We wouldn’t be enjoying our gadgets and apps without these amazing innovators. This list of dreamers and scientists include a “godfather”, a “father” and two women, who, along with the rest of these high achievers, have helped shape our modern, digital, connected world.via Black Tech inventors Who Shaped the Modern World.
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In 1926, Dr. Woodson initiated the celebration of Negro History Week, which corresponded with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. In 1976, this celebration was expanded to include the entire month of February, and today Black History Month garners support throughout the country as people of all ethnic and social backgrounds discuss the black experience.
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Windows 7 won’t be receiving any new features or product tweaks, such as the impressing-sounding DirectX 12 gaming technology slated to launch with Windows 10. You won’t be able to call Microsoft for free help if you run into an issue with Windows 7 either. Once a Windows desktop operating system leaves mainstream support, it enters the extended support phase—the very same support phase that Windows XP found itself in from early 2009 until its death earlier this year. via Windows 7 exits mainstream support: What you need to know | PCWorld.– ### –
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How many of us vowed last year that we would not get caught again without Anti-virus protection?! If you haven’t already, now is the time to make it your mission to get that show on the road. Below you will find a link to free anti-virus software suggestions. In addition there are reviews of various anti-virus products you can select for your personal needs. No more excuses. Don’t get caught without this type of protection. Save yourself from this nightmare. Continue reading
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas from where I sit, and some of you may still be wondering what you should buy for your friends and family. I searched around for some ideas and listed below are links to some good choices.
Ratings: Check out this link before you buy Apps for children, it gives you the Best rated, and what’s not recommended for kids.via Best Holiday Apps. Continue reading
♦ It’s a challenge just keeping up with all the new things happening with technology. Therefore, my mission is to bring those technews items that could be useful not only for BabyBoomers, but interesting for those who have a Smartphone, tablet, or curiosity in ‘what’s happening with tech’ :). Continue reading
OK folks, by now we should all be AntiVirus Savvy. That is to say, each of us should have put a layer of protection on our computers and mobile devices. Yes! Do get AntiVirus software/Apps for your laptops, desktops, mobile phones, and tablets. This Post recommends places where you can go to get FREE Antivirus Help! Continue reading
It seems that it was not so long ago that preparing our grade school children, high school teenagers, and college bound students for back to school items consisted of purchasing new clothing, books, pencils, crayons etc. Maybe we knew more recently about laptops, or desktop computers; however, there is a whole new world out there when it comes to understanding what to buy for your students, and yourselves :). That’s why Tech4Boomers searched around for some suggestions that you could review if you are still deciding what to do, and what to buy. Continue reading
Let’s face it. We all keep fighting the good fight, but every time we hear a news story about ‘HaCkErS‘ a shudder runs through our brains. And moreover, we wonder whether we, or the companies have any control over our security ONLINE. After all, we can have super passwords and usernames, but if the companies where we use those keys to get access to our information are not well-prepared to protect us, what are we to do? Continue reading
Every now and then Tech4Boomers likes to take a break from presenting just one aspect of technology. Everywhere we look today we glimpse, and hear of, a new idea: Microsoft Word, new Apps, and various ways to protect ourselves on-line are constantly being created. This makes it very hard to keep up-to-date. This post brings some things, which we think could be useful to know. Continue reading
