AT&T finally made iPhone tethering available for subscribers to it’s wireless service, once Apple’s iPhone operating system iOS4 was released. What’s tethering? That’s hooking your iPhone (or other wireless device) to your notebook computer so you can use the iPhone’s data service as a wireless modem for your computer. One “problem” – previous iPhone users [...]
iPhone Tethering — Waiting on AT&T
November 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I sure could have used “tethering” on my iPhone last Wednesday eveninng. I rushed home from the office so I could watch LSU play Texas in the College World Series final game. As soon as I parked, my neigbor popped out of her house to warn me that the power was off. We’ve had no [...]
Digital Video Recorder or Home Theater PC?
July 5, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Subscriber Bill DePierri wrote recently to ask about using a PC to record television. I’m already doing that with my home theater pc, which Bill has seen: Terry: We recently got a Cox DVR. It is pretty clunky with little flexibility. This got me to thinking about your comments about your PC-based DVR’s, especially since [...]
Updated Review – WinClear
August 30, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I’ve updated my review of WinClear, which is a Windows / Internet history privacy tool. WinClear erases Windows and web browser temporary files, cookies, history, viewing history, and a lot more to clean your tracks. Read my updated WinClear review Or, try the free download and scan by WinClear.
Changing Your Web Browser Fonts and Font Size
August 15, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I answered a question from a new Firefox user about font sizes. She had just installed Firefox and noticed that the fonts were smaller than those that she was used to seeing in Internet Explorer. The “problem” is that we, as users, can change our default fonts and font sizes in our web browsers. Firefox [...]
Wi-Fi Hotspots and Computer Security
August 15, 2006 By Leave a Comment
A reader wrote to ask: To improve security when using Wi-Fi at a coffee shop or traveling, I’ve seen advice to uninstall “File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks” on the active wireless connection in the Properties menu of Control Panel Network Connections. Is it necessary to do this – is there any downside to [...]
Thinking About Broadband Internet Access
August 6, 2006 By Leave a Comment
If you’re still using dialup Internet access for use from home, you should start thinking about “broadband”. What’s broadband? That’s the term for getting your Internet access via a cable or DSL connection, or even a fiber-optic connection if that’s available to you. During the roll-out stage of cable and DSL Internet access, there weren’t [...]
Email Reliability in this Internet World
July 31, 2006 By Leave a Comment
How reliable is email in today’s Internet world? Perfect, isn’t it? You would think that it would be completely reliable — we use it all the time. All we’re doing is pushing around electrons and we’ve known how to do that, in one way or another, for an awfully long time. Whether we are writing [...]
The Case of the Missing Newsletter
July 24, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Did you miss yesterday’s Terry’s Computer Tips email newsletter? I moved to a mailing service and all subscribers had to verify their subscriptions again. You can look for the email with a Subject that starts: Confirm your subscription to Terry’s Computer Tips, dated July 21st. Then, click the confirmation link in it. Or, just go [...]
New Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters
July 9, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Two new newsletters today – First, my email Terry’s Computer Tips newsletter (it’s free and has stuff that’s not in the online newsletter), and Second, my online Terry’s Computer Tips newsletter Technorati Tags: Terry’s Computer Tips, computer tips newsletter, free tips newsletter, computer tips, free newsletter