By Robert McMillen, KOIN’s Tech Guru Last week, Craigslist, the popular site for selling everything from cars to companionship, decided to take the adult section off of their website, at least temporarily. PC Magazine projected that Craigslist would...

By: Bob McMillen My wife and I have a running joke anytime we see a piece of news about something “they” say. “They” say that if you take vitamins everyday then….Who are “they?” No one ever sees who “they” are, but we apparently trust them implicitly....

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru Your office has an IT staff that allows your company to do some amazing things. Some of those things are the ability to securely reach your company’s computer equipment while working from home, host a website, remotely...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru When I met my wife in 1996, it was a curiosity that we met on the internet. It was the days of dial up. There wasn’t even a DSL in sight. It was so unusual to meet and marry someone you originally started talking...

Fun New Internet TV Options Anyone Can Use By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru There are a slew of new ways to watch TV on the internet. This works whether or not you watch on a computer screen or directly on your TV. We will be discussing You Tube’s...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru Now that the dust has settled on the iPhone 4, let’s see if you made the right choice. While all the media hype has been going to Apple (thanks to the wizard himself, Steve Jobs), the Android operating system has...

By Robert McMillen, KOIN Tech Guru I interviewed the top people at ARIN not too long ago. This stands for the American Registry of Information Numbers. They said that in 2011 we will start the transition from TCPIP version 4 to version 6. What does this...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru You can get viruses many different ways, but there is a type of virus which is more prevalent than any other these days. Many readers and clients ask me how viruses are delivered. We have antivirus in our computers...

Biking in Portland Using 3D Maps By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru I have been running on a treadmill for many years almost every morning. I do it to stay healthy and keep my lungs clear. Becoming healthy was the main reason for moving to Portland...

By: Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru Many of you have seen the segment by Eric Taylor this week as he interviewed me about how to speed up your PC. It seemed to have helped a lot of people, but many more had lots of questions. I will try to answer them...

The Ultimate Smart Phone By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru “Why can’t they build a smart phone with all the features I want?” I get this question a lot from our readers. It would be part Android, iPhone, and a dash (but not too much) of Blackberry...

Should I buy a desktop, laptop, netbook, or tablet? By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru The IPAD has muddied the waters on what a person should buy for their personal computer. The first word in PC is ‘personal’, so this is a personal choice for your...

Before You Buy Your Next Smart Phone, Read This! By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru The next evolution in smart phones is coming out, and you may miss out if you buy the wrong one. This is an evolution of speed, not just features. There are also other...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru Many emails have been coming my way asking about whether or not it would be a good idea to get the Apple IPAD when it gets released in the next couple of weeks. Only around half of the expected 300,000 IPADs have...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru An agency within the Department of Defense created the internet many decades ago, and then decided to give it away to the world. Although the U.S. controlled IP addresses and domain names up until last year, the technology...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru We love our technology, most of the time. Cell phones with cameras and video have been a tremendous help in catching criminals and creating a whole new generation of internet reporters. You might even be able to make...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru Amid the many stories of hackers breaking into websites and changing the home pages to something unintended by their owners comes a different kind of problem.  You could have your website stolen legally, and...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru Ola’ from the Dominican Republic! This week I had the privilege of being invited to the Kaspersky Security Conference for the Americas in Punta Cana. Now don’t hate me because I’m in a warm climate with an ocean view...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru   I guess we need to take a quick break from all the iPad and other tablet news to concentrate on something that seems to plague all Windows users at one time or another, and that is what to do when you get...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech GuruDo you remember the last time we read about the release of a tablet? There was this guy in the Middle East, and he was trying to turn around his company when he got some help from above.  I believe his name was...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech GuruBy now everyone has heard about the disaster in Haiti, but seeing how Haiti and the U.S. has responded using technology in the aftermath is a lesson we in the Northwest should take to heart.It’s interesting to note...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru Many questions have come my way via email about CES. Everyone wants to know what hot new consumer electronics debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. Here is a rundown of what I see as the...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru It has been a fun year for predictions and technical disasters. In January, many predicted that people would jump onto Cloud Computing, but very few people have done so although some businesses are starting to test...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house was whirring and chirring and a laser guided USB mouse. The kids are getting everything electronic. I hear Mario, Luigi, and a hedgehog named Sonic. "We...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru My wife and many other spouses have a really difficult time buying for people like me. I pretty much have all the gadgets I need, so finding something I would want can be tough. So to help you all out this season...