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Missoulian archive:

May 15, 2011 Music in the ‘Cloud’ the Next Big Step
May 8, 2011 Silence Surrounds ‘botnet’ Actions
May 1, 2011 Playstation Network Hack PR Nightmare
April 24, 2011 Ethics Enters ‘Botnet’ Battle: Questions Arise Over FBI’s Involvement
April 17, 2011 Battle Against ‘Botnets’ Builds
April 10, 2011 Be Wary of Email Tax Scams This Year
April 3, 2011 Google Search Changes Incoming Link Policies
March 27, 2011 Google Updates its Search Results
March 20, 2011 Smartphone Malware, Part Two
March 13, 2011 Malware Attacks On Smartphones Increase
March 7, 2011 Wave Semiconductor Considers Montana Operation
February 27, 2011 Apple, Google Change News Business Model
February 20, 2011 Reaction Time Biggest Advantage
February 13, 2011 Predicting Death of The Daily
February 6, 2011 Supercomputer Helps with Algorithms
January 30, 2011 Butte’s Big Sky a Super Machine
January 24, 2011 Wading Through New Mac App Store
January 16, 2011 App Store For Macs New Way To Shop
January 9, 2011 News Corp. iPad ‘Newspaper’ Bets on Simplicity
January 2, 2011 Will The Daily Survive?
December 27, 2010 Tech Stories to Watch in 2011
December 19, 2010 Practical and/or Fun Gift Ideas
December 12, 2010 Internet Routing Based On Trust
December 5, 2010 Internet Hijacking Exposes Flaws
November 28, 2010 How To Move Personal Data
November 21, 2010 Facebook Unveils Message System and Ramps Up Competition With Google
November 14, 2010 Google, Facebook Data War Heats Up
November 7, 2010 Tips To Avoid Java Malware
October 31, 2010 New Malware Infiltrating Social Sites
October 24, 2010 Honestly.com is Open To Public
October 17, 2010 Apple’s Innovation Leads to New Products and Billions
October 10, 2010 Website Aims For Historical Accuracy
October 3, 2010 Recycle ‘E-waste’ at Event Saturday
September 26, 2010 Recording History on the Web
September 19, 2010 Shout Out Puts Website On Map
September 12, 2010 Google, Facebook Have PR Differences
September 5, 2010 Wikileaks Under Fire For Its Own Secrecy
August 29, 2010 The “Kids” and Social Networking Privacy
August 22, 2010 The Onion Can Make You Cry
August 15, 2010 Digital Rights Update Changes DVD Rules
August 8, 2010 Law Update OKs ‘Jailbreaking’ iPhones
August 2, 2010 iPhone Arrival Nearly Official
July 26, 2010 Windows XP Won’t Die, Part Two
July 19, 2010 Microsoft Wants Users To Move On From XP
July 12, 2010 China and Google Finish Dancing
July 5, 2010 Google’s Business Quandary in China
June 28, 2010 Iceland Moves to Protect Information
June 21, 2010 Microsoft Makes a Move to the “Cloud”
June 14, 2010 BP’s PR Goes Under the Microscope
June 7, 2010 Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill: There’s Networking, And Then There’s Data
May 31, 2010 Facebook Backtracks on Some Privacy Changes
May 24, 2010 Diaspora Project: Upstart Social Network Does Things Differently
May 17, 2010 Diaspora Project Hopes to Fill Facebook Void
May 10, 2010 Does Montana get the iPhone?
May 3, 2010 iPhone Might Arrive, Officially
April 26, 2010 What’s in Store for Unvarnished?
April 19, 2010 Unvarnished Could be Game Changer
April 12, 2010 Unvarnished and the Good, Bad and the Ugly
April 5, 2010 Wrap-up of Online Privacy Guidelines
March 29, 2010 Problems of Internet Oversight
March 22, 2010 Agencies Walk the Line on Web Cookies
March 15, 2010 Proxies Provide Ultimate Privacy
March 8, 2010 Groups Help with Privacy Concerns
March 1, 2010 Stay Safe Online by Being Proactive
February 22, 2010 Get to Know Private Browsing Settings
