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    Tech Sense by John Bell June 2022: Computers and Cars
    Beltsville News
    • 17 hours ago
    • 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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    Tech Sense by John Bell May 2022: World Password Day 2022
    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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    Tech Sense by John Bell April 2022: Q & A
    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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    Tech Sense: Pi Day March 14 By John Bell
    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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    Tech Sense: A Safer New Year By John Bell
    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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    Tech Sense: Holiday Shopping Ideas 2021 By John Bell
    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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    Tech Sense: 	Potpourri 2021 By John Bell
    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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    Tech Sense: Wireless By John Bell
    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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    Tech Sense: Back To School 2021 By John Bell
    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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    Tech Sense: Space 2021 By John Bell
    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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    Tech Sense: 	Chip Shortages By John Bell
    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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    Tech Sense: Ransomware By John Bell
    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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    Tech Sense: Another World Password Day
    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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    Tech Sense: The USB Port
    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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    Tech Sense: Pi Day March 14
    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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    Tech Sense: How Search Engines Work By John Bell
    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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    Tech Sense: 	Free Gifts for the Privacy Minded By John Bell
    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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    Tech Sense: Holiday Shopping Guide 2020 by John Bell
    Beltsville News
    • Nov 25, 2020
    • 4 min

    Tech Sense: Holiday Shopping Guide 2020 by John Bell

    Holiday Shopping Ideas 2020 It's November again and time to prepare for holiday shopping. It seems that many companies are running “Black...
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    Tech Sense: Phone Phishing by John Bell
    Beltsville News
    • Nov 2, 2020
    • 4 min

    Tech Sense: Phone Phishing by John Bell

    Phone Phishing From last month, phishing is a means to try and fraudulently collect money or valuable information from a person using...
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    Tech Sense: Phishing Attacks by John Bell
    Beltsville News
    • Sep 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    Tech Sense: Phishing Attacks by John Bell

    Phishing Attacks Continuing our series on security and privacy protection this month, we look at phishing. Phishing is a form of social...
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