In earlier posts I discussed how to make and remember good passwords to keep your online presence secure. These essays, as all of my “Safe Computing” series, was written to help the non-technical, even technophobic user cope intelligently with computer technology. The...

In an earlier post I addressed, in a very simple manner for non-technical users, the topic of securing your home router, or Wifi Access Point, against intruders. In this follow-on article, I attempt to elevate the discussion just a bit. While still aimed at the non-tec...

In my previous tech note, we discussed the concept of a program. In many ways, most malware is simply another program, an undesirable one, but just a program. The term malware is a general, catch-all term for any sort of malicious program that might become entrenched i...

We “program” our VCR. That is a verb, an action. It is a process of telling the machine, in a fairly simple way, a series of things we wish it to do. Turn on at a set time, tune to a channel, record for 30 minutes. And so on.

We have programs on our computer. Nouns. Thi...