Kids Reaction to Old Computers (video)
If you think Windows 8 is tough, watch these kids trying to figure out how to use a computer from the “olden days” – a thoroughly amusing insight:
Antivirus – How Effective Against Zero-Day Threats
Antivirus solutions have always been quite effective at protecting against known threats but it can be quite a different story when zero-day (or unknown) malware variants are factored into the equation. According to the results of AV-Test’s most recent series of testing, there can be
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Windows 8.1 – Search Is Everything
Naysayers Beware I’d like to begin by addressing those who would deride Windows 8.x. Either you haven’t given it a reasonable amount of time, or you fall into this group: “The Old Resisting The New”. If you are part of the former group, then spend
How to Add Calculating Rows & Columns in Word 2010 Tables
If you are not keen on Excel but you need some basic calculations, you can use Word to do the work for you. This is certainly not something that will do complicated Math for you and will surely not ever take the place of Excel,
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Pretty Good E-mail Encryption – The Snowden Way
Just about a year ago, a video was posted on the Vimeo website, with the intention of demonstrating encryption for journalists, by one “anon108”. The video was for Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who subsequently broke the NSA mass surveillance stories; he watched it, didn’t really
How My iPhone Lasts All Day
Like most iPhone users, I’ve struggled to find the right settings to keep my battery from dying halfway through the day. Recently, my phone was dying and I had no way to charge it. Per the much-repeated suggestions, I turned off Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (since there
Freeware Game of the Week – Red Eclipse
Red Eclipse, a Free Casual Arena Shooter If you like shooters and enjoy multiplayer, it doesn’t get much better than this and it’s totally free of charge. I’ve seen multiplayer shooters only half as good as Red Eclipse and you have to pay for them
DCTech News and Views
Microsoft NOT Selling off Xbox or Bing Rumors of the proposed sell off have been doing the rounds but Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said recently that he doesn’t want to sell off either Xbox or Bing. Mr. Nadella was speaking at the Code Conference a
TrueCrypt Mystery – Is it Really Insecure?
TrueCrypt, the most popular free and open source encryption software, has abruptly changed its homepage to display a message saying that the software is not secure and suggesting that existing users should migrate to Bitlocker: As you can imagine, the net is abuzz with news
Facebook Makes Public Sharing Opt-in, Finally!
It’s been 10 years since Facebook presented the world with a mechanism for sharing everything with everyone, and it’s taken all those 10 long years for Facebook to finally realize that, as far as privacy goes, it’s better to err on the side of caution.
Hack Windows XP and Continue Receiving Updates
After 12 years, countless installations, good times, and bad time Microsoft decided Windows XP (Home and Professional) had reached End Of Life (EOL). Since April 8th, 2014 Microsoft no longer supplies updates, or support, for Windows XP. Well, that isn’t exactly true. If you have
22Tracks – Spice Up Your Life With A Variety Of Music
Everybody loves music At least, I’ve never met anyone who says they don’t. I even know a guy who is tone-deaf and still loves music. Go figure… As our lives develop we tend to get a sense of what types, or genres, of music we
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Stylistic Sets, Ligatures, and Fonts in Word 2010
There is so much available to us in this latest version of Word! Trust me, nobody knows ALL of it, least of all me! So imagine my surprise when I ran across an article regarding Stylistic Sets and Ligatures! I found myself puzzled and wondering
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How to run older games on new systems – Part 3.
In previous articles on gaming we’ve referred to the huge improvements in graphic fidelity in modern games, where an almost photo realistic scenario has been achieved, making the games incredibly immersive, not just to play but even just to gawp at. Similarly, many older games