In 1789, Sir William Herschel discovered Saturn’s moon, Enceladus. Enceladus is the eighth of Saturn’s moons and is its sixth largest. It was named after a Greek Titan who rebelled against the gods and who was later defeated in battle by Aphrodite and buried under […]
The Windows Reliability Monitor A seemingly forgotten but very useful tool that is bundled with the Windows 7 Operating System is the Reliability Monitor. Have you noticed that your computer has been failing lately in the ‘Snappy and Responsive’ Department? Let’s face it, Windows has
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Paragon is currently offering its brand new imaging software, Paragon Image Backup for Windows 8 and Server 2012, for free. The software is specifically designed for Windows 8 and according to Paragon is… a complete backup and recovery software tool for all Windows 8 versions,
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In 1993, Compaq announced its Presario line of personal computers. Starting at $1,499, the Pentium 4 2 GHz basic system configuration included a 20 GB 7200 RPM hard drive, 128 MB of PC800 RAMBUS memory, 48x CD-ROM drive and a 17″ CV735 monitor. Learn more
In 1902, Conrad Hubert received a patent for the first flashlight with an on/off switch in a cylindrical case. With the development of smaller, more powerful “D” cell batteries, it became practical to carry a hand-held battery-powered torch or “flash light”, so called because the
I heard the news that Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, died today at the age of 82. I was twelve years old when he walked on the Moon. Things were pretty much black and white when you were a kid
In 1991, Linus Torvalds released his first version of the Linux operating system kernel. As of 2006, approximately two percent of the Linux kernel was written by Torvalds. As thousands have contributed to the Linux kernel, he still remains one of its largest contributors. Learn
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, the fourth expansion to the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft, hits shelves on September 25, 2012. But the world will change on August 28th. If you are looking for a guide to tell you about all the upcoming
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A funny, but oh so true clip from the popular British television comedy series The IT Crowd. The IT Crowd debuted in 2006 and spanned 4 seasons in all, spawning some very funny computer/IT related moments along the way:
The Apple vs. Samsung trial started three weeks ago in San Jose, with each side accusing the other of a myriad of patent infringements. Despite several recommendations by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh to settle the dispute out of court, no resolution was found so
In 1995, Windows 95 debuted. Windows 95 integrated Microsoft’s MS-DOS and Windows products. It featured significant improvements over its predecessor, Windows 3.1 in regards to its graphical user interface (GUI) and in its relatively simplified “plug-n-play” features. Learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95. In 2006, Pluto was
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In 2008, Edson Smith of the UCLA Mathematics Department announced the discovery of the 45th Mersenne prime number. Mersenne Prime numbers all take the form of (2 to the power of P) – 1, where P is a known prime number. The Mersenne Prime number
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To Block Ads Ever since I was a little kid watching Star Trek on TV I hated advertisements. I always saw them as an interruption of the ‘important’ things I really wanted to take in – like Mr. Spock. Now that I’m all grown up
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