 |  | | From Paul Gil, your About Computers Editor | | | My own kids are grown up and moved out, so I’m envious to hear about the neighbors’ kids getting school-supplied laptops and tablets. Today’s lucky little varmints are get computing devices just for attending school! I swear, I was born 40 years too soon… | |  | | More Recommended Reading at About.com: | | | | | Schools are issuing kids their own laptops or tablets. So they must be safe and secure, right? Well, no. It’s so easy to get in trouble with a networked device, and kids will be kids. Here are some security and safety suggestions to keep your kids from hacker, malware, and gaming problems on their school computer devices… READ NOW | |  | | It happens to the best of us: we drop our smartphones in the sink, the pool, or even the toilet. If this is you, NEVER turn on that wet smartphone. Instead, shake it out immediately and put it in a bag of rice. Here are 6 other tips that may help you rescue your drowned smartphone and save you hundreds of dollars in replacement costs… READ NOW | |  | | The world is slowly accepting Bitcoin as a legitimate payment method. Overstock, Expedia, TigerDirect: these are just some of the major web services that are now accepting bitcoins as way to purchase goods and services. If you have some bitcoins you’d like to put to use, here’s a list of sites that now accept BTC payments… READ NOW | |  | | Like the pyramids of Giza, the Taj Mahal, and the Colosseum, man-made structures have influenced history in so many ways. And in today’s virtual world, man-made devices have also shaped the direction of the World Wide Web. Here they are, folks: the 7 Wonders of the online world… READ NOW | |  | | | | An every-morning rundown of the day in history, with headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Click here to sign up! It's free (of course) and we think you'll like it! | | |  | | Want More From About.com? | | | | Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Computers newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 Privacy Policy © 2014 About.com | |  |  | |