Starting on April 2nd, 2019, Google plans to charging $1 more for G Suite Basic and $2 more for G Suite Business. This makes the two options $6 and 12$ a month respectively, G Suite Enterprise should remain at its current $25/month price point. G suite is more than just e-mail. You get a seriously […]
As we start our twentieth year, I am very thankful for all of our clients and the outstanding team that we have built at Frankenstein Computers. We might have started as a rag-tag team but we have been very lucky over the years and have found some brilliant techs. I would stack our team up […]
Anyone that has looked at the state of the IT industry when it comes to hardware in 2018 has sour memories. From the price fixing fiasco of memory by the manufacturers, to the GPU shortages and price inflation caused by the cryptocurrency craze. However, 2019 appears to be looking like a good year for hardware. […]
Tails is a live system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity. It helps you to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship almost anywhere you go and on any computer but leaving no trace unless you ask it to explicitly. It is a complete operating system designed to be used from a USB […]
On November 28th, Google announced “Google Fi,” the grown-up version of its experiment in being a wireless service provider. It’s compatible with all sorts of phones, including iPhones. Back in 2015, Google announced the beta version of this program, “Project Fi.” Like the plan you would buy from Sprint or Verizon or T-Mobile, it would […]
That whirring you hear when you boot your computer or when it wakes from sleep mode is the sound of your hard drive’s magnetic disks beginning to spin. Conceptually not dissimilar to a record player, a hard disk drive (HDD) is an electromechanical device with an actuator arm that positions itself over spinning disks, called […]
There’s a new feature on your iPhone (enabled by default) to save your pictures in a different format called “High Efficiency Image Format”. Sometimes you’ll see this new format with either .heic or .heif filename extensions. They’re great and reduce filesystem storage; however, if you download them off your phone for archival purposes, chances are […]
Recently Wal-Mart decided that they would try their hands at System Integration or SI for Computers. While Wal-Mart has laptops that they sell, most of these are from other manufacturers. The “OverPowered” Desktop Gaming series of computers is specifically designed and made for Wal-Mart. These released in the last week of November 2018 and have […]
It’s that time of year again, time to shop ‘til you drop for your loved ones and friends! This is also a high-risk time for financial predators. Use caution when purchasing online with credit cards. Thieves are lurking everywhere, waiting for the chance to take what’s yours. Research unfamiliar online shopping sites before purchasing from […]
