even more insidious that virus infections are spyware and adware. do yourself a favor and download and USE these two programs on a regular basis. ad-aware (not ada-ware) spybot search and destroy both of these programs can be found at www.download.com or you can find ad-aware at www.lavasoft.de or spybot at www.spybot.info/en/index.html when looking for spybot on download.com - search for “spybot”...

i started my computer industry work back in 1990 when many people in the industry would have been somewhat excited to get a real live virus on their computer. these days, it’s amazing to me the number of folks who do not invest in simple virus protection - or worse, who buy the programs and fail to keep them up to date. every day, my FIX mail is full of email rejections notices - you know, they say “your...

We left off talking about protocols and their transfer speeds… remember? Keep in mind that the transfer rate of 11mbps will probably only come into play on transmissions from computer to computer within your LAN – say you have an MP3 on your computer that your son in the other room wants to listen to – he’ll get it at 11mbps. But if he were to try to get it through the internet from his friend on...

seems like the latest craze in computer printers is the all-in-one machine… here are a few things to consider if you’re shopping for one of those multi- printers that will handle printing, faxing, copying and scanning: how does the “original” go in? – otherwise know as the sheet feed, think about how you intend to use your printer’s fax and copy functions before you pick a...

I always laugh at the local commercial out here where they advertise providing you with wireless internet access for 10 extra dollars a month. What a scam. You still have a regular cable modem connection in your house. If you want a wireless shared internet connection, you can do it yourself without paying anything extra to anyone. With the normal cable modem or DSL installation, a signal runs from outside in...

most problems with tuning, recording, and/or playing a video game in the midst of a stack of vcrs, gaming consoles, satellite receivers and so on can be solved by learning how to use 1) the TV/VIDEO switch on your tv and 2) the TV/VCR switch on your VCR. before you rip apart or put together your tv/video center, take a moment to think logically about the sequence in which your devices must be chained in order...