Internet connection speeds: understanding the ABCs
Have you ever seen one of those roadside displays that say “Your speed is …?”
Have you ever seen one of those roadside displays that say “Your speed is …?”
When I wanted to place an order online with Wal-Mart, I tried to pull up its U.S. website at walmart.com but every time I tried that I was instantly redirected to its Mexican site at walmart.com.mx.
As this column goes to press in the middle of April, 2014, I am anticipating something that has not yet actually happened to me.
In the 1997 movie “Conspiracy Theory” Mel Gibson plays the role of a paranoid genius who sees evil schemes everywhere and believes the CIA, KGB and other three-letter agencies are all out to get him.
While I was waiting in the customer service line in the office of one of the local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) I could not help but overhear someone’s complaint.
The end-of-life date for the venerable Microsoft Windows XP grows nearer by the hour, and as April 8 approaches a lot of the people still using XP are finally, belatedly starting to explore their options.
At one time or another everyone has heard a tale that begins with “There’s good news, and there’s bad news …” Somehow that seems an appropriate framework for this week’s column.