TechByter Worldwide 2014.01.12: Make Your Own Kind of Music; Put Education on Your 2014 Calendar; and Short Circuits.

Have you ever wished you could create your own music? You can! Lifelong learning has been with us since sometime in the 1980s and it's becoming even more important. Fortunately, it's easier to accomplish now. In Short Circuits: The smallest of the 4 cellular providers, T-Mobile, seems to have AT and T quaking in its oversized boots. One well known anti-malware company has acquired another and the combination should worry thieves. Office supplies: The need for many formerly standard supplies has been all but eliminated. And when my network disappeared, restoring it turned out to be a challenge.