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Android TV Series: Samba Services wants to track your viewing, and you can’t kill it
The latest instalment in life with an Android TV. The picture above says it all. Samba Services is an app on the TV that Sony uses to analyse what you’re viewing so that it could build a marketing profile for ad targeting. You can disable this service like most non-system services in the apps list,…
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Tracking Internet Data Usage – Advanced Tomato Style
A not oft discussed topic in router reviews (which are a dime for a dozen on the web) is how to see just how much data your household is consuming. Here I attempt to fill that gap by outlining the capabilities that my my router which is powered by Advanced Tomato provides. This is not…
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Fixed: Dell 4K Monitor Windows Resized and Moved on Wake-Up Windows 10
If you’re suffering from the problem where after you resume your PC from power saving mode (usually monitors in standby and screen locked), and windows get re-sized and re-positioned in the top left corner (or just where you didn’t put them), you may have found yourself reading Dell’s article http://www.dell.com/support/article/uk/en/ukbsdt1/sln295708/display-windows-move-resize-after-resuming-from-sleep-state?lang=en and wondering how resolution has anything…
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Android TV Review By an Actual User
Sony KD-55XE8596 You’re curious what this Android TV thing is and what’s in store for you if you wind up with an Android TV; Read on. You probably know that Android is the Ubiquitous mobile phone OS (Operating System) made by Google. It’s been adapted to fit TVs and some manufacturers are making TVs that…
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Certbot apache plugin missing
Could not choose appropriate plugin: The requested apache plugin does not appear to be installed Attempting to renew cert from /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/nucco.org.conf produced an unexpected error: The requested apache plugin does not appear to be installed. Skipping. When this happens, all you need to do is install “python-certbot-apache”.
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Migrate from one Gmail Account to Another, 2017 edition /1
Email and Contacts Migrating from your teenage Gmail account with the unprofessional, or hard to share email address to a new spiffy, professional email address is really easy, but scarcely documented. Here is how to do it. Sign in to your new Account, and go to Settings (the cog wheel): Then go to Accounts and…
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What Happens When you Block Ads on a Site with No ads?
Picture, worth a thousand words.
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USB3 Ethernet Adaptors Are OK
The Internet forums would have you believe that USB-based ethernet adaptors aren’t good enough if you’re performance conscious. I’m planning to deploy an Intel NUC mini-PC as a home router/firewall. NUCs only have one ethernet adaptor built in, but have USB3 ports. I naturally wanted to find out what performance I might be sacrificing if…