Have you ever found yourself staring at a TV commercial, unsuccessfully trying to understand what the perky little nerd on the screen is saying? Why is it that tech retailers throw around acronyms and technical terms without explaining what they mean? Take, for...
A large part of my job is helping my customers deal with virus-infected computers. All the antivirus programs in the world won’t help if you click on the wrong thing, and some folks, believe it or not, will click on anything. This week brought me the opportunity...
Perhaps you’ve heard of the recent controversy involving Google and their Google Street View project. It seems they have been grabbing data from wireless networks without permission. Is Google guilty of stealing? Read on and decide for yourself. If you’ve...
I work on computers for a living and I love my job. I enjoy taking a customer’s computer and turning it into something they can actually enjoy, instead of being mad at it all of the time. One of the biggest parts of my job is taking complicated and convoluted computer...
“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...
