A real quick startup tip

This tip is for Windows 7 and Windows 8 / 8.1 If you want a quick way to see all the programs starting with Windows, do this: 1. Press and hold down the Windows Key and press the R key 2. In the Run (Open) dialog, type WMIC and press Enter 3. In the command dialog you should… Read More »

China’s moon rover takes its first photo

First, China takes over the world economy, now it looks like they’re going to take over the moon. Honest! Many conspiracy theorists will tell you the U. S. never landed on the moon in 1969 — it was all just a movie set. I wonder what they’ll make of these Chinese pictures from the moon. You’d think since… Read More »

What The Heck Will Google Do With These Scary Military Robots?

This comes to us via Forbes…a publication, we as poor folks. don’t normally read. But we found this article interesting and somewhat unsettling. What do you think? What The Heck Will Google Do With These Scary Military Robots? Let’s see, we have a company that already knows everything about us, has possibly the world’s largest computer network, has… Read More »

We’re back to the passwords again

How long do you think it would take to crack a password like barb49? Offline Fast Attack Scenario: (Assuming one hundred billion guesses per second) 0.000622 seconds. Massive Cracking Array Scenario:(Assuming one hundred trillion guesses per second) 0.000000622 seconds; Now let’s change that barb49 password to a strong password, let’s say a 15 character password generated by Last… Read More »

Unchecky checks to make sure you don’t leave sneakware checkboxes checked

Windows users, more than anyone else are targets for sneaky installers that add unwanted programs to your computer, and hijacking toolbars to your browsers. If you keep installing bundled sneakware, your computer will become erratic and start becoming unresponsive — and if you let it go on and on, it will start doing odd things — and finally… Read More »