| The Canadian postal service was established in 1755 by Ben Franklin—who opened the first official Canadian post office in Halifax, Nova Scotia as Deputy Postmaster General for the British Colonies.  | |
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 Plex Media Servers are great for storing and accessing all your movies, tv shows, and other media. Unfortunately, Plex Server hardware can be expensive, electricity intensive, or both. To reduce both bills, use a Raspberry Pi for a Plex Server. Read More »
|  It’s the year 2019, and everyone willingly carries a tracking device in their pockets. People can have their precise locations tracked in real time by the government, advertising companies, and even rogue bounty hunters. It sounds like dystopian fiction—but it’s a reality. Read More »
|  Hidden in every user profile is a file named NTUSER.DAT. This file contains the settings and preferences for each user, so you shouldn't delete it and probably shouldn't edit it. Windows automatically loads, changes, and saves the file for you. Read More »
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PSA: Nintendo is Closing the Wii Shop Channel on January 30th
 I remember when the Wii first came out—such a killer and innovative (for the time) console. But all good things must come to an end, and its time is coming as Nintendo slowly shuts down services on the aging platform. Read More »
Microsoft is Ending Windows 10 Mobile Support on December 10th, 2019
 Windows 10 Mobile support is coming to an end in December. Microsoft stopped developing features for the Mobile OS in 2017, but with this news, all updates come to an end, marking a final death to a once-promising mobile OS. Read More »
Cortana Pulls an About Face, Opts to Integrate with Alexa and Google Assistant Instead
 Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant has struggled to stay relevant, and it looks like it’s reached its last brick wall. Cortana will no longer compete with other voice assistants, but will instead be available as an Alexa Skill, as well as work with Google Assistant at some point. Read More »
A Vulnerability in ES File Explorer Exposes All of Your Files to Anyone on the Same Network
 For the longest time, ES File Explorer was the de facto file manager on Android. As time has gone on, however, it’s proven to be less trustworthy. A recent vulnerability reminds us why there are better choices now. Read More »
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