When was instant messaging first created? I believe back in the 1960s. I, personally, first started instant messaging when my friend, back way in the olden days, introduced me to AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). To this day I still us...
Last week I asked dotTechies what security software (anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, etc.) do you protect your computer with? The polls are now closed and the results are in. Avira, Malwarebytes, and Windows Firewall are the m...
As I am sure most dotTechies already noticed, I have started a new Ask dotTechies series in which I pose weekly questions to dotTechies. These polls are just “for fun” and informative purposes so everyone can get to kn...
In the most recent Ask dotTechies article, I inquired what is the most popular e-mail service used by dotTechies. Well now the polls have closed and the results are in – Gmail wins by a large margin: [poll id=”3″...
E-mail is, undoubtedly, one of the most popular, if not the most popular, medium for communication today. So, I am curious, what e-mail service do dotTechies mainly use? Now I know many people have multiple e-mails from many diffe...
Last week I poised a simple question to all dotTechies: What internet browser do you mainly use? Well the polls have closed and the results are decisive. Firefox is the browser of choice for most dotTechies: [poll id=”2̸...
Firefox is, more or less, known as the browser which initiated the browser wars. However, now with so many browsers out there, many users are using different browsers. So the query is simple. What internet browser do you mainly us...