Archives for June 2005

How to secure your PC system from Physical access tampering

Published on 27 Jun 2005 at 4:34 am. No Comments.
Filed under Security.

All computers are made so that if you have physical access to them you can do anything. This can cause security concerns if a system is in a place where un-trusted persons can access the system physically. The best way to keep someone from tampering with a PC system is to lock in it a [...]

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New Power Supply

Published on 22 Jun 2005 at 11:40 pm. No Comments.
Filed under Hardware.

I have gone thru 4 power supplies over the last year and a half. My system is larger than most systems. I made it myself and it has just about everything you can think of on it. Which means it needs more and better power than normal systems. I have found that the $20 power [...]

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Is downloading movies or TV shows illegal?

Published on 12 Jun 2005 at 11:37 am. No Comments.
Filed under The Dark Side.

Is downloading movies or TV shows illegal? The true is I am not sure. This would be a question for lawyer which I am not. Keep in mind that anyone can sue anyone for just about anything in this country and that lawsuits are very expensive. These companies have lots of money and can bankrupt [...]

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DivX

Published on 4 Jun 2005 at 2:34 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under The Dark Side.

If you download a video file say thru BitTorrent and find that you can play it; it is most likely because you don’t have DivX installed. DivX is a type of video encoding format that produces DVD and HDTV quality at a higher compression rate than other video encoders. Video files that are created with [...]

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BitTorrent (File Sharing)

Published on 3 Jun 2005 at 1:02 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under The Dark Side.

BitTorrent is a file transfer protocol that allows files to be downloaded across the internet. And it is the hottest thing in “File Sharing”. BitTorrent breaks a file into many parts and downloads and uploads the parts with others that are trying to download the same file. It does this fast and better than it [...]

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