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Phone companies, NSA continue illegal spying

Those who remember their Shakespeare may recall the sleepwalking Lady Macbeth, hallucinating the blood stains of a murdered Scottish King Duncan on her hands, and crying, “Out, damn’d spot! Out, I say!” Similarly, in trying to cover up their attempts to murder the...

Where have all the “missing” computers gone?

According to FBI estimates, the most common computer crime is identity theft. The second most common crime: laptop computer theft, with around 2 million laptop computers reported stolen every year. 97% of these laptops are never recovered. The value of the information...

What’s wrong with having a REAL ID?

The push to establish a massive national identification database is meeting increased resistance from numerous state governments and thoughtful citizens around the country. Originally touted as a way to combat drivers license forgery and to make us “safer” by fighting...

What happened to Google?

In the earlier days of the Internet, finding information regarding specific subjects was quite an adventure, and became more difficult as the number of websites multiplied each day. To make this chore easier, information-gathering programs called “search engines” were...

Even more things all computer users should know

In my two previous articles I covered essential skills that every computer user should have. These include using your cursor, typing, right-clicking, using Windows Explorer, and learning how to cut, copy and paste. Now, even more things that you should know. Learn to...