Blue screens, pop ups, flashing red windows, annoying virus alerts from anti-virus software, and an unresponsive pixelized screen. Viruses have done nothing but plague computer users throughout the last few decades, but it hasn’t been until recently that they’ve started morphing and changing into cash sucking, information throwing, and privacy plaguing death bombs. Here are… Continue reading Motives behind the computer virus
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Stuxnet: the new face of cyber warfare
Iran’s nuclear efforts have been more than a bit of a threat, and with that, US and Israel joined forces to create their own weaponry, Stuxnet. Stuxnet is a computer worm that was discovered in June 2010 to slow Iran’s nuclear efforts. After copies of the worm leaked, it was available on the internet in… Continue reading Stuxnet: the new face of cyber warfare
A dozen years ago, this was the coolest computer around
School-aged children around the world at the turn of the millennium were really starting to get computerized. Parents were starting to spend so much time on their own computers that sharing with their friends was simply impractical. If they could afford it, they would often get their children their own computers. If they could really… Continue reading A dozen years ago, this was the coolest computer around
Believe it or not, there’s a PC behind the dust clowd
You can mark this down as “How not to treat your computer.” Look at the picture above. Do you see it? There’s a PC hidden behind the thick wall of dust that is being blown into the air by the high powered air gun. Skeptical? Here’s the video to prove it. It doesn’t matter how… Continue reading Believe it or not, there’s a PC behind the dust clowd
This Is The Future of the Desktop PC
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VNTPwVvLzE[/youtube] It’s not every day you get to re-imagine what the desktop computer will look like, especially in an age where mobility is taking over. However, courtesy of some brilliant thinkers at the Media Computing Group at Aachen University in Germany, the desktop computer is looking brand-spanking new and totally awesome. It even has a… Continue reading This Is The Future of the Desktop PC
Finally, A Portable Laptop That You Can Actually Type On
What’s the problem with netbooks and other portable devices these days? For starters, you can’t type on them unless you have the hands of a five-year-old. Sadly, many of us are not blessed with small hands. That said, the iWEB 2.0 Laptop Concept would laugh at all those other laptops that try to serve you… Continue reading Finally, A Portable Laptop That You Can Actually Type On