I met a friend for dinner who found out that someone broke into his online accounts. Naturally, he was concerned about his data, but also the amount of time it would take to fix the problem. I told him one way to reduce the risk of account breaches is to use something called "two factor … [Read more...] about Simple Ways to Protect Your Online Accounts
What Does This Term Mean?
Technology is full of acronyms, abbreviations, slang and a whole bunch of strange terms. The problem is too many people think we know what these terms mean.
In this section, I try to explain some of these.
Metasearch Engines Expands your Horizon
There was a lot of interest in websites that show searches from both Google and Yahoo! These sites displayed your query results side by side. The approach is interesting, but if people are looking for combined results, a better approach might be a meta-search engine. (Update: metasearch engines are … [Read more...] about Metasearch Engines Expands your Horizon
What is USB – Universal Serial Bus?
USB or universal serial bus has been around since the mid-nineties. Although the technology is ubiquitous, people are still confused by some USB types and limitations. I’ll admit it can be confusing, but I’m glad I no longer have to wrestle with parallel and serial ports. I’ll explain the … [Read more...] about What is USB – Universal Serial Bus?
OPML – Other Peoples Meaningful Lists
Have you every browsed the web and seen a reference to OPML? If you were to look up the abbreviation, you would see it stands for “outline processor markup language”. It’s used for describing outline-based content like articles and play lists. I think a better representation is “other people’s … [Read more...] about OPML – Other Peoples Meaningful Lists
What is MIMO
An interesting email question came in about MIMO. The reader wanted to know what it was and if these broadband routers could help solve his wireless situation. Defining MIMO is the easier part. The harder part is finding out if all MIMO routers should be considered. MIMO technology is used in … [Read more...] about What is MIMO