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Planned obsolescence is a widely criticized commercial practice by which manufacturers intentionally build in the expiry of their products so that consumers will be forced to replace them sooner than should be necessary.
Every year at this time I take a look back at the top tech news stories of the year just past. Of course my list is incomplete, but here are a few I considered worth noting.
When I was school age, the story went around campus of the girl who failed her driver’s license test.
“The sky is falling! Wi-Fi encryption has been cracked!”
A question from a reader recently showed up in my inbox. The question is “What is a hashtag?” Coincidentally the question I received arrived at about the same time as the date many people will consider the ten-year anniversary of the creation of the hashtag.
A question I get a lot is “What’s the maximum range of my Wi-Fi?”
The recent high-profile ransomware attack named Wantacry is the reason I was on the receiving end of quite a few questions concerning virus and malware and what can be done to defend against the threat.
