Yearly Archives: 2005

Hi everyone, This is a deal you can’t beat. Opera, one of the major alternative web browsers to Internet Explorer, is celebrating their 10-year Anniversary. And, they’re giving away registration codes for free. Normally, you have the option of text-based ads, graphical ads, or buying Opera for $19.95 in order […]

Hi everyone. Last weekend, I had to help a friend of mine try and fix their computer. It seems that he went to some sites that he shouldn’t have (in the terms of spyware) and got something nasty. In the end, it messed up the computer so bad, that he […]

Hi everyone, This past Tuesday, Microsoft released six new updates for Windows, including one for Plug ‘N’ Play (PnP) that affects Windows 2000 users along with Windows XP SP1/SP2 users and Windows Server 2003 users. Originally, the vulnerability was thought to only be a ‘local’ issue (meaning you had to […]

Have you ever seen those e-mails and news messages that start out with “Begin Signed PGP Message”? Have you wondered what the big deal with those messages is, and what that phrase actually means? Have you wondered how you can get into that? And, to an extent, have you wondered […]

In the earlier post, I talked about how I tried to install FreeBSD on a Virtual computer, and it didn’t work out as planned. Since then, I’ve installed Debian Linux on both an old Acer computer (AMD K6-200 with 64MB of EDO RAM) and on a Virtual Server. Also, I’ve […]

Microsoft hasn’t been sitting around taking a summer vacation this year. As most everyone knows, Longhorn is scheduled to go into beta soon. And some of the more recent builds have been made available to select people (legally). No, I’m not one of them, nor am I a tester for […]

Ok so it seems like a strange name for a topic, but it’s true. Unless you’re opening a program, burning a CD, or doing something extremely graphically intense (yes, I’m sure there are other times as well), you’re only using about 7% to 12% of your total Processor power. So, […]

Well tonight I’m installing FreeBSD on a Virtual Machine using Microsoft’s Virtual PC,2004. Hopefully it goes well. Why am I doing this, you may be asking? Just to try it out. I use Windows every day, and have upgraded from Windows 95 to 98SE to Windows 2000 and Windows XP […]

BBC NEWS | Education | How schools can get free software This article in the BBC news shows exactly how Open Source combined with proprietary software works in a school system to cut costs in half. In fact, the school mentioned in the article plans to phase out Microsoft Windows […]

CNN.com – PC makers, distributors�pass on�Windows XP N – Jun 24, 2005 Ok, so Microsoft released their version of Windows XP without Windows Media Player in it. My question is this. Will anyone actually buy it? And if so, why? As was mentioned in the article, you can uninstall Windows […]