February 15, 2010 The Good and Bad of Browser Cookies
February 8, 2010 Clicking away Online Privacy
February 1, 2010 The Cost of Spilling Web Data
January 25, 2010 Web sites’ data collection
January 18, 2010 Always Check Out Privacy Policies
January 11, 2010 Staying Secure and Private Online
January 4, 2010 Stack Exchange Helps Improve Accuracy of Information
December 27, 2009 Stack Overflow: Improving the Accuracy of Blogs
December 20, 2009 Easy Steps to Avoid Tech Support Blues
December 13, 2009 Poverello Shelter adds Facebook, Twitter to spread message
December 6, 2009 Phishing Scams a Click Away
November 29, 2009 The Truth behind Cyber Monday
November 22, 2009 Navigating Google’s Dashboard
November 16, 2009 Google’s Dashboard gives users a bit more control
November 8, 2009 Changing a Tire with an Algorithm
November 1, 2009 Washing Electronics Not Always End of Line
October 25, 2009 Windows 7’s Arrival Could Boost Economy
October 18, 2009 Is the Windows 7 Update Worth It?
October 11, 2009 Predicting the Future of the Web
October 4, 2009 Internet Constantly Evolving
September 27, 2009 The Rise of Web search
September 20, 2009 DNS Key to Holding Internet Together
September 14, 2009 The Start of Viruses and Malware
September 8, 2009 E-Mail’s Transition to Staple of Web
August 31, 2009 Delving into the History of E-mail
August 25, 2009 Early Online Services and their Demise
August 18, 2009 Mosaic Eased Use of Internet
August 10, 2009 With Links, Browsers Web is Born
August 3, 2009 Packet Switching Reroutes Web Traffic
July 27, 2009 Packet Switching Enables Internet
July 20, 2009 Early Days of Internet
July 13, 2009 Working Our Way to Web 3.0
July 7, 2009 Can Data Centers be Green?
June 29, 2009 Data Centers Enable Cloud Computing
June 22, 2009 Final Digital TV Change
June 15, 2009 Computing in the Cloud
June 8, 2009 Is Google Wave the Next Big Thing?
June 1, 2009 Google Profiles Part 2
May 25, 2009 Google Profiles Part 1
May 18, 2009 XBRL helps with Transparency in Business
May 11, 2009 The eXtensible in XML
May 4, 2009 Behind News Feeds, XML at Work
April 27, 2009 RSS Feeds Part Two
April 20, 2009 Surfing is Easy with RSS
April 13, 2009 Are You Opted Out?
April 6, 2009 The Worm That Wasn’t…. At Least Not Yet
March 30, 2009 Travel Missoula using Transit
March 23, 2009 Tracking Down the History of Street View in Missoula
March 16, 2009 Walk Around Missoula, World with Street View
March 9, 2009 Tips, Tricks to Using Linkedin
March 2, 2009 Linkedin Geared Toward Business
February 23, 2009 Checking Progress of Digital TV Transition
February 16, 2009 Local Stations’ Plans for Transition to Digital
February 9, 2009 Montana Stations Prepare for Digital
February 2, 2009 Sending E-mail a ‘talkative’ Process
January 26, 2009 Going Under the Hood of E-mail
January 19, 2009 Legislature 2009 – Stay up to Date with site on Session
January 12, 2009 Online Grant Process the Norm
January 5, 2009 Blogs to Check Out This Year
December 29, 2008 Tech Tips to Use for 2009
December 22, 2008 Internet Can be Full of Good
December 15, 2008 Navigating Christmas Tech Support
December 8, 2008 Saga of Spam Ring Continues
December 1, 2008 Big Spam Operation Takes a Hit
November 24, 2008 Technology Brings Forth Some Ethical Dilemmas
November 17, 2008 Internet Finally a Big Player in Politics
November 9, 2008 Finding the Truth Online
November 2, 2008 Computer Boot Times Can Seem Like Forever
October 26, 2008 Be Alert For Fake Software
October 19, 2008 Easy Tips To Better Navigate Macs, PCs
