In this day and age it is hard to find a simple computer for cheap. For example lets say your just an average user who needs to write word documents and check email well you don't need some beefy gaming oriented dell or an overpriced apple computer. So a company has now released the iPAQ Sub-100... (Read More)

Ted Stevens the senator from Alaska tries to rally his cause of net neutrality (him being the main supporter of the telecommunications industry), and basically he can't even explain how it works or how the internet is set up and makes a fool of himself trying. He is tries to explain the netflix... (Read More)

If you have been following this blog or most tech news lately you might have heard about companies trying to pass net neutrality laws. Well now you have a voice in how the internet should be governed. email this address before july 7th DNSTransition@ntia.doc.gov and tell the US govt how you think... (Read More)

Basically im going to use this blog to outline the design and coding of a web 2.0 website design along with basic tech news. So I will post a new blog entry soon that outlines this project. (Read More)

Lately there has been a shift in how people are using telephones and more and more people are switching to VoIP telephony packages like Vonage. However there is an open-source solution to this and it is called Asterisk. For the do-it-yourselfer techie who has an old computer sitting around this is... (Read More)

The country of Myanmar has banned google from their internet users. Internet users in the country have reported that they have been receiving "ACCESS DENIED" from Google and their email service Gmail for more than a week. When Bagan Cybertech, the country's only Internet Service Provider, was... (Read More)

Now if you are familiar with techTV and all that stuff like the screensavers you probably already have heard this one. It is basically a way that allows you to steal other people's passwords if you have physical access to the machine. To do this first off your gonna need a livecd of your favorite... (Read More)

Ok for this im going to show you how to achieve a vista like feel on your XP computer without using up all your system resources. I will also tell you some other options that are a lil more resource intensive if you really want the complete look. here is what you will need: IconPackager : a... (Read More)

The Business 2.0 Magazine recently released their 50 people that matter an also 10 people who don't matter. Now the first person who matters is "You the consumer" now basically this is a load of bull first off your writing an article about 50 "People" who matter so I would like to read about 50... (Read More)

Ok first off for domain names you want to make sure your domain has keywords for your site in it. If your site does web design you might want www.Web-Design.com or more specific if your site does specifically flash designs get something like www.Web-Design-Flash.com. This can work for anything if... (Read More)

If you listen to podcasts then you have probably heard of the number 1 podcast "This Week in Tech". If you have been listening lately you might have noticed that the podcast is loosing focus. No one wants to hear about how advanced your setup or wats going on at dl.tv and Dvorak's blog. I also dont... (Read More)

If you havent been living under a rock for the last couple months then you have seen the new apple ad campaign. In this ad campaign there is an older geeky looking guy and a younger scruffier guy. Each one tells a different thing that makes Mac OS X seems better. Here are some: 1. OS X has better... (Read More)

A lot of people always ask for people to decipher their hijackthis logs and since this is a community based upon learning from one another I would like to write a little tutorial for hjt covering the basics. Now I dont claim to be some HJT master but just some best practices before resorting to... (Read More)

Now that IE 7 is finally going to be released we can finally actually care about web standards. Before with IE 6 it did not have the same CSS implementations as say Firefox, Safari, and Opera. So often times web designers would have to sacrafice design for usability or do extra work to create a... (Read More)

Ok so if you guys have been following my blogging you will realize that I am a big fan of Linux, and if Linux could play the latest pc games with ease I would get rid of my Windows Xp altogether. I just have a question is Windows nearing the ends of its life span? Personally I would think that... (Read More)

Most people today are either using Internet Explorer or hopefully Firefox, but you never hear about that much about Opera. Opera is one of the fastest browsers I have used and I have yet to get a pop up on it with no extras installed. Also as far as web standards go it has about the same CSS and... (Read More)

Ok so the other day I came back to daniweb havent been on the forums in awhile and on the first blog i see is about Linux package management. In this article someone is explaining their frustration of setting up a PVR box for their home entertainment system. Now I would say that he chose the wrong... (Read More)

I recently found an article that included a simple theory on how to see whether or not your computer is being watched by the nsa. Ok so basically the background on this is that the nsa has been taking information out of AT&T's San Francisco's offices in a secret room. Now this sortof reminds me of... (Read More)