Sci/Tech

User Friendly: A window on Windows 7

"What about Windows 7?" asked Mimi. I was replaying phone messages, checking email, wondering what I'd forgotten to do that I was supposed to do and trying to keep up with tasks that all seem to come at once (that never happens to you, right?). I hadn't heard from Mimi York in a while.

Microsoft's new free anti-virus program offers unassuming alternative

You can't always tell if a virus has taken over a Windows computer, but many anti-virus programs leave no doubt about their presence.

User Friendly: SOS email

One of my favorite columns is coming up. I usually write it right after Thanksgiving. That's the one where I talk about some of the more unusual technological toys out there (some may recall the infamous Swedish Teflon® Mousepad). This year, though, I'm going to ask you to join me in the quest.

Eureka!: An ancestor's tale held long in the tooth

A couple of 4-million-year-old Ethiopian teeth are changing the way scientists view the evolution and habitat of mankind's earliest known relative.

Statistics experts reject assertions of global cooling

WASHINGTON - The Earth is still warming, not cooling as some global warming skeptics are claiming, according to an analysis of global temperatures by independent statistics experts.

Q & A: A new Verizon email policy; an old wireless router

Q: Verizon sent me an e-mail saying I need to change my mail settings. So instead of asking customers first, they make them do extra work.

A: Tweaking Internet settings is no fun, but I can't agree with this reader. When it comes to e-mail security, the customer isn't always right and is sometimes irrelevant.

User Friendly: The obsolete key

One icy morning Leslie Hilliard Strong slipped under a passenger car of the Long Island Railroad's commuter train from Merrick to Manhattan. I know. He was my grandfather.

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