If you are a Linux enthusiast, chances are good that you already know everything I am about to say. Chances are even better that you tried a variety of desktop environments before settling on one. If you are a newer Linux user though, say, from the Ubuntu or SuSE crowd, it may be that you […]
A question that doesn’t come up too often but is still a great one to ask none-the-less - encrypted folders, how do create you ‘em?
While most people are happy with having their accounts password protected, or even going a step further by having FileVault in place, there’s always one or two that only want certain […]
Good documentation has helped keep the two-year-old Ubuntu project among the most popular Linux distributions. To complement the traditional venues for help, such as FAQs, HOWTOs, bulletin boards, and mailing lists, Ubuntu uses interactive forums such as Internet Relay Chat to conduct training classes for new users. Now add UbuntuClips.org to the list of helpful […]
Through the photo channel the Wii can play movies in MJPEG format, but it can’t read DivX, XviD or MPG movies. Now there is a simple solution for converting videos to play on your Wii. Wii Video 9 is just like PSP Video 9, where you select movies and click on covert to get the […]
Tis the season for sharing home movies–but don’t try your friends’ and relatives’ patience waiting for something good to happen in the hours of tape you shot on vacation. You need to learn how to edit your video, to turn boring footage into compelling movies.
In the old days, editing home movies meant investing in pricey […]
Most tools used to crack a Windows 2k/XP password haven’t been updated to work with Windows Vista’s SAM and SYS Hives, I decided to write this tutorial to shed some light on your options.
Before you run off and start cracking, do you really need to do this? I don’t mean hack the box, is changing […]
You can get a relatively accurate taste of how it will feel to run Windows Vista without actually buying it. Microsoft doesn’t want you to know this, but you can actually emulate Windows Vista at home using only WinXP or Win2k machine and some freely available tools. Here is how you do it.
You will need […]
Now that the Copyright Office has given a green light to unlock your GSM or iDen phone, you can save money on a new phone – provided you can find it unlocked, or unlock it yourself. Depending on your phone, you might be able to do that by punching in a code, by buying a […]
Okay, so you are one of the lucky few who got their grubby little hands on a PS3…good for you! You’ve played all the games, watched Talladega Nights on Blu Ray, and even viewed pictures of your latest trip to the zoo (to visit your mother in law) on your HD TV. Having done all […]
This is the first in a series of articles designed to show you how to improve your experience with various kinds of mobile computers.
It is difficult to impossible to upgrade the components in most notebook computers. So, when a notebook computer runs slowly, if you don’t take steps to improve its performance, often your […]
Google is a very sophisticated search engine, but most users don’t use its full power. The average user enters a keyword or two into Google’s search box, clicks the Search button, and waits for Google to display the first page of search results. This is a rather brute-force method of searching, unfortunately, and typically generates […]
Even though I used almost any version of Windows, starting with 3.0, I’ve been a Mac user for the last 4 years since 2002. I enjoy Mac OS X very much I’m still using Windows from time to time. When doing web development for instance, I often have to check compatibility with IE6 and now […]
If you’re one of the many who are jumping into widescreen gaming with the purchase of your first LCD, there are a few things you need to learn.
Most games simply aren’t designed with today’s widescreen aspect ratios in mine (16:10 is most common for desktop displays, and 16:9 for home cinema displays). Although more and […]
If you are logged into MySpace and view a maliciously crafted QuickTime file on someone else’s MySpace page, then JavaScript code can automatically change your user profile. The malicious QuickTime file can modify your MySpace page by adding links to fake MySpace pages that collect user names and passwords. The Quicktime file can also copy […]
Each distribution has some specific tools to build a custom kernel from the sources. This article is about compiling a kernel on Debian Sarge systems. It describes how to build a custom kernel using the latest unmodified kernel sources from www.kernel.org (vanilla kernel) so that you are independent from the kernels supplied by your distribution. […]