Following from my Christmas list last month and recommending some backup products it’s only logical to talk about backing up in my first article of 2010. I’ll be covering aspects such as what backing up is and why you need to do it and some ways to get started. In the end we’ll look at [...]
Top Ten Geek Christmas Gifts for the 2009 Christmas Season
posted by Pfkninenines on 8th December 2009, at 11:38pm | 1 Comment
Since the Holiday season is just around the corner, Shane and I decided to work on our Geek Christmas Lists. Luckily, I was given the task of the pricey gifts…
The idea of an Apple Tax is expressed in many ways from the traditional “z0mg!! MacBook costs $300 more than HP!!1!1!!” to cost analyses of the components going into each machine. The Apple Tax is often seen as an arbitrary price increase on hardware bought from Apple. The tax rate has fluctuated over recent years [...]
If you are on any Windows operating system, there is one thing that I can almost guarantee you’ve thought of – viruses. Previously, you have had to go out and trust free software solutions, or trust a pay solution that usually had a yearly fee. Well, no more my friends! Microsoft has released their own free solution that promises to crush the competition.
As you may or may not know Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6) was released on August 28th. Windows 7 is due out officially on October 22. both of these operating systems are marketed as “fixing” or “refining” their predecessors. Snow Leopard is introducing new technologies that will propel Mac OS further to 10.7 and possibly [...]
Encryption and Steganography – Ways to Obscure data
posted by Pfkninenines on 11th August 2009, at 11:21pm | 1 Comment
Hide or obscure anything you wish in plain sight with one of two easy to use techniques.
July 2009: Mobilising Armies, Curse of Arrav, and Virtualisation
posted by Shane on 1st August 2009, at 8:31pm | No Comments
July was kicked off with the much anticipated Mobilising Armies which also spurred another Tips of The Trade article on the subject. Jason released an article categorizing Special Attacks and analysing them. Next up was Faruq’s Tools for Games and some controversial bounty world changes. Alex started building a catalogue of all available foods in [...]
What is Virtualization?
The most common use of the word virtual for most people is “virtual environment” or “virtual world.” Expanding to the realm of computers also expands the areas in which “virtual” objects can be used. Before we move any further it’s important to state that hardware will be defined as the physical technology used [...]
June 2009: Running Around With Agility, Games, and Windows 7
posted by Shane on 1st July 2009, at 9:25pm | No Comments
Welcome once again to July, the first full month of summer!
This month we started of with What’cha wearing? Part 4 courtesy of Jason. Part 5 was also published later in the month. Next up was The Hunt for Red Raktuber, the continuation of the Penguin story line courtesy of Kirby. June also brought us the [...]
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