October 12, 2008 Next Step To Speed Is DNA Computers
October 5, 2008 The Logic Of Digital Decisions
September 28, 2008 Garbage In, Garbage Out
September 21, 2008 How RAM, Hard Drives Collaborate On Your PC
September 14, 2008 Drives, Like Elephants, Rarely Forget
September 7, 2008 Semantic Search Is Next Big Step
August 31, 2008 Easy Tips For Better Searching On The Web
August 24, 2008 How Search Engines Build Indexes
August 17, 2008 Search Google and Find Ourselves?
August 10, 2008 IT Fluency Key in Constantly Changing World
August 3, 2008 DNS Secret Fix: The Story Continues
July 27, 2008 Secret Fix Addresses Flaw On Net
July 20, 2008 Internet Addresses Are Limited
July 13, 2008 There’s Nothing Like A Good Book, Even For Computers
July 6, 2008 Update Browsers Regularly To Avoid Malware Infection
June 29, 2008 Apple’s Os X Sets Up Easily; And Some Tips, Too
June 23, 2008 Clean Install Of Windows Xp Can Help Slow Computer
June 15, 2008 Spreadsheet Applications Are Valuable Resources
June 8, 2008 Data And Databases Are Case Studies In Organization
June 2, 2008 Extensions Keep Files Organized
May 25, 2008 Digital Age Produces New Ways To Preserve
May 18, 2008 The Analog To Digital Tv Change Is Complicated
May 11, 2008 You’ve Gone Digital – Now Post, Preserve Photos
May 5, 2008 Photo Editing Software Flourishes On Internet
April 27, 2008 Take Time To Learn Software For Your Digital Camera
April 21, 2008 Some Compromises When Going Digital
April 13, 2008 Take Your Time When Seeking Out The Right Camera
April 6, 2008 Photography Gets Easier With Digital
March 30, 2008 Hacking For Good, And For a Degree
March 23, 2008 Hackers In Black, White And Shades Of Gray
March 16, 2008 Meaning Of ‘Hacker’ Has Evolved Over Time
March 10, 2008 In Social Engineering, Even The Tidbits Are Valuable
March 2, 2008 Browsing Tools Can Help Elude Phish Hooks
February 27, 2008 Don’t Let Phishers Hook You
February 18, 2008 Don’t Let Hackers Get Into Your PC
February 11, 2008 Trojan Horses on the Loose
February 3, 2008 Football Field Gets Amped Up
January 28, 2008 Is the Storm Worm Brewing?
January 21, 2008 Check The Snow And Rain At SNOTEL
January 13, 2008 Analog To Digital TV Changeover Ain’t Necessarily So
December 31, 2007 The Coming Television Changeover From Analog To Digital
December 30, 2007 Blogs for the Year
December 24, 2007 Gift Gadget Problems?
December 16, 2007 Wisdom of the Wiki
December 9, 2007 Content Management Systems Are Blogs On Steroids
December 2, 2007 Sign Up, Set Up, Write – You’re A Blogger
November 24, 2007 There’s A Blog For Everyone
November 18, 2007 Writers on the web
November 11, 2007 Books And Book Resources Abound On Internet
November 4, 2007 Unicode Spreads World’s Languages Across Web
October 29, 2007 The Map is not the Territory
October 22, 2007 Did you miss the tickets? Blame ‘bots’
October 13, 2007 Save your digital life with a backup
October 3, 2007 Assistive Technology
September 27, 2007 The world of web browsers; which should you use?
September 21, 2007 E-waste and recycling
September 16, 2007 Your Name Up In Lights on the Internet; or, getting your own domain isn’t difficult
September 5, 2007 Where are we after 25 years of viruses and spyware?
August 28, 2007 What’s the difference between Windows, Apple and Open Source?
August 22, 2007 Take your life along anywhere with a flash drive
August 19, 2007 Easy Virtual Private Networks for everyone
August 12, 2007 Is your wireless security at your home and business up to the task?
August 4, 2007 The Insecurity of Wi-Fi

