Is there a difference between being an Administrator or a standard user on your own computer, right in your den in your home? The words would suggest there is. The facts confirm it. This distinction, by the way, holds true in both the Windows and the Mac worlds. Now, why is it important? Simply because […]
Learning math sucks. Unless, of course, it helps you understand high definition TV, which doesn’t suck if you get to watch hockey on it, right? So to better understand how you can actually see the sweat fly when a player is checked, let’s do some TV math. In the words of Mrs. Pengelley, my Grade […]
The Greeks, according to poet Homer, offered the Trojans a huge wooden horse. Whether it was a peace offering is difficult to say. What Homer claimed in his Odyssey was that the Trojans accepted the gift, little knowing there were Greek soldiers inside. When everybody went to bed, and all Trojans were snoring their way […]
While it is true that you can connect your laptop to access points in busy public places such as Internet cafes, airports, railway and bus stations, you still need to have the service provider’s keys: and these are keys everybody else is getting too. The result is obvious: even if your data is encrypted, it […]
Most of us have just one monitor to go with our computers, but how often have we wished to have at least two, or even more, so we can not only run more applications at the same time but also see them running? It’s one thing to have more applications running in the background and […]
