The Sound of Cyberwar is Silence
Whether you've been immersed in the mad circus that is the 2016 Presidential Election or hiding under a rock to avoid it all, you may have missed certain ominous signs recently in the news. These signal a terrifying new reality: cyberwar, international conflict...
The Internet Belongs to the World
A quiet, but potentially revolutionary change is coming to the way the global computer network is run. In a way, this change is much like that when iPv6 was adopted. The modifications are technical, with lots of complicated entities with names made out of initials...
Facebook and the Power of Algorithms
Poor Mark Zuckerberg. You'd think that being co-founder and CEO of Facebook, the largest and most successful social media empire ever upon whom billions depend, would be a pretty sweet gig. But the baby-faced billionaire gets no respect. His own page on Facebook was...
Windows 10 Troubled Saga Continues
As an article at Forbes notes, "Windows 10 is at a dangerous moment." And indeed it is for the software giant – as well as demanding faith and patience from the users who rely upon it. But Windows 10's free installation period has ended; it faces sluggish sales and...
Helping Seniors Get Online
Back when the Baby Boomer Generation was young, if they wanted to know about new technology, they asked their parents or other adults. But now that they have gray hair themselves, the acknowledged experts on all shiny new things are the young. Many older folks started...
Save on Computers with NM’s Back-to-School Tax-Free Holiday
It's back to school time in New Mexico. And here in the Land of Enchantment, that means no sales tax on many items for educational support. Which not only includes clothes and other traditional school supplies, but all manner of computer hardware and software. Just...