April 12th, 2013 by akishore
Planning on buying a new computer, a new DSLR camera, a new power tool, a new appliance, or a new piece of furniture? If so, you should always take your time before making a big purchase. I’ve always told friends and family to wait a bit and do a little research before going out and [...]
April 9th, 2013 by akishore
If the title of this article doesn’t already make your head hurt, then the rest of it definitely will. Well, hopefully I can explain it in a way that makes sense to the non-technical person. I am writing this article about video/audio codecs becauseI found myself confused when trying to explain it to a friend [...]
April 7th, 2013 by akishore
It’s so common now, that we all do it without even thinking about it: create a password that’s at least x characters, has at least one number and one symbol and isn’t your first or last name. Whether you are at work or creating an Apple ID, these password requirements for a “strong” password are [...]
April 4th, 2013 by akishore
Most people live their lives not having any idea what port forwarding is and what it can do for them. I recently bought a Foscam IP camera that connects to my wireless network and records everything to my Synology NAS (network attached storage) device. What’s cool about an IP camera is that you can view [...]
April 2nd, 2013 by akishore
Everyone knows how to kill a program using Task Manager in Windows or Force Quit in OS X, but sometimes it’s useful to kill a program using the command line. I’ve run into several situations where the program refused to end via Task Manager, even when I tried to kill the underlying process. Force Quit [...]
March 30th, 2013 by akishore
Have you ever been on a website and noticed that the address bar is green? If you visit a different site, it’s sometimes not green. And on some sites, the text is green and the name of the company pops up too in green. I started noticing this last weekend and wanted to figure out [...]
March 26th, 2013 by akishore
I’ve always been a big proponent of two-step verification and it seems these days you really need to use it. Just look at the recent Apple security hole that allowed people to reset your Apple ID password with just your email address and DOB. If you had enabled two-step verification on your account, you would [...]
March 25th, 2013 by akishore
Pretty much everyone has heard of the terms spyware, malware, virus, trojan horse, computer worm, rootkit, etc, etc, but do you really know the difference between each of them? I was trying to explain the difference to someone and got a little confused myself. With so many types of threats out there, it’s hard to [...]
March 23rd, 2013 by akishore
I recently installed Call of Duty 4 on my Mac and was pretty annoyed at how choppy the game play was. Granted, I have a 2009 MacBook Pro, but I checked all the system requirements and the system should easily be able to handle the game and graphics. After a bit of fooling around, I [...]
March 22nd, 2013 by akishore
I’m writing this post because I recently overheard a conversation between two friends where one recommended that the friend switch from Windows to Mac or Linux because the latter operating systems are virus-proof and never get malware or rootkits. Uhhh, wrong. Totally wrong. Unfortunately, there are many people who believe this and think buying a [...]