Articles about computer hardware
Beware, iTunes users! There is a new phishing campaign aimed at you! As described in Intego’s Mac Security Blog, the email tries to direct you to a bogus website to confirm your billing information. The email is from applied@id.apple.com. Delete it!!!! For more information, see […]
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History of the Computer “Cogito ergo sum”; “Je pense donc je suis”; “I think, therefore I am” – René Descartes (Mar 31, 1596 to Feb 11, 1650) The human mind, above the mind of all other creatures, always had the capacity to think like a
A Soupcon of Computer History Read More »
Last week I made mere mention of Portable Applications. Since then I have spent some time looking at the real deal. Looks like it is time to review some of the freeware offerings. Easy to complicated, there are many menu suites available today that integrate
Anyone for a Computer on a stick? Read More »
We all know how much I love my Windows Home Server, but the computer WHS lives on was dying a slow and painful death. Several of the capacitors on the motherboard were bulging, and one had actually burst. As a result the computer was becoming
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In past article, I’ve stressed the importance of having a NAT router between your PC and the Internet (by the way, any router you buy for consumer use is a NAT router, so you don’t have to tell the salesperson at Best Buy or wherever
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Random Access Memory is more commonly referred to as RAM, and no it isn’t an animal! RAM is used by the CPU as short term data storage for your computer. RAM is also the fastest storage location available to the CPU, due to this adding
What is RAM (Random Access Memory)? Read More »
If you have spent any time at all reading or talking about computers this term might have been mentioned, but do you know what it is? Do you know what it does? You will in a few minutes! A little basic motherboard information In a
What is a motherboard? Read More »
You hear people talk about them. You read specs when you buy a computer. You may have seen one. You may have actually installed one. They are both the bane and blessing of computing, but what are they and how do they work? I bet
What is a hard drive? Read More »
