On my home network, I currently only use wired ethernet connections to my three PCs and laser printer.

Of course, my DSL modem/router has both wired and wireless capability, but so far, I haven’t had any real need that would [more...]

It’s a very controversial proposal that one Slashdot submitter describes as follows: “In the name of national security, the feds are considering a law that would let the government turn off the Internet — or at least order broadband providers and ISPs to disable access.”

If you [more...]

If you’re a Windows user, you’re not in complete control of your PC.

If you ever learn to use a Linux-based operating system, you’ll quickly realize that Linux gives you complete control over your PC, while Windows only allows you to perform a Microsoft-controlled subset of computer tasks.

And, even then, Windows users are only allowed to [more...]

Lately, there have been so many stories like this that sometimes, I get really tired of having to report them to you.

And I also get really tired of people who — every time something like this is discovered — claim that it’s nothing to worry about, [more...]

This is one of those days when I can’t decide which of several different stories to feature in this Journal.

So I’m going to lump all of them together.

On the health front, in Canada, “A team of scientists found that 70 per cent of popular bottled water brands available in shops [more...]