Tag Archives: Wired
The Best Wi-Fi Routers
Wi-Fi is taking over our lives, or at least our houses; we need fast, reliable service, without having to worry about 75′ cables running through the house from the Internet routers to our devices, eh? Wired feels our pain! Simon … Continue reading
Did You Know?
How’s your home Wi-Fi these days? Fast enough? Stable enough? If you’re not as happy as you could be, there’s hope! Wired has a rather extensive collection of tips to get things moving: AS WE ALL shelter-in-place and work from … Continue reading
It’s Baaaaaack!
You just never know! From Lauren Goode, on Wired, today: When Apple discontinued the tiny iPhone SE back in the fall of 2018, it left people who wanted a smaller, less expensive iPhone without many options and was seen as … Continue reading
Had You Heard?
The more things change… From Klint Finley, on Wired, today: In 1987, Apple moved its software products, such as MacPaint and the office suite AppleWorks, into a new subsidiary called Claris. But by 1998, most of Claris’ products had either … Continue reading
Did You Further Know?
Sir Tim is also not content to let (wonderful as they might be) matters lie. From Wired this morning: …When Berners-Lee created the web, it was a decentralized platform. Anyone could publish a website and link to any other site. … Continue reading
Safety First for Bank Cards
#112295349 / gettyimages.com This tip first appeared here about a year ago. It’s critical enough to repost: (a year ago) Last week, Kim Zetter posted, on Wired, a short-but-informative piece, How to Protect Yourself From Big Bank-Card Hacks. See what … Continue reading
Snow in July???
View image | gettyimages.com Size matters!! Not really computer-related, unless (like me) you need a computer for more-than-basic arithmetic, but it is geeky… Found this piece, by Rhett Allain, on Wired this morning. He starts: THERE WAS A bunch … Continue reading
The Saviour of the World
Yeah, I know it has nothing to do with computers and related things, but it’s too cool not to post!! On Wired, the other day, Jonathan Keats noted: IN 1943, VESTA Stoudt had a job in a munitions factory where … Continue reading
A Smart Nightlight
What’s so smart about it? It pings your smartphone if it hears your fire alarm goes off. Kyle Vanhemert provides details here: A Fire-Safety Nightlight That Offers a New Take on the Smart Home. Short, sweet, and to the point.
Wired Ranks the Rumors
As Christina Bonnington reports in Wired: Each week, there are dozens of rumors, reports, and patent filings that hint at what’s coming out of Cupertino next. Some are legit, but many are totally bogus. As always, we’ve parsed the rumors, … Continue reading
