Would you like to try out Linux, but haven’t a clue how to create a dual boot system? VirtualBox allows you to do just that. This is a software based virtualization platform that runs in Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Solaris that supports guests (virtual machines) of the same. Now you can easily roll [...]
Were you aware that Microsoft Windows reserves 20% of your available bandwidth for updates etc? This is not a problem for most, but for those of us who like to tweak and customize here is how to change that. Click Start Click Run Type gpedit.msc in the space provided Click OK or press enter on [...]
Last week, I went over the basics of strace and some very simple examples of it’s use. So this week I thought I would demonstrate a very useful use of strace in problematically duplicating the functions of cpanel’s WHM web interface. This will allow you to do anything WHM does through the browser via the [...]
Tech Tree is reporting there are (estimated) over one billion PCs installed around the globe. The Gartner Group called them ‘installed’ PCs as their estimation is for personal computers in use – not just shipped ones or machines sold. They factor in not only new machines, but second hand PCs as well. That’s over 1,000,000,000 [...]
Have you had enough of Windows faulty features yet? After 15 years of development and testing, WINE has finally reached v1.0 this week. Think of WINE as a gateway program to break free from the Microsoft operating system and still be able to run Windows programs in Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and Solaris. This [...]
Here are 3 free programs that you can download from www.download.com that will go a long way to protecting your data and your computer. Grisoft AVG free edition – This antivirus program has been around for a number of years now. Its fast and is kind to your system resources allowing you to surf the [...]
A few years ago, I was taking a few classes from a very up and coming computer science university and during the course of one projects class came to discuss with the instructor the differences between the average students and those excelling. We determined the main differences to be, three in number: Time and dedication [...]
It’s no big secret that our current numbering scheme for internet protocol addressing is limited, but some sources are reporting its demise as soon as 2010. IPV6 has been adopted as the solution for many, many years now because it’s a virtually limitless numbering scheme. The down-side? IPV6 is rather tricky to understand and implement. [...]
A bit of disappointing news for those of us who use Google browser sync, it will no longer be developed. Google browser sync was a nice plugin for saving and synchronizing bookmarks, passwords and even open web pages across multiple computers. Many users will only discover this when they adopt FireFox 3, due to be [...]
This weekend I tried to watch a movie on my computer only to find out it wasn’t working. The reason it wasn’t working was because I did not have the proper Codec installed. So I started hunting around online for a solution. Microsoft recommends these, however I quickly discovered that none of them are free. [...]
