Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please feel encouraged to suggest newsletter topics. Considering the security challenges, are there ways to use public wireless networks without risk? There are two simple starting points. Presume the network is not secure and encrypted. Ensure…
Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please feel encouraged to suggest newsletter topics. Security is a process. There is no single one-size-fits-all solution. The shift in computers toward mobile devices has created security challenges few people envisioned only a decade ago. Mobile…
Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please feel encouraged to suggest newsletter topics. Many new routers support USB devices. Examples of using USB ports on such routers are connecting a single USB printer for all users or providing shared files on a…
Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please feel encouraged to suggest newsletter topics. The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a security nightmare. Some people are now cynically joking that IoT is an acronym for Internet of Thieves. Malicious hackers are using…
Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please feel encouraged to suggest newsletter topics. You have more than one computer device in your home or office. You want the devices connected together as well as having access to the Internet. There are some…
Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please feel encouraged to suggest newsletter topics. Wireless computer devices use radio transmissions to connect to a router. Inside all routers supporting wireless devices is a transmitter-receiver, or transceiver. This radio signal is converted to a…
Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please feel encouraged to suggest newsletter topics. As technology continues to advance at break neck speeds, many people now use multiple computer devices to remain in contact and use the web. Where once a home or…
Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please feel encouraged to suggest newsletter topics. The World Wide Web provides humans many benefits. Yet the explosion of sharing knowledge and information has introduced caveats too. Specifically, when and how to trust that sharing. Nothing…
Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please feel encouraged to suggest newsletter topics. Windows 10 is a data mining surveillance tool. There is no privacy. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update worsens privacy concerns and includes more advertising. You are the product. Perhaps…
Welcome to the Fast-Air Tech Talk newsletter. The Tech Talk newsletter is a free service for all Fast-Air customers. Please feel encouraged to suggest newsletter topics. Many people have reasons for not wanting to update to Windows 10. For those versions of Windows that are eligible for the free update, the End of Life (EOL)…