I have two computers for our small business: a desktop (Gateway running Windows XP) and a notebook (Toshiba running XP). I would like to network them. They are in the same room, and I do not want to go online to work on files from one computer to the other. My Internet connection is dial-up. […]
Enkele dagen geleden hebben de ontwikkelaars van LinuxMCE de tweede bètaversie van de 1.1-tak beschikbaar gesteld. De nieuwe bèta kan alleen via deze torrent als iso-bestand naar binnen gehaald worden en neemt als download iets meer dan 826 megabyte in beslag. LinuxMCE is in staat om een Kubuntu-installatie om te bouwen naar een volwaardige mediacenter-OS. […]
PC technicians will rejoice over this new gadget. I worked on PCs for home and business users for several years, and viruses were always a pain to deal with. Mostly because people fail to keep up with their antivirus subscriptions and updates.
Virus Chaser
DigiWorks’ USB Virus Chaser works by just plugging it into a PC, and […]
Boingo, which just recently flashed its Boingo Mobile services in your grill at 3GSM, has now made its somewhat sensational claims seem a bit more justified by partnering with FON to roam on its worldwide network of WiFi hotspots. Once the agreement is executed, Boingo’s customers will reportedly have “access to an additional 130,000 hotspot […]
With increasing density of WiFi networks we’re facing more and more WiFi networks popping up in our neighbourhoods, which may impact performance on your WiFi network, if frequencies interfere.
To scan your neighbourhood for active WiFi networks use “Netstumbler”, an easy-to-use WiFi scanner for Windows. After starting Netstumbler will show you all discovered networks inlcuding the […]
VA Software Corporation (Nasdaq: LNUX), the online media and e-commerce leader in community-driven open source innovation, today announced it has changed its name to SourceForge, Inc. The change reflects the company’s strategic focus on its network of Web properties following the disposition of its enterprise software business. The company’s Nasdaq ticker symbol will remain the […]
A recent posting by George Ou about Windows Home Server brought out a lot of responses from the Linux community. I think that Microsoft deserves to get some competition.
Here’s the challenge:
There are a lot of Linux experts on this site. I challenge them to come up with a list of applications that work the best […]
n an op-ed piece published by BusinessWeek today, Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin stated his organization will be ready to fund the legal efforts of anyone who produces Linux software who’s threatened with - or sued on account of - patent infringement. If necessary, Zemlin writes, the foundation will use its own patent portfolio […]
Software engineers are losing the war against fast-spreading viruses of the kind that have disabled hundreds of thousands of computers this year, according to the first study into the effectiveness of anti-virus programmes.
Antivirus software, and the means used to distribute it, simply cannot cope with the blitzkrieg war waged by a new rapidly replicating virus […]
Many people wonder what the differences are between commercial antivirus and free antivirus, after all if you pay for something it should be better right.
Well that might not be correct as free Vista-compatible antivirus and anti-spyware solutions have been around for a while now and they are also very popular.
The main difference is that the […]
