by Dennis Beaver | secure alarm, technology, telephone service
October 13, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver “Several months ago on a Sunday afternoon, our home landline and cell phones rang, one after the other, many more times than normal. Also, our caller ID displayed Spam Likely. From prior experience, the caller claims to be from any...
by Dennis Beaver | return policy, technology
September 15, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver On Sunday, Aug. 21 at 10 a.m., readers Laura Salinas and her fiancee Jeff Guardiola purchased a 15.6 inch, Windows 10, Acer Aspire E15 laptop computer from the East Hills Target store in Bakersfield. They drove home, plugged it in...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, smoke alarm, technology
December 10, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver No doubt you’ve got a smoke alarm somewhere in your house or apartment, but do you know where they need to be placed or how many you should have? Try this test of your smoke alarm knowledge: 1. By 1975, most states required one...
by Dennis Beaver | technology, telephone service
December 05, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver If you have a landline and want the ability of making a phone call during a power outage, today’s story will be of special interest. As Central California reader “Sylvia” discovered, digital telephone service has made something we...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, technology
December 02, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver I am a graduate student at Cal State Chico and need some advice on what to do about a laptop computer I bought from a company over the Internet. While the computer works fine, the screen is very difficult to...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, technology
January 15, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Kate” is a student at Cal State Fresno who spent a semester at a university in the south of France. Before leaving, she learned from AT&T that her cell phone would work in Europe. But they...
