BC firm's materials in space
$10K discrimination ruling
Quesnel pulp mill sold
Inquiry into B.C. port strike
Is decaf coffee bad for you?
Ex-cop tries to quash charge
PM pledges deportations
Trump trial arguments begin
Ghost guns to high court
Nude Beverages sells line
Wealth gap widening
Canadian Honda EV plant 
Leafs even series
Cristall gets pro look
Warriors even series in OT
Swift breaks Spotify record
Cudi Coachella set cut short
Bon Jovi 'hasn't been a saint'
Getting Along With Your Computer
Catching Up
This week it’s time to catch up with recent computing events. Here are two interesting things that developed in the last few weeks: Windows Vista Hardware...
Free Phone Calls
Have you been meaning to try Skype? Now might be a good time, as calls from Skype in Canada and the US to regular phones in Canada and the US are free until the...
End Of An Era
End of an Era, and Vista on the Horizon If you are still running Windows 98, Windows 98SE, or Windows Me, you need to know that this time it looks like...
Update Frenzy
The last two columns have been about Spring Cleaning. It looks like there’s been some spring cleaning going on at Mozilla and Microsoft, too, with both...
Spring Cleaning - Pt 2
Last time we talked about some steps to clean up your PC and make it a happy, healthy machine. This week, we continue with those recommendations, picking up...
Spring Cleaning
Part 1 Now that Spring is officially here (the first Yard Waste Pickup has come and gone) it’s a good time to give your computer a cleaning, too. A good...
Keep The Email""s Coming
This week’s column is all about the email I’ve received over the past few weeks. Keep it coming! Please! I often learn something new when I get a new...
Updates Updates
The next “Patch Tuesday” is April 11. Look for another batch of critical Windows updates from Microsoft. If you use Windows XP, you can set up your computer...
Daylight Savings Time
Daylight Savings Time And Your Computer Spring forward! At last! The days are getting longer. This Sunday, April 2, marks the start of Daylight Saving Time....
Windows Tweaks
Way back in January I mentioned several things you can do to customize your Windows. We really just scratched the surface. Here are some more ways you can have...
Worth A Mention
There are several interesting items to pass along to you this week. None of them seems to merit a whole column, but each is worth a mention. More gadgets: Last...
Gadgets
There are many useful tools for diagnosing problems in Windows and fixing them. I have a USB Flash Drive crammed with useful tools…and with gadgets. Some are...
How To Uninstall
Recently a client installed a program on a Windows 98 machine that was meant for Windows XP. Not a whole lot bad happened, but the program wouldn’t work. She...
Olympic Torch Virus Hoax
There’s an email circulating this week warning about a virus supposedly contained in an email about the Olympic Torch. As is the case with so many of these...
Various Tips & Tricks
Thank you to everyone who sends along questions and comments. Here are a few I’d like to pass along. Alex wrote, “I tried [Mozilla Firefox] and I like it....
Set Your Windows Clock
Now is a very good time to make sure your anti-virus software is up to date and running on every computer you own. Why? Well, Microsoft has issued an advisory...
Instant Messaging
What’s your favourite instant messaging program? At its simplest, an instant messaging program is one that connects to the internet, opens up a window and...
Blocking Spam
If you’ve been following this column for awhile now, you know that you can install a free anti-virus program, a free firewall program, and free spyware...
Odds And Ends
This week we have a few, unrelated, short items for you. None of them really rates a column of its own, but all of them seem worthy of a mention. I hope...
Better Than New
So, did Santa bring you that new computer you asked for? Yes? Great! Now is a really good time to get your computer set up just the way you like it, and to...
