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    Mac Malware Revisited — Again!

    January 16th, 2018

    It is curious that the infamous CPU bug was identified by some members of the media as an Apple problem. Even though it impacted most CPU chips produced in the past 21 years — perhaps even the PowerPC — somehow it was strictly about iOS and Mac users facing danger when browsing in Safari, or […]


    AT&T and the Competence Question

    January 31st, 2014

    So I recently updated our Web server, which also handles email. So far so good. We actually switched over to a box with a pair of solid state drives, delivering the potential for much faster performance. We’ll see. In the meantime, it didn’t take long for me to encounter problems getting my email on my […]


    Yet Another Router Setup Hassle

    April 24th, 2012

    Some time back, I read an article suggesting that Wi-Fi routers are the products most often returned to dealers. The biggest reason is evidently that they are difficult to configure, and thus do not deliver the performance customers expect. The main problem appears to be inadequate documentation, followed by confusing setup apps or Web-based control […]


    GoDaddy and the SOPA Brouhaha

    December 28th, 2011

    In the best of times, GoDaddy can be a controversial company. And, by the way, that name has nothing to do with the function, which is Internet related. In fact, founder Bob Parsons once told my radio audience that they were looking for an available name to register, and found that GoDaddy wasn’t being used, […]