The easiest way to lose your documents, letters, databases, pictures, songs and other important files is to never back them up. Then, when your computer experiences a catastrophic failure, you can simply bid adieu to your files and get on with your life. The term...
Rural Internet users out in “the country” have long been shackled to crummy, slow dial-up Internet access. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) such as Cox and AT&T have been reluctant to extend high-speed (also known as “broadband”) service...
Some people, myself included, just don’t like being needlessly surveiled and snooped upon. Why, they wonder, should ones every movement be tracked and recorded by government peeping Toms and/or corporate marketing departments? Cell phones already track our...
Years ago, while flying around the country on a family trip, we landed in the Denver airport. This was well after 9-11, but airport security forces were still testing the waters to see just how much they could get away with in the name of anti-terrorism. Even though...
There I was, merrily fixing someone’s computer. Among other things, they’d been having trouble connecting to Microsoft’s Windows Update website. The website would seem to load up just fine, but when told to check for updates, it would get stuck in an...
