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Tech Sense by John Bell September 2022: Back to School!
Back to School 2022 School is about to start again, and for the first time in a long time we are expecting a more normal school year with...
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Beltsville News
- Aug 1
- 3 min
Tech Sense by John Bell August 2022: Finding Ebooks
Finding eBooks This month I am on vacation as I write the column. As a result, I will be revisiting a topic I last touched on in 2019 to...
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Beltsville News
- Jul 10
- 4 min
Tech Sense by John Bell July 2022: Upgrade
Upgrade This month I thought I would briefly cover a variety of topics, staring with updates you may want to consider for your home and...
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Beltsville News
- May 27
- 5 min
Tech Sense by John Bell June 2022: Computers and Cars
I have been writing this column for several years now and it is hard for me to believe that I have never written about computers and...
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Beltsville News
- May 6
- 4 min
Tech Sense by John Bell May 2022: World Password Day 2022
World Password Day 2022 World Password Day is on May 5th this year and is observed by updating your passwords and verifying your security...
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Beltsville News
- Mar 28
- 7 min
Tech Sense by John Bell April 2022: Q & A
Tech Sense Q&A Every now and then I get questions that I put aside and answer when I have room left in my column. I have accumulated a...
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Beltsville News
- Mar 1
- 4 min
Tech Sense: Pi Day March 14 By John Bell
Pi Day - March 14th Monday, March 14th is also known as Pi Day. Pi is of course the number that represents the ratio of a circle’s...
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Beltsville News
- Dec 31, 2021
- 4 min
Tech Sense: A Safer New Year By John Bell
A Safer New Year I believe that the New Year is a great time to improve your security posture, so with that in mind I have a few...
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Beltsville News
- Dec 1, 2021
- 4 min
Tech Sense: Holiday Shopping Ideas 2021 By John Bell
Another Holiday season and we are feeling the economic impacts of nearly two years of COVID. There are shortages of many popular...
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Beltsville News
- Nov 2, 2021
- 4 min
Tech Sense: Potpourri 2021 By John Bell
Potpourri 2021 This month I thought I might touch on several short topics before we go into the holiday season. Windows 11 Windows 11 was...
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Beltsville News
- Sep 26, 2021
- 3 min
Tech Sense: Wireless By John Bell
Wireless This month our topic is wireless technologies. We will try to briefly cover three wireless technologies that we find in our...
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Beltsville News
- Aug 31, 2021
- 4 min
Tech Sense: Back To School 2021 By John Bell
Back to School 2021 School starts again shortly, are you ready for the new reality? We are not certain where our students are going to...
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Beltsville News
- Jul 28, 2021
- 3 min
Tech Sense: Space 2021 By John Bell
Space 2021 A number of significant achievements have occurred in space technologies in the past couple of months and I thought I would...
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Beltsville News
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
Tech Sense: Chip Shortages By John Bell
Chip Shortages I thought for this month’s column it might be interesting to explore the chip shortage which is having an impact on...
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Beltsville News
- May 28, 2021
- 3 min
Tech Sense: Ransomware By John Bell
Ransomware I am writing this in May of 2021. As I drive down US 1 here in Beltsville the gasoline prices have all jumped from about $2.40...
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Beltsville News
- Apr 30, 2021
- 4 min
Tech Sense: Another World Password Day
Another World Password Day I have been writing this column for just over five years now and I have written five columns (one was in two...
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Beltsville News
- Mar 28, 2021
- 3 min
Tech Sense: The USB Port
The USB Port As I see it part of the purpose of this column is to give the readers insight into technology. This month I thought I would...
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Beltsville News
- Feb 25, 2021
- 4 min
Tech Sense: Pi Day March 14
Pi Day - March 14th March 14th is Pi Day. Pi is the number that represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. In...
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Beltsville News
- Jan 31, 2021
- 4 min
Tech Sense: How Search Engines Work By John Bell
How Search Engines Work Happy New Year! Welcome to 2021, hopefully a better year. Last week I was asked how search engines like Google or...
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Beltsville News
- Jan 1, 2021
- 4 min
Tech Sense: Free Gifts for the Privacy Minded By John Bell
Free Gifts for the Privacy Minded The holiday season is upon us as we work, play, shop, and go to school online. For many of us hours and...
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