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Melanie Pinola
Member since: October 2012
Follow Melanie on Google+Melanie Pinola is a freelance writer covering all things tech-related. A former IT admin and occasional web developer, she is also a Lifehacker editor, PCWorld contributor, and the Guide to Mobile Office Tech at About.com.
Areas of Interest: Cloud Computing, Hardware, Mobile, Networking, Software, Virtualization
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90% of passwords are vulnerable to hacking, according to risk-management firm Deloitte. Is yours one of them?
1 day 10 hours ago
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Connect these online storage options to Microsoft Office as alternatives to SkyDrive
2 days 15 hours ago
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Need to quickly mount an ISO file in Windows 7 or earlier? Here's a tool from Microsoft
6 days 9 hours ago
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Melanie Pinola wrote The companies that protect your data from the government (and the ones that don't) Twitter, Google, and Microsoft: Good. Apple, Verizon, and Yahoo: Bad.
1 week 13 hours ago
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Google's know-what-you-want-before-you-search-for-it app is finally on iOS
1 week 2 days ago
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Google Drive is finally rolling out automatic offline access. Here's how to enable it.
1 week 5 days ago
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You can learn almost anything with these free audio and video courses
2 weeks 13 hours ago
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Do you know what you're signing off to when you agree to a site's privacy policy?
2 weeks 1 day ago
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CrashPlan is one of the best services for unlimited online backup, which makes this freebie hard to pass up
2 weeks 2 days ago
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Microsoft left out Hibernate from the power options, but you can add it back
2 weeks 6 days ago
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Thousands of WordPress blogs have been compromised so far. Don't let that happen to yours.
3 weeks 1 day ago
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Melanie Pinola wrote Microsoft to Windows 7 users: Uninstall a security update from this week's Patch Tuesday One of the latest security updates is causing fatal system errors, so you should block it
3 weeks 5 days ago
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Shodan is basically "Google for hackers," exposing all the devices connected to the internet
4 weeks 11 hours ago
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Microsoft has begun the countdown to ending support for these old versions of Windows and Office
4 weeks 2 days ago
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Troubleshooting secret codes for Samsung, HTC, Motorola, and other devices
4 weeks 5 days ago
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A workaround from Microsoft reconnects Google Calendar and Windows 8
4 weeks 6 days ago
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It's one of the best new features in Windows 8, but you have to turn it on
5 weeks 1 day ago
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The Google Reader replacement is faster, has a more compact view, and highlights your "must reads"
5 weeks 2 days ago
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Hands-free reading built into the iPhone and iPad
6 weeks 5 days ago
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CISPA, in a word, sucks. This list of agencies that can get your personally identifiable information under this bill is deeply concerning.
6 weeks 6 days ago
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Melanie Pinola wrote Too many tabs? This brilliant Chrome extension consolidates them into one, saving up to 95% of memory Perfect for tab junkies!
7 weeks 1 day ago
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Days after disappointing us with news Google Reader is being shut down, a new note-taking app, Google Keep, has surfaced. But we've seen this story before. Remember Google Notebook, sunset a few years ago?
7 weeks 2 days ago
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This one site helps you remove your account or public profile on most popular websites
8 weeks 12 hours ago
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Data brokers collect your personal information and post it in public profiles. Here's how to get it removed--either on your own or via a service.
8 weeks 2 days ago
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What's the point?
8 weeks 5 days ago
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