Network Security Software Review: Agnitum Outpost Firewall versus ZoneAlarm Personal FirewallApril 22nd, 2006 I am unable to use ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall as it proved incompatible with Asrock Motherboard. So I switched to Agnitum Personal Firewall.
10 Essential Server Motherboards May 6th, 2009 Server motherboards are a different hardware species altogether. With the rich demands of resources and processes that will run therefrom, server mainboards need to have efficient coolants, better memory sticks, appropriate slots and more.
A Guide to Your Computer Mainboard/ MotherboardMay 1st, 2009 Motherboards are said to be the heart of the computer. Its a matrix that holds or connects to all the important devices and peripherals of the computer such as CPU, hard disk, RAM, SATA, PCI supported cards.
How To Recover From Blue Screen Of Death on WindowsMarch 21st, 2006 Windows users are familiar with the dreaded "blue screen of death", a screen displayed by windows which virtually doesn't provide much useful information. I have recently faced with one.
Computer Hardware Recommendations (India)October 15th, 2005 With my experience and yours I want to compile a list of safe and reliable computer hardware to use to buy / create / maintain your computer and peripherals like printers, UPS etc. This is a work-in-progress.
Pros & Cons of Software RAID versus Hardware RAIDSeptember 26th, 2008 In my quest to find the better service between Software RAID & Hardware RAID, I was caught RAID-handed among too many points and nitty-gritties of technical specifications and opinions. As a result of my explorations, I have developed a simple point-by-point structure to let you walk through this topic rather easily.
Secrets of Google Servers RevealedApril 2nd, 2009 At last Google unveils their Server set ups. After much of the talk from Microsoft boasting about their server set ups and that they have most efficient ones in the market, Google shows why and how they are one of the largest and quickest data centres of the world by its own merits.
Opteron Climbs Supercomputer Rankings While Intel Goes DownJune 28th, 2006 Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron chip soared up the latest ranking of the top 500 supercomputers in the world with 81 of the servers, up dramatically from 25 systems last year. Intel's processors can be found in 301 (down from 333 in November) of the Top 500 systems, with its 64-bit Xeon processors accounting for 118 of those systems.
Beware of Biometric SpoofingJuly 21st, 2006 Biometric security systems using fingerprints, iris scans and facial recognition have started to become mainstream. They are very likely to be common within a few years.
Why do IT people really bash Windows?July 21st, 2005 Angus McLaren at TechRepublic writes cluelessly:
Anyone who claims to hate Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS or any other operating system is not a true techie or network guru. You don't ever bash the OS, in fact if the OS crashes then it's your fault not the OS; Why didn't you make sure that it was using the right drivers, or the hardware is compatible or blah this and blah that, and so the list goes.
Top 5 Free Windows FirewallJuly 20th, 2009 Probably you know it needs a firewall program to use the Internet safely. Firewall not only protects you against attacks from the Internet, it also informs you when programs installed on your computer are trying to phone home and enable you to prevent hackers from accessing your system.
Renovation in Progress...Please waitMarch 26th, 2007 We are completely renovating the office for better, more spacier accomodation. The new electrical outlets and LAN connectivity is almost completed.
SATA vs PATA Hard Disk Drives: A GuideMarch 4th, 2009 With the advent of new SATA drives, as you probably know, there was a big naming issue. The old IDE drives needed a name to distinguish it from SATA drives and so the name PATA was born.
Microsoft PowerPoint Suffers From Memory Corruption Security VulnerabilityJuly 18th, 2006 Naveed has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint, which potentially can be exploited to compromise any user's system. The vulnerability has been confirmed on Windows XP SP2 with a fully patched PowerPoint 2003.
Tips on Recovering from Garbled Screen in WindowsOctober 15th, 2005 My computer, running Windows 2000, was having garbled display. First the mouse droppings which the refresh wasn't eliminating.
April 22nd, 2006 at 12:27 am
[...] I am unable to use ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall as it proved incompatible with Asrock Motherboard. So I switched to Agnitum Personal Firewall. This review is the result of one month of experience with using Agnitum Outpost Firewall and several years of experience using ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall. [...]