USB 3.0 Announced


The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has just announced the completion of the USB 3.0 Specification. The new interface and technology provides ten times the bandwidth of the existing 2.0 and is expected to be integrated into future PCs and electronics. (Well of course)
It’ll provide a maximum bandwidth of 5.0Gb/sec which beats by far, USB 2.0 [...]

When Computer Viruses Spread to Reality

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Thursday - A member of the “Adventure Quest” online game community, the idea of Web 2.0 has recieved an ammendment, allowing computer viruses to also psychologically and sometimes physically harm the user of the infected machine.
Montoko, the victim of this virus, claims to have taken his laptop to class in college, but when he turned [...]

Working, working, working…

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Well you may be wondering why I haven’t been updating the site as much as I usually do and that is because of tons of other work I’ve been doing.

Phishing and Computer Network Security

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As computers become more a part in people’s lives, their safety and personal information are placed at risk. There are loads of people out there that want to trick you and try to steal your personal information for their own benefit. This is done through all sorts of methods, including programs known as “spyware” that [...]

Should Macs run antivirus software?

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Via Slashdot comes an interesting article from TidBits discussing whether Macs should run antivirus software, and coming to the conclusion that they probably do not need to.
The reality is that today the Mac platform is relatively safe. There are hundreds of thousands of viruses and other malicious software programs floating around for Windows, but less [...]

Your Computer Will be a Big-ass Table

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…with pictures of other peoples’ kids all over it.
Watch this Microsoft Surface parody by Sarcasticgamer.com and learn more about your future as a shadow in the social community.

Vista Inspirat 2


Vista Inspirat 2.1, developed by Crystalxp.net is a powerful modification to Windows XP to give it the looks of Vista, but keep everything else to the XP level. Not only does it install a vista-styled theme, but it also throws in some additional software to give the user a near-complete Aero effect.

Safety of a Computer

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As technology becomes cheaper and more widespread, the threats to one’s computer increase. Crackers (hackers who want to cause harm or steal information), viruses (code designed to modify how a program works), and trojans (a sort of virus that opens up the computer to an outside attack) are becoming more abundant, and an ever increasing [...]

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