Space 2021 A number of significant achievements have occurred in space technologies in the past couple of months and I thought I would...

Chip Shortages I thought for this month’s column it might be interesting to explore the chip shortage which is having an impact on...

Ransomware I am writing this in May of 2021. As I drive down US 1 here in Beltsville the gasoline prices have all jumped from about $2.40...

Another World Password Day I have been writing this column for just over five years now and I have written five columns (one was in two...

The USB Port As I see it part of the purpose of this column is to give the readers insight into technology. This month I thought I would...

Pi Day - March 14th March 14th is Pi Day. Pi is the number that represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. In...

How Search Engines Work Happy New Year! Welcome to 2021, hopefully a better year. Last week I was asked how search engines like Google or...

Free Gifts for the Privacy Minded The holiday season is upon us as we work, play, shop, and go to school online. For many of us hours and...

Holiday Shopping Ideas 2020 It's November again and time to prepare for holiday shopping. It seems that many companies are running “Black...

Phone Phishing From last month, phishing is a means to try and fraudulently collect money or valuable information from a person using...

Phishing Attacks Continuing our series on security and privacy protection this month, we look at phishing. Phishing is a form of social...

Back to School Back to school in 2020 is expected to be a lot different from in the past. Currently, Prince George’s County is planning...

Encryption Tools Last month’s column discussed encryption. This month, the column looks at tools used to encrypt data for everyday use....

Encryption One way of protecting your data involves a technology known as encryption. When you were a child, you may have owned a toy...

Privacy Protection Strategies This month I am finally returning to my series on privacy and protection. In February we discussed who...

Meetings from Home It's been a month now, and here we all are still stuck at home. Last month I deviated from my current series and...

Working from Home Due to the fact that everyone I know is working from home because of the threat posed by the COVID-19 virus, I thought...

Protecting Your Information This is the third in my series on privacy and security. Last month, I reviewed one method of creating secure...

Time to Change Your Passwords This month starts my sixth year writing this column. Each year I have written at least one column on...

Protecting Your Information This is the third in my series on privacy and security. Last month, I reviewed one method of creating secure...