Protecting your system during monsoon

After the relentless heat of Arizona in June and July, very few things can provide relief equal to the monsoon. Although monsoon storms give...

Selecting a computer for school

It is that time of the year again. The dog days of summer yield to beginning of another school year. I also find that this time of year many...

The Perfect Printer, for you

Batman had Robin, and Starsky had Hutch. Everyone needs a good sidekick. Computers are no different. The sidekicks for computers are called ...

The tale of two drives

Question: Two Items of concern. I have installed a second hard drive (D) in my PC and have moved all of my documents to that drive. Although...

Lights, Camera, Action

A few weeks ago, I had a question emailed to me about placing photos in a slideshow and then burning it onto a CD. I guess that the natural ...

Blue Screen of Death

The color blue expresses some of the beauty in life. The sky, the ocean (in some places anyway), and suede shoes. In the Windows environment...

Preventable Urban Warfare

1 laptop or PDA 1 wireless network card 1 network detecting program 1 tricked out Pringles can (optional) This is not the shopping list of a...