Programmers and Geeks by Bruce Taylor
Try this exercise right now: close your eyes, then think of the word “programmer” and take a snapshot of the image that comes to mind. If you’re like most civilians, your image will feature a very thin or overweight geek sitting in the semi-dark crouched over a computer with a glazed expression... Most American carnivals have (or had) sideshows that featured "The wild man of Borneo - found in the jungle, raised by gorillas, with inhuman appetites!" The show itself was acted by "the geek," a minor sideshow character, often mentally retarded, who covered himself in filth and dressed in...

History of Linux by Bob Rankin
"I know that Linux is an alternative to the Microsoft Windows operating system, but when and where did it originate, and why is it free?" A Really Brief History of Unix Sometime in the mid 1960s, a bunch of geeks at AT&T's Bell Labs decided it would be fun to create a new operating system... In the early 90s, a geek named Linus Torvalds at the University of Helsinki in Finland thought it would be fun to write a PC-based Unix kernel from scratch, without using any of the original AT&T UNIX code.

The Great Underutilized Computer by Tony Papajohn
I am not a geek. So I was not surprised to hear a tech expert speak about how we underutilize our computers. I plead guilty. Not only do I underutilize it, but I regularly end up places that leave me wondering how I got there. I’m a poet, a philosopher, but not a geek. ... Like the real computer, most of us use only a small fraction of its power. ... Like the real computer, a relative few realize how powerful it is and all the things it will do. ... Like the unused power of the underutilized computer, it just sits there underutilized.

5 Desktop Computer Hardware Myths Exposed by Peter Stewart
The big boys in the computer industry want you to continue thinking the way you are. The major desktop computer manufacturers thrive on consumers lack of knowledge and old ideas about desktop computers and computer hardware to drive sales of new desktop computers. ... With the basic uses of the desktop computer set and been in place for a while now, speed increases no longer result in real world benefits for most desktop computer users. ... When you upgrade your desktop computer and they throw in a cable internet, or DSL package the improved speed is from the faster connection, not the...

Spyware Remover by Clint Pollard
Your first step in removing dangerous infections from your computer should be downloading a free program called Hijack This. Make sure you download the file and extract it to a directory on your hard drive, you can call it HijackThis. This is very important, because if you don't put hijack this... After your computer is clean you will be given some tips to help keep your computer clean, I recommend you use the tips, because with so many infections you need to do what you can to make sure your computer stays clean.

A World Without Microsoft by Adam Knife
Exactly how would the computing world feel without Microsoft? What if Microsoft just closed their doors? Gates and Ballmer just got up and left with nothing more than a “This is boring,” how would the computing world be effected. I mean, they just shutdown Microsoft: they didn’t release any of... Does that mean he enjoys being picked on by the entire geek crowd, and hated by half the country? ... Innovation? ... Isn’t that what makes a technology company “fun”? ... There’s been some Internet Explorer/Windows XP patches, some bug fixes, some new releases of MS Office that add little but the...

Overview of HTTP by Chris Inga
If you have been using the internet for a while, you have probably typed into your browser something that starts with "http:" and ends with ".html", hit "Go", watched your modem lights flicker on and off, and a couple of seconds later you are magically looking at page of todays news or a page of... This computer, and all the other computers on the internet, have layers written by programmers and designed by computer architects, that follow strict and detailed specifications of what to do with the numbers coming out of your computer.

Podcasts Increasing In Popularity by David Tenemaza
Official Definition: Podcast: a Web-based audio broadcast via an RSS feed, accessed by subscription over the Internet Easier To Understand: Podcast: an audio file which you can download and listen to A few years back, the term podcast was a term that many were not familiar with. ... While the average tech-geek may throw the word around here and there and seem familiar with it, they may actually be using it incorrectly. ... For instance, they may download an audio show off the Internet to listen on their computer but that is not truly podcasting.

Attention Real Estate Professionals, It's Time to Secure Your Email by Jason Leister
If you have a wireless laptop, listen up! It's time to make sure your email is secure. When you sit at your local coffee shop to surf the internet and get your email, you are most likely using a connection that is not encrypted. This means the data flying through the air from your laptop to the... What this means is that when you send and receive your email, your username and password go flying through the air for any computer geek to grab. ... This "extra security" is called SSL. ... If you have your own real estate website and corresponding email service, check with your web host as they...

How Do I Get Rid Of That Darn Spyware? by David Deprice
Ad-Aware and Spybot are probably the two most well known antispyware solutions. However, they frequently fail to catch the more crafty spyware. Here is a list of five solutions known to get rid of the problem when all others fail. 1. Webroot Spy Sweeper... Geek Superhero http://www.deprice.com/geeksuperhero.htm Geek Superhero watches your computer for changes, immediately notifying you when a change is made to confirm you want to keep or reject the change. ... (A "Computer Setting Firewall" is an excellent description.) Geek Superhero protects your web browser's home page and other...