Bots – The Good, and Especially the Bad

Internet robots, also called bots, crawlers, and spiders, are not new – although they have been in the news more and more lately. Bots were initially developed to perform repetitive digital tasks, such as indexing a search engine. However, not unlike many other...

The Energy Star Program – how it works

You’ve seen the Energy Star stickers on all kinds of electrical products. But what do they really mean? Energy Star is a joint program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE). It is a voluntary program that was developed to help...

How do scanners work?

Scanners come in different shapes and sizes because they are intended for different uses. Though they share some functional similarities, the technologies that have been developed for each are rather dissimilar. Drum Scanners The original kind of scanner was a drum...

How does a laser printer work?

You’ve seen laser printers. Perhaps you even have one in your office. Ever wondered how they work? Do they really use lasers? What’s the rest of the process? The very short answer is, yes, they do use lasers. The not-quite-as-short answer is that when you hit the...

Let’s think about (your printer’s) ink

If you’ve researched and purchased ink for your printer, perhaps you been faced with deciding which type of ink you need. What are the differences between the inks available to you? Dye-Based Inks At one time, these were the only kind of ink available. Even today,...

Basic Ransomware Prevention

Hopefully your business has not been a ransomware victim. Hopefully you never will be, either. We’d like to share a few basic steps that your organization can take right now in order to lessen the possibility that you will fall prey to these types of cybercriminals....