4 Signs You Need To Spend Less Time Online

Original source : http://www.cracked.com

Posted : November 2014

Author : Mark Hill

As someone who works from home selling novelty heroin syringes on Silk Road, I spend a lot of time on the Internet. On the whole, it's pretty great - I'm exposed to a wide variety of people and information every day, and I help junkies get the Inspector Gadget-themed high they've craved for years. But all good things must be enjoyed in moderation, and I've noticed a few weird attitudes that develop when you spend too much time online. If you find yourself experiencing any of the following, it's time to get some fresh air.

10 Companies That Tried To Compete With Google and Failed Miserably

Original source : http://elistmania.com

Posted : August 2010

Author : entrepreneurboss

The Goliath that is Google has grown to almighty proportions. Some ambitious companies though have tried to topple them and have predictably failed. Here are 10 such fallen Davids.

10 Types Of Sites You Should Block At Work And Why

Original source : http://www.curiousread.com

Posted : May 2011

Author : the admin

Employers approach employee internet usage in a variety of ways. Some employers simply provide a written policy stating their rules about internet usage via company computers. This puts the employees on an honor system, but one that can potentially be monitored by the company and enforced by disciplinary measures. Other employers are choosing to block certain types of sites completely, to assist their employees in avoiding the temptation. If you are considering blocking employee’s access to certain types of sites, which types should you consider?

Five Things To Consider Before Sitting In Front Of A Computer

Original source : http://www.bytecolumn.com
Posted : June 2012
Author : Prashanth

Are we all productive when we are supposed to be? Do we finish all the allocated tasks within the time frame provided to us? Why do we need to unnecessarily burn the midnight oil when deadlines crush us? What can be done to avoid such situations and be more effective, productive and lead a healthier lifestyle? Read on for the answers.

Very Dirty PCs

Original source :http://www.yurock.net
Posted : March 2014
Author : the admin

Hey, you own a PC? Sure you do, at least before you got a laptop or a smartphone - if not, how would you surf the internet? Is your PC still running? How long has it been since you last sent it for servicing? What? You didn't know that you need to send your PC for servicing? Well then, its time for you to take a look. Dust might have accumulated over the years, clogging the vents and such, lowering the efficiency of your PCs. Who knows, you might find something else apart from dust.

Check out these photos and look at these very dirty PCs...

The Beauty Of Math - An Illustrated Showcase

Original source : http://pixeltango.com

Posted : March 2013

Author : Mickel

Math can be found almost everywhere - in cell phones, in computers and even in the nature. Today we are featuring 21 great examples of how math can be used to produce really fine digital art. Stay in school and become a modern artist that master the art of fractals! And meanwhile, check out this showcase for a little bit of inspiration! The featured image of this post is the beautiful Fleur D’apo, by Jeff. Most of these artworks were created using a freeware application called Apophysis. You can download the application for free to try your luck!

Sony, Panasonic Team Up To Develop 300GB Optical Disc

Original source : http://www.panarmenian.net

Posted : July 2013

Author :

Sony and Panasonic are teaming up to develop a standard for professional-level optical drives. Ultimately, the duo hope to release a 300GB optical drive by the end of 2015, PCMag.com reports. The durable optical disc - dust-and-water-proof, resistant to changing temperatures and humidity - is ideal for a long-term storage tool. Sony and Panasonic plan to market the new disc format to businesses looking to store hefty amounts of data for long periods of time.

How Did Apple Manage To Make The iPad Air And Mini 2 So Thin? Hint: New Technologies

by Mihai Matei (November 2013)

I assume that each and every gadget enthusiast out there is aware of the fact that Apple has recently made its new iPad line-up official. Yes, I say “line-up” because - just as the tons of previous leaks and rumors have suggested - the Cupertino giant has lifted the curtain on a new iPad flagship dubbed the “iPad Air”, as well as the new iPad Mini with Retina.

The 10 Dumbest Things The Internet Is Obsessed With

10. Bacon

Bacon and eggs for breakfast? Please! Bacon cheeseburgers? Sign me up! But bacon bras? Bacon salt? Bacon blogs? We get it, you like bacon. Now take it down a notch. America is still super fat, right? Just checking. 

A Vintage Russian Gadget

What is it? Does anyone know what this monster is? What is it called? When was it produced?

