The Telus Company in Canada has decided that anyone with a home broadband connection should not be allowed to run a home server. They feel that open FTP, IRC, and telnet ports are just too risky for their network. It’s…
I upgraded one of my network file servers, yesterday. I replaced a hard disk that was setting off occasional error notices, and, while while I was at it, I replaced the current operating system (Mandrake Community 10.1) with Knoppix 3.7. Knoppix is the Linux distribution that I use in class to demonstrate how simple Linux is to use, because Knoppix is a fully-functional operating system with common applications that can boot from a single CD. So, with the bootable CD, I can quickly convert any computer to Linux without the risk of deleting any existing files from the Windows operating system.
Starting today, many users of new, unregistered copies of Microsoft Windows will have to make a phone call in order to activate the software's license. In a move to curb piracy of its flagship operating system, Microsoft has disabled the Internet activation alternative, now requiring these users to orally confirm their use of the product.
Not being much of a Linux guy I bit of more than I could chew when I signed up for the VDS service with GoDaddy. If you are going to run a standard webserver with nothing fancy on it you…
Speaking of Dell, they just announced that Intel was back in their good graces and that AMD was no longer going to be a source of processors. According to Kevin Rollins, a Dell Exec, “So for awhile Intel admittedly–Intel slipped…
A Georgia woman has sued Hewlett-Packard Co. claiming their ink printer cartridges are secretly programmed to expire on a certain date, in some cases rendering them useless before they are even installed in a printer, or at least before they are…
MobilePC has released a list of the Top 100 Gadgets of all time. This is a fantastic walk down memory lane for some of us older geeks. Remember that it’s gadgets, and that means you’ll see the Popeil Pocket Fisherman, The Bedazzler and…