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Your computer died, but, why?

“What happened to my computer? What made it stop working?” I hear this sort of question all the time. Sometimes, I have a logical, easy-to-understand answer. Other times, my answer sounds something like this: “I know it sounds crazy, but, sometimes, Microsoft Windows...

Be your own online detective

Have you ever wanted to track down someone’s whereabouts, but didn’t know where to start and you didn’t want to pay a high-priced private investigator? To the rescue comes the Internet, which is brimming with ways to find long-lost relatives or investigate shady...

Power surge = dead computer

Power surges and failures were commonplace this week as crazy storms and tornadoes ravaged our fair state. Power failed at The Norman Transcript, forcing the use of gas-powered generators. A power surge also killed one of the computers that make the plates for the...

Is Facebook safe?

I am often asked, “Is Facebook safe?” Facebook, the most popular social networking website in the world, long ago knocked rival MySpace off the number one perch and now boasts more members than the entire population of the United States. Just like the U.S....

Free file storage in “the cloud”

If you’ve read my columns for any length of time, you’ve seen my rants about the importance of backing up the files on your computer. I hate being the one that has to tell someone, “Your computer’s hard drive is dead. Too bad you didn’t have your files backed up. Say...