Mac Q & A archive:

November 3, 2014 Another Scam from macsystemalerts.com
September 27, 2014 What is this Bash Shellshock Bug that is in the News?
September 2, 2014 Is applesecurityalerts.com a Scam?
February 20, 2014 Which Photograph Scanners Work with Macs?
January 24, 2014 What Kind of Mac Should I Get?
January 10, 2014 Turn off the Download Warnings
December 2, 2013 Upgrading an Old iMac
September 5, 2013 My Macbook Trackpad is Slippery
July 10, 2013 Noise from my DVD Drive
March 22, 2013 What’s with the Question Mark in the Folder Tool Bar?
February 21, 2013 Helping with Screen Distractions
January 21, 2013 Switching to IMAP in Apple Mail
April 13, 2012 Yet Another Java Update
April 11, 2012 Disabling Java on OS X
April 5, 2012 Critical Java Update for Security
May 15, 2011 Apple Security Alert scams
May 8, 2011 Archive and Install with Snow Leopard
May 1, 2011 What’s the best way to do Automatic Updates?
April 24, 2011 Set a New Home Page in Safari
April 17, 2011 Microsoft Publisher files and OS X
April 10, 2011 What’s the Best Mac Tax Software?
April 3, 2011 Burning Dual Layer DVDs
March 27, 2011 Network Printers
March 20, 2011 Is There Malware Around for the iPhone?
March 13, 2011 Update an Old MacBook
March 6, 2011 Which iPhone Should I Get?
February 27, 2011 Good Apple Troubleshooting Websites
February 20, 2011 Windows, Taxes and a Mac
February 13, 2011 Resize Images in Preview
February 6, 2011 PowerPoint and Keynote on a Mac
January 30, 2011 Do I Have to Use Wireless?
January 23, 2011 Adding More RAM to a Mac Mini
January 16, 2011 How Do I Get Rid of Programs in the Dock?
January 9, 2011 My MacBook Battery Only Charges to 98%
January 2, 2011 Should I Wait for a Verizon iPhone?
December 26, 2010 Give The Kid Their Own OS X Account
December 19, 2010 Using BitNami for OS X Web Development
December 12, 2010 How Can I Get WMA Music Files into iTunes?
December 5, 2010 How Much Memory Should I Get?
November 28, 2010 Zipping File Attachments
November 21, 2010 Recording Streaming Audio
November 14, 2010 Eject a Stuck CD
November 7, 2010 Password Protection for a Mac
October 31, 2010 Do I Need Antivirus For My Mac?
October 24, 2010 Wireless Mice
October 17, 2010 Wireless Security while Traveling with a Mac
October 10, 2010 Right Clicking with a MacBook
October 3, 2010 How Do I Erase a Hard Drive Before I Give My Mac Away?
September 26, 2010 Protecting Your Files With File Vault
September 19, 2010 MobileMe and iWeb’s limits
September 12, 2010 Something Other Than Photoshop?
September 5, 2010 What Wireless Routers Work With Macs?
August 29, 2010 Working with Word Docs
August 22, 2010 OS X and Wireless Printers
August 15, 2010 Using OS X’s Webserver
August 8, 2010 Add Montana Public Radio to iTunes
August 1, 2010 Working with Fonts
July 25, 2010 What’s a Good Disk Utility?
July 18, 2010 What’s Better Than iPhoto?
July 11, 2010 Apple Mail IMAP Tweaks
July 4, 2010 Recover Deleted Digital Photos
June 27, 2010 What’s POP and IMAP in Apple Mail?
June 20, 2010 Do I need Software Update?
