Plugging printers or plotters into an existing network usually requires giving a printer an IP address, just as you would any computer. This requires a certain amount of skill once the printer is unwrapped. Yawn.
But …

Every new release of Windows and Macintosh OS X sees a plethora of new and improved functionality. But there is always something missing, some little functionality that is needed to get a small task you’re …

Washington DC has recently decided to hang up the keys to the Microsoft Upgrade Closet and adopt Google Apps for its city employees. The choice Washington DC has made will help to cut their budget …

As if the financial and credit crisis isn’t enough to deal with for many people already, scammers have already lined up to take advantage of fearful bank customers. The US-CERT reports:
“US-CERT is aware of an …

I’m still asked this question frequently. And I used to have a pretty long-winded answer about the pros and cons of each choice; it involved power, hardware wear-and-tear and time vs. productivity and, well, so …

As recently reported in my posting here, there are a few companies and products out there that claim toremove malicious programs (”malware“) from your computer or make it run faster (removing problems by cleaning up …

A few weeks ago, I was humming along watching YouTube videos (in their original locations) on my home machine (a Media PC), when all of a sudden my Avista Antivirus (a free version) told me …

You may be wondering: am I the nerdy guy with the tie or the cool slacker in the sweatshirt. Well, maybe you are both?

Like you, I like getting the most bang for my buck. With browsers, since I do not use any browsers I have to pay for, I have to figure in the time I spend familiarizing …

As the US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team) points out, if you are just browsing on the Internet, and all of a sudden you are getting pop-ups that supposedly scan your computer and report …