Sometimes all it takes to thwart a thief from stealing your wi-fi connection is having a good SSID that will make him or her nervous. The SSID, that being the Sevice Set Identifier, is the "name" you give your router. Bear in mind changing the name of your wireless router does not add in any ...…
Disclaimer: The tips below may cause you to lose your job. Use the information below at your own risk. I apologize for the nasty note at the beginning of this article, but you’ll understand why as you read through this. Also be sure to read the end for the safest method of accessing “forbidden” internet ...…
Some of you who read this may wonder why anybody would even bother with an ISP that’s bad to begin with. The answer is simple – it’s usually because the customer has no other choice. Most of us have 4 broadband choices, that being cable, DSL, satellite and wireless provider (for an example of a ...…
PC building these days is on the decline due to the fact more people are buying laptops. This doesn’t mean you should stop building computers (because after all it is very cost effective), but you do have to change the way you shop for your PC parts. The industry at this point has almost completely ...…
PHP is a scripting language. It first appeared in 1995 so it’s not new yet not old. The reason PHP is good to know is because it was specifically designed for web development, whereas other languages are not. This is a big reason why PHP runs so fast on the internet. Why know PHP? The ...…
This is an update to this article with video: I mentioned in the video there was no apparent way to delete Custom Searches. This is incorrect. By sheer dumb luck I found the way to do it. In Opera 10: Click Tools Click Preferences Click the Search tab Your Custom Searches will be there, with the ...…
The best way to use colors when designing your web site or blog is to manually code them. This sounds daunting at first but you’ll find it’s very easy to use. There are several different ways to code in colors, but I find the best way is to use is either by name ("red"), RGB, ...…
I want to make it clear right up front that 7 is a huge, huge improvement over XP. The good far outweighs the bad, no question. However yes, there is bad, some of which may in fact be a deal-breaker for some of you out there. 1. No full-screen DOS mode. This started with Vista ...…
I’ve been running Windows 7 RC 32-bit on my Dell Inspiron mini 10v. This computer houses only a single-core 1.6GHz CPU with 1GB of RAM with a slower 5400rpm hard drive. You would think with hardware this “slow” that Win 7 would absolutely not work. This is not the case at all. In fact I’m ...…
Opera 10 is here, as in really here, meaning official release and out of beta. Some things I like about it but there are some rather annoying problems with it. Even so, it is a distinct improvement over Opera 9 and can honestly say that yes, speed-wise it kicks the crap out of Firefox and ...…
When it comes to hard drives, it’s commonly said that there’s no such thing as "too big." This is true except when it comes to USB-powered drives. To clarify: When I speak of USB-powered drives, I’m talking about ones that are solely powered by USB and nothing else. This type has no power brick to ...…
October is coming, and the 22nd of that month is when Windows 7 will be released. Personally, I use 7 (the RC release) as my primary OS on both my tower PC and my netbook. Everything I use works, however I have been scanning the internet for people that have been reporting problems with specific ...…
