Do you know the procedure for obtaining a refund on an airline ticket? What are your rights if your flight is overbooked and you are bumped? What is the procedure if your luggage does not arrive at your destination with you? More»
By now, airport security has become part of the routine of air travel. People accept it as the price to pay for maintaining security in the air. Will people be as accepting if this security is taken to the streets? More»
With the warm summer months, there will be recreation on or near water. To prevent any mishaps, teach the child to swim. A good start to water safety is an infant safety program: More»
The news is dominated with heartbreaking disasters. There are natural disasters nationally and internationally; and the newscasts document the rising death tolls in horrid numbers. These tragedies elicit our want to contribute and to help. Unfortunately, hackers know that this is a time when the general public is most susceptible to being manipulated. Perhaps there is already spam in your inbox asking for a contribution. Consider the hackers to be one of the ‘first responders’ to human tragedy: More»
The military rulers of Myanmar seem to be determined to keep out the world and allow their fellow citizens to suffer. Allowed to contunue, another wave of disaster and death will follow the cyclone catastrophe: More»
Microsoft is losing corporate business. The business sector is reluctant to upgrade to the Vista operating system: More»
I should preface this with an admission that Windows 2000 is still one of my main operating systems. It works fine. I have access to Windows XP on my laptop and elsewhere. However, Windows 2000 falls under my category of “if it works fine, keep on”. More»
In many regions, there is legislation against smoking in public buildings. Some jurisdictions have banned smoking in cars. Now there is a movement to stop smoking in private homes: More»
Want to buy an iPhone? If you do, you better have a credit card. Apple does not accept cash: More»
If the crisis of the dog food contamination was a warning model, every American has cause for concern. Imported ingredients for pet food were contaminated and pets were dying from the eating the food given to them. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) kept insisting that the number of reported pet deaths were in the teens. This was not true. It was far from the truth. The reports of pet deaths just from people reading this space numbered well over the teens number that the FDA was reporting. Veterinarians thought that the number was a gross under-estimation. It turns out that the number was in the thousands. The FDA cannot determine what the exact number was nor will it venture an estimation. More»
One of the problems that some XP users are reporting is a reboot problem with SP3. This had been a pre-release problem mentioned on help forums and now the problem seems to be continuing. Chloe Albanesius is reporting a quote from Jesper Johansson which attempts to explain the problem: More»
In Canada, the Vancouver Police will restrain themselves from using the stun gun on pregnant women. And the reason is that these women might fall and hurt themselves: More»
It is not unusual to find daily news items of laptops that have gone missing or jump drives that are lost. However, it is not every day that a bank reports the loss of a server: More»
According to Apple’s findings, approximately ninety per cent of computer users like to flirt with disaster. They do not do backups and their data are at risk. Apple sees this risk taking behaviour as a marketing opportunity. Hence, Apple is launching Time Machine and Time Capsule: More»
The broadband will be delivered through the sewer. In Bournemouth, this is the wave of the future. And the speed is impressive: More»
This is an exciting time. Classes are ending for university and college students. These soon-to-be recent graduates will be looking for work and putting to use their acquired skills. It is also a time when the harsh reality of finding work intrudes upon the process. More»
Surveillance cameras are synonymous with security and preventing crime. At least, this is the common perception associated with surveillance. It is the sacrifice of some privacy for some security. In Britain, where there is so much citizen monitoring that it is called the ‘Surveillance Society’, the empirical data are contrary to common beliefs. Surveillance cameras do little to deter crime: More»
It is tough to compete with the internet and mobile devices. In the age of being constantly connected, the delivery of the news is bypassing the traditional newspapers. Revenue of newspaper advertising is declining and it is becoming a matter of survival: More»
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 11th. - This would be a good time to send Mum an email or call to let her know that you will not be sending her an e-card. And remind her not to open any e-cards; they will not be from you. More»
There was a security breach at UCSF where over six thousand patient records were exposed online. Usually, identity theft is associated with financial loss. However, in the case of medical identity theft, the consequences can be deadly: More»
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