TechByter Worldwide 2018-04-22: Digitizing Old Slides and Negatives at Home. Short Circuits. Spare Parts.

You probably use a digital camera, or maybe a phone, for photography these days, but what about the old negatives and color slides you have around the house? If you've considered having them digitized, but didn't like the price or the quality, this could be a great do-it-yourself project at home. In Short Circuits: Last week I was talking about the upcoming Windows 10 spring update. This week, we learn why the update has been delayed. When the Internal Revenue Service's website failed on the final day of the tax season, the response from the IRS website managers made the problem even worse. In Spare Parts (only on the website): Russian hackers want control of your router and manufacturers make it all too easy for them to succeed. • Crooks also want your Iphone and they have a trick that might convince you to give them access to it. • If you need something else to worry about, botnets are still going strong. • IBM says (surprise!) most of us are concerned about data security.