I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year since we last talked. I wanted to say, "Thanks!" to all of you readers who support the "Double Click" column by reading and writing over the past 12 years. It is very much appreciated. Please keep it up. I always enjoy hearing from…
We are getting to that time of year again when people are thinking about buying a new PC for themselves or someone else. Have no fear; this column is not about "How to find the best $5,000 computer for $14.95." I stopped writing those articles several years ago since I stopped getting emails requesting them. …
This Christmas season I hope you have seen some websites’ URLs that start with "https://" instead of "http://." That is if you shop online, do banking online, etc. Here is a short lesson on what they mean. The basic one, "http" stands for "Hyper Text Transfer Protocol" which is the main prefix for most websites. …
This will be the last you hear from me in the DNR until 2012 so I thought I would give you some Christmas geek tips and sites to tide you over through the holidays. First, I figure a few of my readers are getting new computers for Christmas. Yes, from your emails I realize some…
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