Fast Car Knoppix by Patrick Sadler
Small can be beautiful! Working with Knoppix for the past two years has been a joy. Two terms to describe this distribution, simple, elegance. See Knoppix is one of the many operating systems that runs from the CD, so it doesn’t have the hardware conflicts associated with many instruction sets... A vast surreal place of computer wizardry and magic. ... All on one cd, and smooth. ... There’s an .ini, .sys…Clicked on several other files and one file looked like ancient hieroglyphics. ... Fonts rendered perfectly and clear.

Small Wonders: Single Board Computers by Paolo Basauri
What are Single Board Computers When most people think of computers, the image of a PC or laptop comes to mind. Some may even recall the football field size computers of the 1960's and 70's before the emergence of the PC. Very few people would picture single board computers , even if there was... Video capability, Ethernet access functionality and digital computer technologies are just some of the features that can be incorporated into a single board computer. ... Pros and Cons of Single Board Computers There are both advantages and disadvantages to using SBC's for industrial and product...

Windows Stability by Bruce Hammerich
A few words about MS Windows stability. To those with home computers this may be less of an issue but for people whose livelihoods depend on their PC’s and the programs that run on them, there are some lessons to be learned. I would like to point out a few of the most important things you can do... The third application and your first line of defense is a firewall which can consist of hardware, software or both that sits between your computer and the “outside” world, whether it’s the Internet, Intranet or a network.

Data Backup for Beginners by Niall Roche
It's 10pm. Do you know where your data is? Data. Small bits of information clustered together to make Word files, documents,pictures, MP3s, HTML etc. We work on our computers every single day never sparing a thought for all those millions of chunks of data spread all over our hard disks. ... You sit at your computer, turn it on and nothing. ... Apple Mac users can take advantage of Apples Backup software and iDisk backup service. ... At the start of the month make a fresh copy of all your critical data on the Week 1 disk and continue this process on Week 2, 3 and 4.

IBM's Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov by John Gibb
In recent years, computers have been getting better and better at chess. In 1996, a computer, IBM’s Deep Blue, beat chess master Garry Kasparov in the first game they played – the first time a computer had beaten the world champion. Despite Kasparov going on to win the match overall (by three... Some have embraced it, creating a game known as advanced chess, where players are allowed to use computer software to allow them to explore all the possible moves on the board and choose the one they think would be best.

Microsoft Great Plains: If You are Orphan Client – What to Do and FAQ by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, former Great Plains Software eEnterprise, Dynamics and Dynamics C/S+ is very popular ERP and since 1994 has been successfully implemented for mid-size and mid-size to large companies in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and... During the economic recession time 2001-2004 the majority of businesses cut to virtually zero their IT/computer support expenses and stayed with hardware and software. ... Great Plains Dexterity is programming language and IDE and the complexity of the upgrade may vary, depending on the quality of...

Hints In Resolving Your Problems Through Tech Support by Robert Thatcher
Tech support or technical support is a series of services supplying assistance with computer hardware, software, or other electronic or mechanical goods. This technical support services tries to help the users to solve such problems regarding the products. ... And lastly, you can know or ask some hints about tech support in many freely available technical support forums on the internet, wherein some expert and experienced individuals volunteer to help those beginners. ... There are many ways to contact companies who sell hardware or software, mostly offer tech support over the telephone or...

Do We Really Need A Registry Cleaner by A Singh
The answer to that question regarding the need of registry cleaner is an obvious ‘yes’. If you clean your registry on a regular basis your system will run faster and more efficiently. But if one asks such a question then the possibility is that the person really does not know what the system... This may be related to hardware or software of the permissions given or withdrawn from the profile of a user. ... A good registry cleaner such as the windows XP registry cleaner or the free PC registry cleaner can remove this stagnant information from the registry and make the system more...

The Upcoming Battle for Your Desktop: Microsoft Vs Google (Part 3) by Marcelo Reyes
Let’s move on to the last part of this series of articles and take a look at what google has to offer in this battle for the dominion of our computers… A lot has been written about google trying to develop a new operating system (known off the record as GooOS), which would be hosted by a super... There is instant messaging with Google Talk, it is possible to create web sites with Pages Creator…and the list goes on and on…with Writely (bought by Google for a couple dollars), you have the first online suite of office programs that does not use up space on your hard drive and even allows you...

Networking Structures Explained by Lee Asher
What happens to many people is that they're just about to purchase some wireless equipment, and then they have a sudden realisation -- they have no idea how their network layout is going to work with a wireless connection. Well, there are a few things you need to think about when you decide how... There are hardware access points and software ones, with either kind allowing you to connect your wireless device to a wired network. ... Imagine being able to take your computer to somewhere where there's a printer, press print, collect the document and walk away again.