Linux people in particular like the Telnet protocol because it allows easy command line interface access to PCs on a home network or small-biz setup. However if you have a Win 7 PC on your network, go to a prompt and type "telnet", the infamous "telnet is not recognized as an internal or external command.." shows up. Is the telnet.exe program...

I was born in 1975 which means that I’m probably the last generation to know pre-internet means of going online. And that method is known as BBS. The first BBS officially started accepting calls in 1978. It was called CBBS. It is very difficult to describe with BBSing was like but I’ll give it my best shot. Imagine for a moment that you have a...