June 13, 2010 PDFs on OS X
June 6, 2010 iPhoto CDs for Windows
May 30, 2010 PC Printers with a Mac
May 23, 2010 Is AppleCare Worth it?
May 16, 2010 Extending a Wi-fi Network
May 9, 2010 Blocking Ads in Safari
May 2, 2010 Sharing a Screen with another Mac
April 25, 2010 Make your MacBook Location Aware
April 18, 2010 Adding More Memory to a MacBook
April 11, 2010 Converting a QuickBooks File
April 4, 2010 Using Two Email Addresses with Apple Mail
March 28, 2010 My External Disks are Full
March 21, 2010 Printing to a PDF file
March 14, 2010 Moving Microsoft Outlook Email to Thunderbird
March 7, 2010 Using Time Machine
February 28, 2010 How Apple’s Boot Camp Works
February 21, 2010 Rescuing Files from a Hard Drive
February 14, 2010 Setting a Default Program
February 7, 2010 Using Apple Mail with GMail
January 31, 2010 Why Should I Buy a Mac?
January 24, 2010 Backing up an iTunes Library
January 17, 2010 Moving an iTunes Library
January 10, 2010 Fixing iTunes Tracks with Different Volumes
January 3, 2010 What’s Shockwave Player?
December 27, 2009 Perian, the Swiss Army Knife of QuickTime
December 20, 2009 Pasting Plain Text
December 13, 2009 Dealing with Old Floppy Disks
December 6, 2009 Backing up your Mac
November 29, 2009 Moving from Windows to Mac
November 22, 2009 Searching for Text inside Files
November 15, 2009 Easily Use Muliple Digital Cameras with OS X
November 8, 2009 Add a CD-DVD Eject button in the Menu Bar
November 1, 2009 External Speakers for a MacBook
October 25, 2009 How do I Delete a Program in OS X?
October 18, 2009 A Better Clipboard for Multiple Cutting and Pasting
October 11, 2009 Make an Archive of a CD or DVD
October 4, 2009 The OS X Firewall
September 27, 2009 Working with the OS X Dock
September 20, 2009 Turn off the Caps Lock key
September 12, 2009 One Step DVD from a Movie
September 5, 2009 Exporting QuickTime Movies in different formats
August 29, 2009 Connecting to a Non-Apple Wireless Router
August 22, 2009 Reset Firewire Ports
August 15, 2009 You Can’t Connect to an Airport With an iBook
August 9, 2009 Delete Preference Files to Fix Problems
August 1, 2009 Plain Text Editors for OS X
July 25, 2009 Converting Video from a DVD for Editing in iMovie
July 18, 2009 Downloaded Disk Images that won’t Mount
July 13, 2009 Online Backups
July 4, 2009 Which Browser – Firefox or Safari?
June 28, 2009 MainMenu for Maintenance
June 21, 2009 Remove Misspelled Words from the Dictionary
June 12, 2009 Easy Backups for your Mac
June 6, 2009 Getting more Battery Life with a MacBook
May 31, 2009 Moving to a New Mac
May 24, 2009 Adding Printers in OS X
May 19, 2009 Airport Wireless Troubles
May 9, 2009 Apple’s Pages and Styles
May 2, 2009 Playing Windows Media Video files on your Mac
April 26, 2009 Windows Disks with Macs
April 19, 2009 Change the Administrator Password
April 12, 2009 Disk Utility
April 4, 2009 OS X File Permissions
March 26, 2009 Pages, Apple’s Word Processor
March 21, 2009 Do I Need Antivirus on my Mac?
March 8, 2009 Do I Need Software Update?

