Are you burning important data to CD or DVD? According to a recent article in Popular Mechanics, experts at IBM Germany claim that once your data has been burned to a disc, the disc may fail after two to five years. Even though CD manufactures claim longer lifespans, studies have shown that the process of …
If you’re like a lot of us, you have more IDs and passwords than you know what to do with. We all have some type of system for managing these, whether it be jotting the information down on paper, or, perhaps, a spreadsheet. Another method employed by many is to use the same ID and …
Even though you may not use the functionality, chances are that you have a web-enabled cell phone. In the near future, you may dial that same phone in a very different way. ICANN (the folks who are responsible for internet names and addresses) has approved a new web address to serve, in effect, as an …
We have all been warned, time and time again, to be careful of the e-mail we receive, and to not automatically assume a message is authoritative or legitimate just because it looks to be so. I've had a number of incidents over the years where I could have easily been the victim of a phising …
I finally decided to bite the bullet and consolidate all of my domain names under one single roof. I own about 15 domains in total, and they were scattered amongst three or four different registrars, all offering different levels of management capabilities. I really like Yahoo's services, where the majority on my domains were parked, …
There’s been a lot said about Web 2.0 in recent months, but it’s one of those geeky tech subjects that’s a bit hard to nail-down until you see a practical application. I’ve recently checked out two web-sites that demonstrate its capabilities in a very practical way. Protopage and Google IG are two great examples that …
Maybe you've heard of it or have noticed the little RSS or XML icons on some of the web-sites you visit. So what in the world is RSS? I can’t really say this any better than the folks at FeedBurner, so here’s a quote from their site . "‘RSS’ stands for Really Simple Syndication, Rich …
