inc. offers a solution to these issues th… Continue reading

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Decoding CPU Reviews: A Beginner’s Guide to Processor Terms

CPU reviews are complicated. Before you even get to the performance benchmarks, you have to navigate a maze of terms, like silicon, die, package, IHS, and sTIM. That’s a lot of jargon with little explanation. We’ll define the key parts of a… Continue reading

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Sophos Home Premium review: Go remote and save money

Sophos is a well-known enterprise security company that began serving home users a little over two years ago. Leaning into the company’s strengths, Sophos introduced an “enterprise liteâ€� service for home users. Instead of the usual desktop sui… Continue reading

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Use Vimium to Browse with the Keyboard in Chrome and Firefox

The mouse is a great invention, but don’t sell the keyboard short—even for web browsing. Thanks to a very effective browser add-on called Vimium, you can browse the web without ever touching your mouse.Read This Article on How-To Geek ›… Continue reading

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McAfee Total Protection review: A good antivirus solution with room for improvement

McAfee is a longtime name in the world of PC security, and these days it offers three security products to consumers: McAfee Total Protection, Gamer Security (a suite specific to gamers), and LiveSafe—the latter provides protection for unlimited d… Continue reading

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Intel’s 10th Gen CPUs: What’s New, and Why It Matters

Intel rose to AMD’s Ryzen 3000 challenge with its recent announcement of new 10th generation desktop processors. Dubbed Comet Lake-S, these CPUs bring a slew of improvements and a few surprising new features. Here’s what’s so great about them, a… Continue reading

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10 Quick Steps to Increase PC Performance

We live in the future. Your living room speaker turns on the coffee pot, a robot vacuums the house, and the thermostat knows when you get home. But even in this amazing era of automation, your PC still needs some manual help when it slows down.Read Thi… Continue reading

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What Is a “Surveillance” or “NAS” Hard Drive?

Capacity isn’t the only thing that differentiates one hard drive from another. Yes, they’re all spinning platters that use magnetic storage to save data. However, some are marketed as “Surveillance” or “NAS” drives. … Continue reading

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