The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Last week the subject of this column was digital forensics, and a discussion of what is involved in investigating the causes of a computer malfunction.
As a computer technicianthere is a question I hear repeated practically every day. After fixing any information technology problem, as regular as clockwork, I can depend on the client asking, “What happened?” or “Why did that happen?”
A recent column offered some tips on how to cope with losing your cell phone.
This week I was asked a question for which I had tried and failed to provide a satisfactory answer 50 years ago.
The convenience of a smart phone cannot be denied, and also undeniable is the inconvenience of losing one.
My friend Sally received an urgent message from her free email provider, Google Gmail, saying she needed to immediately change her password.
Internet users have a really hard time understanding URLs. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is the protocol used to specify addresses on the internet. Typically a URL begins with “https://www” and includes a domain name such as “google.com” then can continue for dozens, hundreds, or thousands of characters more.
