SAFER COMPUTING

We’re pretty sure we were the target of an attempted identity theft recently. Joy was asked to “verify” information on the phone regarding a… Read more

WI WHAT?

Just as everyone is feeling comfortable with WiFi, WiGig is coming in 2013. If you go to YouTube and type “Panasonic WiGig” in the search box,… Read more

GETTING INTERNET ACCESS ABROAD

Our nephew is going to Spain for a year, and he may find it tough to connect. A reader wrote us with a similar problem. Well, two problems equal one… Read more

FREE ONLINE APPS AT STARBUCKS

Starbucks says that starting April 23 they will provide free Wi-Fi access to Economist magazine, Marvel Comics, and ESPN’s Rumor Central. Can other… Read more

STARBUCKS OFFERS FREE ACCESS TO THE ECONOMIST, COMICS, SPORTS

Starting April 23, Starbucks will give you free access to the Economist magazine, Marvel Comics, and ESPN’s Rumor Central as part of their free Wi-Fi… Read more

CHEAP CALLS ABROAD

A reader wrote to say his wife was going to Germany and he wondered what the best options were for texting, calling and browsing the Internet with… Read more

THE KOBO EREADER

Every eReader we’ve seen has some advantage over the last one we tried. The new Kobo eReader, for example, comes with 100 books in its memory and… Read more

MAKE YOUR OWN WIFI HOTSPOT

Joy recently was asked to give a presentation in a converted barn. (The audience was human.) Being a real barn, there was no Internet connection…. Read more

YOUR OWN WI-FI HOTSPOT

Joy recently was asked to give a presentation in a converted barn. The problem: no Internet connection. For $10, she could have had one for ten… Read more

RIDING SOMEONE ELSE’S WIRELESS BEAM

Our Internet service went off every few minutes for several days. A repair man came and isolated the problem as our modem. We replaced it and were… Read more