This is not a hard question, really: What do the words cookie, scuzzy, mouse, spam, gopher, and RAM have in common? Are they: A) the newest display at the local zoo; B) an Epicurean menu from a new ...

Last month I kicked off a series of columns that offer the basics you need to know for computer literacy. That first installment focused on what things are called. You learned computer lingo, and now ...

Q: You recently wrote that people should make sure new laptops have the new, faster “n” version of Wi-Fi built in. But how do you do that? All I see are ...

While it could take a four- year education to understand even much of the intermediate computer lingo tossed around today, a basic understanding of the most common terms can make purchasing a computer ...