Random Tech archive:

November 28, 2013 Google AfterLife
June 3, 2013 Kerodin’s Armed Citadel in Idaho? It’s a Fantasy, as in Fantasy Novel
March 4, 2013 Don’t Cybersquat With a Loaded Gun on Your Hip
May 25, 2012 The Elance Freelance Game
September 1, 2011 Looking Under the Hood of the Presidential Candidate’s Websites

State of the Arts Tech Talk archive:

October 5, 2017 Virtual Private Networks
July 1, 2017 Tor, the Onion Network
April 2, 2017 Ghostery
January 3, 2017 Truth and Fiction
October 1, 2016 Free Site Builders
July 1, 2016 DuckDuckGo
April 1, 2016 Is Your Website Mobile Compatible?
January 2, 2016 Block Those Ads?
October 1, 2015 Stop Auto-Play Videos
July 1, 2015 Lots of learning available on YouTube
May 1, 2015 Is Ello competition for Facebook?
March 1, 2015 Quitting Facebook
January 1, 2015 Fake Warning Messages are Scams
November 1, 2014 Security and High-Tech Scammers
September 1, 2014 Getting Started with Online Meetings
July 1, 2014 Using the Foundation Center Online
May 1, 2014 Using the Foundation Center
March 1, 2014 The Learning Never Ends
January 1, 2014 Kickstarting Art in Montana
November 1, 2013 Selling Branded Products
September 1, 2013 WordPress and Ecommerce
July 1, 2013 Self-hosting WordPress
May 1, 2013 Using WordPress.com, Part 2
March 1, 2013 Using WordPress.com
January 1, 2013 Social Media and “Real” Websites
November 1, 2012 Photographing Artwork, Part 2
September 1, 2012 Photographing Artwork, Part 1
July 1, 2012 How Many Megapixels are Enough?
May 1, 2012 What Can You Do with an iPad?
March 1, 2012 Copying Images and Copyright on the Web
January 1, 2012 Mobile Credit Card Processing
November 1, 2011 QR Codes
September 1, 2011 Care and Feeding of Your Mac
July 1, 2011 Malware Now Attacking Macs
May 1, 2011 Windows Powerpoint and Mac Keynote
March 1, 2011 More Tips on Preserving Privacy
January 1, 2011 More on Cookie Management
November 1, 2010 More About Online Privacy
September 1, 2010 Exploring the Basics of Online Privacy
July 1, 2010 Cultural and Aesthetic Project Applications Go Online
May 1, 2010 Website Privacy Policies are a Good Idea
March 1, 2010 Nonprofits for Nonprofits
January 1, 2010 Moving from Windows to Mac
October 31, 2009 How Well do you Google?
August 31, 2009 Build your Own Social Network with Ning
July 1, 2009 Online payments a must for artists’ websites
May 1, 2009 Social Networking
March 1, 2009 Online Applications
January 1, 2009 Basic Online Security
November 1, 2008 Online alternatives
September 1, 2008 Back up your Data
July 1, 2008 Get your Name on the Internet

Montana InBusinessMonthly archive:

May 1, 2011 HuffPo, AOL Deal Disregards Journalists’ Worth
April 1, 2011 Compare Before Buying Verizon or AT&T iPhone
March 1, 2011 RMSC Has Power To Make Montana A Green Leader
February 1, 2011 Montana Should Benefit From Butte’s Supercomputer
January 1, 2011 Will Internet Explorer 6 Die Already?
December 1, 2010 Search Online And Off For Best Deal On Computers
November 1, 2010 Facebook Alternative’s First Priority Is Opt-In Privacy
October 1, 2010 Next Congress Will Decide Fate Of Net Neutrality
August 1, 2010 Apple’s iPhone 4 Rollout Not as Smooth as Usual
July 1, 2010 Businesses Should Monitor and Steer Online Reputation
June 1, 2010 Managing Online Reputation Increasingly Important
May 1, 2010 Is Apple’s iPad Ready for Business World?
April 1, 2010 Web Site Privacy Policies are Good Business
March 1, 2010 Check your Facebook Privacy Settings
February 1, 2010 Apple Growing and Competing in the Business World
January 1, 2010 More Compatibility Makes Moving from PC to Mac Painless
December 1, 2009 Check Pros and Cons before Upgrading to Windows 7
November 1, 2009 Rise to the Top of Google Search
October 1, 2009 With OS X it’s Possible to Run Windows on a Mac
September 1, 2009 Free Wi-Fi leaves Unsecure Web Open to Prying Eyes
August 1, 2009 Build Your Own Social Network for Business with Ning
July 1, 2009 Mumm’s the Word When Talking iPhone in Montana
June 1, 2009 Vision Net Brings People and Events Closer
May 1, 2009 Online Behemoths make Web Site Payments Simple
March 1, 2009 Social Networking Sites Good for Businesses, too

Words on WordPress archive:

April 1, 2016 Words on WordPress: Mobile Compatibility
March 21, 2014 Words on WordPress: Basic Utility Plugins
February 26, 2014 Words on WordPress: Who is a Good Web Hosting Service for WordPress?
January 31, 2014 Words on WordPress: Basic Plugins for your WordPress Site
December 2, 2013 Words on WordPress: Using Developer Tools
November 18, 2013 Words on WordPress: Making and Using Page Templates
November 4, 2013 Words on WordPress: Creating a Child Theme
October 7, 2013 Words on WordPress: Bump your Server Memory

Buffalo Post archive:

February 23, 2010 2010 Bear River (Baker – Marias) Massacre Memorial
July 6, 2009 Nkwusm Works to Preserve Salish Language

Rocks and Bones archive:

October 2, 2012 Lucky the Wild Filly
October 24, 2011 The Burial of Elouise Cobell