Past articles that are saved for historical purposes.
In sequel to Byte Size Matters article, a frequent occurrence of Microsoft computers on slow network connections in rural areas is the partial updates that attempt to download (unsuccessfully), eventually resulting in a frustrating slow or corrupt computer system. There may be a number of good reasons your computer has deteriorated. A virus sweep is … Read more
Its Simple GSM works far better than CDMA for one simple reason — the broadcast band it uses is more reliable. Nonetheless, among those that tout they use GSM, AT&T (prepaid counterpart Cricket) and T-Mobile (prepaid counterpart MetroPCS), T-Mobile/MetroPCS dropped service repeatedly in recent tests. MetroPCS uses IP6 addressing over T-Mobile’s network. Nonetheless, Verizon, despite … Read more
The cellular carriers are competing by using different technologies to market their version of the cellular services. For example, AT&T uses a protocol called GSM, while Sprint uses CDMA. Technology is quickly changing, but for the most part, CDMA phones are permanently tied to the carrier from which they were purchased. GSM phones however, are … Read more
How much drive space a computer needs is relative to one’s lifestyle practices. For most people, a few hundred Gigabytes of storage will last the life of the computer, which is about 10 years. (If you hear about Gibibytes, it is technically a more accurate measure of drive size because it is based on the … Read more
There are several basic scenarios when evaluating your drive problem. Under normal operating conditions, it is rare that a drive’s physical mechanisms fail so badly the data cannot be recovered. Before assuming drive is physically bad, use the operating system drive tool to see whether the drive is still recognized. If it is, then likely, … Read more
In short, DVD movies are encrypted by the movie-makers such that special software is required to decipher them. Older copies of Microsoft Windows® were automatically able to decipher the movies because Microsoft automatically included the software with the operating system licenses. Windows® 8, and 10, and current releases of Linux do not natively have the … Read more
