Like everyone who makes his living from computers, I’m always getting called on by friends and family to help them fix their PC problems. Thanks to the Gentoo Linux-based SystemRescueCD though, I’m usually able to fix most of their troubles without breaking a sweat.
SystemRescueCD, like the name suggests, is a system rescue disk. You can [...]
Get a grip people. A recent story about the so-called Chuck Norris botnet implies that it breaks Linux’s security. Wrong.
Windows malware, whether it comes in the form of a Trojan, virus, or worm, works by exploiting security holes in either the operating system itself or an application like Adobe Reader or Internet Explorer. Whatever the [...]
A recent Washington Post story observed that Twitter loves open source. Twitter’s not the only ones. Most, if not all, social networks are built on top of Linux and open-source software.
When the writer wrote that Twitter loves open source he wasn’t exaggerating. He was quoting from Twitter’s About Open-Source page. There, Twitter states that, “Twitter [...]
You may not need IPv6 right now, but you will soon. Fortunately, Windows 7 supports the advanced networking protocol better than any other Windows version. But that doesn’t mean you should rely on the default IPv6 configuration.
If you’re an old tech coot like me, you know that the “Imminent Death of the Internet” has been [...]
I can’t stand IE (Internet Explorer) 6. I’m in good company. Most people hate it. Even Microsoft can’t find a kind word to say for the 8+ year old Web browser. While I’ve liked IE8 at first as a possible replacement, as I’ve continued to use it, I’ve found it’s more trouble than it’s worth.
First, [...]
