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McAfee Woes: The Antivirus That Feels Like a Virus
he progenitor of modern viruses is probably a rather harmless little curio called the Brain, or the Pakistani brain, which nestled in the boot sector of floppy drives and displayed a tongue-in-cheek message. Welcome to the Dungeon (c) 1986 Amjads (pvt) Ltd VIRUS_SHOE RECORD V9.0 Dedicated to the dynamic memories
The Anatomy of a Computer
All computers share some essential components, whether a laptop, desktop, or Mac. These parts have stayed fundamentally the same since the earliest personal machines, like the Kenbak-1 back in the ’70s (but that’s a story for another day). The basic parts of a computer are: The Power Supply Unit (PSU)
Tech Terms That Are Not as Complex as You Might Think.
Do you want to know a secret? Most techies aren’t imbued with special powers. We once didn’t know how to debug a program causing Windows to stall—just like you don’t suddenly know how to pilot a nuclear submarine… unless, of course, you’re reading this 8,600 meters deep. We had to
5 Tech Myths You Probably Still Believe (But Shouldn’t!)
Have you ever heard a tech tip from a friend of a friend who was ‘kind of’ techie, or read something on a forum 20 years ago that just ‘sounded’ right? Well, I hate to break it to you, but that advice is probably wrong. Dead wrong. I once had