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From old devices to new ideas, from digital change to everyday life: We write about what moves us – with heart, humor and attitude.
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Sven Krumrey
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Our most recent posts:
- A few days ago, a story first took common IT portals by storm and then spread to big media outlets like wildfire: 1.2 billion email account credentials had supposedly been offered for sale at ridiculously low prices. The focus was on Russian users but it5 min read
- Today, we're getting seriously technical as we are touching one of the holy cornerstones of Windows: The Windows Registry is one of the most delicate (and convoluted) parts of Windows. What it does: Acting as a central repository that stores and provides6 min read
- I like Youtube. Aside from a few ads, you're presented with a wealth of information, music and funny videos. Next to the professional clips you also find a lot of home-made videos since Youtube is also powered by the community. I'd like you present some o8 min read
- The article about XIAOMI RedMi Note 2 had sparked my interest. A high-end cellphone for €150 was nice but was there a cheaper alternative? Not everyone needs the full capabilities of such a device. That's why I started looking through heaps of reviews on7 min read
- Whenever I see my friend Frank kneel in front of his stereo system there's something cultish in the air. He demands absolute silence and concentration when he plays one of his songs. For hours, he can talk about speaker cables, capacitors and image widths6 min read
- PUP - sounds cute but has the potential to seriously bug you. This acronym stands for potentially unwanted programs of which there are many that would like to infest your PC. What was once an issue only with smaller companies, flimsy freeware or disreputa6 min read
- An illness had struck me down for more than week. What would have been described as "hitting a moderately rough patch" by my grandma kept me up at night. Restless like a dying sparrow, I tossed and turned sleeplessly in bed until I finally tumbled into th6 min read
- Spending your vacation at home always involves some degree of coziness. Same with me, after a day on the road we decided to ease it out on the sofa with a "fine" movie. We didn't narrow it down further and that's when the problems began. In the past, you5 min read
- Online storage in the form of cloud services is very handy, millions of users upload their files to external servers to render them supposedly "always available and 100% secure". But is there a catch and what are the risks?7 min read
- Tech zealots have been trembling in awe for a while when uttering these to words: 4K and Ultra-HD. You may have heard that this is a new standard for TVs and computer displays. Read on to learn what the fuss is all about and whether you should jump on the6 min read
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