How To Deal With Email Threats

by Nematoda

Today email is essential to businesses, but it has proven to be vulnerable to a variety of threats. Over the last decade these have grown considerably, with the result that the security and encryption systems that have been developed to protect against them have grown considerably in terms of complexity. Users also rightly demand the very highest levels of protection possible, while they also demand increased levels of functionality. This can result in a great deal of complexity. For instance a secure email gateway needs to accomplish several tasks. These include:

Photoshop Restorations Of Old Photos

Baojun Yuan, learned Photoshop at 60 years old. He's now 76 and for the past decade or so has repaired over 2000 damaged photos and done it all for free. Yuan bought a computer and scanner himself and doesn't charge people because he jokingly says, "My teacher just taught me how to repair the photos, but he forgot to tell me how to charge". Check out the work Yuan has done for people after the jump. 

Amazing Metal City Landscapes Made Of Computer Parts

Creativity has no limit for this Italian artist, Franco Recchia. He uses computer parts and makes city landscapes and skyscrapers out of them. They are amazingly detailed; you really must have talent to create something like that. It is all sharp lines that is making it so beautiful, and the color green against gray is completing it all. Recchia shows how you can make modern art with simple materials, but only he knows how hard it was to make it.

Top 10 Laptops of 2012

by Nick

The end of 2012, and maybe the end of life as we know it, is coming up in less than a month; so this is the perfect time to look back at the year and reflect on the best it had to offer. Now, it certainly hasn’t been a huge year for laptops as tablets continue to take market share and become more of the solution for mobile computing for the average user, but there are still those who need laptops for school, work, or personal reasons, and the introduction of Windows 8 is starting to blur the lines between PCs and tablets. So, let’s see what laptops introduced in 2012 have claimed a spot in this top ten list.

Gigantic 55 MB Hard Disk Drive In 1985 Costs $7500

Gigantic 55 MB HDD

All of us who have read about history of the evolution of the great computer know the fact that these machines in the beginning were giant and monumental sculptures of iron doing just simple calculations. So is the case with the HARD DISK. Once it was too a gigantic piece of antique art. An average 55 MB HDD measured 8-10 times the size of a regular 3.5” HDD we see today. The 1985 version of HDD was made entirely to fit your needs and not your desktop cabinet. Every level of storage added another level of recording disk which meant more space and money. The images given here compare an HP 7945A model of a 55 MB hard disk that was modeled in 1985 and cost around $7500.

10 Incredible Old Computer Ads

System Industries: "80 MB for under $12,000" (1977)

Old VHS Tapes Turned Into Slightly Less Old Hard Drives

by: Paul Strauss

Need some additional storage for your computer? Then you might want to check out these wacky hard drives, fashioned out of old VHS tapes. Sure, VHS tape tech is definitely obsolete, but aren’t hard drives on their way out too? It just begs the question: why not a Betamax cassette with a 3.5″ floppy drive inside; or a U-Matic tape with a punch card reader built in?

How To Find Out If Someone’s Stealing Your WiFi

by LiAqAt

If you are experiencing low-speed internet on your WiFi Network then there is a possibility that someone is stealing it. Here’s our how-to guide to find-out if someone is stealing your WiFi and how to stop them.

How E-Mail Works

An E-mail Message

The first e-mail message was sent in 1971 by an engineer named Ray Tomlinson. Prior to this, you could only send messages to users on a single machine. Tomlinson's breakthrough was the ability to send messages to other machines on the Internet, using the @ sign to designate the receiving machine.

An e-mail message has always been nothing more than a simple text message - a piece of text sent to a recipient. In the beginning and even today, e-mail messages tend to be short pieces of text, although the ability to add attachments now makes many e-mail messages quite long. Even with attachments, however, e-mail messages continue to be text messages - we'll see why when we get to the section on attachments

The 11 Biggest Apple Conspiracies

By Delores Quinn

The Tao of Steves: Wozniak and Jobs in 1976 (Landov)

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iSpy

Can Apple tap into the fingertaps you make on your iPhone? According to one hacker, Apple inserted a mysterious code that tracks every click and tap you make. When users check the weather, e-mail or anything else on their devices, a personal identification number and a record of their habits gets relayed to Apple headquarters, according to the Hackintosh hacker. (Cookies and web histories have been snooping into browsing behavior for years, but that information is not connected to one individual, while these IMEI numbers are directly linked to a specific user.) Though the claim was never verified, tech gadflys nonetheless fretted that Apple is barreling across the privacy line.