From the monthly archives: September 2005
Symantec, the company behind the popular Norton AntiVirus software, announced the release of its 2006 products. Package purchases will begin shipping the third week of October whereas downloads are ready for immediate install, according to Symantec’s website. Here’s what’s new with the 2006 version of Norton AntiVirus:
A ZDNet article titled “Is the Firefox honeymoon over?” claims that Firefox, the popular alternative to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, actually has more exploits and security flaws than Microsoft’s work. This can be difficult to measure, as not all exploits are created equally. In any event, the article is definitely worth a look.
The Wall Street Journal (registration required) has an article explaining Microsoft’s new plans for restructuring. Microsoft has always been a favorite target and is notoriously – though perhaps unfairly – known as the technology king that is not loyal to its subjects.
A new feature will allow readers to post comments on this site. For those unfamiliar with comments on websites, this allows anyone the ability to make a comment on an article. This can facilitate an easy way to discuss the topic introduced by the article itself. Anyone is welcome to comment on any article. [...]
This article is somewhat of a continuation of Home Computer Internet Sharing Basics, as it assumes your internet connection is already shared between two or more computers. The task of computer networking is quickly becoming a necessary skill in order for computers to be fully utilized. When two or more computers are networked [...]
While Apple recently released its soon to be smash iPod Nano (a super thin and small music player that holds 1,000 songs), it also released news of the first iTunes capable cell phone. So far, it’s very unimpressive and here’s why:
Computer technology has a wide variety of its own terminology. This post will a compilation of some of the most common terms for computer hardware specifically. Though, of course, many terms inevitably will not be mentioned. Please email us, if you are interested in a definition not listed here.
Components of the Inside [...]
Within the last week, the recording industry has sued 754 file-swappers accused of illegally sharing music. The industry has filed over 14,000 lawsuits like this since September 2003. All the more reason to stick with legal downloads.
Maxtor recently released a network hard drive for use in home networking. The company has marketed the device as a digital entertainment hub. The idea behind home networking is to be able to share files, music, movies, etc. from one computer to another. While the process can be difficult for the non-technical, Maxtor’s product [...]
