Most of us use email every day.  But just how does it work?  Check out this video see where your message goes after you press send. Share this:

I recently had to replace my laptop battery.  It would no longer hold a charge.  After a mere forty five minutes the battery was done.   It charged up again just fine.  Then it was ready for another grueling forty five minute run. The reason for this substandard performance is, believe it or not, lack of [...]

The other day I typed a URL into FireFox, my favorite Internet browser, and I mistyped.  Instead of seeing the usual “address not found” display there was a strange message from my Internet service provider, Qwest. Qwest has launched a new service Qwest Web.Help Qwest Web.Help will help you quickly find a destination website that [...]

Have you heard the expression “cloud computing”?  In cloud computing software and data would reside on the Internet.  (That’s the “cloud” part of the term.) People would log into their accounts on the Internet to generate reports and preform analysis. Benefits Cost Savings – Instead of buying a piece of software you’d buy a subscription [...]

Check out Tech Tips for the Basic Computer User over at The New York Times.  Be sure to look at the comments too.  There’s a lot of great information there. Share this:

During the last two weeks I’ve had more than my share of technical problems. The first issue was with my email. It was up and down (mostly down) for two days. Email is something that we all like to complain about but when it stops coming it’s painful. Last Friday my FTP software stopped working. [...]

Recently a customer was seeing a problem with the background of her website. She didn’t see the problem when she used her laptop. She only saw it when she used her office computer. I couldn’t see it at all. Another developer was working with me on the project and couldn’t see it at all either. [...]

I’ll be spending a lot of time on the road this summer.  What’s a website developer to do to make sure that she’s safe from evil spammers and hackers when she’s using wifi hotspots? She tries to find a good personal VPN service. I’m using a product from Witopia.net.  The price is reasonable and it [...]

I wrote an earlier post about the safety of using Wi-Fi networks.  While using Wi-Fi hotspots is convenient unless you take precautions it’s not very safe.  What are the precautions to take you ask?  Check out OStatic’s article on the topic for some sage and thrifty advice. Share this:

An interesting thing happened late last week.  As you may know, I work from home.  Last week we had some problems with the power coming into the house. The power line runs through a neighbor’s tree before it gets to our house.  The line had been resting against a branch. Over the years the wind [...]