The United States has finally pulled out of ruling the Internet. The job is now left up to the non-government agency, ICANN. It’s a good move.

Well, then again, as has been shown around the world, when governments want to, they can shut down the Internet. I believe this act is more of a formality than any surrender of the Internet. If the power elite who rule this country (or any country) wanted to dispense with the Internet, it would be switched off in a nanosecond. So, again, I view this move as a formality.

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Apparently some good-natured folk are attempting to find the missing Malaysian airliner by using Google Maps. They are doing so in such great numbers that Google had to create a press release to inform people of the nature of Google Maps: It’s not live.

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Anyone who has access to an unsecured computer, phone, or tablet has instant access to all your online password — providing that they know where to look.

I view this risk as yet another reason you should be very careful with your electronics. Secure passwords on a phone or tablet? Yeah, that’s probably a good idea.

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Poor, Microsoft! They’re in a quandary over what to do about the millions of users who still cling to Office 2003 and Windows XP. They just won’t leave!

Apparently — and you could perhaps guess this — Windows 8 isn’t enticing the XP masses.

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Radio Shack was never a “cool” company. I mean, did anyone ever get all excited and say, “Hey! I’m going to Radio Shack”? Probably not. Even those of us who adopted the TRS-80 as our first computer way, way back when had our issues with The Shack.
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