Marsha Collier

In a day when it seems that the entire world has access to all of our personal information, Newsweek arrives with a blasting cover "Beating Big Brother," and as a techie-lite, I'm always interested in how big brother is peeking into my business. After reading the article, it seems there is a whole world of cyber-snoops out there, and even if it's just for kicks, these folks care about our online communications. Read more

Ahhh yes, life’s pretty sweet with that high speed DSL line. But there is a glitch. The normal ISP dial up account can’t be used from any computer in the world. A DSL line connects to only one computer. The obvious solution would be to install a network to carry the line to every computer in the house. I've steered clear of a having network in my home office. I once spent several days trying to hook up 2 computers using Windows 95, and finally gave up after only intermittently being able to make the computers communicate. I swore that my days on the floor with my computers were over and I ran my own "network" by transferring Zip disks from one computer to another. Read more