The misconception most internet users believe is that when they point their web browser to a website such as “The New York Times,” it establishes a dedicated, persistent link between their computer and The Times. That is just not how the internet works.
If you are an internet user, but you do not care if it works or not, then you may stop reading now. If you do care then you need to understand that the single most important skill you must have is how to use “trace route.”
One of the frustrating things about using one of the free email services (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.) is that the interface keeps changing.
The Computer Corner Regular readers of this column may have already gleaned that sometimes my subject du jour is a recounting of a conversation that happened earlier. This is the case tonight as I compose this week’s column. Earlier, I tried to explain to a client that the reason her Wi-Fi was not performing up...
The Computer Corner There is good news, and there is bad news. The good news is that Apple and Google are partnering to build a Bluetooth-enabled technology that could give everyone with a smartphone an app that will warn them when they are near someone identified as being infected with a contagious disease. The bad...
The Computer Corner For many people, social distancing has meant spending more time at home and more time online. Criminals are not letting a good epidemic go to waste. Although criminology is not my area of expertise, I don’t believe expertise is required to understand the obvious about criminal enterprises. There is a new twist...
By Charles Miller It is said that if it is Tuesday, there must be an election somewhere in the US. And in the world of information technology, there is yet more election news. Many people in the tech world are hoping that February 18, 2020, will be looked back on as the day the United...
By Charles Miller Politics continues to be in the news, even in “The Computer Corner.” An example is how Google Maps embroils the company in the politics of cartography. The fact is that even today there are many disputed borders between neighboring nations and Google has unfortunately found itself right in the middle of some...