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 say [...]
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 other [...]
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