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Home networks, both wired and wireless, are as common as cotton candy at the county fair. Oddly enough, what isn’t as common is having a net...

Cyber Monday Finds

Next Monday marks the beginning of one of biggest holidays. Cyber Monday is the marketing name given to the Monday after Thanksgiving. It is...

Family Time

Late November means many things in Tucson. The impending route of ASU, cooling weather, and the anticipation of turkey aromas lingering in t...

Goodies on the Go

When most of us leave our homes there are three things that we check for before we walk out the door. If we don’t have our keys, wallet, and...

Tuned Up

This has without a doubt been the year of Apple. This is due in part to the much publicized iPhone and the launch of the new iPod Nano. It w...

Protect Us

Over the years, surge protectors have transitioned from an item seen as a tech luxury to tech necessity. This is due in part to the position...

Energy is Money

This is the time of year that we begin to release a huge sigh of relief. The temperature is beginning to recede, and this can translate into...

Who Can See You

At least once a year I write an article that seems to make some readers swear off technology, for at least a day. I don’t share this informa...

Secrets

There are few things that can capture a person’s attention or even get them salivating the prospect of learning a secret, and technology is ...

Read a Book

eBooks have been the technology that has been on the verge of revolutionizing our society for the better part of a decade. eBooks are essent...

Double Take

Q: My wife and I have a (problem) question. We wonder if you can supply an answer. We both have desktops running XP Home, Outlook Express, a...

LSS

How would you feel if $500-$1000 was stolen from you? I believe that pretty upset would be the overwhelming consensus. Well this is essentia...

Log Out

Q: I've been using computers since you logged on to a screen that said c:\ and I've never heard of or seen anything like this. At so...

Online Business

Many of the readers of this column are closet entrepreneurs, and this article is for you. Online businesses and commerce are so mainstream t...

Open Air

I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that the new tech toy that you recently purchased is already obsolete. No matter what the dev...

iSpeak iPhone

Over the last few weeks, I have consciously avoided writing the seemingly mandatory iPhone article, but I have been asked several times if t...

On the In

Q: I’m a good googler. I can find just about anything I’m looking for on the web, but I don’t have any idea about how to place information o...

Two Birds One Stone

Q: I tried to open some attachments according to your article in the paper but it didn't seem to work on my Mac. Are there special instr...

MovieTime

Q: I have Windows XP with the above item. I was able to watch movies in the DVD-ROM slot and it went on the blink. I then went to the upper ...

Failure by Association

Q: I GET AN E MAIL WITH PICTURE ATTACHMENTS I CAN NOT OPEN THEM. I GET A POP UP THAT SAY’S THE FILE DOES NOT HAVE A PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH ...

Vanishing Act

Q: I have a problem of keeping web sites on the bottom tray. If I have multiple web sites on my tray and leave the computer for a while, as ...

The Turn OFF

Q: When reading your article from April 16 in the Citizen, it sounded a lot like the problems I was seeing with my two computers at home. I ...

Not Pictured

Q: I sometimes receive emails that contain photos but the photos do not display. All I get is two lines with a tiny square in the corner. Ot...

Word Up

Q: How can I set my computer to use Word when composing email? I'm told it is more sophisticated and easy to use as Word is elsewhere. I...

Twofer

Q: I have a Dell 4500S, XP, & QWest DSL, and 2 problems:1. After turning on the computer it takes 7-8 minutes before I am able to do any...

Register Me

Q: In your 23 April 07 column, a reader (Pam S.) asked about adware/spyware and also what a "registry" was. You failed to address ...

Email Eviction

Q: This email is being sent because I’m having a slight problem (just an annoyance really) with Outlook 2002. When I start to type an email ...

Pop Up

Q: For the past month I have been getting 2 regular pop ups that look official (I have Norton AV which is supposed to screen out pop-ups). O...

Cleaning Time

With the release of Microsoft Vista, the successor operating system of Windows XP; your computer may be feeling a tad self-conscious. Not to...

The Up and Up

Q: I enjoy reading your column and keeping up with the latest technology.Being not the best user, I have encountered a problem I can't s...

Free Agent Cell Phones

I receive a fair amount of feedback from most of my articles, but I think that this article will definitely be a reader favorite. I am letti...

As Seen On TV

Technology seems to be determined to insure that consumers have their entertainment their way. The competition among tech companies are at a...

The Pulse

Q: I have developed a strange affliction with my Dell Dimension 4550 desktop. I have a Pentium 4, 2.40 processor, 1 gig of memory, and 2 har...

Picture Perfect

Q: I have a question that I hope you can help me with. I have Windows XP Home Edition on my computer. I have been able to move a picture fro...

Mature Surfer

When personal computers first began to find a niche in our society a few decades ago, many people labeled them as a fad that would go the wa...

The latest LP

I believe that some of the best music was made in the pre-MP3 era. There is something about the sound of song playing on a record player wit...