Leo A. Notenboom

Everyone has a story, and you can learn a lot about someone and yourself if you just sit down with them and exchange stories and life experiences. You may think you know someone, but you have no idea what they’re really like until you hear more about their background. The Internet is a resource that […]

Many of us start our day off with a cup of coffee and and a quick check of the e-mail and the latest happenings on the Internet. Even though that scenario may be familiar to a lot of readers, we all begin our Internet activity in a slightly different way. For example, what’s the first […]

If you know anything about blogging and technology, then you’ve probably heard of Robert Scoble. Scoble was one of the core figures behind Channel 9 and blogging at Microsoft, and his efforts had a dramatic effect on improving how people viewed the company. Every company needs a human face to represent it and add some […]

Publishing content on the Internet has become unbelievably simple, and whether you want to distribute text, audio, or video, there are plenty of ways to get your stuff out there. For those of you who thought that creating a Web page in HTML was too difficult or time consuming, blogging came along to simplify the […]

Employees are getting work done in ways that they never have before, and this is happening (at least to some extent) because technological advances have given us so much to work with. Just think about how communication within the corporate world has changed within the last decade or so. Snail mail and phone calls may […]

If I had a dollar for every time I was running late! It’s true, it feels like I spend more time trying to be on time than being productive. So what is the solution for people such as myself? Do I just say forget it and buy some overpriced mobile phone that I will more […]

I just read your automated answer to the question I posted, and you’ve got me worried. I can see my IP address in your answer. How did you do that? Does that mean that if I email you you also get my IP address?
I’m constantly amazed at how many people are concerned about the privacy […]

I recently installed a wireless network so I can use my laptop in other areas of my house. I’m a little confused regarding its security. Should I enable encryption or is my firewall enough? I understand from what I have read that encryption will slow down the network.
There are some exceptions, but more often than […]

I forgot to log in to my Hotmail account for a while, and today when I logged in it was suspended for lack of use. I re-opened it, but this means I’ve lost all my previous mails which included some really important ones.
Is there any way to get them back? In particular there was a […]

My images are coming through ‘blurred’ when I first call them in, and only start to clear after maybe one or two seconds when they get progressively clearer until reaching the correct resolution. Do I need to download something from somewhere to enable my images to come straight in at maximum resolution?
It’s not your problem, […]

Listen to the podcast: Exploding Laptops?
Hi everyone, this is Leo Notenboom with news, commentary and answers to some of the many questions I get at askleo.info.
I think we all know someone, perhaps a family member, an acquaintance, or an employee, that takes some of our terminology just a little to literally. For example if you […]

My son’s hard drive is having serious problems. I was wondering how hard it is to install a new hard drive and copy files from the old hard drive. My husband is an electrical engineer and has installed a hard drive on one of our computers before. The main thing I don’t know about is […]

AOL’s recent intentional, yet mistaken, release of search data shows how tenuous our privacy really is.
Listen to the podcast: Privacy? What Privacy?
Hi everyone, this is Leo Notenboom with news, commentary and answers to some of the many questions I get at askleo.info.

Security Now is a weekly podcast covering technology and the security issues related to it. Security Now is a podcast I listen to and recommend.
“TechTV’s Leo Laporte and [Steve Gibson] take 30 to 60 minutes near the end of each week to discuss important issues of personal computer security. Sometimes we’ll discuss something that just […]

Vista could be cool. Or not. It could be on schedule. Or not. Is it worth your time now? Probably not.
Listen to the podcast: Why I’m Ignoring Vista.
Hi everyone, this is Leo Notenboom with news, commentary and answers to some of the many questions I get at askleo.info.

Those that many of us consider to be “newbies” probably reflect the majority of computer users.
Listen to the podcast: Newbie? Or Normal?
Hi everyone, this is Leo Notenboom with news, commentary, and answers to some of the many questions I get at askleo.info.

I think I may have been “phished” with the “request to confirm” scam email. How can I tell? And if I have been “phished” what do I do now?
First, don’t feel too bad - phishing attempts are getting very, very sophisticated. I haven’t fallen for one yet, but I’ve come darned close a time or […]

Most of the self-help books that have been written about XP say the same thing - if you can’t start XP in safe mode you might have a virus so run an anti-virus program. Well, all of my anti-virus packages were downloaded, so I have no install disks. But even if I had an install […]

Frequently, while reading blogs - or sites such as tamingemail.com - I come across links called “permalinks.” I figure this must be some sort of special link to which other bloggers can refer that won’t “break.” But what puts the “perma” in the permalink? Why is it different from any other link?
That stumped me too, […]

Windows Genuine Advantage has all the earmarks of spyware. What should the average user do about it?
Listen to the podcast: WGA: Is it spyware?
Hi everyone, this is Leo Notenboom with news, commentary and answers to some of the many questions I get at askleo.info.
Windows Genuine Advantage, or WGA, has come under heavy fire lately. Among […]