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In this video for Real Tech for Real People I review, and demonstrate, Password Safe.  This is a great program for creating, storing, and accessing

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Real Tech for Real People, Episode 55 “The Double Nickel”

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In the effort to continue to “catch up” here at The Professor Notes I am posting episode 55 from Real Tech for Real People.  If

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