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Dropbox has come under fire for not being as secure as we’ve perhaps been led to believe, but Secret Sync and Spider Oak promise more secure alternatives.
I sometimes find myself on public hotspots at a hotel or airport or what have you. And sometimes, the reason I’m online is because I have to pay a bill or do some other sort of business. I know that on an open network, I’m putting myself at risk and it always makes me really [...]
Is Hotspot Shield the solution to surfing on public wifi? »The most foolish things I’ve done in my life have been for neither love nor money, but simply for free ice cream. One spring, when I was about ten years old, in return for an ice cream cone, I swam out to the ice in Lake Champlain, only about 25 feet, but in water cold [...]
How does 'free' cloud our judgement »I occasionally think it would be fun to have “business” cards that are just for fun, but I don’t usually want to pay a lot. I recently saw a VistaPrint ad for 250 free business cards (affiliate link), so I wondered: Is Vistaprint really free? Answer: It’s not quite “free” in the end because you [...]
Is Vista Print legit? Read on »Some stuff is worth paying for. Some stuff isn’t. But some stuff is worth paying for and it’s free anyway! Here’s my favorite free applications.
The free software I would hate to live without. See the list »
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