I often recommend updating your firmware to the latest before installing a feature release. But if you have ever followed my patching advice you will know that I stay away from betas, pre-release, and all other “bleeding edge” sort of software. I mean, the release software is buggy enough. Do we need to purposely choose […]

HISTORY By Ed Tittel Back in the early 1980s, standardized networking technology was still years off. During that period, I had to learn and work with AppleTalk, NetBEUI/NetBIOS, DECnet, IBM/SNA, IPX/SPX, OSI and — of course — TCP/IP. At one point, I could give you reasons why one might — or might not — choose […]