IT’S GEEK TO ME: Wireless network connection conundrum
Question: My desk top computer has made up a name for the wireless network to which it is connected. It says it is connected...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: Faster fiber in our future as technology marches forward
Question: This is not exactly a question rather than more information on fiber optic specifics. In 2003 I Joined with Corning Cable, the company...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: Moving data is like moving water through a pipe
Question: A very simple way to describe bandwidth is this way. Consider a two-lane highway that carries cars one at a time east and...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: Pinned apps offer convenience, save time
Question: Somehow, I have used computers for decades without knowingly using a pin; not a PIN, a pin -- which in Windows appears more...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: Weighing the advantages and disadvantages of fiber
Question: I was recently contacted by a company that will soon begin providing fiber internet service in the area I live in. The company...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: Sometimes starting from scratch is the best strategy
Geek Note: Happy New Year Geeks, Geek Wannabes, and casually lurking readers! Welcome to the New Year 2023 edition of It’s Geek To Me!...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: Finding the right disposable e-mail service
Well, dear readers, we have reached the final issue of It’s Geek To Me for 2022. Just for the record, this is issue #805...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: Protect your data when disposing of old tech
Question: I know it has been answered quite a few years ago, but I would like it addressed again. We all have lots of...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: Geek contemplates the future of quantum computing
Question: How much surge protection (joules) is recommended for computers? What is recommended, surge protection or power conditioning?
– Jim A.
Navarre, Florida
Answer: To protect any...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: Bandwidth availability isn’t ‘shared’
Question: My internet keeps going out at busy times of the day. The cable/internet company told me that when other people (my neighbors) sign...