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					<description><![CDATA[By Barry Mishkind [May 2026] You may never look at a USB thumb drive or cable the same way after reading this. What was just a precaution that seemed like overkill now may be a warning we need to know. See how this all progressed. USB devices are so common that most people plug them [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[[December 2025] A whole generation has grown up that never experienced Y2K, an abbreviation for the Year 2000. We give commands to our computers to do things at a certain time, and track everything from email to transmitter events in accurate time (assuming we set systems for the right time zone). But, even as we [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[[May 2025] They are not all sitting inside nice racks. Lurking under desks and sales cubicle counters, hiding inside cabinets, or nearly forgotten behind control room furniture are the computers that run broadcast stations. Along with the rest of the station&#8217;s Spring Cleaning efforts, here are some thoughts that might be some good computer maintenance [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[[October 2024] Whether you are working alone or with a competent IT department, it is getting harder to stay truly safe when dealing with the Internet. Here, we offer a list of ten mistakes many folks make that puts them in danger of loss of files – or more.    There was a time when [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[[October 2024] It used to be that email was an easy way to communicate across town or across the world. But, like many things, email users need to be much more careful these days because there are a lot of bad actors out there – and now with AI, it is even more dangerous. When [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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