computers

Like many in northeast Missouri, I live near many Amish families and greatly respect their faith and approach to life. I was under the impression that they were adverse to all kinds of technology, but I'm apparently wrong as Missouri Amish are apparently able to use computers - sort of. It's rather complicated.

For obvious reasons, this county in Missouri isn't sharing many details, but we do know that it's under a systems lockdown after a vicious ransomware attack went after their computers and its records.

This will sound like a riddle that Batman would have to try and figure out, but I swear it's true and doable. Soon, you will be able to drive across Missouri in a truck even if you don't have a truck. Yes, an explanation is needed.

If you think you're safe in Missouri just because you have a hi-tech security system, think again. Reports say gangs are now using their own elicit technology to scramble home security systems so they can break into expensive homes.

There's a chance to save some big time bucks when Missouri begins its annual back-to-school sales tax holiday in August. It's important to know what is included and what isn't for this 3-day event.

It's not possible to step into a time machine to see what life was like 50 years ago. But, the next best thing might be these throwback that shows students at the University of Illinois learning computers back in 1966.

There is a lot of creativity out there when it comes to what people name their Wi-Fi networks in an attempt to keep others from stealing their service, or often just to be funny and give the neighbors a chuckle. Here are some of the best ones we've come across.

Here I am goofing off at work. That picture above is where I'm sitting as I write this and as you can see, Facebook is my method of choice.

Life is full of little annoyances. Like perfectly good money being spent on things like a study to find out what the most common annoyances are. I'm not annoyed that it gives me something to blog about though.

Last week, more than six million LinkedIn passwords were stolen and published on a message board frequented by Russian hackers. Now computer security firm Rapid7 has combed through them to show just how weak many of those passwords actually were.